Six years after Anthony Abel's 2020 killing in East Mount Airy, the city has offered a $20,000 reward as family renews pleas for tips and answers.

Veteran wing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is negotiating a buyout with Memphis and is expected to sign with the 76ers, reuniting with LeBron James on a retooled Philly roster.

An 18-year-old was sentenced to 10–40 years after pleading guilty in the March 2025 SEPTA bus shooting that killed 15-year-old Zahkir Whitfield.

AHRQ withheld continuation awards for dozens of projects, forcing Penn and CHOP to pause studies and shutter training programs amid mounting legal and policy fights.

A Philadelphia homicide suspect was arrested during a traffic stop in Lebanon, authorities say. Police had earlier offered a $20,000 reward in the case.

State prosecutors say 21-year-old Richard Pridgen was indicted Wednesday in the 2023 killing of George Smith. He is already serving a federal sentence after convictions in two carjackings.

Cecily Tynan, longtime chief meteorologist at 6abc Action News, announced her retirement. Her final broadcast is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 31.

A single-car wreck on Columbus Boulevard left one person dead and five hospitalized early Friday; police say the driver appears to be a teen.

A Jenkintown man allegedly entered a Philly supermarket armed and claimed to be an FBI agent. Federal charges include impersonating a federal officer and weapons offenses.

Pearl Properties filed to alter two protected storefronts on S. 7th as it moves to revive a long‑delayed 34–35‑story tower at the vacant Sansom site.

A lawsuit says a rotting utility pole snapped at Roxborough High and crushed 73-year-old Paula Budin; her family is suing the School District and Parsons.

After a fire in September 2025, The Wine Garden on Baltimore Avenue reopened on July 22 after a rebuild led by its mother-daughter owners and supported by neighbors.

State and local police have launched a summer enforcement wave across the five-county Philadelphia area, with extra patrols and a coordinated enforcement day on U.S. 1 to curb dangerous driving.