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Dawn Staley will be a TV analyst for the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup final; calls out ESPN over Aliyah Boston snub

PHILADELPHIA — Dawn Staley is getting into broadcasting work.

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Sixers star James Harden agreed to two-year, $68.6 million deal to return to Philly

James Harden has agreed to a two-year, $68.6 million deal to return to the 76ers, a league source confirmed.

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Mom who says daughter and niece were snubbed by Sesame Place’s Rosita speaks out

PHILADELPHIA — The mother who posted a video of her daughter and niece after they were were seemingly snubbed by a costumed character at Sesame Place spoke out Tuesday, saying the incident was “disgusting” and “unbelievable” and pressed to hold Sesame Street accountable.

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The Bryce Harper Show remains off the national stage, and that’s bad for baseball

LOS ANGELES — There’s a locker with Bryce Harper’s name on it this week in the National League All-Star clubhouse.

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Doug Mastriano campaign blames ‘default Facebook setting’ for deleted videos, ignores other questions

PHILADELPHIA — Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor, is sounding the “fake news” alarm over a Monday Inquirer article about his disappearing Facebook videos, claiming that they were removed due to a “default Facebook setting” that automatically deleted the videos after 30 days.

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Mike Sielski: James Harden can spin his situation all he wants. His actions will matter more than his words.

So James Harden wants people to shut their eyes to reality and see him instead as a present-day version of St. Francis of Assisi. So selfless. So generous. So willing to sacrifice for the 76ers’ greater good.

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North Philly community members are getting a say in choosing Temple's next class of medical students

PHILADELPHIA — In the highly competitive process of finding students with the best potential to become doctors, Temple University has turned to a previously untapped resource: members of its North Philadelphia community, who know better than anyone whom they would like to see treating them and their family members.

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Midterm elections are a fight against ‘extremist, so-called leaders,’ Vice President Kamala Harris tells NAACP members

Speaking to hundreds of civil rights activists gathered in Atlantic City, Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday framed the November midterm elections as an existential fight for liberty and progress, saying “extremist so-called leaders (are) attempting to undermine our democracy and assault our most fundamental freedoms.”

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Sixers’ James Harden explains why he accepted a $15 million pay cut in NBA free agency

Sixers star James Harden took a $15 million pay cut during NBA free agency this summer. During an interview with Yahoo! Sports reporter Chris Haynes, he explained the logic behind that decision.

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Doug Mastriano is deleting his videos from Facebook as he runs for Pa. governor

PHILADELPHIA — In early April, Doug Mastriano was recording a Facebook Live video on his phone after a legislative session in Harrisburg when he segued into his thoughts on global warming.

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Bryce Harper and other MLB stars swing only one bat -- and it's made in Philly's backyard

Phillies slugger Bryce Harper swings a hometown bat — one made especially for him by two baseball fanatics from Pennsylvania.

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Trudy Rubin: Holocaust memorial in Kyiv was a statement against genocide but 'evil has returned'

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainians refer to Vladimir Putin as "Putler," an amalgamation of Putin and Adolf Hitler.

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Will Bunch: How Americans angry over abortion rights, guns can turn rage into a mass movement

Betsy Clarke, a 68-year-old retired psychotherapist in Normandy Beach, New Jersey, is the classic profile of lifelong Democratic Party activist, who first marched for abortion rights some 40 years ago. More recently, she attended the massive Women's March after Donald Trump's inauguration, protested for gun control, donated to congressional candidates,…

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Penn law dean seeks ‘major sanction’ against professor Amy Wax

Controversial University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax, whose “racist speech” and inflammatory comments have long generated criticism, once allegedly suggested that it was “rational” to fear Black men in elevators and that Mexican males were more likely than other men to assault women.

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Aaron Nola blanks Marlins, 4-0, as Phillies sweep series heading into All-Star break

MIAMI — Expectations weren’t terribly high for Aaron Nola this season. He was coming off of a 2021 in which he’d posted a 4.63 ERA, the second highest mark of his career. His 2018 All-Star campaign, when he went 17-6 with a 2.37 ERA and 224 strikeouts, felt like a…

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Ranger Suárez returns with five shutout innings as Phillies thump Marlins, 10-0

MIAMI — Ranger Suárez hadn’t thrown a pitch in a big league game since June 29, but he didn’t waste any time in getting back to his normal self. Or perhaps it’s more accurate to say he got back to his 2021 self, when he posted a 1.36 ERA over…

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Vice President Kamala Harris visits Philly to push for protection of abortion and voting rights

PHILADELPHIA — During a visit to Philadelphia on Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris cast the outcome of Pennsylvania’s November elections as a crucial inflection point that could determine whether the nation’s government heads down a path of restricting or expanding civil rights.

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Mike Sielski: The 2022-23 Flyers will be 'hard to play against' under John Tortorella. And harder to watch.

PHILADELPHIA — Ten years ago, John Tortorella was the head coach of the second-best team in the National Hockey League. That setup doesn't sound like one that naturally segues to a discussion of the Flyers, who are poised to be no better than the second-worst team in the National Hockey…

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A Pa. woman was killed by a 6-time drunken driver. Now, a bill named for her has reformed DUI law

PHILADELPHIA — When Richard and Roseann DeRosa lost their daughter four years ago to a drunken driver on his sixth DUI, they swore they would fight to change state law so no other family would suffer at the hands of a repeat DUI offender.

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Phillies fight past Marlins ace Sandy Alcántara in 2-1 victory

MIAMI — Marlins starter Sandy Alcántara has been nearly unhittable this season, and in the first few innings of Friday’s game, it seemed as if he might throw a no-hitter or even a perfect game. The Phillies didn’t reach base until the top of the fifth inning, when J.T. Realmuto…

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Phillies’ J.T. Realmuto tries to clarify his ‘little bit of money’ comment

MIAMI — Last week before the Phillies left for Toronto, catcher J.T. Realmuto shared his reasons for why he wouldn’t get vaccinated so he could enter Canada, where vaccination against the coronavirus is a requirement. Realmuto was one of four Phillies players who were placed on the restricted list ahead…

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Fetterman used Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' fame to mock Oz as the Pa. Senate campaign trolls on

PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Senate campaign is in full trolling mode.

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Philadelphia man killed 3 people in apparently random attacks, police say

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia man suspected of killing three men in two apparently random ambush-style shootings in recent weeks was arrested Thursday morning during a raid on his West Oak Lane home, police said Friday.

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Youthful offenders stagger under the impact of restitution payments, report says

PHILADELPHIA — Young people caught up in the juvenile justice system are too often punished for being poor, saddled with paying excessive restitution that leaves them broke and leaves their victims out of luck, too, a new report says.

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A new national mental health hotline launches Saturday. What to know about 988

PHILADELPHIA — Calling for help in a mental health crisis will now be as simple as remembering a new three-digit hotline.

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