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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 of a Freedom…

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BY JONATHAN MATTISE AND TRAVIS LOLLER MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer pleaded guilty Thursday in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in exchange for prosecutors recommending a 15-year sentence, becoming the first of five officers charged in the case to admit guilt. Desmond Mills Jr. entered his plea during a hearing at the Memphis federal courthouse…

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NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid has been fined $35,000 by the NBA for repeatedly making an obscene gesture during the 76ers’ victory against the Portland Trail Blazers. Joe Dumars, the league’s executive vice president and head of basketball operations, announced the penalty Tuesday after Embiid, the league’s reigning MVP, made four WWE-style crotch chops that…

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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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