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Bell, often collaborating with lyricist Linda Creed, worked on more than 30 gold records from 1968-78 as Philadelphia became as much a center of soul music as Detroit and Motown Records were in the 1960s.

One of the architects of the 1970s “Sound of Philadelphia” has died

PHILADELPHIA — Clippers teammates were gathering in the key and coaches were talking in a circle at midcourt, but Nicolas Batum was in no hurry to leave his courtside chair and begin shootaround on a late November morning.

For those of you who watch NFL RedZone every week, it feels like Christmas, doesn't it? Well, this week, it actually will be. There's a full Sunday-type slate of games on Christmas Eve on Saturday, followed by three on Christmas Day and then MNF. More games than not have playoff…

PHILADELPHIA — The last few days have been a whirlwind for Gardner Minshew.

We're previewing ten games Philadelphia Eagles fans should keep an eye on in during the Week 16 slate of NFL games.

Shocking findings put the risk of firearm-related death in perspective, sparking calls for urgent need for violence reduction policies

Dad-of-six Christopher Williams, who spent 25 years on death row, was shot in the head after riding in a funeral procession for Tyree Little in North Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — Lynette Reid doesn’t like clutter. She keeps a tidy home in western South Dakota, and is quick to toss out anything she doesn’t need. But for the past 12 years, she has held on to an old cardboard box in her garage.

PHILADELPHIA — The March 28, 1968, edition of the Camden Courier-Post carried, on page 38, a seven-paragraph story of some local interest, though it didn’t promise much more than that. Franco Harris, who lived in Mount Holly, N.J., and was the star fullback at Rancocas Valley Regional High School, had…

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia judge who once sparked controversy by jailing the rapper Meek Mill for probation violations has been transferred to civil court and had all of her pending criminal cases reassigned — a highly unusual move that the judge has called "unlawful" as she attempts to have it…