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There’s this guy named Bryce Harper. He’s very good at baseball and the Phillies paid him “stupid” money to come to Philly. All eyes will be on him.

Harper isn’t the only new face. The Phillies are a rebuilt team that added five all-stars and a top catcher in the offseason.

You should probably know the rest of the team, too.

Aaron Nola, the Phillies’ homegrown ace, was central to the Phillies’ rebuild and he’s primed for a huge season.

Rhys Hoskins is moving back to first base but the starting rotation remains the same.

Previews of the National League and the American League and a list of 25 things to know about the team will get you up to speed.

Don’t miss our fan’s guide to Citizens Bank Park (think: how to get there, what to eat), plus a list of the park’s giveaway nights.

March 28 is a lucky weather day in these parts, so enjoy it.

Harper has hit more home runs in South Philly than at any visiting ballpark. Here’s where they land. (His bats, by the way, are made by a Philly company.)

Glen Mills Schools has been hit with a federal class-action lawsuit by former students alleging abuse. The complaint is brought by two former students and one of their mothers, but the law firm that filed it expects to hear from many more.

A controversial prayer delivered earlier this week just before the chamber’s first Muslim woman was sworn in has renewed conversation about the Pennsylvania House’s opening invocation.

New efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act are underway. If the Trump administration succeeds, it could have major consequences for Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

North Philadelphia residents packed a meeting Wednesday to speak out against VisionQuest, a for-profit company seeking zoning approvals to house undocumented, immigrant children in the neighborhood.

The Trump administration has proposed cutting $17.6 million in funding for the Special Olympics, prompting criticism from members of Congress and prominent ESPN personalities.

The Philadelphia school board is slated to decide a tough topic tonight: Should every high school in the city require students to pass through metal detectors?

Try to contain your cheers: Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie is fighting to bring back the team’s beloved Kelly green look.

Booktenders Secret Garden, a Bucks County children’s bookstore, is selling its wall of fame (with scribbles from J.K. Rowling, Marc Brown, and Eric Carle) in an effort to stay afloat.

Like those of many Philly churches, the Christ Church steeple that looms above Old City needs some TLC. Luckily it’s inching closer to the funding it needs to stop leaning.

Philly is well represented on this year’s list of James Beard Foundation award nominees (like the Oscars for restaurants) including some chefs with first-time nods.

You simply have to see the unique, sharply angled building, with a roof deck and a gym, now in the middle of University City’s Hamilton Court. After all, it was made to be seen.

Not only is tonight’s Sixers-Nets game a possible preview of the first round of the playoffs, but it has seeding implications for both teams.

Recent anti-Semitic attacks on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos remind us that hate begins with rhetoric and ends with violence, writes Emil Fish, Holocaust survivor and founder and president of Bardejov Jewish Preservation Committee.

Headlines and claims by scholars continue to perpetrate the notion that social media increases risk for suicide, a dangerous and misguided idea, write Villanova professor Patrick Markey and Stetson University professor Christopher J. Ferguson.

Next City has put Pennsylvania towns under the microscope in its examination of how small cities are trying to take advantage of Opportunity Zone tax incentives.

In our region, as Kensington struggles through the opioid crisis, local grant initiatives are trying to create economic opportunity in the neighborhood, WHYY reports.

Women’s History Month is almost over, but you can still celebrate by testing your knowledge on Philly’s famous women thanks to a new Billy Penn quiz. It’s definitely a challenge.

Philadelphia has its fair share of swanky apartment buildings, but Curbed’s look at what they call the “amenity arms race” in high rises across the country is a (perhaps frightening) look at what the city could get someday. Gold-lined mailroom, anyone?

These days energy workers aren’t joining the family business, they’re trying to put it out of business. The New York Times talked to workers who grew up around fossil fuels and now work in sustainable energy industries.