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Terrified teenagers on street corners in downtown Birmingham, forced against brick walls by the painful force of a water cannon or recoiling from biting police dogs. A state trooper beating down a young, kneeling John Lewis on the far side of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge, as mounted officers begin a…

PHILADELPHIA -- Pandemic prevention practices such as masking and social distancing have upended expectations for the arrival of “sick season,” the traditional wave of colds, flu, and other respiratory illnesses that rise as temperatures fall, doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia said Wednesday.

By the middle of December in 2020, the Phillies were 5½ years into a stagnating rebuild. They had put a cart filled with high-salaried free agents ahead of the twin horses of drafting and development, and the whole endeavor stalled.

The House select committee’s ninth and likely final hearing involving the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol cemented the case that former President Donald Trump and his supporters plotted a coup.

NEW YORK — Maddy Siegrist, reigning Big East player of the year, answers most questions with a kind of wry half-smile, game for most any query, strange or straightforward.

SAN DIEGO — The best you can do is give Rob Thomson credit for time served. The manager has pushed a lot of the right buttons over the last five months, on the field and off. He is one of the big reasons the Phillies found themselves where they did…

SAN DIEGO — If there’s any solace to be taken from an 8-5 loss, it’s this:

In a situation that lays bare the difficulty of union solidarity even at a time of high public support for organized labor, journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette went on strike Tuesday — without the resounding support of their members.

PHILADELPHIA — John Fetterman’s primary care physician said he continues to recover well from his stroke after an examination Friday, saying the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate “has no work restrictions and can work full duty in public office.”