Body found inside garbage can in West Philadelphia, police say
A homicide investigation is underway after a body was found inside a garbage can in West Philadelphia Thursday morning.
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A homicide investigation is underway after a body was found inside a garbage can in West Philadelphia Thursday morning.
After a thief stole an SUV with a four-year-old boy inside, Philadelphia police tracked the location of one of the boy's toys and found him.
Philadelphia police say a vehicle with a sleeping four-year-old child inside was stolen Tuesday night, but an electronic tracker on one of the child's toys helped officers track down the stolen car. The boy is unharmed and back with his mother, Brandon Goldner reports.
A Philadelphia Police vehicle and a car collided in Southwest Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon. It happened at 54th and Woodland around 12:30 p.m. The police vehicle suffered heavy front-end damage and the car is heavily damaged on the passenger side.
Police said there were 31 citations for disorderly conduct or failure to disperse and four assaults on police with two arrests.
Philadelphia police are looking for two men who they say tied a minivan to an ATM and dragged it away from a North Philadelphia Chinese restaurant.
There is a new video of the person and car police are looking for after a woman was hit while she was walking in the crosswalk last year. It happened on Oct. 8 at Bustleton Avenue and Stanwood Street in Rhawnhurst. Philadelphia police say the driver went over to the woman and pulled her out of the street but left before police arrived. Police also say the woman suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Two suspects pleaded guilty in the 2020 killing of Philadelphia Police Sgt. James O'Connor on Wednesday. Hassan Elliott was accused of firing the gun that killed O'Connor. Khalif Sears is the other suspect who pleaded guilty. O'Connor was serving a warrant in Frankford in connection with a drug trafficking investigation when he was killed.
The community at Samuel Fels High School in Philadelphia is grieving after police say a student-athlete was shot and killed on the way to school. Police are investigating.
Philadelphia police were called to the scene of a shooting on the 5000 block of Rorer Street on Tuesday morning.
Philadelphia police and animal control officers are searching for multiple dogs that they say acted aggressively and attacked two men in Fairmount Park near Chamounix Drive.
Philadelphia Police said four officers were hospitalized overnight after breaking up an illegal car meetup in the city's Wynnefield Heights neighborhood.
Instead of arresting juveniles, Philadelphia police say they'll become part of a new diversion program aimed at keeping kids out of the criminal justice system when possible.
Beginning next week, Philadelphia police will no longer arrest juveniles for some lower-level crimes. Instead, they'll become part of a new diversion program aimed at keeping kids out of the criminal justice system when possible.
Philadelphia Police said officers will be on patrol throughout the city on New Year's Day, including along the Mummers Parade route, after a suspected terror attack in New Orleans.
A crash at 27th Street and Ridge Avenue injured seven people early Wednesday morning, according to Philadelphia police.
Philadelphia police say a man robbed multiple people at gunpoint in a North Philadelphia corner store on Monday night before one of the victims returned to the store with a firearm and confronted the suspect.
Numbers from the Philadelphia Police Department show crime is down for the first time since before the pandemic.
Philadelphia police said someone put an explosive device into an ATM outside Johnny's Hots on Delaware Avenue Friday morning.
Police said two shooters walked up to the sides of a parked car on a Mantua street and fired multiple shots, killing two people inside. Wakisha Bailey reports.
A 13-year-old was shot in the hand while he was exiting a restaurant in South Philadelphia on Wednesday, police say. The teen is in stable condition.
Three men are expected to be OK after three separate shootings in North Philly, Northeast Philly and West Philly on Christmas Eve.
A 19-year-old was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of William Honesty Jr. outside Martin Luther King High School in September.
Police continue to search for the driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run in Philadelphia's Fairhill neighborhood. Investigators are now attempting to identify this man. They say he was operating a stolen Hyundai Sonata when he struck a woman on 5th Street and Indiana Avenue on Oct. 13. She later died at the hospital. Police say the driver ran from the crash scene on foot.
A lockdown at Philadelphia's Universal Alcorn Charter School has been lifted after a shooting Thursday morning.
Most retail and food establishments will remain open, but services like mail delivery will be suspended for the federal holiday.
Temperatures in the Philadelphia area will stay above freezing for much of the week.
A stretch of Spruce Street in Philadelphia's University City section is closed until further notice because of a water main break.
A person with measles traveled through Philadelphia International Airport last week, health officials said.
Anthony Edwards won the Most Valuable Player award while leading his "Stars" team past their fellow Americans on the "Stripes" team 47-21 to win the final of the NBA All-Star Game.
A stretch of Spruce Street in Philadelphia's University City section is closed until further notice because of a water main break.
Most retail and food establishments will remain open, but services like mail delivery will be suspended for the federal holiday.
A person with measles traveled through Philadelphia International Airport last week, health officials said.
Temperatures in the Philadelphia area will stay above freezing for much of the week.
Anthony Edwards won the Most Valuable Player award while leading his "Stars" team past their fellow Americans on the "Stripes" team 47-21 to win the final of the NBA All-Star Game.
A stretch of Spruce Street in Philadelphia's University City section is closed until further notice because of a water main break.
A person with measles traveled through Philadelphia International Airport last week, health officials said.
Several Pennsylvania communities will be under a Code Orange alert for pollution in the air on Monday.
Surveillance video shows a man taking a woman's purse while she was waiting for the bus.
A 9-year-old boy was taken to the hospital with multiple injuries after being hit by a car in West Philadelphia on Saturday, police said.
A person was seriously injured in a hit-and-run in Washington Township early Sunday morning, police said.
After erosion from several major storms, New Jersey officials say federal relief is on the way for eroding South Jersey beaches.
February is Heart Awareness Month, and with Valentine's Day approaching, the holiday holds special meaning for a South Jersey family.
Video from a New Jersey police department's drone helped officers rescue a missing child in dense woods amid severely cold weather.
Quinton Law made history by becoming New Jersey's youngest active serving mayor and Moorestown Township's first Black mayor.
Ice is still impacting bodies of water around the Philadelphia area after a long stretch of cold temperatures.
Two firefighters and two residents were taken to the hospital after a house fire in Wilmington on Sunday, officials said.
Power companies across the Philadelphia region and Lehigh Valley are reporting some outages Saturday while high wind alerts are in effect.
The coldest air of the season is set to slide over the Philadelphia area this weekend, which could lead to frost quakes, ice quakes and lake quakes.
The man whom Jill Biden divorced for the eventual 46th President of the United States is now in jail on murder charges.
A person with measles traveled through Philadelphia International Airport last week, health officials said.
February is Heart Awareness Month, and with Valentine's Day approaching, the holiday holds special meaning for a South Jersey family.
As piles of snow melt across the Philadelphia region, research shows the salt used to prevent slipping could end up in the water supply.
Black History Month is poignant for one family after a man got a historic, innovative treatment at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
With a measles outbreak in Pennsylvania, local health experts want to send a message to families.
Move over, Wawa, "there's a new player in town." Customers shed light on Pennsylvania's heated rivalry as Sheetz opened its first store in Montgomery County.
Former Sheetz president and CEO Steve Sheetz has died at age 77, the Altoona-based company announced on Monday.
The post-Christmas return rush was underway at shops and malls across the Philadelphia area.
With product return fraud on the rise, an emerging company is using AI to help spot issues.
Here are mall opening and closing hours for the Christmas and Christmas Eve holidays around the Philly region.
A stretch of Spruce Street in Philadelphia's University City section is closed until further notice because of a water main break.
Police and fire crews are once again responding to the scene of a train fire that broke out Thursday.
More than 100 speed bumps near Philadelphia schools were installed improperly, a new report says.
The Downingtown Interchange on the Pennsylvania Turnpike reopened Wednesday night after a canopy over the toll booths collapsed.
A portion of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive remains closed as crews work on water infrastructure repairs.
Anthony Edwards won the Most Valuable Player award while leading his "Stars" team past their fellow Americans on the "Stripes" team 47-21 to win the final of the NBA All-Star Game.
The Reading Fightin Phils will play as the "Reading Iced Coffees" for their 23rd annual morning game Tuesday, Aug. 25.
Bryce Harper says he still doesn't understand why Dave Dombrowski suggested last year that he doesn't know if Harper is still an elite player.
U.S. Olympic gold medalist Breezy Johnson and her fiancé talks about the lead up to their engagement at 2026 Milano Cortina and a congratulations from Taylor Swift.
The Sixers rookie capped off his first apperance at the NBA All-Star weekend with two game-ending scores and an MVP trophy.
"Dawson's Creek" and "Varsity Blues" star James Van Der Beek has died at 48 years old.
The Pennsylvania Film Office has awarded $34 million for production on Season 3 of "Tires" and the fifth and final season of "Mayor of Kingstown."
Catherine O'Hara, known for her roles in "Home Alone," "Schitt's Creek" and "Beetlejuice," died on Jan. 30 at the age of 71.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
Bad Bunny took the stage at halftime for the 2026 Super Bowl. Here's who else performed at Super Bowl 60.
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Middle school students in Philadelphia got the opportunity to do hands-on learning during the school district's five-day career and technical camp.
With her Girl Talk mentoring program, one Philadelphia teen turned her camp days into a safe space to discuss social issues young girls face every day.
Recent high school graduate Sylvain Farrell says his temporary position at a local clinic is the pathway to a full-time career.
A Philadelphia student won an award from NFL Films for his documentary on bringing back sports teams at his Kensington school.
A group of East Norriton eighth graders took what started as an Earth Day project and made a whole initiative.
The annual morning game is a tradition for the Double-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. The Reading Fightin Phils played as "Cream Chipped Beef" in 2024 and "Flapjacks" in 2025.
The Philadelphia Parking Authority is launching a pilot program to reduce traffic speeds and crashes around several city schools.
A large amount of water flooded a parking garage at 16th and Callowhill streets in the Spring Garden section of Philadelphia this weekend.
The robbery happened on Feb. 5 on the 6900 block of Torresdale Avenue in Tacony, according to police.
While many people don't like the wintry weather, salt truck drivers said it's been good for business.