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A man accused of killing his girlfriend, wounding another man and engaging in a shootout with police near a Delaware County SEPTA station was charged Friday with murder and attempted murder.

Federal investigators have released some details on the small plane crash in New Jersey that killed two people, including a New York City man who weeks before his death flew to space with William Shatner. The Nov. 11 crash in a wooded area near Sussex County’s Hampton Township took the life of 49-year-old Glen de Vries of New York City,....

Bucks County posted record-breaking hotel industry metrics this fall driven by increased travel and pent-up demand in the local wedding sector, reports the Philadelphia Business Journal.

How does 835 sound? A new area code is coming to the Lehigh Valley and parts of the Philly suburbs in early 2023.

Two men were found shot dead in a stairwell leading to the basement of an apartment in Philadelphia’s Mayfair neighborhood Friday morning.

A man was shot and killed while riding with his brother in an apparent road rage incident after a fender bender along Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Boulevard Extension Thursday night.

It was a homecoming more than half a year in the making for a New Jersey woman who was finally released from the hospital after battling COVID-19 for seven and a half months and nearly dying in the process.

Disorder and confusion erupted in the halls outside the New Jersey Assembly on Thursday as several Republican lawmakers defied a new requirement to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test and were blocked by state troopers— albeit briefly — from entering the ornate chamber. Hours later, a state appellate court handed a victory to Repu...

Gov. Tom Wolf is following through on his veto threat and rejecting Republican-penned legislation to allow people to carry a firearm openly or concealed, without a permit.

A police officer was hospitalized after being struck by a driver in a suspected stolen vehicle in South Philadelphia Thursday morning. The officer was hospitalized.

TV stations in Philadelphia, New York City and Cleveland are taking down the “Dr. Oz Show,” now that the show’s host, Mehmet Oz, has formally become a candidate for U.S. Senate

City Council unanimously passed legislation on Thursday that will permanently legalize outdoor dining structures, also known as “streeteries,” in parts of Philadelphia, providing a boost to restaurants still recovering from the pandemic shutdowns.

SEPTA police officers and a gunman — suspected to have already killed a woman he knew and shot a passerby — exchanged gunfire outside Upper Darby’s 69th Street Transportation Center before the Thursday morning rush.

As Philadelphia experiences the highest number of homicides in its recorded history, and as the rest of Pennsylvania also reels from increased gunfire, top officials continue to resist calls to issue emergency declarations on gun violence.

Barbara Jean Horn was killed in 1988 in Philadelphia, and the man convicted in her murder was exonerated last year after serving 28 years behind bars. Philadelphia police say they reopened the case after watching NBC10’s true crime series, “Who Killed Barbara Jean?”

With rising numbers of COVID-19 cases predicted this winter, President Joe Biden is appealing for Americans to get their boosters and get behind his plan to tackle the new omicron variant through wider availability of vaccines and shots.

Philadelphia transit officials say an Asian woman was beaten by two juveniles on a train Tuesday evening, just hours after hundreds of people gathered at a rally prompted by an attack on a group of Asian teens on another SEPTA train last month.

Philadelphia police arrested two suspects in the execution-style murder of a 14-year-old boy who was chased and shot 18 times in Philadelphia on Monday afternoon. Police have also identified three additional suspects and are working on getting arrest warrants for them.

An off-duty Philadelphia police officer suffered numerous bullet wounds during an attack several blocks north of Temple University, according to law enforcement officials.

Philadelphia’s health commissioner urged residents “to be very careful” as the winter approaches and a rise in COVID-19 cases is happening in the city and surrounding counties of southeastern Pennsylvania.

The National Museum of American Jewish History has received a large donation that will enable the institution, which recently emerged from bankruptcy, to buy back its Old City building and establish an eight-figure endowment, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports.

Philadelphia’s Illuminate the Arts grant program, an emergency aid initiative that seeks to help the local arts and culture industry recover from Covid-19, has received a fresh $1.5 million capital injection for distribution, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports.

A teenager accused of shooting and killing 21-year-old Temple University student Samuel Sean Collington over the weekend, turned himself in on Wednesday to face murder and robbery charges.

A 55-year-old single home healthcare worker from New Jersey has been arrested on a theft by deception charge for allegedly stealing her dead brother’s disability payments for more than a year, prosecutors in Bergen County said Wednesday. The arrest of Teaneck’s Wanda Lynn Sermon stems from a months-long investigation launched in late Ju...

A GameStop worker was shot after ducking for cover during an apparent attempted robbery inside a Northeast Philadelphia store Tuesday night, Philadelphia police said.

A federal lawsuit filed this month claims boys and young men at a church-related farm business in Pennsylvania were subjected to forced labor and punishment that included dragging chains and breaking up rocks with a hammer

Toys R Us is taking another shot at opening up a store in the United States after its comeback plans were thwarted earlier this year due to the Covid pandemic.

A man shot in the head and chest while sitting in his car was able to run to his friends’ house for safety but ultimately died of his wounds Tuesday night in North Philadelphia, police said.

Three family members, including a teenager, suffered minor injuries in a gas explosion in South Philadelphia Tuesday night.

A New Jersey woman has been charged in a wrong-way crash involving a police cruiser on Thanksgiving that left two children dead and three people injured, officials said.

Four student athletes at a New Jersey high school have been suspended in the wake of an ongoing hazing probe into the school’s football team.

Police found the bodies of a New Jersey husband and wife who went missing earlier this month.

An order requiring masks inside Pennsylvania’s K-12 schools and child care facilities will remain in place while the state Supreme Court considers the governor’s appeal of a lawsuit that overturned the mandate, the high court ruled Tuesday.

Philadelphia police say they have zeroed in on a person of interest in the robbery and killing of Temple University political science major Samuel Sean Collington near his off-campus home

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the host of TV’s Dr. Oz Show, is planning to run for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat as a Republican.

Gov. Tom Wolf suggested Tuesday that he is not considering additional containment measures as the omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads overseas, but continued to urge Pennsylvanians to get vaccinated.

A man accused of raping a woman on a commuter train outside Philadelphia while other passengers were present has been ordered held for trial by a magistrate judge

At least six cars and a truck were involved in a wreck and fire that caused delays on three of South Jersey’s busiest roads during the Tuesday morning commute.

An investigation is underway after a teen girl was allegedly raped by another student at a Montgomery County high school.

It has been called beautiful, awesome and brilliant, a transcendent work of art that reimagines the holiday experience with local touches of the Jersey Shore — and also has been called ridiculous, ugly and hideous, something akin to a pile of Amazon shipping boxes or a giant cat-scratching post

The CDC advised all adults should get the COVID booster shot when they are eligible, a change from earlier advice that some adults could choose to do so.

The former dean of the Fox School of Business at Temple, who was ousted after investigations found the school manipulated data to become the number-one-ranked online MBA program in the country, was found guilty of fraud on Monday.

Good government watchdog groups and some elected leaders in Philadelphia called on local elected officials to take up reform efforts that could help prevent future public corruption in the city following high-profile convictions in a federal trial earlier this month.

Multiple gunmen chased 14-year-old Samir Jefferson and fired 36 shots at him, striking him at least 18 times in Philadelphia on Monday afternoon. Police say he was waiting for a bus before the shooting.

Prosecutors are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case and restore his conviction

The search continues for a New Jersey husband and wife who were reported missing last week.

As national focus turns to the newly identified omicron variant, New Jersey hospitals are seeing a sharp rise in cases from the still dominant delta strain. Figures shared by Gov. Phil Murphy reflect a nearly 20% increase in COVID hospitalizations statewide two weeks in a row. Specifically, that number jumped 22% between Nov. 15 and Nov. 22, and an...

Temple has fired football coach Rod Carey after three lackluster seasons

A teenage boy died from his injuries after he was shot eight times in North Philadelphia Sunday night.

The Union’s two-time Goalie of the Year made two huge saves in the penalty kick shootout to shepherd his team to its first-ever trip to the conference final.

Loved ones are mourning a Temple University political science major who was shot and killed off-campus in North Philadelphia Sunday afternoon after he returned from Thanksgiving break at his Delaware County home.

After a hideous loss to the Giants, making the playoffs won’t be a big topic for the Eagles this week – but trying to fix the passing game will be. By Reuben Frank

Two Philadelphia police officers and a woman suffered minor injuries following a crash Sunday afternoon.

A Thanksgiving Day crash involving a police cruiser and a vehicle traveling the wrong way on a central New Jersey highway left two children dead and three people injured, according the state Attorney General’s Office. The accident occurred around 11:35 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of Routes 1 and 130 in North Brunswick. The car carrying the ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week dropped its percentage of vaccinated adults in Pennsylvania by nearly five percentage points in what apparently was a data correction to weed out duplicates

With a significant number of the Islanders’ players going through COVID protocol, the Flyers’ home game this upcoming Tuesday night against New York has been postponed. By Jordan Hall

Three people were hurt, with one still recovering at a hospital, after being struck by a vehicle in Allentown Friday night.

A person was found dead inside a burning car parked near a Philadelphia water ice stand Saturday morning.

Philadelphia Police have now arrested a person of interest connected to an homicide that happened in South Philadelphia earlier this week.

Police are investigating after an innocent man was shot and killed while eating Thanksgiving dinner inside his Montgomery County home Thursday night.

Wildwood has begun repairing several blocks of its wooden walkway, as famous for the motorized tram cars that carry people up and down it as for the gigantic expanses of sand that stretch to the ocean.

A 15-year-old girl was injured after two gunmen opened fire at a car in Philadelphia Thursday night. According to police, the shooting happened at the 1100 block of Kater Street, when two gunmen approached a car with four passengers, including a 10 year-old-girl, while it was pulling out of a driveway and fired at least 40 shots. Police say the&#82...

The number of homicides in Philadelphia this year has reached 500, which is the most in a single year since 1990, when there were also 500 murders. Activists say city leaders are not doing enough, and residents in many neighborhoods are afraid to go outside.

An elderly Montgomery County man was sentenced to one day in prison for selling a rare Revolutionary-era rifle that he stole from a Pennsylvania museum decades ago.

Gov. Tom Wolf is releasing priorities for drawing Pennsylvania’s new congressional districts given to him by the panel he picked, with an emphasis on openness, fairness and reflecting statewide voter preferences

Penn State football coach James Franklin has agreed to a new 10-year contract that will guarantee him at least $75 million through 2031

Black Friday is typically the biggest shopping day of the year. But when did it become the sales frenzy we know?

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plummeted last week to the lowest level in more than half a century, another sign that the U.S. job market is rebounding rapidly from last year’s coronavirus recession

The state of New Jersey has moved closer to withdrawing from a bi-state commission formed to monitor corruption at the New York region’s ports. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a lawsuit filed by the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor that had sought to block New Jersey’s move. If the state of New York doesn’t...

A lawsuit filed on the family’s behalf claims the woman “begged” the complex to change the locks after she was granted a restraining order against her husband.

Dollar Tree was one of the last true “dollar stores” after most of its competition had moved away from that price point.

Authorities have identified the remains of a World War II soldier from New Jersey who was killed in Germany and buried in Belgium.

Eight civilian Philadelphia Police Department employees have been indicted on charges of collecting Pandemic Unemployment Assistance they were not entitled to

From Cherry Hill Mall to King of Prussia Mall, kids can take photos with Santa Claus for the holidays. Here are details on mall Santas around the Philadelphia region during the 2021 Christmas season.

A New Jersey man who conspired with his girlfriend to concoct a feelgood story about a helpful homeless man and then used the lie to raise $400,000 in donations online has pleaded guilty in federal court. Mark D’Amico is scheduled to be sentenced in March.

A New Jersey man who police said beat his adult daughter to death and injured his wife in a baseball bat attack inside their Voorhees home Monday was found dead Tuesday in the woods not far from the home.

A New Jersey driver said that he narrowly escaped a violent road rage confrontation with another man who brake-checked him several times before opening fire at him while at a stoplight.

Philadelphia police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who fatally struck and dragged a man for more than a block over the weekend.

Rutgers University will dedicate a residence hall in honor of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg next week, according to the institution of higher education. The university will rename 15 Washington Street, a 17-story neoclassical building that is a state-of-the-art residence hall and former law school, at 5 p.m. on Dec. 2. The...

Sean Parnell, the candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, on Monday suspended his campaign after he lost a court fight over custody of his three children in which the judge said he believed allegations of abuse by Parnell’s estranged wife.

Police arrested a man accused of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend as she walked her twin sons home from school in Philadelphia last week.

A Delaware County, Pa., school district wants to build an elementary school near a gas pipeline. An NBC10 Investigators analysis of school locations in southeastern Pennsylvania found the proposed school would be one of dozens that already exist near pipelines.

Come April 2022, Philadelphia will have a brand-new pro football team for fans to root for during the Eagles’ offseason.

An 80-year-old man sitting in his living room and a truck driver weren’t seriously hurt as a dump truck slammed into a South Jersey home Monday morning, causing it to partially collapse onto the resident.

“Mary Kate of Havertown, the iconic Philadelphia Eagles fan turned into an Internet-dominating meme on Sunday, explained what happened in her own words in the win over the New Orleans Saints.

Target will no longer open its stores on Thanksgiving Day, making permanent a shift to the unofficial start of the holiday season that was suspended during the pandemic

A crashed tractor-trailer blocked all lanes on busy Interstate 295 southbound Monday morning.

It has been 19 months since the discovery of 17 bodies in a tiny morgue at the Andover Subacute II nursing home in Sussex County, New Jersey, in April 2020.

A 14-year-old boy in Dumont died Saturday afternoon after collapsing at an elementary school basketball court. The New Jersey teen was scrimmaging with other teens at Grant Elementary School when he collapsed. The young athlete was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center but did not survive. “Yesterday evening, our community suffered a...

A $50,000 reward is being offered for the arrest of the gunman who shot and killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child after the woman returned home from a baby shower and was unloading her gifts from her car in the Lawncrest section of Northeast Philadelphia.

A legally armed delivery driver turned the tables on three men who tried to rob him in Philadelphia’s Mayfair section, killing one suspect and sending another to the hospital in critical condition.

Thousands of runners are racing through the city for the return of the AACR Philadelphia Marathon, Dietz & Watson Philadelphia Half Marathon and Rothman Orthopaedics 8K. That means traffic in the area is coming to a screeching halt this weekend, especially around the Art Museum area.

Philadelphia police are investigating after a 41-year-old transgender woman was shot multiple times in East Kensington Saturday morning. According to investigators, the shooting happened just before 6:30 a.m., when the 41-year-old woman invited an acquaintance inside her home, who later displayed a gun and shot her. The victim was transported to Te...