Violence remains a major problem in the Philadelphia public schools, and it's bound to get worse with the layoff of more than 1,200 aides who assist in the cafeterias, playgrounds, and other areas, says the union representing the workers.
Accounts greatly differ about what happened just prior to a six-second video that shows two SEPTA police officers punching and stepping on an unarmed...
A former Philadelphia police officer pleaded guilty Monday in Bucks County Court to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Bensalem last year and could face up to 36 months in prison.
A Pennsauken doctor who recently filed for divorce was fatally shot by her estranged husband before he turned the gun on himself Tuesday, law enforcement sources said.
RPK Construction Inc. of Burlington has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for three violations - including one for the willful failure to protect employees from falls while working above the ground. That violation carries a $15,400 penalty.
Roseline Conteh died doing what she loved: being a mother to everyone.
Conteh, 52, was shopping at the Salvation Army thrift shop at 22d and Market Streets for clothes to send home back to Sierra Leone for friends and family who couldn't afford them. The mother of nine died June 5 when the building collapsed.
World War II combat veteran Ray White wept on the witness stand Tuesday as he testified that he lost his South Philadelphia house and vintage automobiles in a deception scheme.
Gov. Corbett's administration - along with city and state officials - is working to assemble a funding package that could pump as much as $100 million more into the coffers of the Philadelphia School District, according to sources with knowledge of the high-level talks.
The resident of an assisted living facility in southwest Philadelphia who allegedly castrated another resident in a dispute with a woman Monday night...
A flood warning has been issued for parts of South Jersey, along with region-wide flood advisory.
Mi casa, su casa.
An exchange program for Spanish teenagers is looking for families in Camden County who would like to host students for the month of July.
Philadelphia police leaders will meet July 10 with the U.S. Department of Justice to discuss the first stage of a federal review of the department’s lethal force policies, Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey announced today.
HARRISBURG - Wine, beer, and liquor, all under one roof.
Buying alcoholic beverages in Pennsylvania should be that simple, according to a key Republican legislator who made public Tuesday his long-awaited version of a plan to privatize the sale of wine and spirits in the state.
A Frenchman with a flair for the dramatic — and pretending to be a commercial pilot — was sentenced Tuesday to time served for his bizarre...
In one of Sesame Street's newest lessons, J is for jail.
A new initiative by the popular children's television show aims to help young kids who have...
A 41-year-old man has been arrested and charged with castrating a paraplegic during an argument over a woman Monday night in Southwest Philadelphia, police said Tuesday.
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