Joe Bryant, Philadelphia basketball royalty and the father of late basketball icon Kobe Bryant, has died at the age of 69.

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Joe Bryant, Philadelphia basketball royalty and the father of late basketball icon Kobe Bryant, has died at the age of 69.
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Joe Bryant, a Philly basketball legend and father of Kobe, dies at 69

KYW Suburban Bureau Chief Jim Melwert is in Milwaukee all week for the Republican National Convention, where the momentum from Day One is carrying into Day Two. The Pennsylvania delegation is still feeling the excitement of Donald Trump's surprise appearance Monday night on the convention floor. 

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KYW Suburban Bureau Chief Jim Melwert is in Milwaukee all week for the Republican National Convention, where the momentum from Day One is carrying into Day Two. The Pennsylvania delegation is still feeling the excitement of Donald Trump's surprise appearance Monday night on the convention floor. 
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'It's about good versus evil' — Speakers tell Pennsylvania delegation at RNC that Trump is ordained by God to lead

Students and teachers from the country’s original 13 colonies are gathering in Philadelphia this week for the Young People’s Continental Congress to study 250-year-old history and also digest history in the making. KYW Newsradio’s Mike DeNardo reports.

Students and teachers from the country’s original 13 colonies are gathering in Philadelphia this week for the Young People’s Continental Congress to study 250-year-old history and also digest history in the making. KYW Newsradio’s Mike DeNardo reports.

As political history plays out around them, high school delegates meet in Philadelphia for Young People’s Continental Congress

It may be the middle of summer vacation for students in Burlington County, but a school supply drive is underway to make sure every child is prepared to return to school. KYW Newsradio's John McDevitt reports.

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It may be the middle of summer vacation for students in Burlington County, but a school supply drive is underway to make sure every child is prepared to return to school. KYW Newsradio's John McDevitt reports.
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Joe Bryant, a Philly basketball legend and father of Kobe, dies at 69

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