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A group of homeless advocates – in a ceremony Wednesday open and welcoming to the public – will bury 50 persons whose unclaimed remains spent the last year in storage at the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office.

Philadelphia Police are investigating a deadly shooting in the city's Ogontz neighborhood.

The Calling All Girl Bosses initiative gives girls in grades 6 through 12 a roadmap to identify a problem in their neighborhood and create real, lasting change. The program, which expanded to Reading this year, runs through May 2026 and includes 12 three-hour workshops led by trained volunteers. Girls are...

WESTVILLE, NJ — A man was arrested and charged with stabbing another man in a pub parking lot Wednesday night. Officers from the Westville Police Department responded to a report of a stabbing in the rear parking lot of Schileens Pub, located at 32 Delsea Drive, at approximately 10:09 p.m. Nov. 13.

At 10:01 p.m., officers responded to the first block of East Hanover Street for a large disturbance, Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey and Trenton Police Director Steve Wilson said. Upon arrival, Trenton police located Gussiah McEachern with a stab wound to the throat, authorities said. McEachern was...

Alexander Batista-Polanco told jurors that that night, they wore gloves to conceal their fingerprints, ski masks to shield their faces from cameras, and kept their phones in airplane mode to avoid being tracked.

This article contains content summarized with GPT-4. Learn more. Kensington is a neighborhood in Philadelphia affected by addiction, homelessness, and poverty. This documentary presents the daily experiences of people living on some of the city’s most challenged streets. It shares personal stories and images that...

From Delco to Chesco and Montco to Bucks, what about life in Philly’s suburbs do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. Immigrant rights advocates and community members are pushing back on a new Jenkintown measure that they say allows local police to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents without...

Police are searching for a serial burglar believed to be responsible for at least seven break-ins across West and Southwest Philadelphia.

Tommy Finley told Action News the couple was walking back to their hotel around midnight when he was randomly assaulted.