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Ten years after Officer Chuck Cassidy was shot to death while interrupting a robbery, David Gambacorta met with his wife and children as they reflected on their loss. "This time of year is always hard."

On Monday, Michael Cripps donned a pair of green prison sweats and handcuffs instead of his usual work costume of SpongeBob Square Pants, Mickey Mouse or Elmo. The Colwyn man was charged with sexually assaulting boys whose mothers he allegedly befriended to get access to their children writes Joe Slobodzian.

Twelve years ago Jo Quasney took a bus to Philadelphia, leaving behind a flooded out New Orleans apartment, a cat, 14 parrots and "her heart." Quasney, 72, was one of about 1,600 refugees who came to Philadelphia after Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. She was greeted here with a red carpet and she's one of the few who never went back. Quasney's journey illustrates the way the city responded in 2005 – with federal money and an official emergency destination designation, writes Julia Terruso. Pennsylvania does not have that designation after this year's storms, but the city is still doing what it can to support the 400-plus refugees who've arrived so far.

Emilio Vazquez, the Democratic leader of the 43rd Ward, easily won a write-in bid for North Philly's 197th District of the State House, amid complaints from other candidates about illegal electioneering. Now city and state prosecutors have filed charges.

Two more Penn State fraternities have been sanctioned for violations of university policy, including one that held a "fifth and a friend" event, which was "designed to encourage alcohol consumption," the school said. The sanctions come more than mid-way through the fall semester as the university continues its crackdown on Greek life in the wake of the death of sophomore pledge Tim Piazza last February.

The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged in 2016, reaching the highest level in 800,000 years, says a report released Monday by the World Meteorological Organization. WMO's annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin says the surge occurred with "record-breaking speed in 2016."

Gov. Wolf on Monday signed most of the remaining legislation needed to balance Pennsylvania's $32 billion budget, except for one outlining the details of education funding.

Philadelphia Orphans' Court considers the next step in the saga of the Arch Street bones. All human remains have been removed from the First Baptist Burial Ground to the Rutgers-Camden campus. But there's a hitch: Where do they go from there?

One year after our investigation, is SEPTA more reliable? We take a five-day look at the state of SEPTA's Regional Rail a year after we examined the issues that kept the railroad from running on time. Read on to find out what's better and what still needs work.

How Amazon HQ2 could spike rent in Philadelphia: Apartment List predicts that a winning bid for Amazon would lead to rent increases of up to 2 percent per year in various cities wooing the online retailer.

Marcus Hayes calls Gabe Kapler, the Phillies new manager, "the ultimate New World Man."  The hire is a headlong commitment to analytics and sports science … and an utter disregard for dugout experience. And maybe that's OK.

NBC expects well over $1 billion in advertising for airing the Super Bowl and winter Olympics over roughly three weeks next February, one of the few times that the Super Bowl and Olympics have been televised within days of each other on one network.

In emails revealed Sunday, ex-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's attorneys all but accused Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins of being a liar. It was an insult to a man who, even if you disagree with him, deserves respect, writes columnist Mike Sielski.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 7. If you're heading to the polls in Pennsylvania or New Jersey, here are the local candidates our Editorial Board thinks you should support.

It's easy to see hopelessness as spreading in terms of an increasingly splintered humanity. Forces of tribalistic entropy appear to be on the upswing. But not always. On a tour of Israel and its territories, Craig Snyder, president and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, offers a story that carries a message of hope.

17 days, 9 countries: One man's jaunt through Eastern Europe. [Tampa Bay Times]

Profiting from Puerto Rico's Pain: Hurricane Maria finally scared away debtholders. But other vultures continue to feed off the island. [New Yorker]

Promethea Unbound: A child genius living in poverty, her mother, and the benefactor who became their tormenter. [The Atavist]

Joan Didion doesn't owe the world anything: The long-awaited documentary about her life makes clear: She has escaped the demands so often placed on other authors. [The Atlantic]

The True, Twisted Story of Amityville Horror: Some players, from the start, were up front about admitting it was a hoax. Others insisted, to their graves, that the story was true, that the Lutz family had been haunted by something. It's just that the something may not have been paranormal at all. [Topic]