Students walk out, Lamb declares victory, Krasner won't oppose Mill's release | Morning Newsletter

Democrat Conor Lamb has declared victory in the Pennsylvania 18th congressional district special election —  the New York Times and NBC News agree. His opponent, Republican Rick Saccone says he isn't done fighting. The GOP is eyeing a lawsuit over the vote.

Parents in Haverford township are making noise as the local after-school program prepares to turn away students this fall thanks to increasing demand. The district says its hands are tied.

The great upswing in new candidates for Philly committee person positions that progressives expected after a year of organizing isn't looking all that great.

Trustees of United Lutheran Seminary voted Wednesday to fire the school's president after news about her past as director of a LGBTQ conversion therapy group shook the campus community.

Heart attack patients have better odds for long-term health if they go through rehabilitation, but most of them don't. So, Penn researchers figured out an easy way to help.

Charter schools in Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, and Chester Counties aren't performing as well as traditional schools. So, critics are asking, why are school districts paying $217 million to support them?

The latest in our Philly Health Costs series examines a woman's experience being quoted $351 for a breast MRI and then being charged more than $4,000.

Gov. Wolf has weighed in on the School Reform Commission Commissioner who wants to run for congress, even though Pennsylvania law says he can't.

Amazon scouts were in town recently to scope out our fair city for themselves as they get closer to selecting a site for their HQ2.

Submit those brackets, folks. The first round of March Madness begins tonight, and both Villanova and Penn are playing.

The Philadelphia food scene is once again well-represented in nominations for this year's James Beard Foundation awards (the culinary Oscars).

Need some weekend plans? Well, there's plenty to do for St. Patrick's Day, a film festival, and much more.

The face of late Johnnie L. Cochran junior is looming large over Philadelphia streets thanks to his law firm's latest advertising strategy: taking "geotargeting" offline.

Jake Arrieta wasn't the only free agent on the Phillies' radar. They've already got an eye on players who hit the market next year.

The Eagles kicked off the new league year yesterday by re-signing Nigel Bradham but saying goodbye to Patrick Robinson and Beau Allen.

Despite the snow, greenery abounds at local farm-to-table restaurants thanks to an early spring crop. Look for stinging nettles, watercress and wild greens on a menu near you.

Attention cocktail aficionados (the kind that want to try a green-tea toddy): you may want to add Old City's secret cocktail bar to your to-do list.

After a poisoning attack on an ex-spy in Britain, columnist Trudy Rubin writes that unless President Trump openly backs U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May and endorses retaliation against Moscow, Putin will assume he can murder at will.

Writer Marybeth Hagan's power was out for five days and nights after this month's nor'easters. She writes that Peco workers who helped turn it back on are everyday heroes.

Some much-needed context for yesterday's school walkouts: Hidden Philly remembers when thousands of local students staged a walkout to protest inequality in the classroom in 1967 and were met with 400 police officers sent to attack them. 

Philadelphia Weekly's report on the "fall guys" targeted by con artists because they're in dire straits or facing addiction illuminates yet another way the opioid crisis is taking its toll.

Set aside some time to read Philadelphia Magazine's breakdown of how bike lanes help ease congestion on city streets, not increase it. Handy charts from a recent Center City District report, ahem, drive the point home.

Marie Claire's report on the chronically ill (and often young) women taking to YouTube to share their lives and deaths is an at once heartbreaking and fascinating look at a phenomenon raising questions about legacy and community.

Much of Hollywood's push for equality has focused on film, but female directors are making waves in television, too, as the Los Angeles Times reports.