Max Marin, Philly Inquirer

Max Marin

Philly Inquirer

Philadelphia, PA, United States

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Past articles by Max:

It’s Petition Day, when Philadelphia candidates submit voter signatures to get on the May 16 primary ballot

Candidates for Philadelphia mayor, City Council, and other offices will submit paperwork to get on the ballot. Next, they'll have to survive potential challenges to their petitions. → Read More

Temple police officer shot and killed pursuing a robbery suspect, officials say

The officer was chasing a convenience store robbery suspect, Temple says. → Read More

His name is Terrill Haigler. Can he run for City Council as ‘Ya Fav Trashman’?

Election officials and legal experts agree candidates can generally run under a nickname — but Haigler’s case for using his Instagram handle would be the first of its kind. → Read More

MSU shooter identified as former New Jersey resident

In a news conference, Deputy Campus Police Chief Chris Rozman said that a motive or connections to the university were unknown. → Read More

Who’s running for Philadelphia City Council’s at-large seats? Here are the candidates

What you need to know about the more than 30 people who are running for an at-large seat on the Philadelphia City Council. → Read More

Eight more Philly cops were benched amid widening probe into a city antiviolence program

The officers' guns were taken after an Inquirer investigation found they were improperly paid $76,000 in city funds to coach boxing. Children of police also got thousands of dollars to participate. → Read More

Angelo Cataldi will air his final WIP sports radio broadcast this week

Cataldi announced in October 2021 that he would retire after the Eagles 2022 season, ending a three-decade run at the FM station that dated back to 1989. → Read More

Some Philly region businesses are closing early on Super Bowl Sunday

For some establishments, it's not worth staying open. → Read More

Philadelphia Police Department moved to fire a controversial captain. He abruptly resigned.

Nashid Akil was a no-show as captain of Philly's 22nd Police District, and the target of two probes into misuse of city grant funds. His career ended over an unrelated incident. → Read More

Even Philly politicians are challenging their property values as city gets more than 30,000 appeals

Appeals filed by two Council members and a state representative highlight some of the issues raised by the first citywide reassessment in three years → Read More

New version of troubled Glen Mills reform school gets licensed to care for 20 youth with extra oversight

An on-campus independent monitor will guard against the abuse and violence that closed the nation's oldest reform school in 2019. → Read More

Philly police bench a captain under investigation for paying himself with anti-violence grant

Nashid Akil had created Guns Down Gloves Up, a youth boxing program as his signature community engagement initiative. A city grant it received is now the target of two investigations. → Read More

How a Philadelphia antiviolence grant improperly funneled $76,000 to city police staffers

The Guns Down Gloves Up program was among 31 grantees awarded $13.5 million by the city. It is now the target of a police Internal Affairs investigation, and a probe by the city Inspector General. → Read More

Triple shooting in Lower Northeast leaves 16-year-old dead amid violent start to year

Police said the gunfire erupted shortly after 6 p.m. on the 2000 block of Brill Street, between Frankford and Wissinoming. → Read More

The biological parents of the ‘Boy in the Box,’ Joseph Augustus Zarelli, have finally been identified.

Long known only as “The Boy in the Box,” Joseph A. Zarelli was identified last year using DNA evidence. → Read More

Joseph Augustus Zarelli, ‘the Boy in the Box,’ gets a new headstone with his name

The crowd at the headstone unveiling included investigators, people who had been troubled by the case, and even apparent members of Joseph’s newly identified family. → Read More

Just 50 Philly restaurants applied for streetery permits as city crackdown starts this week

Some restaurants that applied for licenses dismantled their streeteries already — only to learn they didn’t have to. → Read More

SEPTA: ‘Suspicious device’ found on tracks near 30th Street Station was not a threat

SEPTA has cleared the 'suspicious device' found at 30th Street Station as a false alarm. → Read More

Pa. family of Idaho murders suspect calls for privacy as they ‘let the legal process unfold’

Kohberger family release statement asking for privacy in aftermath of Idaho college student murders → Read More

Philly Fighting COVID founder sues Drexel University for expelling him after vaccine scandal

Andrei Doroshin alleged his former university did not allow him to defend himself before expelling him for misconduct. → Read More