Pennsylvania needs to better protect foster care guardians and children in the system, a state senator told NBC10’s Matt DeLucia. A young man in the foster care system and a foster mother were killed in Philadelphia recently. Another man in the system has been charged in their deaths.

The teen’s body was placed inside a plastic container. Police described it as badly decomposed and producing an overwhelming smell.

An investigation is underway after the decomposed body of a young woman was found inside a South Philadelphia home. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville spoke to a neighbor who said the community is normally quiet. Editor’s note: police initially said the body was also dismembered but later stated that was not the case,

Police said a woman’s ex-boyfriend broke into her South Philadelphia home and stabbed her to death. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors has the details.

The man broke a window at the woman’s home a few days ago, police and friends said. Police are investigating all of the recent 911 calls made from the home.

Philadelphia Police say a 50-year-old woman was killed in her home in Southwest Philadelphia. Her ex-boyfriend has been arrested. NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal has details about the deadly stabbing.

Seven people were shot and killed in Philadelphia over the weekend, bringing the city’s 2020 homicide total to 13. NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal has the latest on reaction from Philadelphia Police and Mayor Kenney.

A toddler was nearly killed in East Germantown on Sunday and a 15-year-old boy was shot to death in another part of the city on Saturday during a violent weekend in Philadelphia.

Claude Fain, who died in a shootout with Philadelphia police Thursday, had threatened to kill officers. The gunfire erupted after police attempted to serve him with an arrest warrant for a parole violation.

The shooting happened along Germantown Avenue behind Temple University’s health campus.

After a tumultuous year for the Philadelphia police department, activists and leaders are excited but also have high expectations for the city’s newest police commissioner.

Danielle Outlaw, the former chief of Portland, Ore., police, was introduced at Philadelphia City Hall on Monday afternoon. She is the first black female police commissioner and will oversee the fourth-largest municipal police department in the country.

The next police commissioner of Philadelphia will be Portland, Oregon, Police Chief Danielle Outlaw. Outlaw, 44, has served as the top-ranking police official for the West Coast city for a little over two years, since October 2017. She was the first black woman to hold the position, according to her biography on the Portland city website. She will also be...

Maurice Hill, the man accused of shooting six Philadelphia police officers during a tense summer standoff, sat in a Philadelphia courtroom Thursday as some of the officers he is accused of injuring.

A Philadelphia police officer is in critical condition after the driver of an SUV ran a stop sign and slammed into a patrol car Saturday night.

Police are checking surveillance cameras in the area of Northeast Philadelphia’s Somerton neighborhood, where an 82-year-old woman was killed by a hit-and-run driver Thursday night.

A group of teens, at least one of whom was armed with a gun, robbed a pizza deliveryman in Philadelphia’s Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood on Tuesday, police said. Employees at another pizza shop said their deliveryman was also robbed about a mile away that same night though police have not yet confirmed whether the incidents are related. NBC10’s Drew Smith has...

A group of teenagers attacked and robbed a pizza deliveryman in Philadelphia’s Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood, police said.

Philadelphia Police chased a loose horse in Philadelphia after it got away from its owner. Now we are learning about Harley the horse’s journey thanks to its owner “Cowboy Ace” Aaron Moore.

Philadelphia City Council members and community anti-violence advocates are expected to speak to the open public Thursday about gun violence and the overall protection of our children. They are expected to announce drop-off locaitons for firearms.