Before the Young Bag Chasers were a violent gang, they were friends from West Philly chasing music and money. A string of shootings, and the rise of drill music and social media, scrambled their intentions and altered the trajectory of their young lives. https://t.co/SpjG6TWrES
Gov. Josh Shapiro has asked the head of Pennsylvania’s civil rights enforcement agency to resign amid an investigation into how it has been spending tax dollars, The Inquirer has learned.
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Come see Philly PD Commissioner Kevin Bethel in person and *off the record* at the P&P next Wednesday at 7pm!
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Personal news~ Today I'm starting as the @PhillyInquirer's national political reporter. To say I'm thrilled to be joining my hometown paper in this role is a major understatement.
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DA Larry Krasner is forming a coalition of progressive prosecutors committed to charging federal agents who violate state laws.
It's called the Fight Against Federal Overreach, sharing an acronym with one of his favorite slogans: FAFO
via @EllieRushing
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Personal news: Today is my last day at the @PhillyInquirer after 12.5 amazing years. I’m so grateful to the paper that raised me for giving me every opportunity & to the brilliant journalists here who tell the region's stories so well - and whom I'm lucky to call dear friends.
Anastasiya Stangret was found dead under a wooden pallet in an abandoned lot in Frankford last June, and went unidentified for months. Her family, and the homicide detective desperate to catch her killer, want you to know her story: https://t.co/Cgp2UCCyPY
🇺🇸 In Battered Kensington, Signs Of Progress
▫Kensington now has fewer shootings and people on the streets. But the open-air drug market persists
▫@EllieRushing
▫https://t.co/oN4hCA8P0l
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Investigators believe this American Airlines flight attendant "was attacked inside his South Philadelphia home last week, then fell — or was thrown — out of his third-floor window." @PhillyInquirer@EllieRushing@MichelleAMyers
https://t.co/gfl6XoYKaX
The parents of 16-year-old Xzavier Gregory, shot and killed last month in Northeast Philadelphia, want people to know not just how he died — but who he was. https://t.co/sPxiojQQGU