Ximena Conde

5 days ago | inquirer.com | Ximena Conde

Kayla Spooner has not taken SEPTA since the night a Route 64 bus struck and killed her husband. “Every time I see a 64 bus, I cringe,” said Spooner. “Specifically if I’m crossing the street and I see a bus, I’m looking backward now to make sure that I’m not in the way.”Michael Spooner, 35, died at the scene at the intersection of South Front Street and Washington Avenue that Jan. 3 evening. The couple was on their way to a date night at the movies, just blocks from their home.

1 week ago | inquirer.com | Ximena Conde

Mike Huff, a progressive-backed Philadelphia judicial candidate, is not eligible to run in the May 20 primary, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled. Wednesday’s one-page decision put to bed a residency challenge that ran so close to election day, mail ballots went out this week with Huff’s name printed on them and a note alerting voters the state’s highest court was “still reviewing the eligibility of a candidate appearing on the ballot” for Municipal Court and the Court of Common Pleas.

1 week ago | inquirer.com | Ximena Conde

Dozens of people of varying mobility and political persuasions held up an assortment of signs near their Montgomery County retirement community Thursday, expressing their disdain toward President Donald Trump and his administration, when a truck slowed with a message. “Get a job!” the man shouted, perhaps keeping his eyes just enough on the road to miss the people in scooters and walkers. The seniors, revved up for a fight, were quick in their response. “We already had them!” said one woman.

2 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Ximena Conde

A Philadelphia judicial candidate in the May primary has been disqualified, again, amid a legal back-and-forth regarding his residency. But Mike Huff, the candidate hoping to win a spot on the Court of Common Pleas or Municipal Court, has vowed to appeal the decision. “We believe the Commonwealth Court’s findings of facts are unsupported by credible evidence on the record and will be appealing this decision back to the PA Supreme Court,” said Huff in a statement.

2 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | Ximena Conde |Ellie Rushing |Gillian McGoldrick

Philadelphia – Cody Balmer was begging to go to jail. Less than an hour after police say he set fire to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s mansion in the early morning of April 13, he called 911 to say he was ready to “confess to everything” he had done. “He needs to leave my family alone, he needs to get his eyes off of my daughters, and he needs to stop having my friends killed,” Balmer told the emergency operator.