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Philadelphia researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, working with engineers at Harvard, have wired up lab-grown mini pancreases with hair-thin electronics, nudging immature alpha and beta cells to grow up, synchronize and respond to sugar more like natural islets. The so-called "cyborg" mesh becomes part of...

The Smoothie King at 100 York Road in Jenkintown (Abington Township) is listed as “permanently closed” on its Facebook page and Google listing. Order options are listed as “Unavailable” on the location’s web page, and the location does not exist in Smoothie King’s store locator.

Reading Terminal Market will renovate 5,000 square feet of its historic Philadelphia market in anticipation of an influx of visitors.

Police say two men were hospitalized early Sunday following a pair of shootings that happened overnight across Philadelphia. In the first incident, officials said, a man was hospitalized after he was shot outside of JJ's Cafe, a bar and restaurant located along the 1000 block of East Erie Avenue in Philly's Juniata...

In November, the police union said they had an increased number of complaints about the annual promotion process and called for an investigation by the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.

Kristopher Heard, 39, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to 9 to 23 months in prison for taking part of an organized retail theft ring responsible for stealing more than $51,000 in merchandise in May and August 2025 from Home Depot stores in Montgomery, Delaware, Bucks and Philadelphia counties, The Pottstown Mercury...

Officials say the tow truck has since been located, but the driver is still on the run.

A motorcyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash Saturday afternoon in Frankford after a vehicle detached from a tow truck and struck him.

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Police Department is looking for answers after a 40-year-old man was found shot and unconscious in his Nissan Ultima on the 6700 block of Upland Street late Thursday night. What we know:. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 6700 block of Upland...

Philadelphia has tentatively settled a years-long lawsuit over the city’s notorious “courtesy tow” practice, agreeing to pay dozens of drivers and to overhaul how relocated vehicles are tracked. Under the proposed deal, the city would have to roll out a public, searchable tracking system, give earlier notice before...