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An officer failed to help a man lying in the road minutes before he was killed by a hit-and-run driver, Philly police say

Philadelphia police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run that took place early Thursday morning in the Olney section of the city, minutes after an officer left the 48-year-old victim lying on the ground in a bike lane.

Police are treating the case as two separate matters — a search for the hit-and-run driver led by crash investigators, and an internal disciplinary probe into the officer’s conduct leading up to the crash.

First Deputy Commissioner John Stanford, at a news conference on Friday, criticized the officer for failing to help the man and leaving him in a vulnerable state on the roadway.

“[It’s] very troubling to see that there is an officer that responds to this location and fails to render any type of aid to the individual prior to that individual being struck by the vehicle, being run over by that vehicle, driven over by that vehicle and that’s troubling for us,” he said.

The officer’s name has not been released. He is assigned to the 35th District and has two years on the force, Stanford said. The department placed the officer on administrative leave while the incident is investigated, Stanford said.

Police have also not released the victim’s identity as they are trying to contact relatives.

At about 1:40 a.m., a man with an “unsteady gait” was seen walking down the 5500 block of Rising Sun Avenue, Stanford said.

Video shows the officer pull his police vehicle next to the man and engage with him. During that encounter, the man falls to the ground, lying in the bike lane and partially in the traffic lane, Stanford said.

The officer pulls his patrol car in front of the man, Stanford said, and gets out to speak with him. Then the officer leaves.

Minutes later, a car stops before reaching the man, Stanford said. But a second vehicle drives into the bike lane to go around the first car, running over the man and driving away. The victim was pronounced dead hours later at approximately 6:15 a.m.

Police are searching for a 2023 to 2026 green Kia Sportage X Line series with black-and-chrome rims.

Stanford said passersby pulled the 48-year-old man out of traffic and called police.

The officer who had first engaged with the victim and then left him in the road mere minutes before was the first officer to respond to the scene, Stanford said.

Stanford said the officer did not make a police report, waiting for medics to arrive. Stanford said the officer did not render aid during this time.

Stanford said the officer did not check whether the victim was impaired or having a medical condition, calling the officer’s behavior “very troubling, very disturbing, and to be quite blunt about it, extremely disappointing.”

“It goes against everything we stand for,” he said.

August 28, 2026
The sheriff’s office doesn’t need a babysitter; it needs to be abolished | Shackamaxon

This week’s edition of Shackamaxon covers data centers, property assessments, and more woes at the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office.

Jason Kelce with Liquid Death mascot Murder Man in an ad for the canned water and Garage Beer.Garage Beer

Sports data center

Former Eagles offensive lineman Jason Kelce seems to be more omnipresent in retirement than he was during his career. Most recently, he filmed a commercial for Garage Beer and Liquid Death that asked Americans to send him their urine to supply data centers.

While conjuring a negative image of yellow liquid in a cup is probably an unwise strategy for someone who co-owns a light beer company, Kelce’s commercial had another major problem — data centers don’t actually use as much water as public perception suggests.

In fact, the biggest threat to U.S. water supplies is something far more mundane: alfalfa farming.

Across the arid Western states, farmers are using vast amounts of water to irrigate their fields, which are then used to feed cows for the beef industry. A single acre of alfalfa uses 1.6 million to 2.5 million gallons of water. In Utah, feed farming uses over half the state’s water supply. Meanwhile, the data centers themselves increasingly rely on closed-loop systems. The water used as coolant gets purified and reused, reducing their own need.

The confusion over water use is emblematic of the general debate over the centers, which is rife with hard-to-vet claims. And shifting public opinion has left politicians in both parties flat-footed and scrambling to react.

Gov. Josh Shapiro, the ever-Ambitious Abingtonian, issued his own response to the situation. Much of what Shapiro said is reasonable. He wants tech companies to pay for their own power and contribute to community benefits agreements, and to respect the Pennsylvania Constitution’s guarantee of clean air and pure water. Some of it is less sensible, specifically his commitment to local control.

Local control sounds great in theory: Why shouldn’t communities have the final say over how they are developed? In practice, however, it is shortsighted. There are two reasons for this.

One, the impact of data centers is regional, not local. If opponents are correct about the impact on water and electricity bills, this impact will exist no matter where the centers operate. Given the PJM grid Pennsylvanians rely on spans multiple states, there is no plausible pathway for local communities to insulate themselves from rising energy demand by blocking data center proposals.

Two, not every community can afford to say no. Take the bankrupt city of Chester, for example. From its efforts to sell the Chester Water Authority to its role as host for the Reworld Trash Incinerator, financial considerations already play a big role in that city’s policymaking. By handing control to local authorities, the governor is ensuring cities like Chester will disproportionately play host to data centers.

For those who believe they will have a strong negative impact on quality of life, how is that possibly fair?

Instead, what is needed is federal, regional, or at least statewide coordination.

The 1700 block of North Newkirk Street on Aug. 20. On this block in Strawberry Mansion, some homeowners saw their property assessments double.Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer

Fair value

Over in Allegheny County, home to Pittsburgh and many of its suburbs, the courts have ordered local officials to begin a full property reassessment, which must be completed by 2032. Pennsylvania is unique in not requiring regular reassessment.

Pittsburgh’s values were last set in 2012, but more than a third of the state’s counties haven’t been reassessed since the 20th century. This leads to wildly out-of-whack and unfair tax bills for some residents.

Of course, Philadelphians can tell you that regular reassessment is not a panacea for discontent. The city’s most recent valuations have set off a firestorm of consternation, especially given how many lower-income areas saw big increases. It doesn’t help matters that the neighborhoods Cherelle L. Parker used to represent on City Council, and powered her election as mayor, saw some of the smallest boosts in valuation.

As tempting a story as the mayor favoring her core supporters while squeezing the city’s poorest neighborhoods may be, that is not an accurate assessment.

Given the massive decrease in shootings and consistent efforts to clean and green the city, it is not surprising to see increased demand for neighborhoods like Kensington, Grays Ferry, and Fairhill. While there is still a long way to go on public safety, higher valuations are a sign of progress.

It also should remind Council members that their theory that development drives property appreciation is faulty. Many of the neighborhoods with higher appreciation have seen little to no new development. In Northern Liberties/Fishtown, one of the city’s hot spots for new construction, values increased by just 1.7%.

Additionally, the city has a powerful tool for protecting low-income homeowners: the homestead exemption. While the city’s stated property tax rate is 0.013998, owner-occupants pay a much lower rate. For a home valued at the city’s median of $260,000, the total tax bill is $2,239.68, or 0.008614. In Fairhill, where the median home value is $80,000, the homestead exemption eliminates the total tax liability for many residents. Boosting the exemption from $100,000 to $110,000 or $120,000 would ensure more low-income homeowners are protected from rising tax bills.

Sheriff Rochelle Bilal is seen exiting a courtroom at City Hall on Wednesday.Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

Bilal’s babysitter

Mayor Parker wouldn’t do it. City Council wouldn’t, either. Accountability for the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office instead came from Common Pleas Court Judge Paula A. Patrick.

After listening to a list of excuses and promises, it was clear Patrick had her fill of incompetence. The beleaguered department, which had been ordered to produce a specific set of documents months ago, suddenly released thousands of pages the night before the hearing.

Instead of putting officials before the court with direct knowledge of why a backlog in processing property deeds began, Sheriff Rochelle Bilal instead sent Steven Wakefield, a deputy undersheriff who was hired just two months ago. Wakefield was tasked with testifying about past events he was not privy to, despite repeated warnings from the judge.

As for Bilal herself, she claims to have “limited personal knowledge of the underlying facts.”

Issuing deeds is one of the core functions of her job, but apparently the sheriff had no idea what was going on. Instead, Wakefield tried to scapegoat a former employee named Melissa Simpson, who had apparently been handling the entire process on her own without oversight from anyone.

This testimony led to an agreement in which Bilal will have to identify someone to oversee deed sales for six months. A babysitter, essentially.

While it is good to see someone holding the sheriff accountable for once, a temporary babysitter is only a partial solution. The office should be abolished.

Sadly, that seems unlikely. Bilal may struggle to perform her day job, but she has thrived at building up political allies. She has been invited to news conferences by District Attorney Larry Krasner, remains a political player after her years running the Guardian Civic League, and faces next to no criticism from City Council. She was even honored by the Phillies as a “hometown hero.”

Troublingly, Bilal does not even seem to have an opponent in next year’s elections, despite the continued public mismanagement of her office. That, at least, should change.

Perhaps the Ambitious Abingtonian can find a Perspicacious Philadelphian willing to take on the challenge of replacing Bilal.

August 28, 2026
To seed or not to seed? Philly’s old-school cheesesteak shops rethink their roll options.

Sesame-seeded rolls are in at Jim’s South Street — and out at Pat’s King of Steaks.

The opposite moves by two of Philadelphia’s best-known old-school cheesesteak shops expose a divide increasingly shaped by social media. Tourists arrive expecting the crusty, seeded rolls they see online, while many longtime customers still prefer the plain rolls Philadelphia stands have served for generations.

The seeded roll is a staple of Sarcone’s Bakery.Michael Klein / Staff

The seeded-roll question is part of the crowded field of never-settled cheesesteak disputes: Which cheese is correct? How finely should the beef be chopped? Should the onions be diced, sliced, or chopped?

Tourists vs. locals

Earlier this month, Jim’s began offering seeded rolls as an option for the first time since it opened in 1976. Pat’s, which made news in February when it began offering them after 96 years of plain rolls, abandoned the experiment after only a few weeks.

Seeded rolls tend to be crustier, and the toasted sesame adds a faintly nutty flavor. Plain rolls are generally softer and milder, putting more emphasis on the beef and cheese.

At Jim’s, owner Ken Silver said he added seeded rolls to his Liscio’s bread order to give customers a choice. “For the most part, it’s a tourist thing,” Silver said. “Our local base is almost all plain.”

Silver said Jim’s made the change “for the same reason we added chicken and Cooper Sharp [cheese]. People expect it from what they see on social media.” Overall so far, he said, seeded is outselling unseeded, 6 to 1.

At Pat’s, those expectations did not translate into sales.

A cheesesteak on an unseeded roll at Jim’s South Street.Matt Rourke

Owner Frank Olivieri began offering seeded rolls in February, shortly after the death of his father, Frank P. Olivieri, who had resisted changes. The younger Olivieri initially said the limited-time offering would likely be permanent.

It lasted a month.

“If I got in 400 [seeded rolls] a day, by the end of the day, I was throwing out 390 of them,” Olivieri said. “Not that I’m the barometer to judge everybody else by or what influencers think you should eat, [but] not everybody who comes to Pat’s Steaks wants the [seeded] rolls.”

How the old guard rolls

Pat’s recently switched its bread supplier from Aversa to Corropolese, and offers plain rolls only now.

Geno’s Steaks, across Passyunk Avenue, also has been firmly seedless since Joey Vento opened the shop in 1966. “It’s never crossed my mind,” said Geno Vento, who took over after his father’s passing in 2011. “We have our customer base, and I don’t feel that we need to change the roll [baked by Liscio]. I feel like it’s more of a trend right now. And they might put [cheesesteaks] on rye bread next. You never know.”

Geno’s concession to the new generation is Cooper Sharp, which the shop buys in sauce form and heats up — as an option.

At the old-school Dalessandro’s in Roxborough, owner Steve Kotridis said he began offering seeded rolls a few years ago “when it became a fad,” though he estimated that only 3% of customers order them. Dalessandro’s uses a softer Amoroso roll for cheesesteaks and a sturdier, seeded Aversa for hoagies, both with and without seeds.

For newer cheesesteak shops, however, the seeded roll has become all but de rigueur — a style that predates social media but has been amplified by it. Famously, Donkey’s Place in Camden has served its distinctive cheesesteaks on poppy-seeded round rolls for more than 80 years.

Seeds of change

The seeded-roll trend launched with the hoagie.

Louis Sarcone Jr. at the century-old Sarcone’s Bakery credits Bobby Toner of the now-closed JR’s Deli with helping establish seeded bread as a hoagie standard in the 1980s, after Toner began buying Sarcone’s seeded loaves.

Sarcone said Primo Hoagies, founded in South Philadelphia in 1992, spread the style widely as it expanded into a 120-unit chain. Sarcone supplied Primo for years before it started using parbaked rolls supplied by another bakery.

By 2024, Sarcone said, 90% of the rolls he baked were seeded, up from 75% a decade earlier.

John Bucci Jr. said John’s Roast Pork began serving cheesesteaks on seeded rolls in 1987, after its supplier, Vilotti, went out of business. Bucci’s father, who was terminally ill, left the choice of a new bakery to his son. “JR’s had started making their hoagies on seeded bread, so, I figured, why not try [it] on a cheesesteak?” Bucci said.

John’s initially bought its seeded rolls from Carangi and later switched to Sarcone’s.

Now a cheesesteak roll

The seeded roll’s rise as a defining feature of the modern Philadelphia cheesesteak came later, accelerated by Angelo’s Pizzeria.

Owner Danny DiGiampietro, whose wife is Louis Sarcone’s niece, used Sarcone’s seeded rolls when he opened the first Angelo’s in Haddonfield in 2013. After moving Angelo’s to Ninth and Fitzwater in 2019, DiGiampietro began baking his own bread.

As Angelo’s fame grew, its crusty, sesame-seeded rolls — an image widely broadcast on social media and emulated by other shops — helped define the newer-generation cheesesteak.

Del Rossi’s cheesesteak is served on a house-baked seeded roll.Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

At Del Rossi’s, owner Nish Patel said cheesesteak orders were roughly split between plain and seeded rolls when he took over in 2020. Since he began baking his own rolls in 2024, virtually all have gone out on seeded bread.

“We barely get any requests for unseeded,” Patel said.

The contrast with Pat’s could hardly be sharper. There, Olivieri said, almost nobody wanted the seeded option.

Jim’s now finds itself somewhere in between — offering the roll that has come to signify a Philadelphia cheesesteak to many, while continuing to sell mostly plain rolls to its longtime clientele.

“People expect it from what they see on social media,” Silver said.

August 28, 2026
Phillies and Cubs set a record that still stands in a ‘weird’ game on this week in Philly history

The Inquirer’s headline called it a “weird” game.

The Chicago Tribune called it a “comedy of runs, hits and errors.”

More than 100 years later, record-keepers call it baseball history.

The game

On Aug. 25, 1922, a windy-day matchup between the visiting Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs accounted for 49 runs, the most ever recorded in a Major League Baseball game.

That record remains unbroken.

“Cubs and Phillies hooked up in what was advertised as a baseball game,” The Inquirer noted, “but which turned out early to be a comic opera to the tune of base hits.”

The two teams met at Cubs Park, which would not adopt the name of Philadelphia native William Wrigley Jr. until 1926.

More than 7,000 fans turned out for the Friday matinee, which started well enough: The Cubs jumped to a one-run lead, but a series of Cubby errors put the Phils up by three in the second inning.

But the Phillies would not lead again for the rest of the game.

The Cubs scored 10 runs in the second inning, and 14 in the fourth.

The Phillies put up six runs between the third and fifth innings, eight runs in the eighth inning, and six more in the ninth, but could not fully catch up.

And when the last out was recorded, the Phils left the bases loaded.

The record

When the basepath dust had settled, the two teams accounted for 51 hits, and 49 runs, “which established a new world’s mark for modern baseball,” The Inquirer noted.

The teams also set records for most runs in one inning (14), number of at-bats by one player in one inning (3), number of hits by a team in one inning (11), and the season record for number of runs scored by one team over nine innings, besting the previous record of 19.

But the Phillies were on the wrong side of history.

They lost, 26-23.

The Philadelphia baseball club got some measure of revenge more than 50 years later, beating the Cubs in a 10-inning slugfest at Wrigley Field, 23-22, on May 17, 1979. Their combined 45 runs counts as the second-most runs ever scored in a game.

Close enough.

August 28, 2026
‘Real steep, real hard, real crazy.’ We ride up the Manayunk Wall to see how difficult it really is.
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Climbing the Manayunk Wall*

*or at least attempting it.

How hard can it be? A former pro and a complete novice take on the most iconic ascent in American cycling.

By

Jasen Lo

,

Ariel Simpson

, and

Gabe Coffey

Published Aug. 28, 2026

This weekend sees the long-awaited return of the Philadelphia Cycling Classic after a decade-long absence. Riders will take to a 14-mile course that begins with a manageable and flat amble along the Schuylkill. That’s until they take a turn onto Levering Street and come face-to-face with the infamous Manayunk Wall.

The Wall asks riders to climb 210 feet at an average incline of 8% to 9% with peaks of 17% grade. For comparison, Independence Hall is only 168 feet tall, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps have an average grade of approximately 12%, according to Strava data.

Carlos Rogers, a member of Race Street Partners, which revived the race, and a former racer who competed in the 1994 edition of the Philadelphia Cycling Classic, said that climbing the Wall is no joke.

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“Once you make it around the bend [where Levering Street turns into Lyceum Avenue], where it gets super steep, that’s the hard part. Then, of course, over the top, there’s a bit of a false flat, so it really doesn’t end.”

John Eustice, a former professional cyclist from Bucks County who will be announcing the race on 6abc, described climbing the Wall in the summer heat as “real steep, real hard, real crazy, real hot, real fast, real hard.”

That sounds tough, but how hard can climbing the Wall really be? To find out, we put a complete novice up against Carlos.

carlos

Former pro-level racer. Raced in the 1994 Philly Cycling Classic.

ariel

Inquirer sports reporter. Has not ridden a bike since the sixth grade.

On a sunny 85-degree day, with a negligible wind speed of only 3.6 mph, we have close to perfect race conditions. So, let’s climb!

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Carlos reached the top in 3 minutes and 9 seconds, while Ariel took more than twice the time, getting to the summit in 7 minutes and 24 seconds.

Both men’s and women’s records for the Wall, according to Strava data, were set during the last Classic, held in 2016, and unsurprisingly outpace Carlos and Ariel’s times. Italian racer Marco Canola scaled the Wall in 1 minute, 56 seconds, while the women’s record of 2 minutes and 19 seconds is held by Elisa Longo Borghini – who finished third overall at this year’s Tour de France Femmes.

Both records are likely to be broken this weekend. Generally, professional cyclists have become faster and stronger since the last Philly Classic. For example, in 2016, the average speed of the Tour de France was 24.6 mph. This year’s edition had an average speed of 26.5 mph.

They’ll have plenty of chances to break records, too. On Sunday, the pros will climb the Wall multiple times — the women four times and the men eight times. Carlos and Ariel, on the other hand, only had to endure the “real steep, real hard, real crazy” climb once.

Acknowledgement

Heart rate data was collected using heart rate monitors worn by our riders, while Ariel’s power data was measured using a power meter. Carlos’ power data was estimated using a proxy climb performed under similar conditions.

Staff Contributors

Design and development: Sam Morris, Jasen Lo

Data: Jasen Lo

Reporting: Jasen Lo and Ariel Simpson

Editing: Sam Morris

Videography: Gabe Coffey

Video Editing: Gabe Coffey and Jasen Lo

Copy Editing: Addam Schwartz

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From the stadium-like feel of Ben Franklin Parkway, to the grueling half-mile stretch of the Manayunk Wall, Freddie Rodriguez and Eric Heiden recall the importance of the event.

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~~August 28, 2026~~
Eagles 53-man roster prediction: How tough decisions at wide receiver, tight end and D-line will shake out

Howie Roseman has all the pieces laid out in front as he whittles the Eagles’ 91-man roster down to 53 players ahead of Sunday’s 6 p.m. deadline.

Most of the team is in place, but it isn’t like some piece of furniture from IKEA with specific parts. Roseman will build his makeshift roster by balancing the Eagles’ immediate needs with the long-term, while also factoring in injury variables, the salary cap, and other potential moves.

The general manager is scanning the rest of the NFL for upgrades at positions in question. He’s yet to make any trades since camp started, but no one likes to wheel and deal as much as Roseman. C.J. Gardner-Johnson and Jahan Dotson are just two of the players Roseman acquired in and around this time.

Wide receiver, tight end, and safety are among potential areas that could be addressed.

The 16-man practice squad will also afford the Eagles a landing spot for vested veterans, players they will taxi up on game days, or prospects they hope to develop. So while only 53 will make the initial cut, Roseman considers his roster a 69-man outfit (70 if they have an international prospect).

It is an ever-evolving list that will likely change ahead of the season opener vs. the Commanders on Sept. 13. But for one fleeting moment there will be those who make it, and those who don’t. Here’s one beat reporter’s predictions:

Andy Dalton is a candidate to be moved, which would slot Tanner McKee in as the No. 2 quarterback. Yong Kim / Staff Photographer

Quarterbacks (3): Jalen Hurts, Tanner McKee, Cole Payton.

Traded: Andy Dalton.

Practice squad: None.

Dalton’s play this summer hasn’t earned him the No. 2 job. McKee has been only marginally better, but has shown improvement. The best man doesn’t always win. But the educated guess here is that Roseman will trade Dalton to a backup-needy team — of which there are many. He may need to keep all four quarterbacks past Sunday’s deadline to get what he wants in return, however.

Payton has displayed more than last year’s rookie project — Kyle McCord — and probably wouldn’t pass through waivers if the Eagles consider stowing him on the practice squad.

Running backs (3): Saquon Barkley, Tank Bigsby, Will Shipley.

Cut: Dameon Pierce, Carson Steele, Jordan Mims.

Practice squad: Steele.

A position of strength, the top three running backs have virtually been locked into place since the start of camp. Shipley’s development made Pierce expendable. Steele’s preseason film could make him a waiver claim. His fullback experience — which he never got to show in camp — makes him a versatile practice squad possibility.

Hollywood Brown (0) did not have the best training camp but the guess is that he stays.Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer

Wide receivers (5): DeVonta Smith, Makai Lemon, Dontayvion Wicks, Hollywood Brown, Darius Cooper.

Injured reserve: Johnny Wilson.

Cut: Elijah Moore, Britain Covey, Quez Watkins, Danny Gray, Samori Toure, Erik Ezukanma, Tahj Washington.

Practice squad: Moore, Covey.

There was little chance the Eagles could replace A.J. Brown with just one player, so Roseman went the by-committee route with Lemon as the biggest investment. A nagging hamstring injury has stunted the first-round draft pick’s early development. Wicks solidified the No. 2 outside spot, but there’s a significant dropoff after Smith. That Cooper, who cooled off after a hot summer start, is the only receiver with some size could also be of concern.

Moore performed better than Hollywood Brown in camp, but the latter is guaranteed $5 million. He also has a proven track record. Moore is also primarily a slot and that job belongs to Lemon — for better or worse. Maybe he’s an early-season practice squad call-up to offset the rookie’s expected learning curve. Covey’s been down this road before and could stick on the practice squad, unless Lemon can field punts right away.

Tight end Cameron Latu’s ability to play fullback could help him stick on the roster. Yong Kim / Staff Photographer

Tight ends (4): Dallas Goedert, Johnny Mundt, Eli Stowers, Cameron Latu.

Cut: Grant Calcaterra, E.J. Jenkins, Stone Smartt.

Practice squad: Calcaterra, Jenkins.

Tight end has overtaken safety as the most likely area Roseman might address via trade or by some other means. The Eagles were probably expecting Stowers to need time, especially when it came to blocking. But he rarely practiced with Hurts, if at all, and recently suffered a setback with his hamstring. Redshirting the second-rounder would set off alarms, so it’s unlikely Roseman takes that route.

But a swap — or signing a veteran like Zach Ertz off the street — would also speak volumes. Goedert is still a competent “Y” receiver, while Mundt will shoulder some of the “F” blocking responsibilities. But tight ends often need to be dual-purpose within Sean Mannion’s new Kyle Shanahan-style scheme and neither is as competent in the opposite discipline.

If Stowers isn’t healthy by the opener, or is unable to contribute on special teams in the early going, Latu seems the likely fourth option. He can also fill the fullback role if Mannion adds that wrinkle to the offense.

Offensive linemen (10): Lane Johnson, Jordan Mailata, Landon Dickerson, Cam Jurgens, Tyler Steen, Markel Bell, Drew Kendall, Willie Lampkin, Micah Morris, Fred Johnson.

Cut: John Ojukwu, Jake Majors, Michael Jordan, Cameron Williams, Myles Hinton, Zeke Correll.

Practice squad: Ojukwu, Majors, Williams.

The starting five — among the best units in the NFL when healthy — has long been predictable. In question entering camp was if the youngsters would be viable backups. The answer appears to be a provisional yes after a promising summer of Bell, Kendall and Lampkin working with Jeff Stoutland replacement Chris Kuper. Ultimately, they have to go out there and do it against actual starters when called upon.

And that time will most likely come. Jurgens has looked more nimble than he did a year ago after back surgery. But Dickerson may be put together by Scotch tape and chewing gum after multiple injuries, while the 36-year-old Lane Johnson is entering his likely final season. Bell may have beat out Fred Johnson for the swing tackle spot, but the latter has helped the Eagles through multiple injuries the previous two seasons. He’s the last guy on here, but may not survive.

There also isn’t an obvious second reserve tackle with Williams and Hinton still not close to ready.

How the Eagles will handle International Player Pathway program Uar Bernard’s (93) case bears watching. Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer

Defensive tackles (6): Jalen Carter, Jordan Davis, Moro Ojomo, Byron Young, Ty Robinson, Uar Bernard.

Cut: Gabe Hall, Zion Wilson, David Blay.

Practice squad: Hall, Wilson.

Roseman has balanced winning in the short term vs. building for the long term better than most franchises (see: Mailata). Bernard has a ways to go before he sees the field in the regular season. But the Eagles have that luxury with significant depth at defensive tackle.

Carter, Davis and Ojomo give defensive coordinator Vic Fangio a formidable interior. Young and especially Robinson have taken steps forward in the offseason. Bernard, the International Player Pathway (IPP) program project the Eagles drafted in the seventh round, could befall injury and save a roster spot. But he wouldn’t be able to practice with the team while on injured reserve.

Edges (6): Jonathan Greenard, Jalyx Hunt, Nolan Smith, A.J. Epenesa, Arnold Ebiketie, Joshua Weru.

Cut: Keyshawn James-Newby, Jose Ramirez, Tarron Jackson.

Practice squad: James-Newby.

Roseman’s continued investment in the trenches influences the roster makeup. Fangio has said he can get away with just a three-man rotation on the edge, which would theoretically not make it necessary to stockpile at the position. But Greenard’s pectoral muscle tear and Weru’s potential ceiling should make keeping as many as six here a necessity.

Fangio has hinted that Greenard may not suit up for Week 1, but if the veteran edge is going to be out for significantly longer he’ll likely stay on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list. That would open a roster spot. Hunt and Smith, meanwhile, appear better equipped to start than they were a year ago.

Epenesa was a solid late spring addition. Ebiketie hasn’t stood out, and could be a surprise cut. But Weru, like Bernard an IPP project, needs polishing and strengthening. There’s little doubt another team would be willing to snatch the undrafted rookie off waivers.

Zack Baun (left) and Jihaad Campbell are linchpins of the defense. Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer

Inside linebackers (5): Zack Baun, Jihaad Campbell, Jeremiah Trotter, Smael Mondon, Chance Campbell.

Cut: Deontae Lawson, Brandon George.

Practice squad: Lawson.

Fangio has openly touted his depth at off-ball linebacker. He still harps on Jihaad Campbell’s mental inconsistency, but the former first-rounder has all the tools to thrive alongside Baun. Trotter has starter capabilities. He and Mondon will be core special teams performers.

Chance Campbell has put solid preseason film out there. Could he or Mondon be trade bait for a tight end or safety?

Cornerbacks (6): Quinyon Mitchell, Cooper DeJean, Riq Woolen, Jonathan Jones, Kelee Ringo, Mac McWilliams.

Cut: Jakorian Bennett, Tariq Castro-Fields, Shaun Wade, Ambry Thomas, Isaiah Bolden.

Practice squad: Bennett.

Mitchell, DeJean and Woolen — provided the latter keeps ascending — give the Eagles an impressive trio. If the outside guys were to get injured, DeJean would likely be the replacement. Fangio might want his third corner to come off the bench, but no one has made a claim to that spot. Jones was the best candidate. He has 78 career starts. But a shoulder injury got in the way and he wasn’t all that impressive before the setback.

Ringo can be a frustrating player on defense. But he has talent and length and ably fills the gunner role on special teams. McWilliams gets the benefit of being a former draft pick, but the second-year former fifth-rounder isn’t guaranteed anything. The same could be said for Bennett, who has also missed time to injury, and hasn’t justified the trade that sent Thomas Booker IV to the Raiders.

Michael Carter II acquitted himself well in the starting safety competition but fell just short. Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

Safeties (3): Andrew Mukuba, Marcus Epps, Michael Carter II.

Cut: Cole Wisniewski, Maximus Pulley, Andre Sam, Kapena Gushiken, Jaylen Mahoney.

Practice squad: Wisniewski, Pulley, Sam.

DeJean will play safety in base personnel, while Epps has all but won the nickel spot. Carter gave him a run for his money and may end up there at some point. But his versatility has been a blessing and a curse. He’s had to learn multiple spots in the secondary and never got the chance to major at safety. Carter allows Fangio the luxury of moving DeJean to outside corner if needed.

Wisniewski has just been hurt too much to warrant a roster spot at this point. Pulley and Sam have done enough to sneak in, but extra safeties are what the practice squad is for.

Specialists (2): Jake Elliott, Braden Mann.

Cut: Rocco Underwood.

Practice squad: Underwood.

Elliott faced no competition in camp after successive down seasons. The Eagles believe he will return to form, but how long could his leash be if he continues to miss key kicks? He had a decent camp, but wasn’t as automatic as in years past.

The flexibility of the practice squad has made it a more suitable spot for most long snappers. Underwood hasn’t made any glaring snafus, but experts can see he’s not yet elite. So the Eagles won’t have to worry about losing him to waivers and can scour the wire after teams with two long snappers get to 53.

August 28, 2026
Pennsylvania is caught in the ‘crossfire’ of U.S. trade dispute with Canada

President Donald Trump says he’s holding Canada accountable for “ripping off” the United States through unfair trade practices.

But by imposing new tariffs on Canadian goods and prompting retaliation from one of America’s largest trading partners, U.S. businesses and consumers could face higher costs, analysts said — including in key electoral battlegrounds like Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania sold $13.4 billion in goods last year to Canada — its largest export market.

About $2 billion worth of those goods, or 16%, will be subject to higher tariffs — some as high as 50% — starting Sept. 8 after Canada this week announced new levies, according to an Inquirer analysis of trade data. Some of the state’s top exports facing new tariffs include raw aluminum, lumber, and passenger vehicles.

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Canadian officials said the tariffs on hundreds of U.S. goods worth a total of $20 billion are meant to protect its workers in response to increased U.S. levies on the same amount of Canadian imports. That affects a relatively small share of trade between the two countries, but analysts said the situation is still evolving.

“There’s so many things that go back and forth, some of it multiple times. The effect and the amplification of these tariffs, we’ll definitely feel,” said Lauren Swartz, CEO of the nonprofit World Affairs Council of Philadelphia. “When we think about what that means for Pennsylvania, it’s going to be loud.”

“My sense is the rhetoric that we’re hearing, and the fact that it’s already being labeled a trade war, is that both countries are reserving the right to escalate the level, the percentage of tariffs, as well as the scope of goods that will fall under the new trade war,” she said. “So it will expand.”

Steel, dairy, electronics impacted

The new tariffs came after talks between the U.S. and Canada over a trade deal fell apart last weekend. Trump imposed 50% tariffs on goods such as hockey sticks, national flags, and building materials.

“Canada has been ripping off the United States for decades — and President Donald J. Trump is done letting them get away with it,” the White House said on Tuesday. It said the U.S. had offered Canada “the most preferential market access of any country on Earth” but that the country chose “unreasonable demands, walk-backs, and flat-out rejection.”

Canada said the proposed terms would undermine Canadian interests.

Canadian officials said the country’s counter tariffs would protect the country’s workers and businesses. They said the levies on U.S. goods targeted sectors such as appliances, steel, dairy, and electronics.

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Influence on midterms?

The trade dispute could inject new uncertainty into the economy less than three months before the U.S. midterm elections decide control of Congress and statehouses around the country. Republicans are seeking to retain control of the U.S. House and Senate. Pennsylvania has several competitive House races in which Republican incumbents are seen as vulnerable.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat who is running for reelection against Republican state Treasurer Stacy Garrity, has repeatedly criticized Trump’s tariffs.

“Donald Trump’s reckless tariffs are a tax on Pennsylvanians — and Gov. Shapiro has been fighting back against them from day one,” said campaign spokesperson Manuel Bonder.

“This President has raised costs for families, screwed over our farmers, and shut down markets for businesses — all with Stacy Garrity’s 100% support,” Bonder said in a statement.

Garrity’s campaign didn’t respond to requests for comment. She has in the past said Trump’s tariffs could result in some “short-term pain” but would ultimately bring jobs to America. “It’s going to be fantastic,” she said in a clip that Shapiro’s campaign has highlighted. More recently, Garrity told reporters in July she would “do the tariffs a little bit differently.”

Canadian officials appeared to target some goods that are important in electoral battlegrounds, such as seafood in Maine, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Analysts said Pennsylvania didn’t appear to be a principal target. “But unfortunately, it’s one of the states that does a lot of goods transfer with Canada, and unfortunately, they’re hit in the crossfire,” said Kyle Peacock, a trade expert and founder of Peacock Tariff Consulting.

Peacock said that after previous rounds of tariffs, many businesses were able to absorb the costs.

But now that some products face 50% levies, that will likely change, he said. “Not a lot of industries or products have 50% margin that you can just eat,” he said. “So I think you’re going to see that this time, unfortunately, that’s going to be passed on to the consumer.”

August 28, 2026
Young Pa. voters are frustrated with Trump as they grapple with ‘the cost of continuing to exist’

Kelly Harrington is frustrated.

The 29-year-old Conshohocken resident recently got laid off from a local, financially struggling real estate company and is now trying to find work in a grueling job market for young workers where many of her applications are getting intercepted by AI bots, instead of a person.

On top of that, she is watching the cost of gas and groceries climb, concerned about reproductive rights after the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 overturned Roe v. Wade, and is deeply worried about the environmental impacts from a proposed data center in nearby Plymouth Township.

Harrington joins 75% of likely voters ages 18 to 29 in disapproving of President Donald Trump’s job performance, according to an Inquirer/New York Times/Siena University poll published Tuesday.

That is a higher percentage than any in other age group in the poll, which found 58% of all Pennsylvania likely voters disapprove of the president.

Though 80% of young voters said they are satisfied with their own life, they overwhelmingly gave Trump low marks on his handling of the economy and other major issues in the United States.

Young people are overwhelmed by rising costs in what they see as an unstable economic and volatile international landscape with ramifications that they will one day have to shoulder.

“It feels like things are going downhill in a way that we don’t know how to recover, and our generation is going to be responsible for picking up the pieces environmentally,” said Harrington, a Democrat. “Also, politically, there are many things that have been done that are going to be hard to take back or that we have to figure out how to undo in the future.”

The poll, which surveyed likely voters in Pennsylvania between Aug. 17 and 21, underscores how deeply unpopular Trump is among the generation that came of age during his foray into politics and could foreshadow where the state’s politics are headed beyond November’s high-stakes midterm races.

“Young people are feeling as though they simply don’t have the same level of opportunity as do older people,” said Don Levy, director of the Siena Research Institute. “They are dissatisfied,” he added, and contending with housing expenses, the prices of goods and services, and how much it costs to get married.

President Donald Trump speaks as members of the Penn State wrestling team listen at a campaign rally at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College in October of 2024. Trump went onto win the state. Matt Rourke

‘The cost of continuing to exist’

Sophie Showers, 19, wants kids, a stable job as a psychologist, and to one day be married.

But now that vision is getting hazier as costs rise, including at the grocery store and at the gas pump, which she needs for her 45-minute commute to school — what the Mechanicsburg resident and first-time voter refers to as “the cost of continuing to exist.”

Trump, according to the poll, is most underwater with young voters on the cost of living: Only 9% approve and 90% disapprove of his handling of the issue.

That disapproval includes a quarter of voters under 30 who cast ballots for Trump in 2024, including a young voter from the Philadelphia area who asked not to be identified due to his role in his local Republican Party.

He supported Trump in 2024, but he has become disappointed with what he says is Trump’s ignorance of the country’s biggest problems, namely inflation.

“He wants to lower taxes. He wants to cut regulation. I agree with all those things,” he said. “But actually making major changes to people’s pricing, I don’t think he’s taking it that seriously.”

On the economy, 19% of young people approve of Trump’s handling and 81% disapprove, according to the poll.

“The current state of our country is that young people feel as though they have less opportunity economically than their parents or grandparents,” Levy said. “That’s a clear statement on dissatisfaction with the economy.”

As they try to jump-start their early adulthood, young people are dealing with rising expenses, including unusually high gas prices and years of steadily increasing grocery store costs. Trump’s tariffs also raised prices for both businesses and consumers.

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“If the cost of living keeps increasing, whether it be due to gas prices … or tariffs increasing the costs of groceries, I don’t want to be in a world where I have to worry about those kinds of things for the family that I want to have or will have, and I personally don’t really see things getting better,” said Showers, an independent voter.

Miles Balfour, a graduate student pursuing a degree in human interaction at Carnegie Mellon University, is feeling similarly pessimistic.

“When it comes to the financial and economic goals that I have for myself — wanting to own a home, wanting to be able to help provide financially for my family — I don’t know, honestly. I wish there was a better sense of confidence or assurance that these things are much more likely to actually happen,” Balfour, 25, said.

According to a survey earlier this year from CIRCLE, a Tufts University program that studies youth civic engagement, many young people ages 18 to 29 are barely making ends meet, and nearly 60% said they struggle to meet their basic financial needs.

“Young people’s personal situations are also really coloring their view of politics and of what’s happening in the country,” said Alberto Medina, CIRCLE’s communications manager.

Ben Hummer, 28, of Pittsburgh, said though he is new to his career in recruiting, raises have slowed down while expenses like rent have gone up. His auto insurance for his Hyundai skyrocketed to roughly $3,000 a year, and his favorite sneakers — for a race he will be running later this year — have jumped from $120 to about $170.

“My ability to afford my lifestyle comfortably has become more challenged,” Hummer, a Democrat, said.

Young voters grapple with international conflicts

Beyond struggles at home, young voters are also wrestling with questions about the U.S. role in overseas conflicts.

After the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack against Israel by Hamas, the country launched a military campaign against the insurgent group in Gaza. And with the death toll of Palestinians climbing to more than 70,000 over the last three years, the debate over U.S. support for Israel has become a defining issue for many young people in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

As encampments and protests in support of Palestinians roiled university campuses ahead of the 2024 election, the issue hung over former President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign before his withdrawal and may have contributed to Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss.

Trump repeatedly vowed during his 2024 campaign to end the war. But fighting has continued, and now only 16% of likely young voters in Pennsylvania approve of Trump’s handling of the conflict, the poll found.

Hummer, the 28-year-old from Pittsburgh, disapproves of the president’s approach and said the U.S. “needs to balance its approach” in the Middle East.

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“It doesn’t necessarily have to be pro-Palestinian by any means, but the United States has allies in the region outside of Israel that are being negatively impacted by the conflict, and we often just throw them under the bus,” Hummer said.

Many young people have coupled their anger about the economy with Trump’s decision to join Israel in striking Iranian nuclear facilities and military sites. The Iranian regime retaliated by blocking a key water channel where oil tankers flow, spiking the price of gas throughout the spring.

Among 18- to 29-year-old Pennsylvania voters, only 17% approve of Trump’s handling of the war in Iran, while 82% disapprove (it is also his least popular issue among all likely voters in the state). The war — which the president originally promised would go on for only a few weeks — has now lasted for six months.

“I’m concerned about the United States’ ability to extract itself from the war in Iran without taking some kind of loss — whether it’s loss of influence, loss of life, or loss of financial resources,” and the prospect gets worse the longer the U.S. remains involved, Hummer said.

Young voters are also more critical of Pennsylvania leaders’ positions on Israel than are respondents overall.

Nearly half, 47%, of respondents said Pennsylvania’s third Jewish governor, Josh Shapiro, has been just “about right on support of Israel,” with 14% saying he has been too supportive, despite his vocal opposition to the country’s leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But among young voters, 40% said he was too supportive.

And more than half, 51%, of young voters said Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, a frequent defender of Israel who has said he would leave the Democratic Party if anti-Israel sentiment grew too strong, is too supportive of Israel — compared with 30% overall.

‘Willing and ready to vote in 2026’

Young voters are now figuring out what to do next.

Darlene Jimenez, 19, of Philadelphia, said she is grappling with what she can feasibly do as a young person who cares deeply about many issues, including immigration (on which Trump has a 25% approval rating among young voters) and climate change.

“There’s so many times where I find myself thinking like, ‘What am I to do?’” said Jimenez, a Democrat and college student. “Like, I’m 19 and I have so many opinions, and it’s like, what am I supposed to do to actually make a change?”

Medina, communications manager for CIRCLE, said that while there is a sense of hopelessness among young people, “many of them are paying attention, and they say that they’re willing and ready to vote in 2026.”

“Often, precisely because they don’t like the way things are going, and they would like things to change, and they see themselves as having a role in bringing about that change,” Medina said the organization has found in its research.

In Pennsylvania, the youth vote has the potential to make a “decisive impact” on the four key competitive congressional district races this fall — in Bucks County, the Lehigh Valley, the Scranton area, and the Harrisburg region — according to CIRCLE’s 2026 Youth Electoral Significance Index.

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But at the same time, young people are still trying to find their political home and historically have been less likely to vote than other age groups, including in 2024, when there was a 54% turnout rate among Pennsylvanians ages 18 to 24 compared with 70% for the overall electorate, according to census data.

Others are a little more sure of where they stand. For instance, young women are the demographic most disapproving of Trump among likely voters in the Inquirer/New York Times/Siena poll. Fourteen percent of young women approve of his job performance, and 83% disapprove.

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While a gender gap still exists among young voters, young men — who helped catapult Trump to the White House in 2024 — now disapprove of the president by a nearly 2-1 ratio: 33% approve of his job performance, compared with 64% who disapprove.

Will, a Democrat from Bucks County who works in academia, crossed the aisle to vote for Trump in 2024 because he — “a loyal Joe Biden guy” — vehemently disagreed with how Harris was nominated without a primary after Biden’s withdrawal and also believes Democrats have focused too much on identity politics.

The 27-year-old, who asked to be identified only by his first name because of concerns about workplace retaliation, has mixed feelings about Trump’s handling of the issues and called the Iran war “ridiculous.” But he does not fully regret his vote, citing Trump’s handling of Israel as one reason.

“My impression is that the Democrats have been moving further left to kind of compensate for the fact that MAGA and the tea party moved the Republicans further right, so it kind of leaves people in the middle stranded. … I would prefer the Democrats kind of bring things back to the center,” said Will, who supports Shapiro for governor and would back him for president in 2028.

And Luke Averill, 19, a registered Republican from Delaware County who voted for Harris in 2024, said he thinks he can make the most impact on the direction of the country by voting for moderate candidates in Pennsylvania’s GOP primaries, but he does not see himself as a “diehard for one party in particular.”

But for many young voters, the elected officials they are gravitating toward are indicative of what is most important to them.

Several young respondents to the poll said they find New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s style of politics and focus on affordability to be refreshing.

“He’s the inspiration for myself and many people in my generation and all around the country,” Balfour, the 25-year-old at Carnegie Mellon, said. Mamdani brings “a sense of hope and optimism” and the ability to see government “make our lives much more meaningful.”

Kelly Harrington, 29, poses for a portrait near her home in Conshohocken, Pa., on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026.Erin Blewett / For The Inquirer

And as for Harrington, the 29-year-old from Conshohocken, she said though she feels “frustrated and sad about the state of the world,” she believes it is important to take those emotions to the ballot box.

“Politics is in every aspect of life,” Harrington said. “It affects you directly in almost every way, and if you get involved, you can make real change.”

August 28, 2026
A federal judge suggested actions by DA Larry Krasner’s office in a controversial case could amount to crimes

A federal judge on Thursday said actions city prosecutors took in a controversial post-conviction case could ultimately amount to perjury, conspiracy, or obstruction of justice — a stunning suggestion that inserted the threat of potential criminal consequences into a matter that has already roiled District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office.

U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond did not say whom he was referring to when he made that remark during an unusual hearing in his courtroom. But he raised the issue while an assistant district attorney was testifying about conversations she had with Krasner about the case, in which she said Krasner told her to “protect the office” and, by extension, violate her ethical obligations as a lawyer.

“If what they say is true,” Diamond said, “potential wrongdoing abounds.”

Diamond, as a judge, does not have the ability to file criminal charges himself. But his remarks from the bench were another new development in the case, which had already featured a host of explosive accusations about how prosecutors have behaved while determining whether a man’s murder conviction should be overturned.

And it was not the only notable moment during Thursday’s hearing.

During a full day of testimony, three prosecutors made a series of striking statements about the interoffice drama behind the case. And some of their assertions directly accused Krasner of questionable conduct.

Assistant District Attorney Katherine Ernst said Krasner repeatedly told her and others to protect the office and avoid additional scrutiny from the courts. She and colleague Steven Wildberger also said Krasner threatened “consequences” — which they believed to be potential firings — for those who resisted his preferred method of handling it.

Krasner also rejected their advice to ask the state attorney general’s office to take the lead on the matter, they said, because, according to Ernst, Krasner “hated” everyone in that office and said “everybody in that [office] is Nazis.”

And all three prosecutors said Krasner and another supervisor, Matthew Stiegler, tried to persuade them to effectively find a way to protect Stiegler’s reputation at the expense of a prosecutor he supervised, Jaclyn Mason.

As Ernst recalled it, Stiegler said he wanted to make it seem as if any mistakes in the case were “100% [Mason’s] fault and 0% his fault.”

In Ernst’s view, the events demonstrated that Krasner cared “more about the reputation of the office than competently handling this case.”

Wildberger said he was so disillusioned that he stepped down as a leader of the law division to move to a different unit because “I have lost faith in the administration of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.”

The testimony from Ernst, Wildberger, and their colleague David Napiorski served as an extended rebuke of the office where all three still work. Ernst at one point acknowledged that some of her relationships in the office have become “icy.”

Ernst and Wildberger accused Krasner in court documents last month of some of the conduct they testified about Thursday.

Krasner’s office responded by saying their filings were unauthorized and “ill-informed.” He also said that he had taken steps to alleviate their concerns with how the case was being handled, and that they were in no position to comment on behalf of his office.

The prosecution at issue is the conviction of Dennis Johnson for second-degree murder. In 2009, a jury found Johnson guilty of fatally shooting Kenyatta Smith during a robbery outside a North Philadelphia convenience store two years earlier. He was sentenced to life in prison.

Johnson appealed, in part because he said his trial attorney was ineffective. And in 2022, Mason filed court documents agreeing with one of his post-conviction petitions and saying Johnson’s conviction should be overturned.

But this spring, Ernst and some of her colleagues reviewed the case and took the opposite view, saying they had discovered clear and important errors in Mason’s brief. They then took the unusual step of filing another brief to ask that Mason’s recommendation be withdrawn.

In the days after that development, Mason resigned, a decision she later said was an attempt to protect herself from what she viewed as a plot to turn her into a scapegoat.

Ernst and her colleagues denied that they were seeking to blame Mason. And in the weeks after Mason’s resignation, Ernst said, she and other supervisors got into an extended series of arguments with Krasner over how to handle the situation — which is what formed the basis of much of their testimony Thursday.

Most of the disputes concerned whether the office should recuse itself from handling Johnson’s case at all. Ernst said she repeatedly tried to get Krasner to let the attorney general’s office take over the case because the internal discussions had veered into areas of self-interest rather than the merits of the case.

Krasner consistently refused, she said. And Wildberger said Krasner once grew “apoplectic” when they attempted to memorialize their concerns in writing, because that would make their memos and emails potentially discoverable in future litigation.

Wildberger said Krasner threatened “consequences” if they continued to resist his preferred method of proceeding, which was to hire an outside lawyer to handle the matter on the office’s behalf.

But neither Wildberger nor Ernst saw that path as appropriate, and last month both signed on to a brief before Diamond saying they could no longer participate in the case because of their ongoing debates with Krasner.

Diamond paused Thursday’s hearing in the middle of Napiorski’s testimony. He plans to continue the proceedings next week.

He has not ordered Krasner to testify.

Krasner said it would violate ethical rules to comment while the hearing remains ongoing.

“As much as I would like to speak right now,” he said, “my comments will have to come at a later time.”

August 27, 2026
New $66 million Norwegian Cruise Line terminal opens at PhilaPort

Women in sun hats and men in baseball caps lugged suitcases and scurried up a ramp to board a hulking Norwegian Cruise Line Jewel ship Thursday afternoon. Moments later, thunder cracked, rain drizzled, and lightning lit up the Delaware River.

The passengers on Norwegian’s inaugural voyage out of its new permanent terminal at PhilaPort likely could not get out of the Philly region soon enough. They were headed to sunny Bermuda.

The opening of the $66 million terminal in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, followed Norwegian Cruise Line’s return to the Philadelphia area earlier this year, making it the first cruise line to sail from the region in more than 15 years and marking the return of the industry to the region.

Dan Farkas, EVP & General Counsel with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, speaks on the opening of a new terminal for PhilaPort Cruise Terminal on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Philadelphia.Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

The seven-year partnership between PhilaPort and Norwegian will avail residents to journeys to various cruise destinations without having to travel to New York, Boston, or Miami, where Norwegian’s other East Coast ports are based.

The Jewel will make voyages to Bermuda until Sept. 26, and the Pearl will arrive in November, offering five-day to 14-day trips to Bermuda, the Caribbean, Bahamas, Canada, and New England through April 2028. In summer 2028, Norwegian will offer seven-day Bermuda and Atlantic Coast voyages aboard its Gem ship.

The return of the cruise industry to the area is anticipated to contribute around 2,200 new jobs and generate about $300 million in local economic activity annually, said Dan Farkas, executive vice president of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings.

“It benefits all. It’s benefiting the local hotels, the restaurants, the transportation providers, as well as the many vendors that provision the ships,” Farkas said at Thursday’s new terminal unveiling, before marking the celebration by enjoying a tiny cheesesteak hors d’oeuvre.

The Norwegian Jewel Cruise ship at the new PhilaPort Cruise Terminal on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Philadelphia.Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

The cruise industry evacuated the Philly region about 15 years ago as the ships companies were running outgrew the Navy Yard port, said PhilaPort spokesperson Sean Mahoney. About four years ago, Norwegian approached the port about sailing out of the region again, Mahoney said, but a series of obstacles related to siting, land ownership, and permits cropped up.

It also involved a protracted battle with weather, said Michael Pearson, PhilaPort’s chairman.

“There were times when it did not seem possible,” Pearson said. “But the PhilaPort board and staff pushed against the naysayers and the frozen river and, with the help of our partners, we got this thing done.”

At Thursday’s celebration, Norwegian presented a $20,000 check to Tinicum Township’s fire department and a $30,000 check to the Boys and Girls Clubs to benefit three local branches. The donations were part of the company’s Sail and Sustain program, aimed to benefit the communities where it runs services.

As the final stragglers boarded the ship to Bermuda, they enjoyed a quintessentially Philly send-off — being serenaded by a Mummers band in an unpredictable and muggy rainstorm.

August 27, 2026

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