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Suspects accused of threatening Dollar General cashier to reload gift cards: ‘Don’t play with...

PHILADELPHIA - Investigators are searching for two men accused of threatening a Dollar General employee to load $1,000 onto two gift cards. Police say the men claimed to have guns and one of them told the cashier "don't play with me" during the encounter. What we know:. Investigators shared video...
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Men sentenced for assaulting Fort Washington woman while she was asleep

Richard Anthony Rodriguez, 48, of California, was sentenced to 14 to 60 months in prison after pleading guilty to a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault without consent in connection with a 2024 incident at a residence in Fort Washington (Upper Dublin Township), The Reporter said. The investigation began in...
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Trenton’s Reservoir Could Be A Public Health Risk

The Pennington Avenue reservoir sits in the middle of Trenton. It supplies water to 151,900 people in Ewing, Hamilton, Hopewell, and Lawrence. And it has been federally illegal for more than a decade. * * *. If you pay a water bill to Trenton Water Works and you don’t live...
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Young people in Philly area join Catholic Church at Easter as interest surges

Young people are increasingly joining the Catholic Church, including in the Philadelphia area.
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South Philadelphia neighbors alarmed after masked man seen on roofs overnight

Neighbors believe the man accessed the roofs through a broken alleyway gate next to what they think is an abandoned house.
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Veterans Stadium had a secret lounge where stars became normal people and hoped to...

PHILADELPHIA - The couch was old and worn, which is why someone upstairs wanted to discard it. So the grounds crew - the gang who helped grow the fake grass at Veterans Stadium - helped get it to the dumpster. They agreed that the couch was ugly. "It wasn't something...
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Search for missing Trenton man ends in homicide investigation

A Trenton family faces heartbreak as Anthony D. White, reported missing March 18, was found dead two weeks later.
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Missing Juvenile Aanylah Williams from the 16th District Has Been Located

The Philadelphia Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Aanylah Williams, a 12-year-old juvenile who has been reported missing. Aanylah was last seen by her mother at approximately 8:15 am on April 14, 2026, leaving her residence on the 5000 block of Hoopes Street to head to school.
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Malala Yousafzai in Philadelphia: Nobel laureate accepts WHYY’s Lifelong Learning Award, gives a shoutout...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. Malala Yousafzai was in Philadelphia on Tuesday night to accept WHYY’s Lifelong Learning Award. More than 300 people came to see her be interviewed live onstage by Terry Gross, co-host of WHYY’s “Fresh Air.”
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Joseph Marte Killed In Philly Car Shooting: Police

Joseph Marte, 29, of the 600 block of Cornwall Street, was rushed to Episcopal Hospital by a private vehicle after being shot in the head on North Howard Street around 9:51 p.m., according to Philadelphia police. He was pronounced dead just one minute later at 9:52 p.m., authorities said. Officers...

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