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Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 140th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. Phil's handlers said that the groundhog has forecast six more weeks of winter. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)
Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, forecasting 6 more weeks of wintry weather
Punxsutawney Phil’s handlers say he’s seen his shadow and is therefore predicting six more weeks of winter weather.
 
A person views posted signs on the locations of the now removed explanatory panels that were part of an exhibit on slavery at President's House Site in Philadelphia, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Philadelphia sues over removal of slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park
Outraged critics are accusing President Donald Trump of “whitewashing history” after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park.
 
David Metcalf, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, speaks during a news conference to announce charges against 20 people including 15 former college basketball players, in what prosecutors called a betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)
NCAA basketball players and gamblers are charged for allegedly rigging games
Federal prosecutors are investigating a major betting scheme involving NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games.
 
First responders work the scene of an explosion and fire at Bristol Health & Rehab Center, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, in Bristol, Pa. (Monica Herndon/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Explosion at a Pennsylvania nursing home kills at least 2, governor says
Pennsylvania’s governor says an explosion at a nursing home just outside Philadelphia killed at least two people.
 
Children ride their bicycles to school during a parent-led bike ride titled "Bike Bus" Sept. 15, 2025, in Montclair, N.J. (Andrew Hawkins/Montclair Bike Bus via AP)
From a few to more than 350, children and parents ride together to school as a ‘bike bus’
In the New Jersey township of Montclair, a group bicycle ride to school has become a weekly community ritual.
 
Victoria Roath works on her creation in the Scrapple Sculpting Contest at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Scrapple sculpture contest winner prevailed in Eagles country by putting the pig into pigskin
In the contest for best scrapple sculpture in Philadelphia on Friday it was the “Mush Push” fashioned from the regionally popular pork breakfast meat that got Patrick Moser’s entry over the goal line.
 
Officers watch a procession for slain Northern York County Regional Police detectives Cody Michael Becker, Mark Edward Baker and Isaiah Emenheiser, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in Red Lion, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Fellow officers recall courage, devotion of 3 Pennsylvania detectives killed in ambush
Three Pennsylvania detectives shot to death last week while attempting to arrest a stalking suspect were remembered as exemplary officers and devoted family men at a funeral.
 
Attendees react during a vigil at Spring Grove Alliance church Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Spring Grove, Pa., after multiple police officers were shot and killed. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Prosecutor says stalking suspect ambushed Pennsylvania police officers, killing 3
A prosecutor says a suspected stalker armed with a rifle hid inside his ex-girlfriend’s home in Pennsylvania and ambushed police officers who came to arrest him, killing three of them.
 
Visitors walk through a lighted tunnel at the Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)
The annual Chinese Lantern Festival in Philadelphia is a symbol of summer in the city
Now in its eighth year, the Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival has become a seasonal staple for locals and tourists alike.
 
Beef cheesesteak are seen at Jim's South St. in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Philly cheesesteak maker challenged by the ever-rising cost of beef
Ken Silver knows beef because he knows Philly cheesesteak. He hopes that a summer spike in how much he pays for his restaurant’s main product doesn’t cause heartburn.
 
A man takes trash to a garbage collection site, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia workers and city reach a deal to end strike that halted residential trash pickup
Philadelphia’s weeklong city workers’ strike has ended with a tentative agreement between the union and the city.
 
Trash is cleaned up at a drop-off site in Philadelphia as thousands of city workers remained on strike Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (WPVI-TV via AP)
Trash and tension mount in Philadelphia on Day 8 of workers strike, while some seek pop-up haulers
Philadelphia faces mounting trash and tension as a strike by many of the city’s blue-collar workers enters its eighth day.
 
A general view of St. Thomas of Villanova Church on the Villanova University campus is seen, Thursday, May 8, 2025 in Villanova, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
From Villanova to the Vatican: Alma mater is floored it taught the 1st US pope
Church bells rang out for hours in celebration at Villanova University in suburban Philadelphia after one of their graduates was elected the first pope from the U.S. in the history of the Catholic Church.
 
Peeps marshmallow treats move through the manufacturing process at the Just Born factory in Bethlehem, Pa., Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Go inside the factory where Peeps are made
Love them or hate them, marshmallow Peeps are inescapable around the Easter holiday. Millions of the brightly-colored candies are made daily in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, by Just Born Quality Confections.
 
Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 139th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)
Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter
Punxsutawney Phil’s team of top-hatted associates says he has seen his shadow and is predicting six more weeks of wintry weather.
 
The Brandenburg Gate is illuminated with the flag of Israel in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, to mark the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)
Vigils, protests around the world commemorate the anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel
Commemorations and protests are being held across the world to mark a year since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Monday marked a year since the militants’ assault.
 
Dockworker Meikysha Wright and others strike outside the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports
Some 45,000 dockworkers at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas are on strike for the first time in decades.
 
Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas have started walking picket lines in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.
 
A therapy dog who is a member of the Wagging Tails Brigade kissess an airport staff member at the Philadelphia International Airport on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)
Philadelphia airport celebrates its brigade of stress-busting therapy dogs
A pack of four-legged therapists that helps calm airport travelers are getting a break of their own.
 
Former President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko sits for an interview at the Urban League of Philadelphia, Monday, May 13, 2024. Yushchenko said the long delay by the U.S. Congress in approving military aid for his country was “a colossal waste of time,” that sent a signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to inflict more suffering in the two-year invasion and would only prolong the war. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti)
Ex-Ukrainian president says US delay in war aid was ‘colossal’ waste, let Putin inflict more damage
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko says the long delay by the U.S. Congress in approving military aid for his country was “a colossal waste of time.”
 
The fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is pictured Sunday, March 31, 2024, where divers assisted crews with the complicated and meticulous operation of removing steel and concrete. (AP Photos/Mike Pesoli)
A channel has opened for vessels clearing wreckage at the Baltimore bridge collapse site
Officials say the U.S. Coast Guard has opened a temporary alternate channel for vessels clearing debris at the site of the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
 
Lansdowne Police Officer David Schiazza who was injured while responding to reported standoff the previous day, waves as he leaves the hospital in Philadelphia, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
6 members of Philadelphia area family are feared dead in house fire and shooting, prosecutor says
Six members of a family are feared dead at a house in suburban Philadelphia that went up in flames as two police officers who responded to the scene were shot.
 
A police vehicle is parked on a road leading to the scene of a helicopter crash in Washington Township, N.J., Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Investigators are examining the wreckage of a TV news helicopter that crashed in the New Jersey Pinelands, killing the pilot and a photographer on board. WPVI-TV of Philadelphia says a two members of its news team were in the helicopter when it went down about 8 p.m. Tuesday in Wharton State Forest. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Philadelphia news helicopter crashes in New Jersey forest, killing pilot and photographer
Investigators are examining the wreckage of a TV news helicopter from Philadelphia that crashed in the New Jersey Pinelands, killing the pilot and a photographer on board.
 
Heavily armed law enforcement officers move along Rt. 52 as the search continues for Danilo Cavalcante in Pocopson Township, Pa., on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County Prison. Cavalcante was able to escape a prison yard in suburban Pennsylvania last week by climbing up a wall and over razor wire, officials said at a news conference Wednesday. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Fugitive killer eludes Pennsylvania police for eighth day as wary residents keep a watchful eye
The hunt for an elusive murderer who escaped a Pennsylvania prison has stretched into a second week.
 
Pennsylvania State police search the woods and a creek in Pennsbury Township, Pa., on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Murderer Danilo Cavalcante was able to escape a prison yard in suburban Pennsylvania last week by climbing up a wall and over razor wire, officials said at a news conference Wednesday. (Steven M. Falk/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Pennsylvania murderer escaped by scaling a wall topped with razor wire, prison official says
Pennsylvania prison officials say a murderer made a brazen escape from a suburban Philadelphia jail yard by scaling a wall, climbing over razor wire and jumping from a roof.
 
This photo provided by the Chester County Prison shows Danilo Cavalcante. Cavalcante, convicted this month of fatally stabbing his girlfriend escaped Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023 from the suburban Philadelphia prison and prosecutors say he is also wanted in his native Brazil in a separate slaying. (Chester County Prison via AP)
Authorities expand search area for killer who escaped Pennsylvania prison after latest sighting
Authorities have moved and expanded the search area for a convicted murderer who escaped from jail in suburban Philadelphia.
 
A rider poses at the start of the Philly Naked Bike Ride in Philadelphia, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)
Riders in various states of undress cruise Philadelphia streets in 14th naked bike ride
Hundreds of riders in various states of dress -- or undress – are riding through some of Philadelphia’s main streets for the 14th Philly Naked Bike Ride.
 
FILE - A tour guide fans herself while working in Times Square as temperatures rise, July 27, 2023, in New York. Nearly 60% of the U.S. population, are under a heat advisory or flood warning or watch as the high temperatures spread and new areas are told to expect severe storms. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Extreme heat moves east where many will see their hottest days of the year
Nearly 200 million people in the United States, or 60% of the U.S. population, are under a heat advisory or flood warning or watch and have been since Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
 
Vinnie Clemente, right, buys Powerball tickets from Elias Harv at a gas station, on Friday, July 14, 2023, in Crystal, Minn. Harv said he’s seen a surge in customers buying lottery tickets as Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots reached $875 million and $560 million respectively. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)
More are participating in the lottery as the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots soar
Convenience stores are swamped as the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots soar to some of their largest in the history of the games.
 
Police on the scene of a shooting Monday, July 3, 2023 in Philadelphia. Police say a gunman in a bulletproof vest has opened fire on the streets of Philadelphia, killing several people and wounding two boys before he surrendered to responding officers. (Steven M. Falk/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Five dead in Philadelphia shooting that’s nation’s worst violence around July 4
A 40-year-old killed one man in a house before fatally shooting four others on the streets of a Philadelphia neighborhood, then surrendering along with a rifle, a pistol, extra magazines, a police scanner and a bulletproof vest, police said.
 
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