Eagles lose to Lions as mistakes prove too costly to overcome

The home team lost despite nearly pulling off a miracle when Malcolm Jenkins blocked a field goal and Rasul Douglas gave the Birds the ball at midfield.

The Upside

The bodies of three young Native American girls are returned to the Oneida Reservation. And a community heals.

by Charles Fox

Three Native American teens were forcibly taken from their Oneida Reservation in Wisconsin and sent to a boarding school in Pennsylvania for cultural assimilation.

COLUMN

Philly exiles are flooding the suburbs for jobs and schools. But at what cost?

by Maria Panaritis

You’ve just spilled the IPA you were drinking out of shock? Of course you haven’t. We know the suburbs are filling with Philly exiles. It's part of the Philadelphia story that won't go away.

The latest

Saquon Barkley out for Giants following first half injury against the Buccaneers

6:16 PM

Grading the Eagles: Birds can’t hide behind injury excuse in loss to Lions

6:08 PM

100 years young, St. Matthew Roman Catholic Church celebrates a century of tradition and changes

5:49 PM

Over 80 residents rescued from three-alarm fire at Lehigh County nursing home

5:38 PM

Eagles QB Carson Wentz, coach Doug Pederson refocus for key games ahead

6:00 PM

3 dead after suspected drug overdose in Pittsburgh, all wearing orange wristbands

3:24 PM

Antonio Brown blasts Robert Kraft and Ben Roethlisberger as he walks away from NFL

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9 shot in another weekend violence spree in Philly

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Trump’s newest, worst Watergate: Can scared Pelosi, Dems, media finally find their inner 1974? | Will Bunch

by Will Bunch

Trump's blatant and open abuse of power with Ukraine is becoming a test of whether there's any gas left in the American Experiment.

Opinion

Online trolls won’t have CBS3’s Katie Fehlinger to kick around anymore | Jenice Armstrong

by Jenice Armstrong

She quit. Tuesday was her last day. But it wasn’t because of the online jerks who critiqued her appearance. Fehlinger had gotten tired of the daily grind of getting up at 2:30 a.m. five days a week to do weather forecasts for morning TV.

Donations welcome at a salute to Philly ex-sheriff — before he goes to prison

by Rob Tornoe

Of former Sheriff John Green: “Any money raised will go to his family, because he lost his pension.”

Corner bars want a piece of the action as sports betting moves out of the shadows

by Andrew Maykuth

With the spectacular growth of mobile sports wagering in Pa. and N.J., bars like Buffalo Wild Wings are transforming into virtual sportsbooks to tap into the new world of legalized betting.

Stop rehearsal: We’re laughing too hard. Behind the scenes at Steve Martin’s ‘Meteor Shower’ at Walnut Street Theatre

by Jane M. Von Bergen, For the Inquirer

Also this week in Philly theater: Putting on a play at a law firm, and Fringe Festival picks from actor Walter DeShields

Opinion

A stray bullet cost this Philly rugby star his Army dreams. Then the brass read The Inquirer. | Mike Newall

by Mike Newall

After being rejected from the Army over his wound from a shooting, Nasair Boston-Epps will join the military after all.

Meet the woman who plays Germantown’s ‘truest public instrument’

by Bethany Ao

The 118-year-old carillon bells at Miraculous Medal Shrine serve as musical outreach to those who might not come inside for church.

Trending

Shop says it has the mannequin from Philly classic ‘Mannequin.’ But star Kim Cattrall says it ain’t so.

by Nick Vadala

City Winery opener Emmylou Harris on Ken Burns, baseball, and “the beauty and simplicity of country music”

by Dan DeLuca

Pitt runs ‘Philly Special’ on fourth down to beat Central Florida in upset victory

by EJ Smith

Stephen A. Smith’s live ‘First Take’ included a bold Sixers prediction and a surprise

by Rob Tornoe

Your take

Who will win Sunday's Eagles game against the Lions? Our beat writers make their predictions.

"My prediction? Pain."

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