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A father who was preparing to walk his eldest daughter down the aisle

PHILADELPHIA — The shooter accused of killing five people during a harrowing rampage in Southwest Philadelphia Monday night told police the shooting spree was an attempt to help authorities address the city’s gun violence crisis, and that a deity would be sending more people to help, according to sources familiar…

PHILADELPHIA — The actual fireworks arrived in Philly throughout July 4th weekend. But not the metaphorical ones that would set the NBA transaction cycle ablaze — at least when it comes to James Harden.

Five people, including a 15-year-old boy, were killed in a mass shooting on Monday

Josephine Wamah says she is waiting for her twin brother Joseph Jr to wake up and tell her Monday night’s mass shooting was an elaborate prank

Kimbrady Carriker, 40, was apprehended by police shortly after the shooting. Two boys, aged 13 and two, were also shot and injured.

Whether the star guard returns to the 76ers or is traded elsewhere, he'll have to play his best basketball and prove the gamble is worth it.

Exclusive: ‘He had to have been hurting himself in order to do what he did. But what tipped it off?’ the grandmother of alleged Philadelphia mass shooter Kimbrady Carriker tells The Independent‘s Bevan Hurley. ‘What would make a person do such a thing?’

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner held a news conference to give an update after five people died in a recent mass shooting.

A 40-year-old accused of killing a man in a house and then gunning down four others “seemingly at random” on the streets of a southwest Philadelphia neighborhood before surrendering to police officers has been arraigned on murder and other charges

Five people going about their lives on the evening before July 4 were killed by a 40-year-old shooter in a random attack. Here’s what we know about the victims. Rachel Sharp reports