National Geographic touts Philadelphia | City makes list of '25 Best Trips in 2020'
Philadelphia is officially one of 2020's must-see places, according to National Geographic, which puts it alongside destinations in such countries as China, Hungary, and Egypt.
Dec. 4 2019 @ 11:55pm
Pennsylvania changed law suspending driver's licenses
Every time Chelsey Sirmons got arrested, the date he could legally drive again moved further out of reach. None of his crimes had to do with driving or cars: They were drug charges, such as possessing paraphernalia. But under Pennsylvania law, that meant an automatic license suspension.
Dec. 1 2019 @ 4:04am
Kia Telluride mixes fun with practicality
2020 Kia Telluride: $47,310 as tested. $210 for floor mats, $115 for cargo mat, and $450 for interior lighting.
Nov. 30 2019 @ 11:25pm
Music Review: Chris Knight
"I just keep doing the only thing I know," Chris Knight declares on "Go On." It's been seven years since the Kentuckian's last album, but not much has changed, art-wise. He's still collaborating with old associates such as Dan Baird and Gary Nicholson, and the main musical approach is deliberately paced country-rock that manages to be both brawny and delicately textured.
Nov. 28 2019 @ 10:53pm
Music Review: Joe Henry
A year ago, Joe Henry learned he had prostate cancer that had metastasized to his bones. That experience colors the songs on "The Gospel According to Water," his beautiful and understated 15th album. Henry wrote the songs quickly last spring and recorded them soon after, and while their pace is leisurely and calm, they possess an immediacy and vibrancy — not an urgency, but a deliberate and earnest thoughtfulness, a wisdom, even, something akin to early Leonard Cohen or recent Nick Cave songs.
Nov. 28 2019 @ 10:51pm
Music Review: FKA Twigs
Magdalene is the first album by the British singer-producer-choreographer since her 2014 full-length debut "LP1." It's a significant leap forward for the artist born Tahliah Barnett, who acquired her Twigs stage name from the sound her cracking joints made as she started in the music industry as a dancer in the early '00s.
Nov. 28 2019 @ 10:50pm
Study shows gun violence scars victims long after their wounds have healed
Gunshot wounds cause most survivors lasting harm that goes beyond what bullets do to their bodies, according to a new Penn study.
Nov. 22 2019 @ 9:34pm
Music Review: Blanco Brown
At 31, songwriter/producer Blanco Brown capitalized on Lil Nas X's record-breaking, country-rap fusion "Old Town Road" with the irresistible "The Git Up," a line-dancing anthem fitted with stuttering 808s. It reached the top 20 of the Hot 100 and portended this debut album, which adds nine other more-country-than-rap tunes.
Nov. 14 2019 @ 11:53pm
Music Review: The Mavericks
When a singer has a voice with the richness, range, and grandeur of Raul Malo's, and he is backed by a band that possesses similar qualities, it figures to be a treat to hear how they put their stamp on familiar material by others. The Mavericks don't disappoint. On "Play the Hits," they Mav-erize 11 numbers, but not with a one-size-fits-all approach. Rather, the performances reflect the breadth and thrill of their own music over the last three decades.
Nov. 14 2019 @ 11:52pm
Music Review: that dog.
That dog. is near the top of any reasonable person's list of bands that should've been huge, especially by the standards of the '90s noise-pop continuum. They weren't just biz babies who could Really Sing and Play. They had their own sound: chamber-pop grunge that piled on the three-part harmonies and Petra Haden's not-always-sweet violin, while still managing to be louder than Weezer (who once gave frontwoman Anna Waronker a lead vocal, as if to illustrate what could've been).
Nov. 14 2019 @ 11:49pm
Music Review: Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert got heavy on "The Weight Of These Wings," the 2016 double album all about heartache and rebuilding her life, written after the breakup of her marriage to "The Voice" star Blake Shelton. On "Wildcard" -- which follows the satisfying diversion of last year's superb "Interstate Gospel" by Pistol Annies, Lambert's supergroup with Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley -- she lightens up.
Nov. 14 2019 @ 11:47pm
'I just wasn't healthy anymore' | Lindsey Vonn talks retirement, mental health
Lindsey Vonn, one of the most decorated skiers of all time and an Olympic gold medalist, spoke Wednesday about her struggles with mental and physical health at the Kimmel Center as part of Blue Cross Blue Shield's Health of America Forum, which focused on millennial health trends.
Nov. 9 2019 @ 9:10pm
Sleep deprivation linked to weaker bones
Women who don't get enough sleep may be putting their bones at risk, a new study found.
Nov. 9 2019 @ 2:03am
Study: Doctors who get gifts from opioid makers more likely to prescribe large amounts
Doctors who receive gifts and payments from opioid manufacturers are more likely to prescribe higher amounts of opioid painkillers than their colleagues within a year, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have found.
Nov. 2 2019 @ 8:29am
ACTIVE AGE | Fiery-haired 91-year-old hostess has 497 brooches
Meet Tina Caruso, the beloved hostess at Frieda, a cafe and gathering place in Society Hill.
Oct. 31 2019 @ 4:27am
ACTIVE AGE | Health anxiety tends to rise after age 50, but it doesn't have to take over your life
After she broke her neck in a car accident at age 28, Renée Tucker's doctors told her that her newly repaired spine would never be as strong as it was before. Another accident could paralyze her.
Oct. 31 2019 @ 4:00am
Vaping is blamed for mounting deaths, lung injuries | Here's what it's doing to children's brains
PHILADELPHIA _ With over 1,600 cases of vaping-related lung injuries and 34 deaths reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is plenty that's worrisome about the health impacts of e-cigarettes.
Oct. 30 2019 @ 4:01am
Spider Abarth will make drivers want to stretch summer
2019 Fiat 124 Spider Abarth: And you thought summer was over.
Oct. 26 2019 @ 11:27pm
Competition gets fierce in collegiate meat judging
Students circled up in the lecture hall and locked hands, their red hardhats bowed toward their boots. In a nearby meat locker, their practice exams hung on hooks.
Oct. 12 2019 @ 8:49pm
Study: Young female athletes with concussions take longer to recover
New research from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia suggests that young female athletes who suffer concussions have longer recovery times than their male peers, but not because of differences in strength or hormones as some experts have speculated.
Sep. 20 2019 @ 3:15am