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  • 6 days ago | cbsnews.com | Tom Dougherty |Joe Brandt

    Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Villanova University graduate, has been chosen as the next leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and succeeds Pope Francis. Prevost chose Leo XIV as his papal name, and he is the first American pope. Pope Leo XIV was made a cardinal in 2023 by Pope Francis. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Pope Leo XIV graduated from Villanova with a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1977. This is a developing story and will be updated.

  • 6 days ago | local21news.com | Tom Dougherty |Siafa Lewis |Jim McHugh

    An officer is in critical condition after he was shot while police were breaking up a large fight outside Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said. The officer was shot once in the stomach and is recovering at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

  • 1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Tom Dougherty

    The rebuilding Philadelphia Flyers will learn where they're selecting in the 2025 NHL draft tonight, as the league holds its annual lottery. The Flyers will have a lottery pick for the fourth straight draft. The last time the Flyers drafted in the top 10, they landed Matvei Michkov at No. 7 in 2023. In 2022, the Flyers had the fourth-best odds of winning the lottery and dropped a spot in the order to No. 5. They drafted Cutter Gauthier, whom they later traded to the Anaheim Ducks.

  • 1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Tom Dougherty

    The Philadelphia Phillies have added organizational bullpen depth Thursday, trading for right-handed pitcher Daniel Robert from the Texas Rangers. The Phillies sent 20-year-old prospect Enrique Segura to the Rangers. Robert was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. He was designated for assignment by the Rangers on Monday despite still having two minor-league options left. The 30-year-old has spent most of his career in the minor leagues, though he made four appearances with the Rangers last season.

  • 1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Tom Dougherty

    Ed Van Impe, the second captain in Philadelphia Flyers history and a member of the team's Hall of Fame, died Tuesday night, the team announced. He was 84. Van Impe was an original Philadelphia Flyer, having been the third player the club selected in the 1967 NHL expansion draft. He played one season with the Chicago Black Hawks before the Flyers drafted him. The blueliner played over 700 games with the Flyers in nine seasons, winning two Stanley Cups.

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