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Philadelphia, PA – The Northeast was battered by severe storms, intense lightning, and flash flood warnings Wednesday night, leaving at least one man dead, over a dozen injured, and prompting widespread weather alerts across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. As dangerous conditions persist, forecasters warn that more...

PHILADELPHIA - Former Mayor Jim Kenney violated the City Charter when he signed a 2021 executive order replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day, a Commonwealth Court panel said Wednesday. In a unanimous decision, the seven appeals court judges found that by eliminating a city holiday and creating a new...

The City of Philadelphia has agreed to pay a nearly $3 million settlement in connection with a high-speed police chase that seriously injured a 6-year-old girl and her great-aunt in 2017.

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia has recorded the fewest homicides in recent memory this year — a rate of violence that, after reaching record highs just three years ago, has plummeted to a pace the city has not seen since the 1960s. Violence in the city began to decline in...

A cold case, involving the death of a 4-year-old boy with ties to our area, may now be solved after five decades.

PHILADELPHIA - In March 2020, the Philadelphia Police Department announced that Officer Jesse Alvarez had been suspended for 30 days with the intent to dismiss after he was arrested for domestic violence. A woman had obtained a protection-from-abuse order against Alvarez and told Internal Affairs investigators that...

This story has been update to reflect additional information from the City of Philadelphia. A new batch of organizations will receive $2.2 million in grants from the city’s 2025 Opioid Prevention and Community Healing Fund (OPCH), after what some groups called delayed and unclear communication. This year’s list of 22...

The officer was on a motorcycle riding with the police department's ATV dirt bike detail when someone driving an SUV struck him.

Virginia’s Fatal Piano Performance Haunts Poe Forever. The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site in Philadelphia holds the dark secrets of America’s master of horror during his most tortured years. The unfurnished rooms sit in arrested decay, including a cellar that mirrors the terrifying basement described in “The...

PHILADELPHIA - Two teenagers were hospitalized after police say they were shot while inside of a car that later crashed into a pole in North Philadelphia. One of the victims is listed in critical condition. What we know:. Around 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, officers received a call for a person...