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Participants at a conference on "the intersection of faith and cannabis" on the dais at Rodeph Shalom. Standing, from left: PA State Sens. Daylin Leach and Sharif Street, and Rabbi Eli Freedman of Congregation Rodeph Shalom. Seated, from left: Chanda Macias, owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in Washington, D.C.; Rev. Greg Holston, executive director of POWER; and Rev. Kirk Berlenbach of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania.

Religious communities consider how much faith to put in marijuana

August 26, 2019 at 12:24 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA — On June 2, at a Philadelphia synagogue, Karen Michaels attended a conference about cannabis and various religions' views on it. She knows she was there because she has...

Players from the Outley House go up against Our Brothers' Place during a game at the Church of the Advocate in North Philly. Men from both shelters participate in a basketball league run by Hoops for Hope. (Steven M. Falk/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

Inside the Philadelphia basketball league for homeless men: ‘It helps me to realize who I really am’

August 24, 2019 at 12:32 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA — This basketball game began with a bucket, right off the tipoff, and then a matching bucket, and another bucket. Finally, somebody missed. Every Wednesday this summer, in a...

Best Supporting Actor nominee, eleven-year-old Haley Joel Osment, and Bruce Willis in "The Sixth Sense."

‘The Sixth Sense’ at 20: M. Night Shyamalan’s breakout still stuns

August 2, 2019 at 1:07 p.m.

"The Sixth Sense" - celebrating its 20th anniversary - opens with the shot of a burning lightbulb, which is as good a metaphor as any for a guy with a...

Ray Bungay, co-owner of Philadelphia Temple of Hemp and Cannabis, vapes hemp flower rosin from a dab rig in the shop in Philadelphia, Pa., on March 13, 2019. A painting of Haile Selassie hangs above. (

‘Not your normal church’: Philadelphia ‘temple’ is safe space for cannabis consumption

July 23, 2019 at 8:18 p.m.

It's a gift store. It's a head shop. And it's a weed church. Stoner swag greets you as you walk into this one-of-a-kind shop in Philadelphia. There are also T-shirts...

Pet leasing is real and can catch owners by surprise. New Jersey lawmakers want to ban it

July 19, 2019 at 12:08 p.m.

Scott and Patricia Smith were looking for a new furry friend at a Middletown, N.J., pet store when they found Chase, a fluffy white Maltese. It was June 2018, five...

American horror story: Couple charged in killing of 3-year-old

June 24, 2019 at 2:38 p.m.

In a killing described as "an American horror story," a man and his girlfriend were charged with murder for beating her 3-year-old son to death in their West Caln mobile...

Inexpensive test is saving infant lives

August 19, 2019 at 2:24 a.m.

At birth, Moriah Mudd seemed strong and healthy. Her physical exam by a pediatrician at Riddle Hospital in Philadelphia was completely normal. But then a nurse put a sensor on...

Inexpensive test is saving infant lives

May 14, 2019 at 12:04 a.m.

At birth, Moriah Mudd seemed strong and healthy. Her physical exam by a pediatrician at Riddle Hospital in Philadelphia was completely normal. But then a nurse put a sensor on...

Throw out old containers, food and makeup

May 23, 2019 at 9:25 a.m.

I often think about old things I'd like to be rid of - like about 40 years between me and my early 20s - but that's not possible until they...

Readers offer solutions to persistent problems

May 23, 2019 at 9:24 a.m.

I get the impression that there are a lot of untrustworthy cats in this country from the number of remedies submitted to me on combating urine odors. Here's a step-by-step...

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