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Is Philadelphia a women’s basketball city? The WNBA wants to know before it expands.

PHILADELPHIA — Face it, Philadelphia could have no better cheerleader for a WNBA franchise than Dawn Staley, current iconic player-turned-coach of her sport.

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Mike Jensen: Philly has all the ingredients to find a quality WNBA owner. So who’s going to do it?

PHILADELPHIA — You can look at the fan base, arenas, practice facilities … If you’re the WNBA, deciding if Philadelphia is the right market for a WNBA team, it comes down to ownership. It’s always come down to ownership.

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Years into a nationwide overdose epidemic, many with opioid addiction still aren’t getting treatment medication, a new study finds

Despite improvements in treatment access as the overdose crisis has spiraled over the last decade, many people with opioid use disorder aren’t getting medications to treat their addiction, a new study has found.

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Aaron Nola strikes out 11 Reds as Phillies sweep the four-game series on the eve of Bryce Harper’s return

PHILADELPHIA — On a night when the Phillies received some unfortunate pitching news, Aaron Nola gave them his best start of the season — a five-hit complete game — en route to a 4-0 Phillies win and a four-game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds. Earlier that day, the Phillies announced…

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Phillies place Zack Wheeler on 15-day IL with forearm tendinitis

PHILADELPHIA — On a day full of positive injury news, the Phillies suffered yet another setback, as right-handed starter Zack Wheeler was placed on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to Sunday) with right forearm tendinitis. Left-handed pitcher Bailey Falter will start in Wheeler’s absence on Friday against the Pirates.

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Bryce Harper will return to Phillies on Friday vs. Pirates

PHILADELPHIA — Phillies interim manager Rob Thomson said Thursday that Bryce Harper will be activated Friday after missing two months with a broken left thumb.

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Trudy Rubin: 6 months after Russia’s war vs. Ukraine began, the West still won’t give Kyiv the weapons to win

Aug. 24 marked six months since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine. It was also Ukraine’s Independence Day. Yet instead of celebrating, Kyiv canceled all holiday observances across the country as major cities braced for vicious Russian missile attacks.

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Inside the English side of NBC’s English Premier League broadcasts

LONDON — There are precious few quiet moments on a game day along Fulham Road, in the southwest corner of England’s capital city.

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Solid start from Sanchez and Realmuto’s bat get Phillies past Reds, 7-5

PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies could have done more damage offensively against the Reds than they did on Wednesday night, but they worked their at-bats and manufactured enough runs to secure a 7-5 win. Starter Cris Sánchez and the Phillies’ already-thin bullpen made this game more exciting than it needed to…

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Could Bryce Harper return to the Phillies this weekend?

Thursday is the first day Phillies designated hitter Bryce Harper is eligible to come off the 60-day injured list, but exactly when he will return is still in question.

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US Rep. Scott Perry seeks to block FBI from accessing his cellphone contents

PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Rep. Scott Perry is seeking to block the Justice Department from accessing the contents of his cellphone as officials continue to investigate his involvement in former President Donald Trump’s efforts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election.

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FedEx mistakenly delivered 6 rifles to high school, police say

PHILADELPHIA — A FedEx worker accidentally delivered six rifles intended for a private collector to Chester High School on Friday, according to Chester police.

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Opioid maker Endo paid top executives $55.5 million in bonuses before bankruptcy

Days before the money-losing opioid drug firm Endo International filed for bankruptcy last week, the company paid chief executive Blaise Coleman an $11.85 million bonus.

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US House panel slams Trump’s COVID response; report mentions early role from Mehmet Oz

Mehmet Oz’s advocacy for the drug hydroxychloroquine in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic is cited in a new congressional report that accuses former President Donald Trump’s administration of pressuring the Food and Drug Administration to endorse unproven treatments and vaccines.

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Jersey Shore water temperatures soar into the 80s, setting a record

The water temperature off Atlantic City, New Jersey, reached a record 83.8 degrees on the official government gauge Tuesday night, setting a record — 28 degrees warmer than it was two weeks ago.

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A Philly Police lieutenant, fired for sending a bestiality video to 2 women he supervised, got his job back

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia Police lieutenant who was fired for sending a bestiality video to two women he supervised has been reinstated after an arbitrator ruled that his conduct was not egregious enough to merit termination.

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FedEx mistakenly delivered 30 rifles to high school, police said

PHILADELPHIA — A FedEx worker accidentally delivered 30 rifles intended for a private collector to Chester High School in suburban Philadelphia on Friday, according to Chester Police.

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Will Bunch: The barely hidden fascism of Ron DeSantis makes a Pa. pit stop on a race to ’24

The Republican governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, brought his act to Pittsburgh on Friday and left little doubt that he’s running for president in 2024. We need to talk about this, but first, let’s look at the even more revealing event that DeSantis staged right before he boarded the jet…

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Afghan evacuees are being crushed by grief. A Philly agency is trying to help

PHILADELPHIA — The Taliban has her son, she says. It's starving him.

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Editorial: Philly's gun violence epidemic reaches a perilous new low as a 7-year-old is shot while playing video games

In case city leaders have yet to realize that gun violence has reached epidemic proportions, consider the following: A 7-year-old boy was sitting in his bedroom playing video games Saturday night when he was shot in the thigh by a stray bullet from outside his home.

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Zoe Leonard’s ‘Strange Fruit’ art installation stars heaps of 20-year-old decaying produce

PHILADELPHIA -- "Strange Fruit" is arrayed across the floor of a small gallery in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a total of 295 bananas, oranges, grapefruits, lemons, and avocados created — consumed, actually — by artist Zoe Leonard as the AIDS epidemic intensified in the 1990s with no lifesaving treatment…

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Phillies nearly blow the save, until Jean Segura, Bryson Stott and Nick Maton save the day in 7-6 victory

PHILADELPHIA —The Phillies seemed like they were headed for a deflating loss — at the hands of yet another blown save — until rookie Bryson Stott stepped up to the plate. With Jean Segura on first base and no outs, Stott saw two pitches, then promptly launched the third —…

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Phillies slugger Bryce Harper homers twice in rehab assignment debut

The thumb seems to be OK.

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CBS to televise this year’s NWSL championship game in prime time

PHILADELPHIA — In the National Women’s Soccer League’s 10th season, the championship game is headed to its biggest stage yet.

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