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Arson suspect arrested in Philly fire and building collapse that killed firefighter

PHILADELPHIA — Authorities have arrested a person suspected of arson in connection with a fire and building collapse that killed a 27-year veteran of the Philadelphia Fire Department, officials announced Tuesday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 28, 2022

Workplace violence against New Jersey nurses and other hospital staff increased last year

New Jersey hospital workers have experienced a 15% increase in violence at their workplace — mostly physical and verbal attacks — over the last two years, as short staffing has generated frustrated and angry patients who lash out at nurses and their colleagues.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 28, 2022

Hundreds from across the globe now calling Philly home celebrate World Refugee Day at the zoo

PHILADELPHIA — The trail between the zebra and giraffe enclosures at the Philadelphia Zoo was filled with chatter in different languages — including Ukrainian, Burmese, Swahili, and Pashto. About 300 people from all over the world and of various ages had come together Sunday at America’s first zoo to celebrate…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 28, 2022

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Wells Fargo says it will cover employees' travel costs for legal abortion services

Wells Fargo, which manages the largest branch-banking systems in the U.S., on Monday told its 246,000 employees that as of Friday, July 1, "we're expanding the coverage of our travel benefit to include reimbursement of transportation and lodging costs for legal abortion-related services" for women covered by Wells Fargo medical…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 28, 2022

Mike Sielski: The Colorado Avalanche are Stanley Cup champs. Here’s what the Flyers can learn from them.

Whenever an NHL team wins the Stanley Cup, as the Colorado Avalanche did Sunday night with a 2-1 victory over the Lightning in the Final’s sixth game, the scene and its aftermath are awash in tradition, nostalgia, and cliché.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 27, 2022

Will Bunch: The planet’s alarm clock is blaring but Pa. politicians hit the snooze button

A defining feature of American politics in the 21st century is the ability to be both shocked and unsurprised at the same time. That was certainly how it felt last month when I ventured out to the Newtown Athletic Club in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to hear many of the Republican…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 27, 2022

Jenice Armstrong: Let’s help this professor get the US to declare racism a public health crisis

PHILADELPHIA — I thought a lot about the legacy of slavery this past Juneteenth.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 27, 2022

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Phillies put it all together in 8-5 win over Padres, even without Harper

SAN DIEGO — Winning the day after your best player was placed on the 10-day injured list was never going to be easy, but the Phillies pulled it off of Sunday, with a 8-5 victory over the San Diego Padres. Everything seemed to click, with the exception of a poor…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 27, 2022

The Braves won it all without Ronald Acuña Jr. Can the Phillies even make the playoffs after losing Bryce Harper?

Michael Bourn spoke for everyone in a Phillies uniform, to say nothing of the fans back home who stayed up late Saturday night.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 26, 2022

Sophia Smith, Rose Lavelle lead U.S. women’s soccer team to 3-0 win over Colombia

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — The U.S. women’s soccer team beat Colombia, 3-0, on Saturday night in the first of a two-game series that serves as the final tuneups for next month’s World Cup and Olympic qualifying tournament.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 26, 2022

Doug Mastriano seeks to mend GOP rifts and raise money to compete with Josh Shapiro

PHILADELPHIA — Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, spent the last week acting as a GOP emissary with a message of party unity.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 25, 2022

Former No. 1 overall pick Mark Appel called up by Phillies, finally gets his shot at the majors at age 30

PHILADELPHIA — Mark Appel’s wait is over.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 25, 2022

David Murphy: After De’Anthony Melton, Tobias Harris is an even bigger key to the Sixers offseason

PHILADELPHIA — Daryl Morey wasn’t going to tell us where he was going even if he could. As of the wee postdraft hours of Friday morning, he wasn’t even allowed to tell us where he was. Thanks to some sort of procedural guidelines that could only have been handed down…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 25, 2022

Supreme Court’s abortion ruling puts spotlight on Pa. governor and state legislative races

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday overturning Roe v. Wade thrust the races for the governor and state legislature in Pennsylvania into the spotlight as both parties gear up for a midterm campaign that will decide the fate of abortion access in the state.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 24, 2022

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The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 24, 2022

U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe says overturning Roe v. Wade ‘is not pro-life’

DENVER — Megan Rapinoe would have liked to talk about soccer on Friday. But when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade a few hours before the U.S. women’s soccer team went off to practice, that became impossible.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 24, 2022

Editorial: With Roe decision, Supreme Court sneers at precedent — and places women’s health in jeopardy

The inescapable fallacy that hangs like an albatross around the neck of the antiabortion movement is the misguided assumption that women will stop terminating their pregnancies if the procedure becomes illegal. America has been there, done that.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 24, 2022

Elizabeth Wellington: Overturning Roe v. Wade takes away the right to choose the life we want

I was born 10 months after the Supreme Court upheld a woman’s right to obtain an abortion in the 1973 landmark case of Roe v. Wade.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 24, 2022

The new ‘Elvis’ movie celebrates a man many see as a cultural thief

When Elvis Presley died in 1977, Lester Bangs argued his death marked the end of consensus in American culture.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 24, 2022

What would starting Title IX from scratch look like?

PHILADELPHIA — So how could Title IX be improved?

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 23, 2022

Mehmet Oz moved to Pa. to run for Senate. He won the state but lost his new home county

PHILADELPHIA — Mehmet Oz got a lot of criticism for moving to Pennsylvania to run for Senate. And in the end, he won the primary without much of the hometown love candidates usually enjoy.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 23, 2022

Mothers of murder victims join to demand Philadelphia do more to combat gun violence

PHILADELPHIA — As gun violence continues its toll on Philadelphia, mothers who have lost children to bullets have come together to demand that city officials do more to stop the shootings and killings.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 23, 2022

Research behind COVID vaccines reaps close to $1 billion in royalties for Penn

PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania has reaped extraordinary financial gain from COVID-19 vaccines — approaching $1 billion since the beginning of last year — thanks to patents on a process Penn researchers developed more than 15 years ago.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 23, 2022

Megan Rapinoe answers the call to be a player-coach with the U.S. women’s soccer team’s young stars

DENVER — Whenever a national soccer team unveils its roster for a major tournament, you can usually tell who the last player to make it was.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 23, 2022

Third-degree murder charges dismissed, then refiled, against woman charged in deaths of 2 Pa. State Police troopers and pedestrian on I-95

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has refiled third-degree murder charges against a woman accused of fatally striking two Pennsylvania State Troopers and a third man after a judge dismissed those counts following a day-long preliminary hearing that included multiple witnesses, videos, and presentations.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 23, 2022

Megan Rapinoe salutes Sue Bird on the basketball legend’s upcoming retirement

DENVER — A household with Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird in it is always going to be in the news. But women’s sports’ most famous power couple has been especially atop the headlines lately.

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