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How Philly-Area Athletes Performed at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Team USA closed the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo ranked second behind Norway in both overall medals and gold medals. The Americans totaled 33 medals,...

Up to 16 Inches of Snow Hits Philadelphia, Snow Emergency Declared

A winter storm dropped more than a foot of snow across Philadelphia, triggering a Snow Emergency and activating a citywide response. The National Weather Service reported 14.0 inches of snow...

Prepare now for a rough hurricane season

Ready for the next big storm?Did you just shrug?The tough thing about persuading people to prepare for the kind of weather that will flood basements, knock...

River Wards events for the week of June 12

Penn Treaty Park eventsThe Friends of Penn Treaty Park invite you to Movie In The Park night tonight at 7 p.m., to see “Thunderstruck.” This...

A bid to buy the blight

Shaukat Ali, 71, with his two granddaughters, lives next door to landlord Robert Coyle’s former office, which has been decaying blight for years. SAM...

First Friday on Frankford

A crowd of people at 3rd Ward on First Friday stand before artist Emily Erb’s “Garden of Earthly Delights.” SAM NEWHOUSE / STAR PHOTOFrankford Avenue...

Public school staffs are slashed

In what could prove to be the largest jobs cut in almost 40 years, more than 3,700 school employees will be laid off July...

‘We’re all going to have to pray together’

Rev. William E. Grogan outside of All Saints Parish, in Bridesburg, which will close July 1 as part of a merger. SAM NEWHOUSE /...
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