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Published on September 28, 2019 - Page 7
PHILADELPHIA — On Sept. 28, 1918, in the waning days of World War I, more than 200,000 people gathered along Broad Street in Philadelphia for a...
Published on June 11, 2019 - Page 5
DENVER, Pa. — A flag carried into battle by a black Union regiment during the Civil War and hand-painted by an acclaimed African American artist is...
Published on May 29, 2019 - Page 24
For more than a century, steel mills churning along Pittsburgh’s three rivers helped define the region as one of the world’s largest steel-making...
Published on May 22, 2019 - Page 7
PHILADELPHIA — Democrat Jim Kenney is poised to keep his job as mayor of the nation’s sixth largest city after fending off two challengers in Tuesday...
Published on December 15, 2018 - Page 4
A state police trooper who was shot in a 2014 ambush has had his right leg amputated below the knee. Trooper Alex Douglass underwent the surgery...
Published on October 20, 2018 - Page 15
The moment in the spotlight isn’t over yet for a Philadelphia Eagles fan who stumbled into fame as a viral video star after running into a subway...
Published on September 19, 2018 - Page 21
PHILADELPHIA — A long-abandoned rail line is open for business again in Philadelphia, transformed into an elevated park and the city’s answer to New...
Published on December 31, 2017 - Page 25
PHILADELPHIA — Young couples in southern Philadelphia are transforming something old into something new with their take on the Italian wedding...
Published on October 22, 2017 - Page 16
PHILADELPHIA — Gary wasn’t used to being around people. He didn’t like being touched, or even looked at. If anyone came too close, he’d lash out. He...
Published on July 23, 2017 - Page 11
PHILADELPHIA — Detroit has the Motown Museum. Mississippi has a blues trail. Memphis has Graceland, Sun Studio and the Stax Museum of American Soul...