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Walter Diemer made it more fun to be a kid. Business owners and ballplayers smiled with profit and pleasure, too, after chewing on his contribution to global consumer culture. Diemer invented bubble gum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1928. It was an unexpected moment of inspiration for the high-school graduate gum-company accountant with a side hustle as a home-kitchen chemist. MEET …

The youth movement is on for the MLS’ Philadelphia Union. The soccer club signed 14-year-old prodigy Cavan Sullivan on Thursday in a historic deal. Although the conditions were not made public, the pact is said to be the largest homegrown deal in league history. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Philadelphia Union midfielder Cavan Sullivan poses with his …

Philadelphia on Monday plans to temporarily shut down a stretch of Kensington Avenue — a street known worldwide as an open-air drug market — to clear out homeless encampments. Kensington has for years been a safe haven for drug addicts to freely shoot up, but Mayor Cherelle Parker signed an executive order declaring a public safety emergency and calling for …

CitiesacrossAmericaare experiencingasurge insquatting–whenpeople illegally enterand occupyapropertythey have no right to inhabit. But many in the corporate media, suchasthe Washington Post,WNYC(New York City’s public broadcaster),andDave Weigel,have published stories diminishing the importanceand even existenceofthis trend. They,and many others, contend that recent news coverageofsquattingissimplya”right-wing talking point” or “crusade”againstanissue that “rarely” occurs. Butas usual, the mediaiswrong,and in more ways than one. Republican Florida Gov. …

A decomposed body found earlier this year in a duffel bag in Philadelphia has been identified as a 4-year-old boy who authorities say was beaten to death. The body of Damari Carter was found March 18 in the city’s Mantua neighborhood by a worker who was cleaning out an alleyway. Authorities initially could not determine the child’s age, gender and …

Anti-Israel activists constructed encampments on College Green on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus on Thursday. The Ivy League institution released a statement explaining that a “group of individuals led a series of protests that began at Temple University and traveled to Philadelphia City Hall and to Drexel University. At approximately 4:00 p.m., these protestors arrived on Locust Walk, joining with …

Much like Dolton, Illinois self-declared “Super Mayor” Tiffany Henyard, Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal has been slammed with allegations of wild offenses ranging from spending department money on promotional items like trading cards with her likeness to having bogus news stories about her being generated by AI. While Bilal testified before the City Council last year that her department is underfunded …

A Pennsylvania appeals court has kept alive an Italian heritage group’s challenge to efforts by the city of Pittsburgh to remove a statue of Christopher Columbus from a city park. The Commonwealth Court on Friday sent the dispute over the 13-foot bronze and granite Schenley Park statue back to Allegheny County Common Pleas Court for further consideration of issues raised …

A fired Philadelphia police officer pleaded guilty Friday to murder in the shooting of a fleeing 12-year-old boy, who prosecutors have said was on the ground and unarmed when the officer fired the fatal shot. Edsaul Mendoza also pleaded guilty to possession of an instrument of crime as part of a plea deal with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. A …

Critics of President Biden slammed him on social media for making a puzzling statement encouraging voters to “choose freedom over democracy” by re-electing him to the presidency. Conservatives expressed confusion over Biden’s message, and others insisted it was yet another gaffe showing his cognitive decline. Biden made the claim while accepting the formal presidential endorsement of the Kennedy family in …