American Airlines said Tuesday night that flights were temporarily halted because of a “technology issue” but have begun to resume.
“A technology issue briefly impacted connectivity for some of our systems on Tuesday evening,” the airline posted on social media.
“Systems are coming back online now and flights are departing again. We put a temporary ground stop in place while our teams worked to resolve the issue. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience,” the airline said.
American Airlines is the busiest carrier at Philadelphia International Airport.
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Keith A. Morrison, 84, of Meadowbrook, Montgomery County, celebrated artist, professor of painting emeritus and former dean at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art and Architecture, curator, critic, consultant, writer, and lecturer, died Monday, June 1, of cancer at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
Born in Jamaica, Dean Morrison left the Caribbean island for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago when he was 17 and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fine arts and art education. He went on to teach college art classes in Nashville, Chicago, and College Park, Md., and, in addition to Temple, serve as dean at San Francisco State University, the University of Maryland, and the old San Francisco Art Institute.
He was the first Black academic dean of art in a predominantly white American school in 1993 at the San Francisco Art Institute and joined Temple as dean of its art school in 2005. He became a professor of painting at Temple in 2008 and retired in 2018 as professor emeritus.
As head of the Temple art school for three years, Dean Morrison hired staff, expanded degree programs, and coordinated popular activities with the school’s affiliated art programs in Europe and Japan. In an online tribute, former colleagues at Temple called him a “dedicated advocate for artists and arts organizations.”
Earlier, he was associate dean of architecture and art at the University of Illinois, art department chair at DePaul University in Chicago, and associate professor of art at Fisk University in Nashville. He lectured around the world and was a visiting scholar at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in China and the University of Michigan.
“He was very serious, very thinking,” said his wife, Susan C. Alunan. “People said he was present and insightful, even life-changing.”
As an artist, Dean Morrison was inspired by his Afro-Caribbean heritage, his childhood memories of lush Jamaican landscapes, and his multicultural experiences in Europe, Cuba, Mexico, and elsewhere. He worked in watercolors, oils, acrylic, and prints, and created memorable abstract, figurative, and surreal images.
Many of his paintings feature landscapes, people, plants, and animals, often including Scout, his African gray parrot. His images, he told colleagues, were “more intuitive than intellectualized.”
Dean Morrison worked most often at his home studio in Meadowbrook. His parrot, Scout (left), sometimes appeared in his work. Susan C. Alunan
Dean Morrison’s work appears on the covers of books and magazines, and in hundreds of solo and group shows around the world. It resides in collections at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, and other galleries.
Colleagues at the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland said in a tribute: “Morrison’s vivid, imaginative paintings — filled with brilliant color, history, mythology, and fantasy — speak to African diasporic experience as well as Morrison’s unique sense of humor and narrative composition.”
As a writer, he pioneered Pan-African art criticism and was, in his own words, a Black critic “interested in art from a Black person’s perspective.” He was a visiting editor at the New Art Examiner in Chicago, and his reviews, interviews, and general observations appeared in the Washington Post, museum catalogs, and other publications.
As a curator, Dean Morrison supervised exhibitions in the United States, Jamaica, and Cuba. He represented the United States and Jamaica at international art exhibitions, and was active with Brandywine Workshop and the Washington Project for the Arts.
This is Dean Morrison’s “In the Rivers of Babylon.”Keith A. MorrisonThis is Dean Morrison’s “Scenes From Childhood.”Keith A. Morrison
Keith Anthony Morrison was born May 20, 1942, in Linstead, Jamaica. He ran track in high school and took drawing classes at the Jamaica School of Arts and Crafts.
He learned about the School of the Art Institute of Chicago after high school and worked as a disc jockey and sound effects man for a Jamaican radio station to earn money to travel to the United States. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Chicago in 1963 and his master’s degree at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1965.
He had a son, Ron, a daughter, Melinda, and, after a divorce, married Alunan in 2003 and welcomed her children into his family. His daughter and former wife died earlier.
Dean Morrison studied Aristotle and earned a Fulbright Senior Scholar grant. He enjoyed classical music and jazz, and he and his wife traveled the world together.
Dean Morrison “had a great imagination and sense of humor,” his wife said.Susan C. Alunan
He played tennis and ran, and lived in Chicago, Washington, and San Francisco before settling in Meadowbrook. “He had a great imagination and sense of humor,” his wife said. “He was a fun guy.”
In addition to his wife and son, Dean Morrison is survived by a brother and other relatives.
A celebration of his life is to be held later. Brandywine Workshop and Archives has scheduled a showing of his work from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6.
With over a half-foot of rain measured already, what has been Philadelphia’s wettest month since March 2024 is very likely to become significantly wetter.
The National Weather Service has posted a flash flood watch effective from 8 a.m. Tuesday until 2 p.m. Wednesday for rain totals up to 3 inches, with downpours of 1 to 2 inches an hour possible.
The national Storm Prediction Center on Tuesday morning listed a 15% chance of severe storms, those with wind gusts approaching 60 mph, for the entire region, with an outside shot of tornadoes. The Weather Prediction Center has a 40% chance of flooding downpours.
Some appetizers — localized downpours — popped up Monday afternoon, prompting flood warnings for Philly and neighboring sections of Montgomery County, and parts of Gloucester and Atlantic Counties in New Jersey.
Floodwaters swamped downtown Hammonton, Atlantic County, with “numerous” cars stranded on the roads, the weather service reported. The Pennypack Creek in Northeast Philly crested above “minor” flood stage.
Moth-ball-size hail pelted Chestnut Hill, and hail twice that size was sighted in Williamstown, Gloucester County, and in the vicinity of Washington Crossing State Park on the Jersey side of the Delaware River.
Storm coverage on Tuesday is expected to be far more extensive, and potentially more disruptive, with a “few tornadoes” possible, the weather service warned.
Storm activity is likely to linger into Wednesday, said Mike Lee, meteorologist in the weather service’s Mount Holly office, with more showers in the forecasts for Thursday.
What time the storms will arrive in Philly
Late July still is very much the lottery-ball season for damaging downpours, and that again likely will be very much in evidence this week. Rainfall totals in the last 30 days have ranged from 137% of normal in Gloucester County to 79% of normal in Montgomery County, according to the Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center.
Thunderstorms are possible as early as midmorning, but expect “repeated rounds” during the afternoon, said Matt Benz, senior meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc.
The highest probability for severe storms, those with wind gusts near 60 mph, would be in South Jersey and Delaware, although they could nose into Philly, said the weather service’s Lee.
The storms could continue well into the night, and additional rains are expected Wednesday afternoon.
The rain totals again are likely to vary widely; however, a general 1 to 2 inches is expected across the region.
Whatever happened to the drought?
It hasn’t gone anywhere — yet.
All of New Jersey and Chester County remain under state-declared drought warnings. In the latest interagency U.S. Drought Monitor update, conditions in the entire region remain from “abnormally dry” to severe drought.
All that may change by week’s end.
Through Sunday, officially 6.37 inches of rain habr been measured at Philadelphia International Airport this month. That is the highest monthly precipitation total since March 2024.
July’s rains have ended a run of 16 straight months of below-normal precipitation in Philly.
Said Benz: “It’s an old saying that all droughts end on a flood. That’s kind of what we’re seeing right now.”
South Philadelphia’s FDR Park now has its Welcome Center partially open to the public, with a public bathroom available for use and volunteers working an information desk seven days a week.
“Do you need help finding anything?” a chipper volunteer asked, sticking her head out of the information center entrance during the blistering heat wave in July.
The information desk is inside the Welcome Center and has been staffed since around late June, according to Philadelphia Parks and Recreation spokesperson Ra’Chelle Rogers. The restroom and information desk are open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, with closing extended to 5 p.m. on weekends.
The air-conditioned respite from the heat showcases FDR’s programming, not limited to jazz in the park, community boating, and birding — all for free.
Friends of FDR Park, the nonprofit that advocates for the 348-acre space, is also selling houseplants, seeds native to the park, and crocheted flowers as fundraisers.
“FDR Park has always been a place that brings people together, and it’s rewarding to see the Welcome Center now offering the everyday amenities this community has long deserved — from public restrooms to visitor resources,” said Parks and Recreation Commissioner Susan Slawson, adding she was “grateful to everyone who stuck with us throughout this process.”
The newly repurposed FDR Park Welcome Center, located on the east side of the Pattison Lagoon near the Broad Street and Pattison Avenue entrance to the park pictured on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 in South Philadelphia. The space, originally built in 1919, was used as a guard house and stables in the past.Erin Blewett / For The Inquirer
The former guardhouse and horse stables that now make up the Welcome Center and abutting offices for park staff underwent a $12 million renovation in 2022 that was completed last summer. The renovated space integrated the original guardhouse and stables’ design and restored some of the windows, doors, glazed brickwork, and original hardware, according to the conservancy.
The Welcome Center will eventually feature a handful of food vendors, but Philadelphia Parks and Recreation has no timeline for that yet, as the city would have to seek requests for proposals, according to Rogers.
When fully operational, the Welcome Center will have 3,800 square feet of event space available that should be able to accommodate up to 200 guests for community meetings, according to the Fairmount Park Conservancy, which raised half the funds associated with the center’s renovation and is managing FDR’s larger once-in-a-generation overhaul. Additional bathrooms will eventually be available inside.
For now, park visitors can grab a seat outside the Welcome Center, where several bright orange tables overlook a field of wildflowers.
Park lovers willing to guide visitors can volunteer to help at the information desk through the Friends of FDR Park.
Ever been throwing back a white tea shot (or four) at Drinker’s Pub at 19th and Chestnut Streets and found yourself wondering: “You know what would make this better? A slender strawberry-blonde ghost.”
Well, apparently, you wouldn’t be the only one. At an onstage Q&A in a respite from performing, singer-songwriter Audrey Hobert was asked: “If you could haunt any place, just some place, for the rest of your life, what would you choose?”
As she gripped a plastic water bottle sitting in front of a large speaker, Hobert, who grew up in L.A., smiled and contemplated.
“Such a great question,” responded Hobert, in a lime green zip-up and gym shorts. “I would probably haunt this bar in Philly which is where, during my song ‘Silver Jubilee,’ it’s like based on a real weekend in Philly in my life and that’s where we spent most of the weekend so I’d probably haunt that bar. It’s the best bar I’ve ever been to.”
The video capturing the moment was posted Sunday on TikTok and labeled as “audrey q+a in columbus.” It has since amassed more than 130,000 views.
Hobert didn’t go into detail about what made the experience so memorable other than spending time with friends and family and a mysterious man from Spain. But almost two years later, the neighborhood haunt (pun somewhat intended) still clearly holds a special place in her heart.
The “Sue Me” singer is in the midst of her “The Staircase to Stardom Tour,” which stopped in Philadelphia on June 10 at the Met.
An off-duty Philadelphia police officer who authorities say shot and killed his uncle in Northampton County during the weekend contended he did so in self-defense, according to court documents.
Cummings told troopers he had fired at Moncrieffe because he feared the man was reaching for his concealed firearm during a domestic confrontation, according to an affidavit of probable cause in his arrest.
Investigators say Cummings shot Moncrieffe six times in the head with a 9mm handgun during the confrontation at a residence on Old Gate Road.
Cummings is a two-year veteran of the force. He has an entry-level rank and serves on the Kensington detail, where he is paid a salary of $79,259, public records show.
Cpl. Jasmine Reilly, a police spokesperson, said Monday that the department’s internal affairs bureau has opened an inquiry into Cummings. She referred further questions to state police, who are overseeing the criminal investigation.
A spokesperson for the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Bethlehem did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The conflict began Friday around 1:30 p.m., when Cummings confronted his uncle at the home after a young family member told the off-duty officer that Moncrieffe had verbally threatened him, according to court documents.
After Cummings entered the residence, other family members saw the two men begin to struggle, with Moncrieffe shoving Cummings as he tried to stand up, the documents said.
The young family member — a juvenile whom police did not identify — then approached Moncrieffe and punched him multiple times in the face, the documents said. He later told investigators that the escalation led Moncrieffe to “square up with him.”
That’s when Cummings drew his weapon and fired at Moncrieffe, striking him in the head, the documents said. Moncrieffe slumped to the floor, and Cummings shot him again in the head before fleeing the property.
Cummings was arrested that afternoon after leading troopers on a chase through the Lehigh Valley community, at points traveling more than 100 mph through residential areas as he evaded law enforcement in an orange 2023 Kia Forte, according to the documents.
The pursuit ended back at Moncrieffe’s home, where Cummings surrendered his firearm and was taken into custody without further resistance, authorities said.
He is being held in the Northampton County jail without bail and is set to appear before District Judge Jordan A. Knisley on Aug. 8.
Staff writer Ryan Briggs contributed to this article.
A woman was killed by a hit-and-run driver in the Eastwick section early Monday morning just seconds after having exited a rideshare vehicle.
Talyia Bernice Nesmith, 29, of Philadelphia, was exiting a rideshare vehicle just before 3:30 a.m. on the 7200 block of Elmwood Avenue, police said, when someone driving a black Dodge Charger at high speed struck her. Nesmith had just exited a rideshare vehicle and was attempting to cross Elmwood Avenue, police said.
Nesmith was struck with so much force that she was thrown into the rear of a nearby unoccupied parked car. After striking Nesmith, the driver of the Dodge Charger continued east, striking another parked car before fleeing without stopping, according to police.
Police responded to the scene at 3:30 a.m. for reports of a multi-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian. Philadelphia Fire Department medics took Nesmith to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where she was declared dead at 4:05 a.m.
A stock image of a high-performance black Dodge Charger, the same model of car police believe was used in a fatal hit-and-run on Monday morning which left 29-year-old Talyia Bernice Nesmith dead.(Courtesy of Philadelphia Police Department)
The driver of the black Dodge Charger has not been identified. Police initially believed the car to be a Dodge SRT, but later said they were looking for a black 2020-2023 Dodge Charger Hellcat or Scat Pack Wide Body — two high-performance versions of the standard Charger model. The vehicle may have damage to the passenger side and possible damage to the windshield. It was last seen traveling east on Elmwood Avenue.
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The number of hit-and-run crashes, like the one that killed Nesmith, has fallen in Eastwick in recent years, according to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation data. There were nine hit-and-runs in 2025, down from 15 in 2023. But since 2019, nearly 100 hit-and-run crashes occurred in the neighborhood, resulting in 84 people injured and four deaths.
The police Crash Investigation Division is investigating the case. Anyone with information can submit an anonymous tip by calling the police department’s tip line at 215-686-TIPS (8477). Tips can also be submitted electronically at phillypolice.com/tips.
A year ago, Priya Brown spent many weekday afternoons sitting in traffic, inching home to Northern Liberties from her job in the Navy Yard.
Since moving into the new apartments at South Philly’s converted military base in January, the 27-year-old said her daily routine has gotten much more relaxing — with far fewer brake lights. An assistant buyer at Anthropologie, Brown walks 10 minutes to her office at Urban Outfitters’ Navy Yard headquarters.
“My life is so much easier,” Brown said last week as she walked her tiny basset hound, Momo, around her building, AVE Constitution. The air was quiet, save for an occasional bird chirping and the steady hum of planes making their descent into Philadelphia International Airport.
“I’m not a city person,” added Brown, an Annapolis native who moved to Philly for work. In Northern Liberties, “I missed grass a lot.”
The Navy Yard has open space and paths for walking and running, as seen in this 2022 file photo.Yong Kim / Staff Photographer
Brown pays about $2,400 a month for her one-bedroom, she said, and takes advantage of the free and abundant street parking, a rarity elsewhere in the city.
It also includes more than 20 acres of parks and miles of walking paths, some along the Delaware River, as well as a restaurant and hotel.
Now, it is also home to a small but growing number of residents.
More than a third of the 347 units in Constitution are leased, according to Sam Korman, AVE’s director of operations. Next door at Normandy, which opened this spring, more than 20% of the 267 units are leased, according to Korman. Normandy includes unfurnished apartments for tenants, as well as furnished ones that are marketed to business travelers. Lease-ups for buildings of this size typically take about 18 months, a spokesperson for the company said.
“We are extremely pleased with the reception to AVE Navy Yard through our first few months of operations,” Korman said last month in a statement. “This past month has been our most successful for both furnished and unfurnished leasing, a positive trend that we expect to continue throughout the summer,” a busy season for rentals.
Navy Yard stakeholders eventually want the property to have 4,000 apartments, along with more retail space and a second hotel, according to its 2022 redevelopment plan.
A one-bedroom apartment at AVE Normandy as seen in March.Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer
Some Navy Yard residents love their ‘secluded spot’
As cars drove by from the Navy Yard office complexes, headed toward I-76 and I-95 on a recent afternoon, only a handful of people were out and about near the apartment buildings.
Several food couriers dropped off orders in the Normandy lobby. Nearby, in front of floor-to-ceiling windows, someone walked on the treadmill in an otherwise-empty gym. On an outdoor deck above, people could be heard splashing in the pool.
Otherwise, passersby were few.
Brown said she enjoys the suburban-esque solitude, though she’s glad more tenants are moving in. This winter, it felt like only a handful of other people lived in the building, she said, but now her floor seems like it’s almost full, making it “less spooky.”
A communal space at AVE Normandy in March.Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer
Across the street at Normandy, resident Integra Feliciano has picked up a similar vibe.
“I have the sense that I’m definitely one of the earlier tenants,” said the 29-year-old, who moved in April and was drawn to the area’s tranquility after living near Passyunk.
Feliciano commutes to her job at a life sciences company in West Philly. She looked at apartments in Center City but couldn’t find anything as quiet and luxurious — without “ridiculously expensive” parking.
At her last apartment, she said, she paid more than $300 a month for parking, a rate that was set to hit $500 around the time she moved. Like Brown, she now parks on the street for free.
The Navy Yard is “a secluded spot, a little gem,” said Feliciano, who pays $2,510 for her one-bedroom. “I like being in proximity to the city, but I don’t like being right in it.”
The Navy Yard itself is “still up-and-coming in terms of having more restaurants and stuff,” Feliciano said, but there’s plenty to do.
People leave the Navy Yard at rush hour in August 2022.Steven M. Falk / Staff Photographer
In the spring, she said, she and her boyfriend bought last-minute tickets to a Sixers playoff game and walked over to Xfinity Mobile Arena. While out for a run one day, she discovered the Southeast Asian Market in FDR Park.
She swims in her building’s pool whenever she can, she said, and often invites family and friends over. And she said her guests love that they don’t have to “circle the block for an hour” to find a parking spot.
“I had a friend come over, and she just parked right in front,” Feliciano said. “She said, ‘Oh, that’s it?’”
Why the first resident was drawn to AVE Navy Yard
Gokul Krishnan is glad more people are discovering the Navy Yard apartments. The 51-year-old, who works as the chief sourcing and global trade compliance officer for URBN brands, was the first person to sign a lease and move into Constitution last November.
“It feels like home,” said Krishnan, who moved to Philly from the San Francisco area. “It’s so calm.”
AVE Navy Yard executives walk between the Constitution and Normandy apartment buildings in March.Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer
He enjoys taking walks around the Navy Yard, using the gym, and spending time in the building’s lounge and outdoor courtyard. The AVE staff is kind and communicative, he said, and he, too, enjoys a 10-minute walking commute to his office at the Urban Outfitters headquarters.
Krishnan signed an 18-month lease, he said, and pays about $3,000 a month for his one-bedroom, plus parking in the complex’s covered garage. He may upgrade to a larger unit next year, he said. His wife plans to move from California once their son graduates high school, and she’s bringing the couple’s 6-year-old goldendoodle, Simba.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional information about leasing plans.
While Philadelphia’s Fourth of July visitors might be long gone, hundreds of people were at Congregation Mikveh Israel in Center City on Sunday afternoon celebrating the Semiquincentennial while looking back at more than 250 years of Jewish contributions to the United States.
At Jewish America 250, visitors of all ages were met by more than 60 vendors, food trucks, and live music at the historic synagogue — the oldest in Philadelphia — for an interfaith celebration highlighting the nation’s history and founding principles, Rabbi Yosef Zarnighian said.
Rabbi Yosef Zarnighian speaks about Jonas Phillips during Jewish America 250 at Congregation Mikveh Israel on Sunday in Philadelphia.Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer
“We thought that it would be quite appropriate to honor the 250th celebration of the United States by having the entire community, doesn’t matter your religion, your race — totally irrelevant. If you are part of the Philadelphia community, we want you to come showcase your business, your institution, your restaurant here,” Zarnighian said.
“From 1788 to now, we’ve been about interfaith dialogue and sharing that common American heritage that doesn’t recognize religion or race or anything like that — it’s about being American,” he said.
Congregation Mikveh Israel has a rich history in Philadelphia tracing back to before the nation’s founding.
Visitors viewed historic artifacts in Congregation Mikveh Israel’s museum during Jewish America 250 Sunday. Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer
The synagogue’s artifacts and displays highlight the impact Philadelphia’s Jewish community has had throughout history: from protesting the inclusion of a religion oath in the Constitution to founding the Association of Jewish Immigrants in 1884.
The synagogue’s Spruce Street Cemetery recognizes some of this history, with part of the burial ground dedicated specifically to Jewish Revolutionary War soldiers, Zarnighian said.
In the synagogue at 44 N. Fourth St., the centerpiece of the synagogue’s connection to its past — a prayer table that has been used for centuries of services — sits atop a marble Civil War-era platform.
“It’s the symbol of uninterrupted Jewish prayer in Philadelphia since 1782,” Zarnighian said.
Historic pieces, including the table from 1782, the marble platform from 1859 and the wooden chair from 1816, were available for public viewing during the event at Congregation Mikveh Israel on Sunday.Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer
Siblings Sheryl Kline and Mark Fried, longtime members of the congregation, had a special connection to the history on display at Sunday’s event and were excited to share it.
The pair looked down at the rare travel Torah, kept safe behind protective glass, that had belonged to their grandfather, Gustav Cohn.
At roughly one-third the size of a regular Torah, the scroll was easy for Cohn to bring along as he made his way across the country as a traveling salesman.
Sheryl Kline, left, of Chester County, and Mark Fried, of Bucks County, look at their great grandfather’s Torah Sunday at Congregation Mikveh Israel.Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer
He eventually settled in Philadelphia and, in his later years, moved in with his daughter’s family, who were longtime members of Mikveh Israel.
“We’re very proud,” Kline said. “We’re very proud to be part of the celebration of the country and the synagogue.”
Now living in the suburbs, the siblings do not travel into the city for services every week, but there is one special service that cannot be missed.
Per Cohn’s instructions when he lent the Torah, it must be read at least once a year, Kline said, “usually on my grandmother’s birthday.”
T-shirt hawkers have captured LeBron James’ name, image, and likeness.
The face of the newly minted Philadelphia 76er and all-time NBA legend has already wound up on unauthorized merch outside stadiums and down the Jersey Shore, as seen in social media posts.
“coming to you live from the wildwood boardwalk,” they wrote, alongside a photo of two T-shirts with LeBron’s face (likely) photoshopped onto No. 23 Sixers jerseys. The tweet has more than 3,500 likes.
A video from TickPick, a ticketing marketplace, also showed LeBron gear being peddled outside the Phillies’ game Saturday.
For decades, hawkers have been a fixture outside stadiums before and after games and concerts. And at the Jersey Shore, the staple mildly offensive and oft-vulgar garb has taken on its own culture.
These merchandisers are not beholden to trademark restrictions, capitalize on fan — not corporate — interests, and press catchy slogans onto cotton at lightning speeds.
That’s probably how King James landed at the Shore before the ink dried on the deal.
