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At least 2 people killed and 5 still missing in Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion

PHILADELPHIA — At least two people were killed and five people remain missing after an explosion at a West Reading chocolate factory Friday afternoon that sent a column of black smoke into the sky and rattled the windows of homes four blocks away.

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Positives, negatives apparent early in Fire season

The lone winless Eastern Conference team entering Saturday’s match at Inter Miami, the Fire played well at Philadelphia and should have beaten FC Cincinnati but also have been plagued by familiar issues.

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Sen. John Fetterman has been hospitalized for depression for 5 weeks. His staff says he'll be back soon

PHILADELPHIA — Five weeks after Sen. John Fetterman's hospitalization for clinical depression, his staff says the stay is coming to an end soon, though no certain timeline was offered for his return.

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Eagles sign safety Terrell Edmunds to replace C.J. Gardner-Johnson

PHILADELPHIA — Five days after losing star safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to the Detroit Lions in free agency, the Eagles have acquired his replacement.

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NFL declines to reassess the legality of the ‘tush push’ play the Eagles dominated with

PHILADELPHIA — Eagles coach Nick Sirianni and quarterback Jalen Hurts can let out a collective sigh of relief.

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How former bus driver Stephen Edwards became a world-champion boxing trainer

PHILADELPHIA — The bus usually followed a route that started in North Philadelphia, rumbled south into Center City, and headed east for Penn’s Landing. Stephen Edwards learned how to maneuver that SEPTA bus through the narrow passages on 23rd Street, how to turn it onto Ridge Avenue, and then deal…

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Warriors vs. 76ers: Stream, odds, injury reports and broadcast info for Friday

Steph Curry and the Warriors will face off the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday.

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Philadelphia residents reject using war-on-drugs-era policies to treat the opioid crisis, according to poll

PHILADELPHIA — More than half of Philadelphians think that addressing the opioid crisis should be a top priority for the next mayor — and that city leaders should focus on offering mental health and addiction treatment instead of arresting drug users, according to a Lenfest Institute for Journalism/SSRS poll that…

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Paul Vallas: From playing with ‘imaginary friends’ to tackling ‘big, nearly impossible tasks’

A shy boy with a severe stutter in the Roseland neighborhood, Paul Vallas grew up to lead school districts in Chicago, Philadelphia, Louisiana, Haiti and Chile. He also ran a string of failed bids for elected office. “Paul gravitates toward big challenges,” said Ald. Brendan Reilly.

Chicago Sun-Times

Flyers’ ‘Next Shift’ program aims to inspire future generations of women who want to work in sports

PHILADELPHIA — Growing up as a sports fan outside of Kansas City, Kan., prospective Temple student Megan Wiley used to watch television coverage of her favorite teams with conflicting emotions.

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Wild keep securing points, but fall to Flyers, 5-4 in a shootout

PHILADELPHIA — The Wild kept their point streak as the visitors going but they failed to sweep their trip, fading 5-4 to the Flyers in a shootout on Thursday at Wells Fargo Center to sit at 7-0-3 during their last 10 road games.

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Philly moms plead to state leaders for gun reform in Harrisburg, with new hope under a Democratic majority

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Tanya Clark stood quietly in the cold rain outside of Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Philadelphia on Thursday morning, tears streaming down her cheeks.

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A 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty in the gunpoint carjacking of US Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon

PHILADELPHIA — A Delaware man has admitted to participating in the 2021 gunpoint carjacking of U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon in Philadelphia's FDR Park.

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Eagles hosted versatile safety Keanu Neal on a free agent visit

Looking to add more depth at the safety position, the Philadelphia Eagles hosted veteran Keanu Neal on a visit

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Eagles 2023 offseason preview: Where does Philadelphia stand at QB?

We're previewing the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback position after the first wave of free agency and ahead of the 2023 NFL draft

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Eagles are hosting Iowa DE Lukas Van Ness on a Top 30 predraft visit

The Philadelphia Eagles are hosting Iowa defensive end Lukas Van Ness on a Top 30 predraft visit

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Philadelphia to pay pregnant women $1,000 a month

The program will offer monthly cash payments to pregnant women living in certain Philadelphia communities for 18 months

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80-hour weeks and roaches near your cot? More medical residents unionize

Part of a national trend, medical residents at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia push to form a union to demand better working conditions and higher wages. Child care is an important issue for many.

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How did a famous Mexican poet end up buried and forgotten in the Philadelphia suburbs?

PHILADELPHIA -- On a quiet morning in March, members of the Mexican Consulate of Philadelphia gathered under a green awning at Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, to visit an unmarked grave. The grassy spot, sitting empty and mostly unrecognized for 71 years, is an easily overlooked foot-sized gap in…

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Contract details for James Bradberry’s new 3-year, $38 million deal with the Eagles

We're looking at contract details and salary cap implications for James Bradberry's 3-year, $38 million deal with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Manchester Evening News

Shoppers 'need to buy' unusual Eurovision-themed dairy product spotted in Asda and Morrisons

"I want this and I want it now"

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Is it antisemitism or political discourse? Professor plans to sue Cabrini University after he was fired for tweets about Israel

PHILADELPHIA — Kareem Tannous said he was getting good reviews after he started his job in 2020 as an assistant business professor at Cabrini University.

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The dark truth of Joe Fulks, Philadelphia’s first pro basketball legend

It was late on the night after Joe Fulks died from a shotgun blast to his neck when Eddie Gottlieb’s phone rang. As the hours passed on Sunday, March 21, 1976, word snaked out over the national wire services that Fulks, 54, was dead and that the cause was, in…

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Gun violence can affect every part of Philly life. Here's how residents suggest solving it

PHILADELPHIA — Joshua Sanchez was leaving his bank one day in North Philly when a group of men with guns swarmed him. They robbed him, he said, then shot him once in the back before fleeing.

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Philly neighborhood activists met with DoJ over supervised drug consumption sites. Elected officials were turned away

PHILADELPHIA — Representatives from neighborhood groups around Philadelphia said they felt federal officials are not listening to their concerns about efforts to open a place in the city where people could inject drugs under medical supervision.

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