Aldermen’s historic Chicago budget now reality, but may not be finished product

For decades, strong Chicago mayors told acquiescent aldermen here’s the budget, take it or leave it, secure in the knowledge ...

2026 is a huge year for Philly. Here are your ideas for how we should tackle it.

Philly needs to prep for 2026 like it's going into a fight. More than 600 readers submitted simple, creative, and ingenious ...

Ricky Gervais reveals The Office casting that surprised him: ‘He made it even better’

Ricky Gervais has opened up about casting Mackenzie Crook in The Office, revealing he didn’t look anything like how he originally envisioned the character of Gareth. Acclaimed sitcom The Office aired ...

Watch Stitch 2.0 Turn Sketches into React, Tailwind & Clickable Prototypes

Learn Google Stitch 2.0 with Gemini 3.0 Pro, turning sketches into React, Tailwind, and HTML, so you ship prototypes and UI ...

A new ‘Petrushka’ is bringing shape-shifting human puppets to Philadelphia

For Ballet X and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society's latest collab, the Stravinsky classic gets a facelift, complete with a ...

A beginner’s guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative

Mastodon has almost doubled its userbase since Elon Musk took control of Twitter last month. Here's what you need to know ...

Could this mysterious California news site influence the 2026 election?

The California Courier doesn’t disclose apparent Republican ties — or who writes most of its stories. Critics call it “pink ...