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Doug Mastriano will be interviewed by the Jan. 6 congressional committee and he provided some documents

PHILADELPHIA — State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor, has submitted documents to the congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack and has agreed to be interviewed, his lawyer said Thursday.

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Like home buyers, renters now are facing bidding wars in a fiercely competitive market

The licensed practical nurse couldn't afford a $400 hike in her rent. So she started hunting for a new place.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Rising US traffic deaths put focus on one Philadelphia road

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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