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Photo: AP/Chris Szagola By Joe Reedy LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George scored 27 points, Russell Westbrook added 18 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Orlando Magic 118-102 on Tuesday night as future teammate James Harden watched from a suite. Harden could not be on the Clippers’ bench because the trade bringing him to Los…

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PHOTO: IG/Alvin Pettit PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The city of Philadelphia has picked the winning design for a Harriet Tubman statue outside City Hall after facing criticism over its original choice of a white artist who’d been selected without competition. Alvin Pettit beat out four other semifinalists with a design called “A Higher Power: The Call…

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In the second part of the SUN interview with Republican mayoral candidate David Oh, he outlines his vision for education in the city, 76 Place, and the importance of exchanging ideas. By Denise Clay-Murray SUN: You mentioned policing earlier in this interview. You said that you’re hearing a lot about it on the campaign trail….

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On Monday, members of a South Philadelphia mosque and city and state officials asked the community to help them find the person who wrote anti-Muslim graffiti on the house of worship. ABOVE PHOTO: United Muslim Islamic Center at 1251 Point Breeze vandalized with graffiti. (Photo courtesy: United Muslim Islamic Center) By Denise Clay-Murray When Qasim…

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A judge reinstated all charges, including murder, against former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial who shot and killed driver Eddie Irizarry through a car window. Dial was taken into custody without bail after the ruling was made.  The confrontation initially described as Officer Dial shooting Irizarry after he lunged at him with a knife outside…

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PHOTOS COURTESY: Stephen Satell, Philadelphia Legacies Eight Philadelphia icons;  educator Joyce Abbott, actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and husband PA State Sen. Vincent Hughes, world renowned, award-winning poet, Sonia Sanchez; Larry Robin, owner of Robin’s Bookstore and founder of Moonstone Arts Center, Inc.;  Lamont B. Steptoe, award-winning poet, photographer; founder and CAO of The Mathematics, Civics…

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While running for mayor of Philadelphia as a Republican is a herculean task, David Oh is more than up for it. By Denise Clay-Murray We’ll start this story on Republican mayoral candidate David Oh with a number: 2003. That was the last year that a Republican had even a puncher’s chance of winning the Philadelphia…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Rasaan H. Bourke (Photo courtesy: Rasaan H. Bourke) By Constance Garcia-Barrio Once upon a time, Rasaan H. Bourke, the organist at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church of Germantown, became known for his powerful playing. “When I was between 12 and 20 years old, everything had to be grand,” Bourke, now 41, said. “Everything had…

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ABOVE PHOTO: The newly crowned winner of the 2023-24 Juneteenth Scholarship USA Pageant, Sunshine Huggins gives a big smile. By Napoleon F. Kingcade   For most of the evening, the rain came down in buckets as predicted by the meteorologists. But despite the weather, the 4th Annual National Miss Juneteenth USA Scholarship Pageant held a…

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WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — At least a month before a convicted murderer escaped from a southeastern Pennsylvania prison, eluding a massive manhunt for two weeks before he was recaptured, a prison guard had warned that he was planning an escape, according to an email exchange made public this week. Hours after the Aug. 31…

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