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Bullets that struck officers on the Parkway were fired from the same gun, police say

PHILADELPHIA — The bullets that struck two officers on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway during Monday’s Independence Day celebration were .40-caliber rounds fired from the same gun, police said Wednesday.

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Mike Sielski: There’s one big reason to think the Eagles will be terrific in 2022. Jason Kelce put his finger on it.

SEATTLE — It’s rare that the best tight end in the NFL looks like a pipsqueak, but there was no other way to see Travis Kelce late Wednesday afternoon as he mingled at a Jersey Shore bar, lending support to his brother Jason at a fund-raising event. Travis is 6…

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Philly's plan for Harriet Tubman monument comes under fire for not being open to Black artists

PHILADELPHIA — The city of Philadelphia wants people to help shape the theme of a permanent Harriet Tubman statue by responding to a public input survey by July 13. But a number of Black artists and historians are criticizing the process as being unfair and insulting.

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Editorial: Expanding hours for teenage workers is the wrong answer for New Jersey labor shortage

An annual rite of summer is seeing Philadelphia and suburban teens flock to the Jersey Shore to earn cash working at boardwalk shops and restaurants. The work can be hard and the hours long, but not as long as they are going to be with the New Jersey Legislature on…

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A push to investigate health and education needs hidden within the term ‘Asian American’

When Laura Zhang Choi testified to New Jersey legislators last month, she told them they needed better information about the state’s fastest-growing population — Asian Americans.

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Kyle Schwarber homers twice as the Phillies rout the Nationals to inch closer to wild-card contention

PHILADELPHIA — After an 11-0 win over the Nationals on Tuesday, the Phillies are a half a game out of a wild-card spot. Of course, there is plenty of baseball left — half an 162-game season left, to be exact — but it is still a remarkable feat, considering how…

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Paul Reed effective against Grizzlies in summer league action despite Sixers' 103-99 loss

SALT LAKE CITY — As a unit, the Summers 76ers definitely have some work to do. But Paul Reed looked like someone ready for a bigger role with the regular Sixers.

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Philly police searching for ‘a clear picture’ of what happened at July 4 shooting on Parkway that injured 2 officers

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police on Tuesday were attempting to determine who fired a gun and from where during Monday night’s Independence Day celebrations, in a shooting that injured two police officers and caused the panicked evacuation of thousands from the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

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Phillies’ Bryce Harper offers no date for return but vows he will play again this season

PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper returned to the Phillies clubhouse Tuesday and channeled his inner Terminator.

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After police are shot, Philly mayor says he’ll ‘be happy’ when he’s not mayor anymore

PHILADELPHIA — An exasperated Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said early Tuesday morning after two police officers were shot that he is so worried about safety at public events that he will “be happy” when he is no longer mayor, prompting national attention and calls for his resignation.

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Police in Philadelphia investigate possibility bullets that hit officers came from celebratory gunfire

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police are investigating the possibility that the two officers who were shot at the city’s Independence Day celebrations on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Monday were struck by stray bullets from celebratory gunfire — potentially fired from some distance away, officials said Tuesday.

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After police are shot, Philly mayor says he’ll ‘be happy’ when he’s not mayor anymore

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Racial inequities in vaccination are emerging again, this time among Philly’s elementary-age kids

PHILADELPHIA — The Black Doctors Consortium was among the first in the city to offer newly approved COVID shots for young children in June, setting up clinics at its health center in a mostly Black neighborhood in North Philadelphia.

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What to know about how medical debt affects your credit rating

Beginning July 1, the three largest credit reporting agencies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — are changing the way medical debt affects people’s credit ratings.

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A Philadelphia man testified in six murder cases. Then, he recanted. What is the truth?

PHILADELPHIA — Rasheem Hall was handcuffed in a holding cell wedged behind a Philadelphia courtroom, awaiting trial for murder, when he heard someone call from another cell, “Yo! ‘Sheem!”

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David Murphy: The Sixers’ two biggest offseason additions are still on the way

A quick reminder before everyone starts making their travel reservations for next year’s Bucks-Celtics Eastern Conference finals: the two biggest improvements the Sixers can make this offseason will not pop up on the transaction wire.

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His Hogwarts Express Magic Art Car is a haunted hayride, a theme park ride, and a theatrical experience all in one

PHILADELPHIA -- In the middle of our third lap around the parking deck of a North Philly storage facility one night in June, as I stood with eight strangers in the back of a flatbed trailer being pulled by a Jeep Wrangler, I began to wonder “How did I get…

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Never mind red or blue states. Do you live in a cat or dog state?

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Two police officers shot on the Ben Franklin Parkway amid Philadelphia’s July 4th celebrations

PHILADELPHIA — Two police officers were shot and injured in front of the Philadelphia Art Museum while on duty at the city’s Independence Day celebrations on Monday night. The incident caused stampedes of people watching fireworks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway to flee what they believed was an active shooting.

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy pledges to sign new gun bills after July 4 mass shooting in Illinois

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday that he will sign a package of seven gun safety bills Tuesday that will, among other things, regulate ammunition sales, expand requirements for gun owners relocating to New Jersey and empower the state's attorney general to prosecute gun manufacturers and retailers.

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Trevelin Queen’s relentless journey has brought him to the 76ers

SALT LAKE CITY – Trevelin Queen’s basketball journey is an example of relentlessness and perseverance.

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Phillies move closer to a playoff spot with 4-0 win over Cardinals

It was July 3, too soon by any reasonable measure for scoreboard watching. But it was also Sunday Night Baseball, the last game of the day, so the opportunity facing the Phillies was hard to miss.

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Fireworks injuries are up 25% over the past 15 years. A pediatric ER doc weighs in on safety

James Reingold doesn’t want to snuff out anyone’s flame, but after too many summers treating emergency department patients at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, he has a special Independence Day message: For the love of whatever you hold dear, don’t give your kids sparklers.

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NASA explains the mission to bring samples of Mars soil, rock and atmosphere back to Earth

PHILADELPHIA — NASA's Mars Sample Return Mission aims to bring 30 samples of rock, soil and atmosphere now being collected by the Perseverance rover back to Earth sometime in the early 2030s. The goal is to look for signs of past life and also to find out more about the…

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NASA says its plan to bring Mars samples back to Earth is safe, but some people are worried

PHILADELPHIA — Since September, the Perseverance rover has been picking along an ancient river delta on Mars, its robotic arms reaching out with whirling steel drill bits to core rocks, scoop soil and suck small amounts of the red planet's atmosphere into titanium tubes.

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