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Get ready, Philly! ODUNDE Festival is celebrating 50 years with an unforgettable street festival like no other. Events kick off June 1, 2025, and the celebration will culminate on Sunday, June 8, with the festival spanning 16 city blocks in South Philadelphia, featuring two stages of live entertainment, global cuisine, and over 150  vendors from ar...

Severe storms moved through the Philadelphia region on Friday, May 16, 2025. This live blog has ended. See more coverage on the tornado here. Léelo en español aquí

Police have released photos of a suspect in a double shooting that occurred in the schoolyard of James Logan Elementary School in Northwest Philadelphia on Thursday, May 15, and are asking the public’s help in identifying the man.

The Philadelphia Police Department unveiled its new strategy to tackle car meetups at a press conference on Friday, where officials said they will utilize technology and view incidents as interrelated to one another.

A Montgomery County family is turning heartbreak into purpose after losing their 17-month-old daughter, Mila Roomberg. Mila had a rare condition — and an even rarer complication: dangerously high blood pressure that went undetected. When Mila was born, after a few weeks, her parents, Jessica and Dan Roomberg, shared that they started to notice birt...

The owner of a Dairy Queen in Pennsylvania was caught on camera assaulting a teenager working in the shop and then tried to delete the video, officials said.

Three kindergarteners in western Pennsylvania were hospitalized after consuming alcoholic Jell-O shots brought to school by a classmate, according to district officials.

The first NJ Transit rail strike in more than 40 years is now underway, with engineers walking off the job just after the stroke of midnight as they argue for higher wages. Follow live updates below.

The Stotesbury Cup Regatta brings high school rowers from near and far to Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River on Friday, May 16, and Saturday, May 17, 2025.

The New Jersey Department of Health is warning travelers about a potential measles exposures after someone with a case of the illness traveled through Newark Liberty International Airport. The infected person was a non-New Jersey resident who traveled through Newark’s terminal B on Monday, May 12 between 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., the health depa...

The 2025 South 9th Street Italian Market Festival returns this weekend with lots of vendors and tons of family fun, but mostly lots of tasty food and one greased pole ready for climbing.

Gillian’s Wonderland Pier in Ocean City is no more, but something is cooking at the boardwalk property this summer.

An 18-year-old was killed and an 17-year-old is injured following a double shooting near the area of James Logan Elementary School in Northwest Philadelphia, police said.

Pitcher Aaron Nola, Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber and other Phillies stars put down the baseball and picked up the chips for Nola’s annual Charity Power Tournament on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Nola spoke about the mission to help vets through the Red White Blue Foundation.