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Eagles to honor survivors, victims of gun violence with orange practice shirts during OTAs

Philadelphia Eagles to honor survivors & victims of gun violence with orange practice shirts during OTAs on National Gun Violence Awareness Day

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 3, 2022

‘It’s a good tool for us’: How the Flyers’ front office approaches and aims to utilize the NHL draft combine

PHILADELPHIA — Listening to Flyers assistant general manager Brent Flahr list the tests that prospects go through at the NHL draft combine, Danny Brière started to laugh.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 3, 2022

On social media, people are offering their homes to abortion seekers — but existing networks still need help

PHILADELPHIA — The prospect that the U.S. Supreme Court could soon strike down its landmark abortion-rights decision in Roe v. Wade has galvanized some social media users — from Pennsylvania to Colorado, and New Jersey to Canada — to organize an unofficial abortion aid network for the internet age.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 3, 2022

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.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 2, 2022

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 · Jun 2, 2022

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 · Jun 2, 2022

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 · Jun 2, 2022

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 · Jun 2, 2022

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 · Jun 2, 2022

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 · Jun 2, 2022