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John Fetterman will hold his first public event in the Pennsylvania Senate race since having a stroke

PHILADELPHIA — Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat, next week will hold his first public campaign event since having a stroke that nearly killed him four days before the May primary.

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What the Kansas abortion vote means for a constitutional amendment effort in Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Democrats are pointing to this week’s victory for abortion rights in Kansas as a harbinger for the Keystone State, where a similar ballot question could be considered by voters as early as next year.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

This week in history: Bodies of 3 Freedom Summer workers found in Mississippi

On Aug. 5, 1964, authorities located the murdered bodies of James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner — three Freedom Summer workers in Meridian, Miss. — in a shallow grave in nearby Philadelphia, Miss. Here’s how the Chicago Daily News covered the tragedy.

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Marcus Hayes: Jalen Hurts realizes he must Trust the Processing for the Eagles

PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts knows where his salvation lies.

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Tips from three mental health providers about making sure your therapist is the best match

PHILADELPHIA -- What makes a good relationship between a patient and a mental health provider? It starts with a good match.

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Noah Syndergaard wins his rain-shortened Phillies debut, 5-4, over the Nationals

PHILADELPHIA — It was fitting that a thunderstorm passed through South Philadelphia on the night right-handed starter Noah Syndergaard was scheduled to make his Phillies debut.

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Phillies’ Bryce Harper: No pain throwing but focused on getting his ‘swing going’

PHILADELPHIA — In his first week of taking swings and throwing since getting three pins removed from his left thumb, Bryce Harper said he has felt pain-free. His priority is to get his swing going so he can get back in the Phillies lineup and hopes to return by “September-ish,”…

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NJ sues Monsanto over ‘reckless’ PCB contamination, including along Delaware River

PHILADELPHIA — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection filed suit Thursday against Monsanto for “extensive damage” caused by PCB contamination, citing “reckless long-term discharge of” polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) statewide and noting pollution from a company facility in Gloucester County on the Delaware River.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Phillies release veteran shortstop Didi Gregorius

PHILADELPHIA — Didi Gregorius’ days with the Phillies are over.

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Comcast workers told to come back to office in-person 3 days a week

PHILADELPHIA — Comcast told employees it’s time to come back to work — in person.

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3 men killed, 2 others wounded in separate Philly shootings

PHILADELPHIA — Three men were killed and two others were wounded in separate shootings Wednesday night across Philadelphia, police said.

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John Fetterman’s parents gave him money into his 40s. Republicans say that undercuts his blue-collar image

PHILADELPHIA — In his ads, and much of the public imagination, John Fetterman is a tattooed everyman from a rugged steel city outside Pittsburgh.

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Mike Sielski: Eagles don’t want to run the ball as much as they did last year. Just don’t tell their running backs.

PHILADELPHIA — There are certain questions that no one asks anymore. The topics have become passé, and the answers are taken for granted so quickly that they are hardly worth discussing or debating.

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Activists say people are abandoning their dogs in the woods

PHILADELPHIA — A small but growing number of dogs are being abandoned in and around a wooded section of the West Mount Airy area of Philadelphia — some of them found tied to trees or stakes.

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The brother of 2 1985 Philly bombing victims finally got their remains back from the medical examiner’s office

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia medical examiner released the remains of two victims of the 1985 MOVE bombing back to the victims’ brother on Wednesday, ending more than a year of unanswered questions and fighting to put the two to rest.

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Brother: Remains of 2 kids killed in 1985 bombing returned

The remains of two children killed in the 1985 bombing of a Philadelphia home used as the headquarters of a Black radical group have been returned to their brother

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Vin Scully’s storied broadcasting career began in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — Vin Scully, the beloved voice of the Dodgers for 67 years, died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday. He was 94.

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Comcast lost internet customers for the first time. Executives call it a blip, but stock is down sharply

PHILADELPHIA — Brian Roberts at Comcast Corp. sealed a deal with Microsoft Corp. mogul Bill Gates in 1997 for $1 billion to modernize Comcast’s cable network for the internet, leading Comcast to sell high-speed broadband to tens of millions of homes, apartments and businesses over the next 25 years.

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Philly’s firefighters union wants unvaccinated members to get 8 hours of overtime pay for COVID tests

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia firefighters union recently encouraged its hundreds of unvaccinated members to file for eight hours of overtime pay each time they are required to complete weekly at-home COVID-19 tests before going to work, according to a union memo obtained by The Inquirer.

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How the Sixers’ proposed new arena vaults them into the NBA arms race: ‘We’re really only limited by our imagination’

PHILADELPHIA — When Tad Brown walked through the 76ers’ section of the Wells Fargo Center last year, he immediately concluded it was “not up to NBA standards.”

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Wilt Chamberlain vs. Bill Russell: Reflecting on the NBA’s first individual rivalry

PHILADELPHIA — Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell, who won 11 championships and helped usher basketball into the modern era, died Sunday at age 88.

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Human remains of what are believed to be 13 Revolutionary War Hessian soldiers found next to Red Bank Battlefield, NJ

It started as a routine public archeology dig this summer, with more than 100 people, including Rowan University students, working an area immediately adjacent to the Red Bank Battlefield in New Jersey, just south of Philadelphia.

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Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court upholds state’s mail voting law

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s mail voting law is constitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, upholding the 2019 measure that allows any voter to use mail ballots and removing a cloud of uncertainty heading into the midterm elections.

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Sylvester Stallone calls for ownership of ‘Rocky’ in series of heated social media posts. Here’s what’s going on with the Italian Stallion

Like cheesesteaks, the Eagles, and perennial mismanagement of city services, "Rocky" has long been a part of Philadelphia’s DNA. But the man behind the Italian Stallion, Sylvester Stallone, doesn’t have any control over the franchise — and he appears to have had about enough.

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Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court upholds the state’s mail voting law

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