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New PAC aims to harvest Amish votes for Trump
A dark money group in Pennsylvania is trying to bring the Amish community to the polls to support Donald Trump in November. ...
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Philly drink tax ‘earthquake’ may rumble in other cities
A day after Philadelphia City Council passed a new tax on soda and other sweetened drinks to fund pre-K expansion and other initiatives, ...
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Bad credit report where good credit is due
After applying for an apartment recently, my potential landlord, Miles Fischel, called to say something on my credit file had given him p ...
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ListenRecounting night of bloody terror and words of mass murderer
Tiara Parker pulled out her phone to call an Uber. It was around 2 a.m. Sunday morning and she, her cousin, Akyra Murray, and Park ...
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ListenSupreme Court orders new sentencing hearing for Philadelphia killer due to bias
The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered that a convicted Philadelphia killer on death row get a new sentencing hearing, finding that the judge ...
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Embattled Frank Fina leaves Philly DA’s office for private practice
One of the key figures in the porngate scandal has resigned from the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Longtime prose ...
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Cosby lawyer plans new appeal on question of hearsay evidence
Bill Cosby’s lawyer has outlined the next appeal he plans to file in yet another attempt to sidetrack the first sexual assault char ...
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After four decades behind bars, Philly man has hope of clearing his name — and being free
In May 1973, 16-year-old Tyrone Jones was arrested outside of his house at 23rd and Oxford streets in the Sharswood section of Philadelph ...
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ListenJudging the place of hearsay testimony during Pa. preliminary hearings
It was a “risky” move, Magistrate Judge Elizabeth McHugh told Montgomery County prosecutors who decided Bill Cosby’s ac ...
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ListenCenter City Midtown II diner to close after 40 years
After more than 40 years of operation, Midtown II is closing its doors as a round-the-clock diner. Opened in 1974, the diner ...
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Encouraging responsible gun ownership in black community, Philly man hopes to curb violence
Maj Toure grew up around guns along Cecil B. Moore Avenue in North Philadelphia. “I was 15. I found one in the house. I put ...
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ListenNew hearings for inmates sentenced to life as children set to begin soon in Philly
New sentencing hearings for prison lifers who received their punishment in Philadelphia as teenagers are expected to begin late this summ ...
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