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Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy holds up the trophy after Game 5 of the baseball World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Phoenix. The Rangers won 5-0 to win the series 4-1.
National
Sports

Texas Rangers win first World Series title with 5-0 victory over Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 5

In his first season with Texas, manager Bruce Bochy won his fourth World Series title 13 years to the day after his first.

3 years ago

Food trucks lined up on the street.
Business
Environment
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

Philly food trucks are still giving out plastic bags despite ban, advocates say

Unpredictable sales and tight margins make it hard for food trucks to source anything but the cheapest bags, a former food truck operator said.

3 years ago

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Many SEPTA riders said they’d continue to wear a mask without a mandate in place in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Transportation
6abc

SEPTA to stop accepting tokens for payment on January 1, 2024

The sale of tokens ended in 2018, however, SEPTA has continued to accept tokens on buses and trolleys, and via fare kiosks at stations and bus loops.

3 years ago

Players from the Pittsburgh Penguins and Anaheim Ducks on Monday honored former Penguin player Adam Johnson, who died during a game in England. The Penguins are making neck guards mandatory for players at the minor-league level, and will also urge NHL players to wear them.
NPR
National
Public Safety
Sports

Interest in neck guards spikes after a hockey player’s tragic death

Interest in cut-resistant neck guards is surging: "That could be one of the positive things that might come out of this terrible tragedy," said Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike

3 years ago

Ben Nachum posing for a photo in front of his pharmacy.
Business
Economic Development
Elections
Philadelphia

This North Philly street has more than 50 small businesses, but zero banks in sight

For some small business owners in Philadelphia, public safety issues have changed the commercial corridor in the worst way.

3 years ago

Listen 2:10
Trail Blazers 76ers Basketball
Philadelphia
Sports

76ers Joel Embid fined $35K for obscene gestures during victory over Trail Blazers

Joe Dumars, the league's executive vice president and head of basketball operations, announced the penalty Tuesday.

3 years ago

Lionel Messi accepted his eighth Ballon d'Or trophy, and was joined by his sons at the awards ceremony in Paris.
NPR
International
Sports

Lionel Messi wins 8th Ballon d’Or; Spain’s Aitana Bonmatí is named top female player

Messi has now won 12% of all men's Ballon d'Or trophies. Both of this year's winners are midfielders who led their national teams to long-awaited World Cup victories.

3 years ago

This photo provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Oct. 28, 2023, shows a WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouch.
NPR
Food & Drink
Kids
Public Safety

FDA warns that WanaBana fruit pouches contain high lead levels, endangering children

The apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches — regardless of their expiration date — are being recalled. They were sold online and in person through retailers such as Sam's Club, Am

3 years ago

Two out of the three cheesesteaks we tried in South Dakota were solid contenders.
Food & Drink
National
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Who knew? We found two solid cheesesteak contenders in South Dakota

There are cattle ranches all over, so the quality of meat is bound to be high. But the rolls and ratio were also spot on.

3 years ago

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6abc

Man severely injured in Stafford Township, New Jersey house explosion

A man suffered severe burns in an early-morning house explosion in Stafford Township, New Jersey, police said.

3 years ago

Riyad Mansour speaking at the U.N.
International
Military

UN agency in Gaza says urgent cease-fire is a matter of life and death for millions of Palestinians

According to the latest figures from Gaza’s Ministry of Health, more than 8,300 people have been killed — 66% of them women and children — and tens of thousands injured.

3 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia 76ers' James Harden reacts during Game 2 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Sports

76ers trade disgruntled guard James Harden to Clippers, AP source says

Harden appeared determined to sever ties with the Sixers in August after he called team president Daryl Morey a liar at a promotional event in China.

3 years ago

Base image: Lincoln Financial Field in October 2023
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

Free little treats you can get when Philly sports teams do well

When local teams do well, there are several complimentary offers you can unlock — and they don't even require a win.

3 years ago

This 1839 daguerreotype by Joseph Saxton, of Philadelphia Central High School and the Pennsylvania State Arsenal, is thought to be the oldest surviving photo taken in the United States.
History
Philadelphia
Technology
Billy Penn

The oldest photo in the United States was taken in Philadelphia

A government employee and inventor named Joseph Saxton captured the image, which shows Central High School and the Pa. Arsenal.

3 years ago

(6abc)
K-12
New Jersey
Public Safety

Bomb squad called to Medford, N.J. school; man detained by police

Police officers and bomb squad units were called to a school in Burlington County, New Jersey on Monday evening.

3 years ago

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