Philadelphia PA

A South Jersey man has been sentenced to a five-year prison term after he tried to hide his role as a rebel leader in the West African country of Liberia. Laye Sekou Camara, 47, off Mays Landing did not disclose his violent past in a Liberian civil war when he came to the United States on an immigrant visa in 2010,...

Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson introduced three bills aimed at nuisance businesses, noting that although council has been targeting rogue operators for years, they keep finding ways around regulations.

A new curfew ordinance requires businesses in certain Philadelphia neighborhoods to close between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. The new curfew goes into effect 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10 for businesses in Germantown, Fairhill, Hunting Park, Frankford and Mount Airy as well as Kensington. Mitesh Patel, owner of The...

A Philadelphia man has been charged with murder after a woman was fatally shot while attempting to intervene in an argument outside a Center City convenience store, police said. Authorities said John Kelly, 45, was arguing with his girlfriend outside a 7-Eleven at 12th and Chestnut Streets around 5:45 p.m....

SEPTA is set to restore all of its services and implement its planned fare hikes this weekend. Following a judge's order on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, SEPTA must stop its current and planned service cuts, which included bus route eliminations, Regional Rail eliminations, service reductions, special service eliminations...

In a routine inspection by the Philadelphia Health Department, a Manhattan Bagel location was cited for multiple violations. Improper food handling methods and debris accumulation were among the violations reported. The facility needs to correct these violations before business operations can resume. Please note that...

MOUNT LAUREL, NJ.- Last Friday, a 25-year-old Moorestown, New Jersey, man, formerly employed as a Police Officer with the Mount Laurel Police Department, was sentenced to over a decade in New Jersey State Prison for hacking into social media accounts of multiple women and distributing nude digital images they kept of...

The pregame ceremony also served as a chance to recognize the families of fallen and injured first responders.

PHIL-A-DELPHIA FREEDOM! Free from the shackles of being America’s poorest big city, according to Nate File and John Duchneskie at the Inky:. Philadelphia is no longer the poorest big city in the United States. But there’s not much to celebrate in handing off that crown. The city now...

Philadelphia, PA – A 51-year-old woman was wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in North Philadelphia, police said. The gunfire broke out around 2:05 p.m. on the 1700 block of Mount Vernon Street. The victim was struck once in the buttocks and rushed by officers to Jefferson-CC Hospital, where she is listed in...