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Out with asphalt: US schoolyards transformed into green oases – in pictures

Playgrounds at about 300 schools have been renovated, benefiting students but also addressing the climate crisis

The Guardian - US

Carjacking continues to plague Philadelphia. Here’s how young carjackers say they get away with it

PHILADELPHIA — The first time they carjacked, they were mostly bored.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Why the mystery hepatitis in children may have been here all along

PHILADELPHIA — The children typically show up at hospitals scattered across the country, one or two at a time, with symptoms like unexplained vomiting, diarrhea and jaundice. These are the classic signs of hepatitis — inflammation of the liver — yet in many cases, no cause is ever identified.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Parents who use infant formula deal with stigma as well as a shortage

PHILADELPHIA -- First-time mom Liz Lockerman prepped to breastfeed by taking classes, reading books and practicing different baby-holding positions. She even bought a freezer for the basement, in anticipation of building a stash of frozen breast milk for when she returned to work.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Peco Energy says gas from its system didn't cause deadly Pa. home explosion, as officials survey damage

PHILADELPHIA — Days after a massive explosion obliterated two homes in Pottstown, killing four children and an adult, a cause has not yet been released, but Peco Energy says it has found no evidence that natural gas from its system caused the fatal blast.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

SF Giants’ bullpen blows chance at sweep of scuffling Phillies

PHILADELPHIA — The Giants failed to sweep the scuffling Philadelphia Phillies, and their loss in the series finale Wednesday night was a lesson in domino effects.

Tribune News Service

Sixers will select No. 23 in 2022 NBA draft after Nets defer option to take first-round pick

PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers will keep their first-round pick in this month’s NBA draft.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Mehmet Oz gains one vote in Philly recount

PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Republican Senate primary between celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick is undergoing a recount.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mike Sielski: Jimmy Butler spent the playoffs carrying the Heat and proving how wrong the Sixers were to let him go

PHILADELPHIA — Sometimes Mike Marquis would laugh to himself as he watched TV in the morning, as he listened to the sports-talkers on the take-fests bat around Jimmy Butler as their topic du jour. There was always an element of doubt and mystery to their discussions about Butler. Is he…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philly's Pride March returns this week with new organizers and focus

A new group of mostly Black and brown LGBTQ organizers are throwing the Pride March in Philadelphia on June 5, trying to rebuild the event into something more welcoming — and more revolutionary.

WEKU

SF Giants use extras to beat Phillies for second straight game

PHILADELPHIA — After needing extra innings only three times in their first 46 games, the Giants played extra baseball Tuesday night for the second time in as many games with the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.

Tribune News Service

US Supreme Court stay on undated mail ballots injects uncertainty into Pa. Senate vote count

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Supreme Court has pressed pause on the ongoing debate over whether to count undated mail ballots, issuing an emergency stay Tuesday while it decides whether to hear an appeal on the issue.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Phillies push back on criticism of organization’s hotel plan for minor leaguers

PHILADELPHIA — Phillies officials are pushing back on recent claims made by disgruntled minor leaguers and an advocacy group that the organization didn’t try as hard as it could to find non-hotel accommodations for players in their home cities this season.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

David McCormick will request hand recounts in 12 Pa. counties; opponent Mehmet Oz takes ballot dispute to Supreme Court

PHILADELPHIA — Dave McCormick’s campaign plans to ask the Commonwealth Court for a hand recount of Republican Senate primary votes in specific precincts in 12 Pennsylvania counties, they told reporters Tuesday, as the campaign raised questions about the accuracy of the vote count.

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Joel Embiid has undergone thumb surgery and is expected to be ready for Sixers training camp

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid underwent surgery Monday to repair the torn ligament in his right thumb, the 76ers said.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

From defund to refund: Why Democrats are shifting their tone on policing two years after George Floyd's murder

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia is poised to approve a $24 million budget increase to its Police Department, and its legislative leadership has backed a plan to add hundreds more officers to the force.

The Independent UK

Rising US traffic deaths put focus on one Philadelphia road

Black communities have been especially hard hit amid a national surge in traffic fatalities

Tribune News Service

In homer-happy Philadelphia, SF Giants don’t let Logan Webb’s brilliance go to waste

PHILADELPHIA — Giants pitching coach Andrew Bailey, effervescent as always, walked up to Logan Webb in the clubhouse Monday afternoon and proclaimed, “It’s a beautiful day out there.”

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Joe Girardi ’Not Worried’ About Job Security as Phillies Sputter

Girardi is in the final year of his contract with Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Spotted lanternflies are hatching again. But how far do they spread each year?

PHILADELPHIA -- Black-and-white spotted lanternfly nymphs about a quarter-inch long are starting to hatch in the region, hopping across decks, patios, and trees before they morph over the summer into flying Technicolor adults.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Gun sales and permits surged during the pandemic in Philly and Pennsylvania

In Uvalde, Texas, a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at an elementary school, after picking up two powerful, AR-15-style rifles ordered through an online seller shortly after his 18th birthday — something that would have also been perfectly legal in Pennsylvania.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Marcus Hayes: Joel Embiid’s 'Trade me' clown tweet shows poor leadership, immaturity for Sixers

PHILADELPHIA — Just when the man-child was turning into a man, the child reappeared.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Two women leaving a church funeral service were hit by stray bullets in Philly fatal shooting

PHILADELPHIA — In a triple shooting that left one man dead Saturday morning in East Germantown, two women leaving a church service were also hit by gunfire, according to police.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mehmet Oz just called himself the ‘presumptive’ Pa. Republican Senate nominee even though a recount is on

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.

The Independent UK

5 dead after Pennsylvania house explosion; 2 injured

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

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