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Paul Vallas: From playing with ‘imaginary friends’ to tackling ‘big, nearly impossible tasks’

A shy boy with a severe stutter in the Roseland neighborhood, Paul Vallas grew up to lead school districts in Chicago, Philadelphia, Louisiana, Haiti and Chile. He also ran a string of failed bids for elected office. “Paul gravitates toward big challenges,” said Ald. Brendan Reilly.

Chicago Sun-Times

Flyers’ ‘Next Shift’ program aims to inspire future generations of women who want to work in sports

PHILADELPHIA — Growing up as a sports fan outside of Kansas City, Kan., prospective Temple student Megan Wiley used to watch television coverage of her favorite teams with conflicting emotions.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Wild keep securing points, but fall to Flyers, 5-4 in a shootout

PHILADELPHIA — The Wild kept their point streak as the visitors going but they failed to sweep their trip, fading 5-4 to the Flyers in a shootout on Thursday at Wells Fargo Center to sit at 7-0-3 during their last 10 road games.

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Philly moms plead to state leaders for gun reform in Harrisburg, with new hope under a Democratic majority

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Tanya Clark stood quietly in the cold rain outside of Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Philadelphia on Thursday morning, tears streaming down her cheeks.

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A 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty in the gunpoint carjacking of US Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon

PHILADELPHIA — A Delaware man has admitted to participating in the 2021 gunpoint carjacking of U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon in Philadelphia's FDR Park.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Eagles hosted versatile safety Keanu Neal on a free agent visit

Looking to add more depth at the safety position, the Philadelphia Eagles hosted veteran Keanu Neal on a visit

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Eagles 2023 offseason preview: Where does Philadelphia stand at QB?

We're previewing the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback position after the first wave of free agency and ahead of the 2023 NFL draft

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Eagles are hosting Iowa DE Lukas Van Ness on a Top 30 predraft visit

The Philadelphia Eagles are hosting Iowa defensive end Lukas Van Ness on a Top 30 predraft visit

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Philadelphia to pay pregnant women $1,000 a month

The program will offer monthly cash payments to pregnant women living in certain Philadelphia communities for 18 months

The Independent UK

80-hour weeks and roaches near your cot? More medical residents unionize

Part of a national trend, medical residents at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia push to form a union to demand better working conditions and higher wages. Child care is an important issue for many.

WEKU

How did a famous Mexican poet end up buried and forgotten in the Philadelphia suburbs?

PHILADELPHIA -- On a quiet morning in March, members of the Mexican Consulate of Philadelphia gathered under a green awning at Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, to visit an unmarked grave. The grassy spot, sitting empty and mostly unrecognized for 71 years, is an easily overlooked foot-sized gap in…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Contract details for James Bradberry’s new 3-year, $38 million deal with the Eagles

We're looking at contract details and salary cap implications for James Bradberry's 3-year, $38 million deal with the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Shoppers 'need to buy' unusual Eurovision-themed dairy product spotted in Asda and Morrisons

"I want this and I want it now"

Manchester Evening News

Is it antisemitism or political discourse? Professor plans to sue Cabrini University after he was fired for tweets about Israel

PHILADELPHIA — Kareem Tannous said he was getting good reviews after he started his job in 2020 as an assistant business professor at Cabrini University.

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The dark truth of Joe Fulks, Philadelphia’s first pro basketball legend

It was late on the night after Joe Fulks died from a shotgun blast to his neck when Eddie Gottlieb’s phone rang. As the hours passed on Sunday, March 21, 1976, word snaked out over the national wire services that Fulks, 54, was dead and that the cause was, in…

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Gun violence can affect every part of Philly life. Here's how residents suggest solving it

PHILADELPHIA — Joshua Sanchez was leaving his bank one day in North Philly when a group of men with guns swarmed him. They robbed him, he said, then shot him once in the back before fleeing.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philly neighborhood activists met with DoJ over supervised drug consumption sites. Elected officials were turned away

PHILADELPHIA — Representatives from neighborhood groups around Philadelphia said they felt federal officials are not listening to their concerns about efforts to open a place in the city where people could inject drugs under medical supervision.

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Report: Eagles expected to hire Eastern Michigan assistant Taver Johnson

The Philadelphia Eagles are expected to hire veteran defensive backs coach Taver Johnson for a position on Sean Desai's staff

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‘Bel-Air’ on Peacock is renewed for its third season

PHILADELPHIA — "Bel-Air," starring West Philly native Jabari Banksin as a teenager who moves in with rich relatives in Southern California, has been renewed for a third season on Peacock.

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Marcus Hayes: George Karl’s ‘lazy’ comments on Joel Embiid aren’t racist, they’re ... lazy. Ironic, right?

PHILADELPHIA — George Karl isn’t a racist for saying Joel Embiid looks lazy, but he’s doing a great job of proving Kendrick Perkins right. And no, Perkins isn’t right.

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Instant analysis of the Eagles signing free agent safety Justin Evans to a deal

We're looking at takeaways and instant analysis of the Philadelphia Eagles signing safety Justin Evans to a one-year deal.

Sports Illustrated

C.J. Gardner-Johnson Makes Bold Comparison Between Eagles, Lions

The 25-year-old safety revealed how he thinks the roster of his new team stacks up against last year’s Philadelphia squad.

Broadcasting & Cable

ABC’s Owned Stations Celebrate 100 Years of Disney With Special

‘Disney100: The Exhibition – Making the Magic’, hosted by WPVI Philadelphia talent, premieres March 23

The Philadelphia Inquirer

On the brink of eviction, one Philadelphia mother applied for assistance. But getting it could take years

Kimberly Clark has lived in the same Southwest Philadelphia house, on the same block, with some of the same neighbors for 24 years.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bulls finally beat 76ers star Joel Embiid

It took a grimy performance on defense, highlighted by Derrick Jones Jr.’s nasty block on James Harden to seal the victory, but the Bulls pulled out the improbable win in double overtime.

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