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The ‘Maya Angelou of Iraq,’ a refugee living in South Jersey, publishes a powerful memoir

Writer Faleeha Hassan had a strange dream.

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Phillies’ struggles out west continue in a blowout loss to the Diamondbacks, Zac Gallen

PHOENIX — You’d be hard-pressed to come up with two more disparate outings than Aaron Nola’s last two starts. On Aug. 25 against the Reds, he threw an 11-strikeout complete game. On Aug. 30 against the Diamondbacks, he went only four innings, allowing 10 hits, eight runs — all earned…

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Philadelphia mayor, Creative Philly announce they will issue open call for artists for $500K Harriet Tubman statue

PHILADELPHIA — Mayor Jim Kenney and the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy have withdrawn the $500,000 no-bid commission for a new Harriet Tubman statue and will now open the process for other artists.

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John Fetterman to Biden: Decriminalize marijuana

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov John Fetterman is pressing President Joe Biden to decriminalize marijuana ahead of Biden’s visit to Pittsburgh on Labor Day.

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The Satanic Temple is holding a fundraiser in the Pa. school district that denied its 'After School Satan Club'

PHILADELPHIA — After rejecting the formation of a hotly contested "After School Satan Club" earlier this year, a Central Pennsylvania district will rent out its high school cafeteria next month for a fundraiser sponsored by The Satanic Temple.

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Eagles trade for Saints safety Chauncey Gardner-Johnson on cut-down day and release Anthony Harris

PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles released one starting safety and traded for another.

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Mehmet Oz says never mind the people he pays to speak for him: ‘I can only speak to what I’m saying’

PHILADELPHIA — Mehmet Oz, the celebrity surgeon and Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, suggested Tuesday that voters should listen only to him — and not what his campaign has to say.

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More Republicans back Josh Shapiro for Pennsylvania governor

PHILADELPHIA — The ranks of Republicans rejecting State Sen. Doug Mastriano, their party’s nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, grew this week as a former national security Cabinet member and a former Trump administration lawyer endorsed the Democratic nominee, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro.

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Bryce Harper’s comeback success is ‘not an easy thing to do.’ Take it from Chase Utley.

To comprehend the degree of difficulty in what Bryce Harper did last week — five hits, including two home runs, in 10 triple-A at-bats, followed by a two-run single in his first major league plate appearance in 61 days and a hit in each of the Phillies’ two subsequent games…

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Editorial: After a summer of surprising successes, President Biden is on a roll

It is time to give President Joe Biden his due.

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Mike Sielski: That ugly Eagles-Dolphins game showed that the NFL preseason is becoming pointless

Little about the NFL has gotten smaller over the years. As insatiable consumers of football, we know and accept and even celebrate this. The players are taller, heavier, faster, stronger. The revenues have soared into the billions. The regular season is longer. The postseason now features 14 teams, seven from…

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Biden will give prime-time speech about democracy from Philadelphia on Thursday

PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden will give a prime-time speech Thursday from outside Independence Hall, warning about threats to democracy, as he makes a swing of appearances to boost Democrats with roughly two months until the midterm election.

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‘Stranger Things’ star Noah Schnapp is going to Penn — and living in the dorms, too

PHILADELPHIA — Penn students, if you happen to see Will Byers from "Stranger Things" hanging around the dorms this semester, you’re not in the Upside Down. He’s just pursuing a higher education.

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Many Pa. nursing homes must spend more on patient care under new law

When your loved one is in a nursing home, you hope for the best possible care. You want the bulk of the money that nursing homes receive to be spent at the bedside, on caregivers.

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In search of Pennsylvania’s coldest places in the dog days of summer

PHILADELPHIA — In the midst of a brutal heat wave last month, my family went camping in tents and sleeping bags. We gathered around fire too. We do this for fun.

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The Philadelphia Police Department is short 1,300 officers. Here’s why the situation is about to get worse

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Police Department has faced a critical shortage of officers for months — one that’s all but certain to get worse as hundreds more cops plan to leave.

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‘They can taste it’: Playoff chances grow as Phillies pick up another comfortable win over the Pirates

PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Gibson tapped the outside of his mitt as he walked off the mound after the top of the seventh inning Saturday night. It was subtle, understated, the mark of a pitcher who has been through almost everything in a 10-year major league career.

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The Philly GOP ousted him for possible ‘ballot harvesting’ last election. He’s back to help them (and the Green Party)

PHILADELPHIA — Green Party candidates seeking spots on the statewide ballot in November received a boost this summer from a group of Philadelphia-area Republicans, including one with a problematic history when it comes to elections.

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Trudy Rubin: From Chernihiv, Ukraine, a suggestion for how ordinary Americans can oppose Putin’s war

Six months after Russia invaded Ukraine, here is a different take on how to help Kyiv win the war.

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Bryce Harper returns with a bang, driving in two as the Phillies beat the Pirates

PHILADELPHIA — In the bottom of the first inning, en route to a 7-4 Phillies win on Friday, DH Bryce Harper stepped up to the plate and into a situation that seemed tailor-made for him. The bases were loaded, there were no outs, and the entire ballpark was on its…

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Doug Mastriano wore a Confederate Army uniform in an Army War College faculty photo

PHILADELPHIA — State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, appeared during his time on the faculty of the Army War College in an official photograph while wearing a Civil War Confederate Army uniform.

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This LGBTQ-friendly seniors building is a ‘dream come true’ for residents — and a model for affordable housing in other cities

After nearly three years of waiting and with their financial security waning, Suz Atlas and her partner Mary Groce finally moved from Camden, N.J. to the John C. Anderson Apartments in Philadelphia's Center City on May 1, 2017.

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Group stands behind Phillies domestic abuse awareness night, despite two recent players who have faced charges

PHILADELPHIA — An organization that aims to raise awareness about domestic violence and help its victims defended its partnership with the Phillies on a domestic violence awareness night on Friday at Citizens Bank Park.

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Pa. man who beat officer with a Trump flag at Jan. 6 riot sentenced to nearly 4 years

PHILADELPHIA — A Montgomery County man who beat a Washington, D.C., police officer with a Trump flag during the Capitol riot was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison Friday — one of the harshest punishments imposed so far for a person accused in the Jan. 6 attack.

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A year after Fanta Bility’s death, her family is mourning a vibrant child gone too soon

PHILADELPHIA — Fanta Bility didn’t want to go to the Academy Park High School football game last August. She wanted to stay home — football didn’t interest her much.

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