Philadelphia PA

Witnesses crowded the intersection after the collision. Video shows neighbors surrounding a man they said was the driver of the SUV.

The Philadelphia Police Department Homicide Unit is looking to identify the two male suspects, depicted in the following surveillance video excerpts, as part of an ongoing investigation into a homicide, that occurred on October 11th, 2025, at about 3:54 PM in the 1700 block of Teesdale Street. The two suspects were with a group of juveniles that may have been attending Northeast High...

Prosecutors say the baby was killed shortly after birth at a home in Northern Liberties

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. Standing at the corner of 28th and Oakford streets in the Grays Ferry section of Philadelphia, PECO lineman Keith Coombs points to an electric pole that looks rotten and unstable.

The Philadelphia Police Department is requesting the public’s help in locating 16-year-old Delila Gordon. Delila was last seen on Sunday, April 19, 2026, at approximately 3:00 p.m. at her residence on the 7900 block of Thouron Avenue. Delila is described as a Black female, standing 5’4” tall and weighing...

Police are looking for a man who allegedly stole bronze items worth $300,000 from a cemetery in Camden County. William Powell, 55, of Woodlynne, is accused of stealing bronze doors and the legs of a bronze elk statue from Harleigh Cemetery in Camden, according to an affidavit of probable cause.

A longtime New York–style deli in Cherry Hill has announced plans to reopen in May after it was shuttered earlier this year amid a bankruptcy filing. The Kibitz Room recently announced on Facebook that it would reopen in May. An exact date has not yet been announced. According to...

A 61-year-old man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to killing a woman and dumping her body in a trash can in West Philadelphia last year.

Zaakir McClendon, 21, pleaded guilty Friday to two separate shootings that killed teenagers in Philadelphia in 2022 and 2023. The pleas connect him to the ambush outside Roxborough High School that killed 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde, and to a North Philadelphia shooting that left 16-year-old Nafis Betrand-Hill dead. The admissions mark the latest turn in cases that have stretched across...

My grandfather used to say that the best Italian food never needs a sign out front. After eating my way through Pennsylvania, I think he was right. This state hides something remarkable beneath its small-town streets and quiet neighborhoods. Forget the chain restaurants and the places with hour-long waits. The...