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‘We are in the fight of our lifetimes,’ Bernie Sanders tells union partisans at Philly rally

PHILADELPHIA — Decrying the power of the “oligarchy that runs this country,” 80-year-old Sen. Bernie Sanders told thousands attending a pro-labor rally on Independence Mall that “we are in the fight of our lifetimes.”

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Trevor Williams steps in with gem as Mets continue to dominate the Phillies

PHILADELPHIA — The Saturday doubleheader was supposed to be the weird part of the Mets’ weekend trip to Philly.

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Gary Busey charged with sex offenses at Monster-Mania Con in New Jersey

The charges stem from offenses at the annual Monster Mania Convention at the Doubletree Hotel on Aug. 12-14 in Cherry Hill, N.J., a Philadelphia suburb, police said.

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Demolition of shuttered church begins after long battle

Demolition of a 19th-century church in Philadelphia has begun following a yearslong battle by some neighbors to save the crumbling structure

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WATCH: Highlights from Eagles’ two joint practices with the Browns

WATCH: Highlights from the Philadelphia Eagles' two joint practices with the Cleveland Browns in Berea, Ohio, ahead of Preseason Week 2.

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Mets thump Phillies, 7-2, to open breakaway weekend series

PHILADELPHIA — Oh, there they are.

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Philadelphia sets date for key hearing on controversial ‘comfort women’ statue

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s Art Commission has set Sept. 19 as the date for a public hearing on a controversial proposal to place a statue in the city’s Queen Village section about the suffering imposed on Korean “comfort women” in the year leading up to and including World War II.

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Bernie Sanders will rally in Philadelphia with labor organizers Saturday to ‘fight against corporate greed’

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Bernie Sanders will rally in Philadelphia with labor organizers Saturday to ‘fight against corporate greed’

PHILADELPHIA —Sen. Bernie Sanders will rally with union organizers in Philadelphia on Saturday, part of a multicity tour to advocate for better pay, safer work conditions, and easier organizing for workers across the country.

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How is the Sixers’ season shaping up? Here's a closer look at the ebbs and flows of their 82-game slate.

PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers released their schedule for the 2022-23 season on Wednesday, and a few obvious themes emerged. It was clear that Joel Embiid, James Harden, and the Sixers are in the NBA’s good graces and will be treated as one of its top commodities. Also on display was…

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Monkeypox is spreading as college students return to campuses. Some universities are still preparing

PHILADELPHIA — For the past two years, college and university administrators have welcomed the start of the fall semester with a mix of excitement and trepidation about the coronavirus pandemic.

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Doug Mastriano’s comments on Islam and climate change resurface, the latest hit for his campaign

PHILADELPHIA — Doug Mastriano is trying to appeal to a wider audience. He wants to steer the conversation toward inflation, taxes, parental rights, energy independence, and crime.

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WATCH: Highlights from Eagles’ first joint practice with the Browns

Highlights from the Philadelphia Eagles' first joint practice session with the Cleveland Browns

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As COVID vaccination rates stall, Philly mobile clinics find new purpose

PHILADELPHIA — Under a white tent about four blocks north of Temple Hospital, a nurse checked Robert White’s blood pressure, as cars and delivery trucks rumbled past.

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Chase Utley has moved to England to spread the gospel of baseball — and he’s already converted one Brit

PHILADELPHIA — Dave Shaw did not know anything about baseball when he arrived 10 years ago in Philadelphia for the final stop in a cross-country vacation. A friend had an extra ticket to a Phillies-Pirates game in June 2012, so Shaw took a cab to South Philly before flying home…

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Marcus Hayes: Traitors return: Ben Simmons, Carson Wentz return to Philadelphia 8 days apart to face 76ers, Eagles

PHILADELPHIA — Like a bad penny, they keep turning up.

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Takeaways and observations from Eagles first joint practice with Browns

Takeaways and observations from Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns' first joint practice

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How thousands of affordable homes in Philly are threatened by expiring government subsidies

Tenants in 69 units at the University City Townhomes in Philadelphia are being forced to relocate after the building owner ended its federal contract to provide affordable housing on site. The company, IBID Associates, plans to sell the land.

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Philly’s block parties can foster community connections, but they’re being canceled because of gun violence

PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia’s iconic block party culture may be another type of casualty of the city’s record-level gun violence. Before COVID-19 and the surge in shootings, the city had a reputation for robust street life. But those were the good ol’ days when block party approvals were routinely issued.

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How this lab is helping Philly learn about its contaminated drug supply

HORSHAM, Pa. — Inside the sprawling complex of NMS Labs in Horsham, scientists are mapping the contours of a crisis.

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David Murphy: Sixers back on short list of NBA commodities as schedule bets big on Joel Embiid, James Harden

PHILADELPHIA — The NBA is betting big on James Harden, Joel Embiid, and the 76ers.

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Kehlani ends her show early due to concerns for the crowd’s safety

The singer walked off stage in her show in Philadelphia saying ‘I don’t feel comfortable’

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A QAnon follower who showed up to Philly’s 2020 vote count in a Hummer filled with guns is now facing Capitol riot charges

PHILADELPHIA — One of two Virginia men awaiting trial in Philadelphia for driving a Hummer filled with weapons to the Pennsylvania Convention Center during the counting of the 2020 election vote has been arrested again — this time for taking part in the Capitol riot.

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Tiger Woods flies with Rickie Fowler to BMW Championship for PGA Tour meeting regarding LIV Golf

Woods and Fowler flew to Philadelphia from Florida on Tuesday.

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Mike Sielski: Ben Simmons and the Sixers had six wasted years together. His tenure teaches us one important lesson.

PHILADELPHIA — It is finished now, officially. The confidential settlement that the 76ers and Ben Simmons reached Monday, over the grievance Simmons filed to regain some of the $20 million the Sixers withheld from him last season because he refused to play for them, closed an ugly if interesting era…

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