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05/31/2026

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05/31/2026

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05/28/2026

05/27/2026

Investigators are asking for help finding Patrick Body, who is charged in a Pitcairn hit-and-run that has a woman fighting for her life.

05/26/2026

On May 13, 1985, the city of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on its own neighborhood. 🏚️

The target was a rowhouse on Osage Avenue occupied by MOVE, a Black liberation group that had been in a long standoff with the city. What happened next is one of the most disturbing chapters in Pennsylvania history: a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter dropped an explosive device onto the roof of a residential home. The resulting fire burned for hours. City officials ordered firefighters to let it burn.

When it was over, 11 people were dead, including 5 children. 61 homes were destroyed. 250 people were left homeless. The neighborhood was gone.

What's interesting is what came after. The city rebuilt the homes quickly, using shoddy construction that left residents dealing with structural failures for decades. A grand jury found that city officials had acted recklessly. No one was ever criminally charged. The mayor who gave the order was reelected.

Here's where it gets complicated: the MOVE bombing didn't happen in a vacuum. It was the result of years of escalating confrontation, failed negotiations, and political decisions made at every level of Philadelphia government. The full story is harder and more important than most people know.

Did you know about the MOVE bombing? Drop your thoughts below. 👇

05/25/2026

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Most Pennsylvanians have never heard of the railroad that bored straight through the hills of Pittsburgh and went bankrupt before it ever had a chance. 🚂

The Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway was built at the turn of the 20th century by financier George Gould, who dreamed of connecting Pittsburgh to a transcontinental rail empire. To reach downtown Pittsburgh, engineers drilled a massive tunnel directly through the city's bedrock. It was one of the most ambitious railroad construction projects in Pennsylvania history. What's interesting is that the tunnel was completed, the terminal was built, and trains actually ran — but the financial overreach was catastrophic. Gould's empire collapsed, the railroad went into receivership, and the Pittsburgh terminal that was supposed to anchor a coast-to-coast line quietly fell into disuse.

Here's where it gets complicated: the tunnel didn't disappear. Parts of it were later incorporated into Pittsburgh's transit infrastructure, and the terminal building itself became one of the city's most striking architectural relics. What people don't realize is that beneath Pittsburgh's streets, the ghost of one of the most audacious railroad failures in American history is still there. Did you know this tunnel existed?