Pollution from Canada’s wildfires was similar to breathing secondhand smoke indoors, study shows
The Canadian wildfires this summer exposed people to secondhand smoke at levels not seen since smoking was banned indoors in 2006, according to preliminary findings from Rutgers University researchers.
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President Biden talked ‘Bidenomics’ at the Philly Shipyard. Here’s what it means.
President Biden has a new reelection campaign catchphrase: Bidenomics.
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‘Abbott Elementary’ stars and local working actors came together on Philly’s SAG-AFTRA picket line: ‘Enough is enough’
PHILADELPHIA — Lisa Ann Walter now stars in a hit television show, and she’s appeared in a number of popular films over the last few decades. But, the actor recalled Thursday at a rally in Center City Philadelphia, raising her four children in Los Angeles earlier in her career meant…
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15 billion gallons of sewage-polluted water flows annually into Philly’s rivers and streams, report says
PHILADELPHIA — Each year, Philadelphia’s waterways are forced to swallow a dirty mix containing 15 billion gallons of untreated sewage and rainwater during storms because of an antiquated city system, according to a report released Thursday by PennEnvironment.
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Open Championship: Tommy Fleetwood tops odds board after opening round at Royal Liverpool
Fewer than 20% of the Open Championship field of 156 golfers shot under par during Thursday’s opening round at Royal Liverpool Golf Club.
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Sophia Smith, Naomi Girma and the USWNT's young stars are poised to break out at the World Cup
AUCKLAND, New. Zealand — Not since the earliest years of the U.S. women's soccer team has a squad arrived at a World Cup with this much glittering young potential.
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Phillies manage only two hits and strike out 13 times in 4-0 loss to Brewers
PHILADELPHIA — The Milwaukee Brewers nearly managed two historic feats against the Phillies in their 4-0 victory Thursday at Citizens Bank Park. Starter Corbin Burnes did not allow a hit through his first 3 1/3 innings and Christian Yelich finished his day just one triple short of the cycle. It…
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Megan Rapinoe and the USWNT’s veterans are at the World Cup to win — and mentor ‘the next generation’
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Much has been made of the U.S. women’s soccer team’s “old guard” at this World Cup, and for good reason.
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Nick Castellanos hits a home run, but Phillies’ bats mostly silent against Brewers in 5-3 loss
PHILADELPHIA — In the sixth inning of a tie game Wednesday night, Bryce Harper stepped to the plate against a lefty sidearmer and saw six pitches. Three were down the middle, none was faster than 90 mph.
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Touted pitching prospect Andrew Painter needs Tommy John surgery, Phillies say
A year ago, almost to the day, the Phillies’ highest-ranking baseball executive sat in the dugout before a game and touted Andrew Painter — 19 at the time — as both untouchable in trade talks and a possible major-league starting pitcher in 2023.
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