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Philly neighborhood activists met with DoJ over supervised drug consumption sites. Elected officials were turned away

PHILADELPHIA — Representatives from neighborhood groups around Philadelphia said they felt federal officials are not listening to their concerns about efforts to open a place in the city where people could inject drugs under medical supervision.

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The writer who inspired 'Mean Girls' says she's considering legal action against Tina Fey and Paramount

The author whose book inspired Tina Fey's "Mean Girls" says that when she asked for "unpaid dues," she was hit with something akin to "And none for Gretchen Weiners, bye."

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‘Bel-Air’ on Peacock is renewed for its third season

PHILADELPHIA — "Bel-Air," starring West Philly native Jabari Banksin as a teenager who moves in with rich relatives in Southern California, has been renewed for a third season on Peacock.

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Marcus Hayes: George Karl’s ‘lazy’ comments on Joel Embiid aren’t racist, they’re ... lazy. Ironic, right?

PHILADELPHIA — George Karl isn’t a racist for saying Joel Embiid looks lazy, but he’s doing a great job of proving Kendrick Perkins right. And no, Perkins isn’t right.

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On the brink of eviction, one Philadelphia mother applied for assistance. But getting it could take years

Kimberly Clark has lived in the same Southwest Philadelphia house, on the same block, with some of the same neighbors for 24 years.

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Mike Sielski: Jay Wright is becoming the TV face of college hoops. He’d be nuts to coach again.

Halftime of Connecticut-St. Mary’s on Sunday night in the NCAA Tournament’s second round, UConn up one, and if you left your television tuned to TNT during the break, you saw and heard Jay Wright in his sweet spot. He knew the coaches and teams well — the Huskies’ Danny Hurley…

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Sixers’ sixth consecutive playoff berth remains on hold after 109-105 double-overtime loss to Bulls

PHILADELPHIA — Monday night’s loss delayed making things official.

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Magic Johnson joins Sixers owner Josh Harris' group in bid to buy the NFL's Washington Commanders

Magic Johnson is, once again, trying to dish out an assist in 76ers managing partner Josh Harris' attempt to purchase an NFL franchise.

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Philadelphia will pay $9.25 million to protesters over police use of tear gas and rubber bullets during 2020 unrest

PHILADELPHIA — The city has agreed to pay a combined $9.25 million to hundreds of people teargassed, struck with rubber bullets, and detained by police during the 2020 racial justice protests after the police murder of George Floyd.

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David Murphy: Phillies’ best bench bets include Darick Hall as DH and Scott Kingery in the minors. Who knows from there?

CLEARWATER, Fla. — It shouldn’t surprise anybody if the final member of the Phillies’ Opening Day roster is currently wearing another jersey. In fact, it’s one of the strongest conclusions you can draw once you consider their limited range of options to fill their one obvious hole. With 10 days…

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A young Black wealth coach’s money advice for millennials: Start by giving up the scarcity mind-set

Time is a crucial ingredient for building wealth. But these economic times for millennials, those born between 1981 and 1996, have not been auspicious.

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Trudy Rubin: The Russian attack on a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone underlines why we must help Ukraine win

Whether or not to help the Ukrainians drive Russian invaders out of their country is rapidly becoming a 2024 campaign issue.

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Gunfire interrupts memorial service at Montco cemetery, killing a Philadelphia man

A memorial service for a slain man turned deadly Saturday as gunfire erupted at a Montgomery County cemetery, killing one man and leaving another seriously injured, Montgomery County authorities said.

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4 people were wounded in a shooting near Temple University’s campus

Four people were wounded in a shooting outside a hookah lounge at the edge of Temple University’s North Philadelphia campus early Sunday morning, police said.

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Conspiracy theorists on Facebook are ‘winning the information war’ about New Jersey whale deaths

They named the whale Windy.

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Mike Sielski: The Eagles are running it back in 2023. That’s a bigger risk than it might seem.

PHILADELPHIA — What the Eagles are trying to do next season is not unheard of in the NFL, but it’s pretty damn close.

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Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, and the Sixers dominate the Pacers, push streak to eight games

INDIANAPOLIS — Joel Embiid briefly looked like he would return to the floor, when he received a replacement 76ers jersey from an equipment staffer during a timeout with less than six minutes remaining against the Indiana Pacers.

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Tyson Foerster scores his first NHL goal but Flyers fall to Hurricanes, 5-4 in overtime

PHILADELPHIA — On Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center, the Flyers took a swig from the fountain of youth, as the future of the franchise flaunted their talents against the Carolina Hurricanes. Apparently, it wasn’t big enough of a gulp.

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The Maddy Siegrist Show is now part of March Madness

VILLANOVA, Pa. — Let’s get this out of the way: Villanova ain’t some one-woman show.

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Owen Tippett’s hat trick carries Flyers to 5-2 win over Sabres

PHILADELPHIA — Owen Tippett took control of the Wells Fargo Center on Friday night, leading his team to a 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres with his first career hat trick.

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Another big night from Joel Embiid helps Sixers dominate Hornets, extend winning streak to seven games

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — James Harden misfired from beyond the arc about midway through Friday’s third quarter, but tracked the ball down for the offensive rebound and kicked out to Tobias Harris.

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How did Charles Barkley wash his Sixers jersey as a player? By showering in it.

PHILADELPHIA — Charles Barkley never ceases to amaze.

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Will Bunch: Biden's right turns on oil, crime, border 'a slap' to young voters. Will he pay in '24?

If you've never heard of the Willow project — the massive, up-to-600-million-barrels oil-drilling venture on federal lands in the Alaska wilderness that was greenlighted this week by the Biden administration — then you're probably also not a teen or 20-something who spends a good chunk of your day on TikTok.

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David Murphy: Edwin Díaz’s injury has people questioning the World Baseball Classic. But there is an answer.

CLEARWATER, Fla. — How did you spend your Wednesday night? I spent mine counting the number of Colombian baseball players I could name while sitting at a bar that shares a parking lot with a Shell station and a laundromat. This was a few miles from the Tampa airport, near…

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Philly mayoral candidates are distancing themselves from 'defund' and say police staffing is a key priority

It wasn't that long ago that Philadelphia City Council members, under pressure from racial-justice protesters, voted to cancel a proposed $19 million increase in funding to the police and move millions more to another department.

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