Before the Young Bag Chasers were a violent gang, they were friends from West Philly chasing music and money. A string of shootings, and the rise of drill music and social media, scrambled their intentions and altered the trajectory of their young lives. inquirer.com/crime/a/young-b…

Gov. Josh Shapiro has asked the head of Pennsylvania’s civil rights enforcement agency to resign amid an investigation into how it has been spending tax dollars, The Inquirer has learned. inquirer.com/news/pennsylvan…

Come see Philly PD Commissioner Kevin Bethel in person and *off the record* at the P&P next Wednesday at 7pm! Inquirer crime reporter @EllieRushing will host a Q&A with the commish about the city's historic drop in crime, the Kensington Initiative and more! RSVP in the replies:

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Personal news~ Today I'm starting as the @PhillyInquirer's national political reporter. To say I'm thrilled to be joining my hometown paper in this role is a major understatement. I'm still based in DC, but I'll be in Philly and PA frequently. Get in touch: sjanesch@inquirer.com

Philadelphia family court judge charged with assaulting his wife and daughter inquirer.com/news/philadelph…

Two men expected to be charged with killing American Airlines flight attendant outside his South Philadelphia home ebx.sh/VoiHWA

Jeff Bezos wealth in 2024: $194 billion Jeff Bezos wealth in 2025: $215 billion Jeff Bezos wealth today: $249.4 billion Net increase in Bezos wealth since 2024: $55.4 billion Cost of Bezos’s 417-foot superyacht: $500 million Amazon investment in "Melania": $75 million Original Bezos purchase price of the Washington Post in 2013: $250 million Bezos net worth in 2013: $25.2 billion Net increase in Bezos wealth since buying the Post: $224.2 billion Last reported annual losses of Post: $100 million Number of years Bezos could absorb those losses with what he makes in a single week: 5 @JeffBezos

DA Larry Krasner is forming a coalition of progressive prosecutors committed to charging federal agents who violate state laws. It's called the Fight Against Federal Overreach, sharing an acronym with one of his favorite slogans: FAFO via @EllieRushing inquirer.com/crime/larry-kra…

Personal news: Today is my last day at the @PhillyInquirer after 12.5 amazing years. I’m so grateful to the paper that raised me for giving me every opportunity & to the brilliant journalists here who tell the region's stories so well - and whom I'm lucky to call dear friends.

You should also read @EllieRushing's devastating story on one of the still unsolved murders of recent years. inquirer.com/crime/a/anastas…

Anastasiya Stangret was found dead under a wooden pallet in an abandoned lot in Frankford last June, and went unidentified for months. Her family, and the homicide detective desperate to catch her killer, want you to know her story: inquirer.com/crime/a/anastas…

🇺🇸 In Battered Kensington, Signs Of Progress ▫Kensington now has fewer shootings and people on the streets. But the open-air drug market persists ▫@EllieRushing ▫is.gd/qo1Hv6 #frontpagestoday #USA @PhillyInquirer

Investigators believe this American Airlines flight attendant "was attacked inside his South Philadelphia home last week, then fell — or was thrown — out of his third-floor window." @PhillyInquirer @EllieRushing @MichelleAMyers inquirer.com/news/american-a…

The parents of 16-year-old Xzavier Gregory, shot and killed last month in Northeast Philadelphia, want people to know not just how he died — but who he was. inquirer.com/crime/xzavier-g…

Larry Krasner comfortably won a third term as Philadelphia's district attorney, again defying a Democratic establishment that has often opposed him. with @anna_orso @EllieRushing inquirer.com/politics/philad…

Months before Keon King was charged with killing Kada Scott, he was wanted for kidnapping his ex-girlfriend, but no one arrested him — even in court inquirer.com/crime/keon-king…

🇺🇸 Hope Hangs In Balance For Missing Daughter ▫Kada Scott’s family holds on to hope as detectives chase down dozens of leads into where she might be ▫@EllieRushing #frontpagestoday #USA @PhillyInquirer

Check out my story with @MaxMMarin about the bizarre struggle between the Polish American Museum and the Redevelopment Authority, with roots in the ethnic politics of urban crisis era Philadelphia: inquirer.com/news/polish-ame…

The District Attorney’s Office said it was a mistake to withdraw the prior kidnapping case against the man now accused of abducting Kada Scott. inquirer.com/crime/keon-king…