Brian Leighton

Deputy managing editor / editing & standards for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Ohio native, Northwestern grad, father of two.

[Brian Leighton @phillyleighton]

Roxie, my Cavapoo puppy, inspired me to write about the #CoronavirusOutbreak and the comforts of canine companionship. Hope you like it. 🐶https://t.co/2yu3QcDmU6

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🇺🇸 Penn's president on shepherding the school in a turbulent Trump era

▫Penn President J. Larry Jameson discusses the challenges he's faced during a tumultuous last two and a half years
▫@ssnyderinq
▫https://t.co/YTMq5bXNvu

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🇺🇸 Advocate to adversary

▫With a chance at freedom, they faced an unexpected obstacle: Their own lawyers
▫@samanthamelamed & Dylan Purcell
▫https://t.co/v1k2utYKov

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🇺🇸 Rabb's election a rebuke of establishment Dems

▫Chris Rabb’s election marked a big night for Philly progressives
▫@anna_orso @samjanesch
▫https://t.co/C0VWB6nibE

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🇺🇸 A three-way race in 3rd Congressional District

▫Philly’s crowded, costly, and combative 3rd Congressional District race is coming to an unpredictable close
▫@anna_orso @samjanesch @MichelleAMyers
▫https://t.co/eJTytXCFg2

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🇺🇸 Philly is suddenly teeming with robots. Is resistance futile?

▫Will Philly defy this new robot revolution — or is it already too late?
▫Dugan Arnett
▫https://t.co/tYBslhRsyk

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🇺🇸 Schools vulnerable to measles outbreak

▫1,000-plus unvaccinated kindergartners raise risk
▫@SarahGantz, Lizzie Mulvey & Aubrey Whelan
▫https://t.co/oiXDzFEqAI

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🇺🇸 Thousands left out of reworked opioid accord

▫‘A punch in the gut’
▫@CraigRMcCoy @bobfernandez1
▫https://t.co/ssYF05Ya4Y

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🇺🇸 Forged in Philly, she took down Epstein

▫“Philly is in my bones. I would not be where I am right now if not for Philadelphia,” says the journalist Julie K. Brown
▫@JasonNark
▫https://t.co/7yOyisgdld

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🇺🇸 A cornucopia of unregulated psychedelics

▫Lab testing showed many products found in area smoke shops carried reports with fabricated or misleading information
▫@MaxMMarin @rw_briggs

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🇺🇸 No Kings rallies spread message far and wide

▫The third wave of anti-Trump protests in Philly and around the country
▫@ProsserMaggie @Vellastrations @MikeNewall
▫https://t.co/0esQ9TOWHv

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Time to play ball, and catch the #Phillies season preview inside Thursday’s @PhillyInquirer @phillysport

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🇺🇸 For Philly-area immigrants, an ICE arrest is just the start of the journey

▫Some say that’s by design.
▫@JoeYerardi @JeffGammage
▫https://t.co/WJgRNuxyLJ

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🇺🇸 Heav Snow Won't Stick Around

▫Philly got its biggest snow in 10 years. This time nature will help with the cleanup.
▫@woodt15 @RobTornoe
▫https://t.co/cIHMKpw9QD

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The New York Post, Detroit News, Philadelphia Inquirer after the U.S. Men’s hockey team wins gold in Milan

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The #Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) front page for Feb. 23, 2026

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Photographer Heinz Kluetmeier shot the "Miracle on Ice" celebration on February 22, 1980, after the U.S. hockey team upset the heavily favored Soviets 4-3 at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

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🇺🇸 Jesse And Matt Ito's Big Japan Adventure

▫The father-son trip to the elder's home village was never a sure thing
▫@CraigLaBan
▫https://t.co/1huSdKPSng

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🇺🇸 PA. Lawmakers Applaud The Striking Down Of Trump's Tariffs; Businesses Brace For Uncertainty

▫@fallonroth_ @AndrewSeidman @BrettSholtis
▫https://t.co/S4NSktaYAb

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🇺🇸 Still Grieving Her Brother's Death, A Woman Mourns For Her Slain Son

▫A month after her brother's killer was sentenced for the 2023 shooting, Katrina Williams' only son, Russell, was shot and killed in Southwest Philadelphia
▫@JesseBunch_
▫https://t.co/HWFlwuh0KG

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🇺🇸 Big-Dollar Donors Fuelled Shapiro's Funding

▫Helped Josh Shapiro raise $30 million while Stacy Garrity raised $1.5 million from Pa.’s grassroots
▫@gill_mcgoldrick @JoeYerardi
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