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A mother and her 12-year-old son were hospitalized after the boy leapt from a second-floor window to flee flames in Nicetown.
A homeowner says they'd never seen the man before he walked through their Elkins Park backyard early last Thursday.
Police recovered a handgun and three knives after a deadly clash on Harbison Avenue. The surviving victim remains in critical condition.
Police say a rented U-Haul unloaded up to 350 tires behind a SEPTA lot, and investigators are now probing a possible second dump site.
Police warn the leak could cause a gas odor stretching into Berlin Borough as crews scramble to fix it.
The young boy was rescued Tuesday evening and taken by ambulance for evaluation after falling about a foot into a pipe.
Faith Alicea, 15, hasn't returned home since vanishing early Tuesday near Northeast High School, police say.
Djiba Traore vanished from the 6200 block of Dickens Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia. Detectives are asking anyone with leads to come forward.
Cia Young vanished from a Philadelphia block Tuesday, and investigators say her whereabouts remain unknown.
A parent's tip led staff to a loaded 9mm and a knife hidden in a Middletown teen's crossbody bag.
Christopher Crisona abused a student at St. Thomas the Apostle School in the 1990s. A second man tied to the same victim goes to trial in January.
Federal prosecutors say the group moved two disabled women to Florida while allegedly draining their Social Security and SNAP benefits.
Kelvin Jimenez wasn't present when SWAT Cpl. James O'Connor IV was shot; he was sentenced for leading SG1700.
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