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PHILADELPHIA — In "Our Gen," Diane McKinney-Whetstone’s latest novel, a group of friends have casual sex, keep secrets, and smoke a lot of weed. But they aren’t millennials, they live in an active 55+ community in townhomes with smart appliances. They laugh a lot and always have time for a…

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart’s audit of the Philadelphia Police Department offers a disturbing window into the inner workings of the police force as it confronts record murders, daily shootings, and rising crime. The report’s 85 pages paint a damning picture of a department that is inefficient, disorganized, backward and wasting…

New evidence shows that the conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal – who has spent over 40 years in prison – was tainted, prompting calls for a re-examination

“This was always going to be an away game for John Fetterman,” a Philadelphia Democratic consultant says

PHILADELPHIA — A group of student protesters at the University of Pennsylvania ended a nearly six-week encampment on the College Green this weekend after they stormed Franklin Field during halftime of the Penn-Yale football game.

The Houston Astros have a lot of haters following the team’s infamous cheating scandal that broke in 2019. But maybe, just maybe, the Astros are who we all should be rooting for in this year’s Fall Classic. Dating back to the early 20th century, every single time a Philadelphia baseball…

PHILADELPHIA — Looking back now, former U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli said the amount of responsibility he gave the young legislative aide who was fresh off a college internship on Capitol Hill “seems ridiculous.”

PHILADELPHIA — Soon after starting her job, Philadelphia’s newest chief medical examiner was dismayed to learn some of the city’s dead arrived at her office in the back of a police car.

PHILADELPHIA — Atop the celebratory stage quickly constructed on the Citizens Bank Park infield Sunday night, Rob Thomson clasped his hands behind his back, and several Phillies players rubbed the head of their closer-in-a-pinch, Ranger Suárez, and Bryce Harper cradled the trophy he had won, as the 2022 National League…

PHILADELPHIA -- When state officials approved Devon Geiger for the most comprehensive benefits Pennsylvania offers for adults with autism and intellectual disabilities, her mother, Deb Geiger, had peace of mind. She thought her daughter would get the services she needed.

PHILADELPHIA — Halloween tales told at the Betsy Ross House have nothing to do with flag making — or even ghosts. There are no cheap scares amid the lantern light — no colonial-costumed ghouls emerge in the courtyard fog or surprise in the shadows of creaky rooms.