Brian Hickey

Eagles fans meet players at season’s first open practice [photos]

When the Eagles moved the team’s preseason training camp ...

9 years ago

The regularly updated Philadelphia Mayoral-Race Endorsement Tracker (General Election Edition)

As the Nov. 3 mayoral election approaches, candidates will issue press releases and host events highlighting those who’ve endorsed ...

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3 new candidates enter Philly’s mayoral race on filing-deadline day

A trio of candidates filed petitions to enter the Philadelphia mayoral race before Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline, while nine did the sam ...

9 years ago

Don’t you dare blame Philadelphia for hitchBOT’s death

A fatal shooting in Point Breeze. A dead woman found inside a car in Kensington. A 5-year-old girl injured in a North Philly hit-and-run. ...

9 years ago

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Fattah: Indictment allegations ‘a little bit of a stretch, to say the least’

Back in October, as he was on the verge of coasting to yet-another reelection, U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Phila.) decried the seemingly ne ...

9 years ago

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Kenney, activists decry ‘inflammatory rhetoric’ of immigration debate [audio]

Toting signs reading “No to the Donald Trump Bill” and “Immigrants are not your scapegoats,” community leade ...

9 years ago

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They couldn’t beat Kenney in Philly mayoral primary, so they endorsed him [audio]

Five Democratic candidates who fought for the party’s mayoral nomination went to a Fairmount restaurant on Thursday to eat with, an ...

9 years ago

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Young autistic artist creates T-shirt to boost pediatric brain-cancer awareness

The Dragon Master continues to give back. Ten-year-old Santino Stagliano, an autistic youth who found his voice by drawing picture ...

9 years ago

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Bailey: L&I chief should resign over cost of ‘advertorials’ [UPDATED]

After Philadelphia magazine reported that the c ...

9 years ago

As boxer preps for big fight, daughter’s heart transplant seen as family’s ‘best victory’ [photos]

As her father’s hands got taped up for the media-day showcase he’d soon perform, 9-year-old Kennedy Cunningham bounded about ...

9 years ago

How a $71 charge led to a towing-contract investigation in Camden

Troy Oglesby cruised around Camden last week like a man on a mission. The trek started inside a meeting room at the county library ...

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On Muslim holiday, Kenney signs ‘Pledge to Combat Bigotry’ at Germantown Ave. mosque

The Al-Asqa Islamic Society was abuzz Friday with celebrations marking the end of Ramadan when mayoral candidate Jim Kenney stopped in to ...

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