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PHILADELPHIA — Laura Rago wasn’t smiling behind her mask as she pulled down the arm of her sweater and got her first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine on a rainy Wednesday afternoon in an otherwise-empty Keystone First Wellness Center. The Ridley woman said she had long been resisting the shot.

A new exhibition highlights a shameful history of racism in pools but also a recognition of Black swimming heroes

PHILADELPHIA — Benefits Data Trust, a Philadelphia nonprofit that helps people overcome barriers to government benefits for food, housing and health care, received a $20 million gift from MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the organization announced Tuesday.

PHILADELPHIA — When Temple University graduate Dharmik Sheth took off for Poland, deciding in a minute's time to help the Ukrainian refugees flooding into the country, he carried more than bags of soaps, shampoos, and toothbrushes.

PHILADELPHIA -- David Wilson didn’t want to say where he hoped to be working as a doctor, but the Thomas Jefferson University medical school student was willing to say this about his No. 1 choice: “It’s whatever is in the envelope.”

PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers were down two stars on Monday — and it didn’t show against the Miami Heat.

PHILADELPHIA — Two Pennsylvania State Police troopers and a civilian were killed in a car crash on I-95 early Monday morning in what law enforcement officials described as a possible DUI incident.

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Philadelphia-based surgeon Dr. Roxi Horbowyj tells Rachel Sharp how people on the ground in Ukraine can help keep each other alive - with the help of Stop the Bleed’s free Zoom courses and YouTube tutorials