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John Fetterman’s performance was center stage in lone Pa. Senate debate against Mehmet Oz

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Democrat John Fetterman pledged to fight for working people but struggled at times to articulate his views during a high-stakes U.S. Senate debate Tuesday night, while Republican Mehmet Oz tried to claim the center lane politically but frequently dodged policy specifics.

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Girls and students of color are unfairly targeted by school dress codes, national report says

Girls, students of color, and LGBTQ students are disproportionately impacted by public school dress codes that target clothing and hairstyles, according to a federal report released Tuesday.

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Marcus Hayes: Phillies describe Bryce Harper in one word after he calls his shot and wins the NLCS

It wasn’t exactly Yankees icon Babe Ruth pointing two fingers to Wrigley Field’s center-field wall, then belting a homer on the next pitch in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series to shut up hectoring Cubs players, but it was as close as we’ll get in these gentler days.

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Penn students end nearly 6-week encampment on College Green after their football game protest

PHILADELPHIA — A group of student protesters at the University of Pennsylvania ended a nearly six-week encampment on the College Green this weekend after they stormed Franklin Field during halftime of the Penn-Yale football game.

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Pa. gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro early on showed knack for networking, regimented messaging in politics

PHILADELPHIA — Looking back now, former U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli said the amount of responsibility he gave the young legislative aide who was fresh off a college internship on Capitol Hill “seems ridiculous.”

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Philly’s new chief pathologist contends with understaffing, disorder and a troubled legacy at medical examiner’s office

PHILADELPHIA — Soon after starting her job, Philadelphia’s newest chief medical examiner was dismayed to learn some of the city’s dead arrived at her office in the back of a police car.

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Mike Sielski: The Phillies are in the World Series. Miles Teller and John Middleton remember what it was like. Do you?

PHILADELPHIA — Atop the celebratory stage quickly constructed on the Citizens Bank Park infield Sunday night, Rob Thomson clasped his hands behind his back, and several Phillies players rubbed the head of their closer-in-a-pinch, Ranger Suárez, and Bryce Harper cradled the trophy he had won, as the 2022 National League…

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Autism services for adults in Philly area still haven’t rebounded from COVID shutdowns

PHILADELPHIA -- When state officials approved Devon Geiger for the most comprehensive benefits Pennsylvania offers for adults with autism and intellectual disabilities, her mother, Deb Geiger, had peace of mind. She thought her daughter would get the services she needed.

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Can learning about ghosts help us cope with pandemic losses? A Penn professor says yes

PHILADELPHIA — Justin McDaniel, a professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania, teaches a popular course called "Gods, Ghosts and Monsters," a comparative religion course about death and the afterlife. He's long been fascinated with ghost stories — and why they fascinate us.

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The Betsy Ross House offers plenty of horrors on its Halloween tours. And they’re all true

PHILADELPHIA — Halloween tales told at the Betsy Ross House have nothing to do with flag making — or even ghosts. There are no cheap scares amid the lantern light — no colonial-costumed ghouls emerge in the courtyard fog or surprise in the shadows of creaky rooms.

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It’s the nation’s most expensive Senate race. Here's where Fetterman’s and Oz’s money comes from.

The fundraising in Pennsylvania’s competitive and hugely expensive Senate race has been a study in contrasts.

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Sixers beat Pacers for first win as James Harden scores 29

PHILADELPHIA — The pesky Indiana Pacers would not lay down, until James Harden sent Bennedict Mathurian to the floor.

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A $4 billion payout: In Albertsons' sale, where is the grocery workers' cut?

If the Federal Trade Commission clears grocery giant Albertsons' $20 billion sale to Kroger on schedule next month, the private-equity investors who control this collection of U.S. grocery and drug store chains will have squeezed out profits nine times larger than what they invested since 2006.

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Bryce Harper, Rhys Hoskins and the 2022 Phillies have made themselves immortal

It happened fast. So fast. The way great things often do. The way the great ones do them. One moment, it was cold and gray and wet and the spaces between the roars were getting longer and more distinct as the anxious murmur of impending defeat settled over Citizens Bank…

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Tips for overcoming age-related cooking challenges

Cooking at home is a mood-booster, exercises muscles and the mind, and can help us maintain a healthy diet, especially as we age.

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Escape an anxiety attack with this 5-step 'grounding' technique

Ever had one of those moments when a stressful thought creeps into your mind and suddenly you can't think of anything else?

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John Fetterman in South Philly: Make me Senate Democrats’ ‘51st vote’

Democratic U.S. Senate nominee John Fetterman on Sunday urged about 200 supporters to make him “that 51st vote” to secure Democrats’ narrow hold on the Senate.

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Marcus Hayes: Bryce Harper, superhero, blasts the Phillies to the World Series

This is what superheroes do. They come to the rescue.

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Bryce Harper’s homer lifts Phillies past Padres and on to the World Series

PHILADELPHIA — As Bryce Harper stepped to the plate in the eighth inning Sunday, a runner on base and the Phillies trailing by one run, Rhys Hoskins stood in the dugout and swayed, arms behind his back, occasionally bobbing up and down on his tiptoes, a 240-pound mass of nervous…

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Most ‘undervalued’ move at the trade deadline? Kyle Schwarber says it’s Brandon Marsh

When the San Diego Padres pulled off a prospect-packed, eight-player swap for Juan Soto, the general consensus within and especially outside the industry was that they won the trade deadline.

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Resiliency on display as the Flyers rebound from their first loss of season with 3-1 win over Predators

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The one positive John Tortorella pointed out ahead of the Philadelphia Flyers’ Saturday contest against the Nashville Predators was the team’s resiliency. That was on full display as the Flyers bounced back from their first loss of the year with a 3-1 win over the Predators.

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Sixers fall to 0-3, losing to Spurs despite 40-point effort from Joel Embiid

PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers had another unimpressive performance, and, surprisingly, another loss.

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Doug Mastriano adviser Jenna Ellis questions Josh Shapiro's faith — 'at best a secular Jew'

PHILADELPHIA — Jenna Ellis, the senior legal adviser to Doug Mastriano's Republican bid for Pennsylvania, serves in that role primarily to stir his deeply conservative base and to agitate controversy on social media.

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Flyers embracing the ‘ugly’ as belief in the process continues to grow under John Tortorella

The Flyers’ Wednesday night performance had moments of beauty and grace — Tony DeAngelo’s outlet pass to spring a breakaway, Travis Konecny’s late consolation goal, a handful of Felix Sandström’s saves — but, for the most part, the 4-3 loss to the Florida Panthers could be described by one word:…

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Jenice Armstrong: The new Emmett Till movie is hard to watch. See it anyway, and take teens with you

PHILADELPHIA — Some movies are more important than others.

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