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A woman was in custody Tuesday after being found near rapper Drake’s residence in Toronto, according to police. Police responded to a call just prior to 5 p.m. local time, Toronto police said. A woman, who was not able to gain entrance to the home, was apprehended. There were no reported injuries, and an investigation is underway, police said....

A Canadian judge has found guilty a man who admitted using a van to kill 10 pedestrians in Toronto.

The 24,000-square-foot Toronto property featured in the opening scenes of “Schitt’s Creek” is on sale for nearly $15 million.

Toronto police say they have identified a person of interest in the killing of Canadian drug company billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife nearly three years ago.

Philadelphia political leaders are jostling over a proposal to put a safe injection site in Kensington. NBC10 took a trip to Canada’s largest city, Toronto, to see the effects of several injection sites that have been in operation more than a decade.

Police said Monday the private investigation into the murders of Canadian drug company billionaire businessman Barry Sherman and his wife is over but the police investigation remains active. Toronto police homicide Insp. Hank Idsinga said the case is now solely in the hands of police. Idsinga says the work of the private investigation hired by Sherman’s family has been completed....

In a game where Joel Embiid was held scoreless, the Sixers still had every opportunity to beat the Raptors. Instead, they fell apart late and took a 101-96 loss. By Paul Hudrick

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Joshua Dela Cruz has gone from having a genie as a sidekick to a bright blue puppy — and he couldn’t be happier. The actor is the host of a new reboot of the pre-school TV show “Blue’s Clues” and hopes people who grew up on the original come to check it out with their kids.

Drake’s father claims the rapper has lied about him being an absentee father to sell records, to which his musician son responded, “The truth is hard for some people to accept.” The father, Dennis Graham, made the claim during a recent appearance on Nick Cannon’s “Close Conversations” show on Los Angeles’ Power 106 radio station. During the interview, Cannon told...

A nonprofit’s proposal to open the nation’s first supervised injection site for opioid users in Philadelphia does not violate federal law, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Vaping products, one of the fastest-growing segments of the legal marijuana industry, have taken a hit from consumers as public health experts scramble to determine what’s causing a mysterious and sometimes fatal lung disease among people who use e-cigarettes. The ailment has sickened at least 530 people and killed nine. Some vaped nicotine, but many reported using oil containing THC,...

Police say the wife of “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary has been charged with careless operation of a vessel in a fatal boat crash in Canada.

Hard as it may be to believe, “Harriet” is the first feature film about Harriet Tubman. Kasi Lemmons’ movie about the Underground Railroad leader premiered Tuesday night at the Toronto International Film Festival where festival director Cameron Bailey, introducing the film, noted the cinematic injustice of Tubman only now making it to the big screen.

It took Eddie Murphy more than a decade to get a movie made about Rudy Ray Moore. Judging by the response to the film at the Toronto International Film Festival, the wait was worth it. “Dolemite Is My Name” drew some of the best reviews of Murphy’s career, following the film’s premiere over the weekend in Toronto.

The fight over whether Philadelphia could open the nation’s first safe injection site for opioid users returns to federal court Thursday afternoon.

The debate over a possible safe injection site in Philadelphia continued Thursday. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk takes a look at the arguments from both sides.

The Sixers will “hang our hat” on defense, Elton Brand said Friday. On the other side of the ball, Brett Brown and his team have some new questions to answer. By Noah Levick 

The Sixers overhauled their roster yet again, but none of the moves matter if the Sixers don’t get the best versions of Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. By Paul Hudrick