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PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz described himself for the first time Friday as the party’s ”presumptive nominee,” even though a recount in his razor-thin primary contest is only getting started.

Authorities say five people are dead after a house exploded northwest of Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — It’s been more than a week since Lt. Gov. John Fetterman celebrated his win in Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate primary from a Lancaster hospital, where he was recovering from a stroke and the implantation of a combination defibrillator-pacemaker. But the campaign’s explanation of his medical treatment doesn’t entirely make…

PHILADELPHIA — Four people were killed and eight others were wounded by gunfire in Philadelphia on Wednesday, including four victims in a quadruple shooting in Mantua.

PHILADELPHIA — The shooting at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday was among 28 fatal shooting incidents at U.S. schools or on school grounds since 2018, resulting in the deaths of 75 people, including 60 children, according to data from Education Week and an Inquirer analysis.

PHILADELPHIA — Claude Giroux had begun to acknowledge the inevitability of his situation years ago. It was the summer of 2018, just before the Flyers’ first day of training camp. Dave Hakstol had helped him revitalize his career the season before, moving him from center to left wing. With the…

PHILADELPHIA -- Veronika Pavliutina has two words for the people of Philadelphia: Thank you.

PHILADELPHIA — Steve Kerr, a good and empathetic man, was justified and angry, and he acted nobly, as far as it went.

PHILADELPHIA — It’s official: The razor’s edge primary contest in Pennsylvania between GOP Senate candidates Mehmet Oz and David McCormick is headed to a recount, state elections officials announced Wednesday, ensuring that the victor in the closely watched race won’t be officially declared for at least two weeks.