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Betnijah Laney watched her mother give back to the Philly basketball community. Now the WNBA standout is following her lead.

Yolanda Laney had a motherly instinct that her daughter, Betnijah, was going to be special in the basketball world. She knew it during a workout session at the Mallery Recreation Center in East Germantown, when young Betnijah paused to tell her mother, “I love basketball!”

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The warning sign hidden in Pa. Democrats’ big wins this year: Philly turnout plummeted

PHILADELPHIA — The midterm elections clean sweep by Pennsylvania Democrats obscured a big warning sign for the party: Philadelphia keeps falling behind.

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NFL Power rankings: Eagles hold steady at No. 2 in Week 12 roundup

The Philadelphia Eagles landed behind the Chiefs and ahead of the Miami Dolphins in Week 12 NFL power rankings.

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Philly Fans Rarely Embrace Their QB. But They Can’t Get Enough of Jalen Hurts.

The notoriously fickle fans were asking for his ouster months ago. Now they’re fully in his corner.

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Philly elections officials adopted a last-minute change that will slow down the counting of votes

PHILADELPHIA — Counting Philadelphia’s votes will take longer than expected this election.

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As election nears, John Fetterman, Josh Shapiro, and Mehmet Oz campaign in Bucks while Mastriano stumps in Philly

A day after he rallied with President Donald Trump and state Sen. Doug Mastriano in heavily Republican Latrobe, Mehmet Oz held an event with centrist Republicans in Bucks, a perennial swing county.

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Marcus Hayes: Phillies and Union make history, ending storybook seasons on the same day during a wild Philadelphia fall

HOUSTON — An hour before Game 6, John Middleton stood in the tunnel that led to the field at Minute Maid Park. He was told to enjoy the evening.

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Philadelphia has at least 90,000 reasons to love the Houston Astros: their wage-tax dollars

Not that they would be rooting for the Astros, but the people in Philadelphia’s Revenue Department had at least 90,000 reasons to cheer the arrival this week of the likes of José Altuve, Alex Bregman, Ryan Pressley, and Justin Verlander.

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Meek Mill will celebrate 10 years of ‘Dreams and Nightmares’ in Philly

PHILADELPHIA — Meek Mill will celebrate 10 years of his 2012 debut album "Dreams and Nightmares" with a headlining show at the Wells Fargo Center later this month.

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Tim McGraw wore his dad’s Phillies jersey during the World Series in heartwarming moment

This will give you goosebumps.

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Watch: Eagles’ Brandon Graham among legends to throw out first pitch for Game 3 of World Series

Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl-winning defensive end Brandon Graham was among Philly champions to throw out the first pitch for Game 3 of the World Series between the Astros and Phillies

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Biden barbs 'virulent' Phillies fans during World Series

President Joe Biden took his own playful swing at Philly’s infamously ornery sports fans, including one real close to home

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The Philly pole climber who caught and shotgunned 7 beers says ‘This is not my first rodeo’

PHILADELPHIA — Sean Hagan was at Cavanaugh’s Rittenhouse watching the game and doing “tea-offs” with other customers to see who could slam bottles of Twisted Tea Light the fastest when the Phillies won the National League Championship Series Sunday.

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The World Series begins with upstart Philly taking on Houston, the tainted juggernaut

It's the fourth World Series for the Houston Astros since 2017. They're tangling with the Philadelphia Phillies who made an unlikely playoff run to reach their first Series since 2009.

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Philly’s elections chief misled voters about delays in sending out mail ballots

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s top elections official and her office knowingly misled voters multiple times this month when they said adding special elections for City Council seats to the November ballot did not delay mail ballots being sent to voters.

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Bryce Harper will forever be a legend in Philadelphia after that dramatic home run

Bryce Harper will never have to pay for a drink in Philly again.

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John Fetterman in South Philly: Make me Senate Democrats’ ‘51st vote’

Democratic U.S. Senate nominee John Fetterman on Sunday urged about 200 supporters to make him “that 51st vote” to secure Democrats’ narrow hold on the Senate.

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Philly has spent $205 million on salaries for injured police since 2017. An audit found little is done to prevent fraud

PHILADELPHIA — For nearly two decades, top city officials have argued that a generous but loosely-controlled state disability benefit meant for injured Philadelphia police officers has been an easy target for abuse.

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The understaffed Philly Police don't evaluate their main patrol and crime-fighting strategy, city controller finds

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Police Department doesn't conduct formal evaluations of its main patrol and crime-fighting strategy, creating an inconsistent patchwork of officer deployment across the city as it's in the midst of a persistent gun violence crisis.

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Philly’s chief British delegate was honored by the queen days before her death

PHILADELPHIA -- In May, Oliver St. Clair Franklin received word he was going to be appointed a Commander of the British Empire, the honor just below knighthood, for his service to further U.S.-U.K. relations as the third Honorary British Consul for Greater Philadelphia for the last 24 years.

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Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni topped off a 6-0 start with a perfectly Philly f-bomb

There's some debate over what exactly Sirianni said, but it definitely ended in an f-bomb directed at the Cowboys in a 26-17 win.

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Mehmet Oz keeps running on crime in Philly. Here’s what he’s saying he’d do about it

PHILADELPHIA — After an hour of at times gut-wrenching testimonials about the effect of the drug and gun crisis in Philadelphia, Mehmet Oz, who convened the community discussion, was asked what he could do about those issues as a U.S. senator.

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Mark Bradley: The Braves lose Game 1. Time to fret? Nope.

ATLANTA — Apologies in advance. As a professional pundit, it’s sometimes my duty to step to the microphone and – after saying, “Can you hear me OK?” – proclaim the crushingly obvious. So, without further ado …

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Answering 12 big questions ahead of Eagles-Cardinals Week 5 battle

Glenn Erby and Jess Root sat down for 12 questions ahead of the Philadelphia Eagles matchup against the Arizona Cardinals.

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Philly has never had an openly LGBTQ City Council member. That could change after next year’s election

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia is the largest U.S. city that has never elected an openly LGBTQ member to its City Council, and some local Democratic insiders are pushing the party to change that.

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