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PHILADELPHIA — It’s almost certainly a coincidence, but, well, let’s just mention it off the top anyway: Since Kyle Schwarber blew off a bunch of steam a few nights ago, the previously stalled Phillies offense hasn’t ceased chugging along.

2022 NFL draft: Philadelphia Eagles land Kyle Hamilton in Daniel Jeremiah's final mock

On April 18, Philadelphia made national news by reinstating the city’s indoor mask mandate even as COVID-19 mitigation efforts were being rescinded elsewhere. Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole told The New York Times, “The thing is, I could be wrong — people two weeks from now could be laughing at me,…

PHILADELPHIA -- What he believes was Philadelphia’s first 5K Earth Day Trash Walk came to Terrill Haigler in a moment of morning inspiration.

Vaudeville comedian W.C. Fields once said, “Philadelphia, wonderful town, spent a week there one night.”

Philadelphia Eagles making calls about potentially trading up in the 2022 NFL draft

PHILADELPHIA — The symmetry could not have been purer. The contrast could not have been starker.

PHILADELPHIA — Robberies and aggravated assaults jumped more than 80% on the Philadelphia region’s public transit system from 2019 to 2021 even as it was at times carrying fewer than half the number of passengers who rode buses, trains, and trolleys in the last pre-COVID year.

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia rowhouse that burned early Sunday morning, killing a tenant and his three children, lacked a rental license and smoke detectors — lapses that went unnoticed for years in a city with no comprehensive inspection policy for rentals.