Pirates torch Phillies’ bullpen to win, 6-1, in series finale
The Phillies took a 1-0 lead on a Bryce Harper double but managed just two hits after that. Meanwhile, the Pirates scored all six of their runs off relievers.
Flyers’ Dan Vladař is happy to have found a team that believes in him: ‘[I] don’t take it for granted’
After a breakout first season with the Flyers, the Czech goalie is now locked in for the next six years after signing a five-year, $27.5 million contract extension Wednesday.
Inside Pa.’s measles outbreak: a family rides out the virus, doctors treat severely ill children
Some families are deciding to vaccinate, while others are preparing to get sick.
🎆 Celebrate the nation’s birthday | Things to do
From fireworks and concerts to parades and festivals, here are the top America 250 events happening before and on July 4.
How unknown Chinese ‘insider traders’ cost Jeff Yass’ firm more than $70 million
Susquehanna Investment Group won an injunction against a ‘John Doe’ gang.
Don Mattingly not bothered that Zack Wheeler was upset by his decision: ‘The great ones never want to come out’
Mattingly said he has not yet talked to Wheeler, who was frustrated by the interim manager’s decision to pull him from Wednesday’s game in the fifth inning.
U.S. Mint releases new nickels, dimes, quarters, and half-dollar for 250th
The Mint also released a special penny, although the one-cent pieces are no longer in circulation.
Stephen Starr settles with the National Labor Relations Board over union busting allegations at DC steakhouse
The settlement requires Starr Restaurants to post a notice in St. Anselm asserting that it will not promise paid leave, benefits, or improved wages to dissuade workers from unionizing.
Malik Tillman’s heroics helped the USMNT survive Folarin Balogun’s red card and make World Cup history
Tillman scored his game-clinching free kick after getting a broken shoe replaced on the sideline. Now American soccer has its own famous bloody sock story.
Police are searching for a man who shot and killed two men and injured a third near Hunting Park Rec Center
Jahylin Melchur, 21, is considered armed and dangerous, police said.