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NBA G League player from Long Island Terry Roberts hurt as ‘victim of a crime' in Philly
Terry Roberts, a guard for the G League’s Long Island Nets, was hurt while in Philly early Sunday.
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Philadelphia Rocky statue has Valentine's Day message for Jason Kelce
Overnight, some love-loving prankster wrapped the famous Rocky Balboa statue at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in a diaper with a sign reading “Dear Jason Kelce, hold me like a baby.”
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Package with two fetuses in jars received at medical museum in Philadelphia, police say
Police are investigating after a package containing two preserved fetuses in jars was unexpectedly delivered to the Mutter Museum.
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Philadelphia man exonerated after spending nearly 40 years in prison in deadly fire
A Philadelphia man who was wrongfully convicted of setting a 1984 house fire that killed a man and injured three others has been exonerated after spending nearly four decades behind bars, the District Attorney’s Office announced.
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Philadelphia museum buries remains once used for racist research, causing controversy in the community
As part of a growing effort among museums to reevaluate the curation of human remains, the University of Pennsylvania laid some of the remains to rest last week, specifically those identified as belonging to 19 Black Philadelphians.
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Philadelphia woman charged after threatening to urinate on Frontier flight, officials say
A woman from Philadelphia has been charged after she pulled her pants down on a Frontier flight because she allegedly had to use the bathroom.
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Man stabs security guard to death, injures another guard at Center City Macy's, police say
A man stabbed a security guard to death and injured another guard after trying to steal merchandise from the Macy’s store in Center City, Philadelphia police said.
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Video: Armed home invaders tie up and rob family as child watches, police say
Police are searching for four gunmen who were caught on video tying up and robbing a family at gunpoint inside their house while a child watched, investigators said.
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Mom speaks after biker smashes windshield, holds gun in her face, head-butts her
A woman speaks out after a dirt bike rider was captured on video smashing the window of her car, pointing a gun at her and head-butting her while her children were inside the vehicle in Center City.
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More than 50 arrested following night of looting throughout Philly, mayor says
Large crowds, mostly consisting of adults, looted multiple stores in Center City Tuesday night, including Foot Locker, the Apple store and Lululemon.
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‘Chiefly Philadelphia': ‘jawn' is now in the dictionary – seriously
Dictionary.com has included a very Philadelphia jawn in its fall 2023 list of newly recognized words
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Biden touts unions, job creation during Philadelphia Labor Day appearance
President Joe Biden was at the Tri-State Labor Day Parade on Monday, speaking about the importance of unions. The Democratic president likes to say he’s the most pro-union president in history.
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Philadelphia boy shot to death before being dumped in trash
Philadelphia police reveled that 12-year-old Hezekiah Bernard was shot to death before being wrapped in plastic and a comforter then dumped into a trash can.
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Philadelphia officer caught on video fatally shooting man seconds after police arrive will be fired, authorities say
Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial, who was captured on video shooting and killing 27-year-old Eddie Jose Irizarry in Kensington, has been suspended and will be fired after 30 days.
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1 dead, 8 injured in mass shooting in Philadelphia
Police are investigating after one man was killed and eight others were injured during a shooting in West Philadelphia on Saturday morning.
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Archdiocese of Philadelphia settles child sex abuse case for $3.5 million
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who claims he was sexually assaulted by a priest when he was 14 years old.
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2023 ‘Made in America' music festival, featuring Lizzo and SZA, canceled due to ‘severe circumstances'
Philadelphia’s Made in America music festival has been cancelled “due to circumstances outside of production control,” organizers say.
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Drexel University student athlete dies in on-campus apartment
Terrence Butler, a Drexel University student and basketball player, was found dead inside his on-campus apartment on Wednesday. His death was ruled a suicide.
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Body of lost child recovered in Philadelphia river, search continues for missing infant
A body that was recovered in the Delaware River in Philadelphia’s Port Richmond area Friday evening is “strongly believed” to be one of the two young children who went missing during the deadly Bucks County flood last weekend, according to police.
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Biden's 2024 campaign to be headquartered in Delaware
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that his 2024 reelection campaign will be headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware — a departure from his 2020 Philadelphia campaign hub.