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Swan Clinic: The Occupational Health Front
In a South Philly industrial strip, a clinic with a single exam room handled hundreds of 'workplace injuries' for the city’s largest contractors.
just now
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Will Ryland
7:56
Harbor Slip: The Boat That Became a Bailout
Cold open on a late-night tow and a boat owner who finds his boat gone but a paid insurance claim in his name.
8 hrs ago
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Will Ryland
9:20
Red Stamp: The Inspector Who Signed the Night Permits
When a neighbor calls 2 a.m.
Aug 21
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Will Ryland
6:29
Cold Box: The Seafood Warehouse That Froze a Case
When a delivery driver is found dead beside a locked refrigerated trailer and the cargo manifest shows a vanished load of high-value seafood, what looks…
Aug 20
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Will Ryland
5:09
Silent Dispatch: The 911 Logs That Vanished
A late-night scuffle outside a Philly bar should have produced a simple record: a 911 call, an officer's response, a report.
Aug 19
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Will Ryland
7:41
Mailroom Money: The Postal Clerk Who Rerouted a City's Checks
When a retired teacher opens an eviction notice despite months of on-time payments, she assumes a bureaucratic mistake.
Aug 18
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Will Ryland
8:24
Last Fare: The Medallion That Disappeared
At 3 a.m., veteran cab driver Tony Marino discovered the medallion that paid his mortgage and his retirement had been legally transferred to a corporate…
Aug 17
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Will Ryland
7:37
Silent Donor: The Library Gift That Opened a Pay-to-Play Door
When a small Philadelphia branch library announces a mysterious $250,000 gift for a new community room, it looks like a hometown win.
Aug 14
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Will Ryland
6:58
Wake Charge: How a Funeral Home Became a Cash‑Cleaning Front
At a shuttered South Philadelphia funeral home, a faded ledger lists hundreds of cash entries labeled 'removal,' 'cremation,' and short-hand codes that…
Aug 13
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Will Ryland
8:03
Ledger: The Bookie's Slip That Linked a Councilman's Fund to a Gambling Racket
When police seized a bookie’s phone after a raid, investigators cataloged dozens of betting sheets.
Aug 12
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Will Ryland
7:23
Pickup: The Missing Route That Hid a Trash-Racketeering Scheme
On a humid summer morning, a city garbage truck left a North Philadelphia depot and never completed its rounds.
Aug 11
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Will Ryland
7:45
Declared Dead, Conveyed: The False Death Certificate That Cleared a House for a Hidden Buyer
When a woman in South Philadelphia opened a mail notice about a sheriff’s sale, she found a certified death certificate for her father — dated after the…
Aug 10
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Will Ryland
8:35
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