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Several major blue cities in the U.S. have been marred by a slate of massive budgetary problems in recent years. City officials in Chicago and Los Angeles are currently grappling with how to address substantial budget shortfalls. Meanwhile, Philadelphia is struggling with various financial issues across several sectors, with both its school district and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the city’s public transit system, facing massive budget deficits. Chicago is facing a projected budget gap of nearly $1.2 billion for fiscal year 2026. The city’s budget deficit has largely been exacerbated by soaring pension costs, declining state revenue and...

Disturbing security footage shows the moment a Uber driver was murdered as the gunmen appeared to have been targeting his passenger outside a Philadelphia hookah lounge. Olatunji W. Bolaji, 77, was seen picking up a 22-year-old passenger in his black Chevy Suburban in downtown Philadelphia outside the Byblos Hookah Bar on Wednesday at around 2 a.m. — moments before the deadly shooting, according to video obtained by NBC10. The unidentified fare hugged a woman outside Bolaji’s car as two men jumped out of a Jeep Grand Cherokee with Massachusetts plates, police said. The woman is seen fleeing for safety when...

The sanctuary cities of Chicago and Philadelphia have canceled their annual Cinco de Mayo parades, citing fears of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids targeting criminal illegal aliens. The decision, announced by local organizers, is being slammed as a blatant attempt to harbor lawbreakers and undermine federal immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump’s renewed crackdown on illegal immigration. In Chicago, the Cermak Road Chamber of Commerce and Casa Puebla pulled the plug on the Little Village parade, a long-standing celebration of Mexican-American culture, claiming the community is “frightened” by ICE’s efforts to apprehend illegal aliens. Hector Escobar, president of the...

WASHINGTON — A group of pallbearers carrying a loved one's casket fell into a grave after a platform collapsed at a Philadelphia cemetery. Video from the funeral shows the group of men carry the casket from an SUV to the grave. As the pallbearers begin to lower the casket, the platform above the burial plot gives out and plunges them into the grave. The scene unfolded on Friday at the Greenmount Cemetery in Philadelphia as family and friends mourned the loss of Benjamin Aviles, WPVI reported. "It was just a horrible incident that happened at a bad moment," Aviles' stepdaughter...

Gov. Josh Shapiro joined an iftar dinner at the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society in North Philly to announce a historic grant from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, the largest ever awarded to a Muslim organization. Shapiro told the assembled group of a few dozen community members Tuesday night that institutions such as Al-Aqsa “are more important than ever before” in the current climate “as we’re facing tumult overseas, and we’re facing a lot of rising hate here at home.”

The Philadelphia Eagles will be heading to the White House at the invitation of President Donald Trump to celebrate their Super Bowl LIX victory over the Kansas City Chiefs last month. "We sent the invite and they enthusiastically accepted. We are working with them to determine a date and logistics," a White House official told Fox News Digital.

Assessment based on activism, prescriptions for puberty blockers and 'procedures' on kids.. A new database has revealed the "Dirty Dozen," the 12 "worst-offending" hospitals in America for inflicting transgender agenda injuries on children. And Mat Staver, the chief of Liberty Counsel, which has battled the leftist, and unscientific, ideology that males can be turned into females and vice versa, said, "Mutilating children for profit is criminal. It is biologically impossible to change one's gender. "The insanity of gender ideology and greed has made a mockery of the medical profession's duty to 'do no harm.' There are only two genders, and...

The methamphetamine was wearing off as soon-to-be South Philly legend Joey Coyle sipped coffee on his Front Street steps on the morning of Feb. 26, 1981. He was waiting on the mailman, who was carrying his $700 paycheck, but his next binge couldn’t wait. Coyle persuaded two young neighbors to drive him to his drug dealer’s house, but the dealer wasn’t home. On the way back, Coyle was riding shotgun and scanning the South Philly sidewalks for metal scraps when he spotted it. ---SNIP--- He had hit the South Philly lottery: money that literally fell off a truck. The haul:...

Democrats are facing new charges of election fraud going back to 2021, despite their party pushing back on election integrity and voter fraud claims since the 2020 presidential election. While Democrats have long criticized Republicans who are concerned about election integrity by smearing them with the pejorative label “election deniers,” new allegations regarding election fraud are being made against Democrats. Five Democratic Party members in Bridgeport, Conn., and Philadelphia have been criminally charged with numerous counts of voter fraud on both the state and federal levels regarding mail-in ballots. Bridgeport had to redo primary and general elections last year after...

The Philadelphia Eagles do plan on visiting the White House to celebrate their second Super Bowl victory, if and when they receive an invitation, according to multiple reports. Both NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and ESPN's Adam Schefter simultaneously reported the Eagles would be 'honored' to visit the Trump White House. 'It’s one of the aspects of winning they are excited about and look forward to receiving the invitation,' Rapoport wrote on X. DailyMail.com has reached out to Eagles spokespeople for confirmation. There had been speculation online the team would skip a meeting with President Donald Trump, with a number of...

The Eagles have not rejected an invite to President Donald Trump's White House, according to a new report. The Super Bowl champions did not visit President Trump after previously winning the championship in 2018 - during his first term - and The US Sun reported earlier this month that they would be skipping out on the honor this time around too. That report began to spread around social media over the weekend. However, according to a White House source who spoke with Outkick founder Clay Travis, the Eagles have not rejected a trip to Washington - with the White House...

Three politicians in a small municipality near Philadelphia were indicted this week on charges they tried to fraudulently win the mayoral race in 2021 by producing about three dozen false mail-in ballots. A federal grand jury accused Mohammed Nurul Hasan, Mohammed Munsur Ali and Mohammed Rafikul Islam of conspiring to register people who live outside 1,200-population Millbourne as borough residents, to have mail-in ballots sent to themselves and then to return the completed ballots to the Delaware County elections board. Hasan was serving as vice president of the borough council and had lost the Democratic mayoral primary in the heavily...

The district attorney of Philadelphia announced his reelection campaign Tuesday, vowing it could be the start of something big for the Democrats nationwide. Larry Krasner was surrounded by a coalition of politicians, labor leaders and others as he announced his reelection run at Philadelphia’s main public access TV studios near Independence Hall. The two-term district attorney is running for a third term and believes it won’t be a problem for him to win reelection, but the margin of victory could be very important.

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Former NFL star Adam "Pacman" Jones appeared at a Super Bowl LIX party wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat in apparent support of President Donald Trump. Jones spoke to Fox News Digital on the carpet ahead of "SI The Party" in New Orleans on Saturday night. He said he was "all for" Trump’s potential visit to Caesars Superdome to watch the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles. "Love it. Love it. I’m all for it," Jones said, adding he believed Trump has "got the best thing for us." Trump’s expected appearance at the Super Bowl has been...

The family of a 10-year-old boy injured when the jet crashed down near their car is sharing their experience. “My baby is in there. It’s hard seeing him like that,” said the boy’s mother, Lashawn Hamiel. Trey Howard is one of the survivors, despite being seriously injured by flying debris. “Felt like it was a movie, like a horror movie,” said Trey’s dad, Andre Howard Jr. Andre says he was picking up donuts with three of his kids — ages 4, 7 and 10 — when the jet came crashing down. “Sounded like a missile was firing bullets, metal at...

A Philadelphia father is calling his son a “superhero” for shielding his younger sister when a medevac jet crashed in a Philadelphia neighborhood, showering flames and debris on homes and the vehicle in which the family was riding. The boy suffered a serious head wound and is recovering. Andre Howard Jr. picked up his three children from school last Friday and took them to Dunkin’ Donuts for an evening snack. The weekly family ritual was upended when the plane crashed nearby, killing all six on board, including a mother and daughter returning to Mexico from medical treatment. A person on...

As tensions continue to grow over recent ICE raids across the country, police at Temple University are investigating a "disappointing" disruption on campus this weekend. Campus police say two people impersonating U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were reported at a business on the 1300 block of Cecil B. Moore Avenue on Saturday night. They were wearing shirts with "Police" and "ICE" in white lettering. A third person was seen with the impersonators, recording their actions.

The young patient and five others killed when their plane crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood moments after takeoff Friday evening have been identified — as authorities made a disturbing discovery about the jet’s black box. Valentina Guzman Murillo, 11, her mother, Lizeth Murillo Ozuna, 31, Capt. Alan Alejandro Montoya Perales, co-pilot Josue de Jesus Juarez Juarez, Dr. Raul Meza Arredondo, and paramedic Rodrigo Lopez Padilla died in the Mexico-bound Learjet 55 aircraft crash, the company operating the medical transport flight, Jet Rescue Air, told CBS News. Valentina had just finished receiving life-saving treatment at Shriners Children’s Hospital and was heading...

The Learjet 55, operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, took off at 6:06 p.m. Friday, climbed to about 1,500 feet and then rapidly descended, National Transportation Safety Board investigator Bill Hicks told reporters during a press briefing Saturday. On Sunday morning, Jet Rescue Air Ambulance identified those aboard the crashed jet as pediatric patient Valentina Guzman Murillo and her mother, Lizeth Murillo Ozuna; Dr. Raul Meza Arredondo, paramedic Lopez Padilla, flight Capt. Alan Alejandro Montoya Perales and co-pilot Josue De Jesus Juarez Juarez. The "high-impact" crash left debris scattered across four to five city blocks, Homendy said. Investigators have yet...