Homeless man faces 7 years in jail for allegedly underpaying for Mountain Dew by 43 cents
A Pennsylvania man was jailed and charged with a felony after allegedly underpaying for a bottle of Mountain Dew soda by 43 cents, a penalty due largely in part to the state’s three-strikes law.
Pat's Steaks brawl: Man beaten to death during large fight outside cheesesteak shop
A 28-year-old man has died and his father was among two others that were injured during a large, violent brawl outside of Pat's Steaks in South Philadelphia early Thursday morning.
Human head found in Pennsylvania man's freezer, authorities say
A Lancaster, Pennsylvania man is facing charges after police say a human head was found in a freezer at his family's home, and a dismembered body was found in a bed.
'Disgusted': Kenney reacts after group with white supremacist ties marches through Philadelphia
A Texas-based group with ties to white nationalism marched through Philadelphia Saturday night as America prepared to celebrate Independence Day.
Pennsylvania city seeing suspicious wave of dog deaths: reports
Authorities in Allentown, Pennsylvania, say they’re investigating what they described as a suspicious wave of dog deaths in the city, according to reports.
Pennsylvania teen charged with murdering older sister to seek mental health defense, lawyer says
Claire Miller, the Pennsylvania teen charged with stabbing her older sister to death in February, will seek a potential insanity or mental health defense, her lawyer said.
Penn State faculty vote to end terms 'freshman,' 'sophomore' & others due to 'male-centric academic history'
Faculty at Pennsylvania State University have voted to replace traditional descriptors like "freshman" and "sophomore" with "1st year" or "2nd year," citing the former's "male-centric academic history." The decision came as part of a Faculty Senate bill on the "Removal of Gendered & Binary Terms from Course and Program Descriptions."
Man shot, killed while working on gun violence campaign in North Philadelphia, police say
Police say the victim, a 55-year-old man, was shot multiple times next to his work van.
Victim in attempted carjacking shoots 14-year-old suspect, Philly police say
Police say two teens, ages 14 and 15, called for a Lyft ride on the 6600 block of North 7th Street, and when the driver arrived things quickly turned violent.
Pittsburgh cops’ posts to private Facebook group show hostility, hate
In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs who took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, whom they called “terrorists” or “thugs.”
Senior dogs, some whose owners died of COVID-19, find new home in canine retirement community
Stacey Herrick runs a non-profit elderly dog retirement home out of her house in Philadelphia where some dogs whose owners have died of COVID-19 go to spend the rest of their days.
Man shot and killed outside Philadelphia prison shortly after being released, police say
A Philadelphia man who was released from prison early Thursday morning was chased back onto prison grounds where he was shot and killed near the main gate, according to officials.
'Operation Safeguard' recovers more than a dozen critically missing Pa. children
Federal authorities in Philadelphia have recovered over a dozen critically missing children, including some with direct ties to child sex trafficking operations, officials announced Thursday.
Bensalem man attacked same domestic assault victim a 3rd time while out on bail, DA says
Patrick Dando, 35, of Elmwood Avenue, was taken into custody Monday night by agents with the U.S. Marshals Service and Bucks County Detectives.
Pennsylvania teen found stabbed to death had cerebral palsy; sister, 14, remains in custody on murder charge
A Pennsylvania teen found stabbed to death in her home early Monday had cerebral palsy, officials told Fox News, as her 14-year-old sister remained jailed on a murder charge in the tragedy that has shaken the local community.
Lancaster County girl, 14, accused of fatally stabbing 19-year-old sister
A 14-year-old girl has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of her 19-year-old sister. Police responded to the scene after receiving a 9-1-1 from a female reporting that she had killed her sister.
Pa. Health Department: Second doses of COVID-19 vaccine misused as first doses
Health officials called it a "structural issue" that began in early January, but was not addressed until it compounded week-over-week.
Graffiti painted outside Trump attorney van der Veen's home
The suburban Philadelphia home of one of the attorneys defending former President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial has been vandalized with graffiti.
Pennsylvania woman accused of Pelosi laptop theft during Capitol riot banned from Internet
A federal judge has banned Riley Williams, the woman accused of stealing a laptop from Nancy Pelosi's office on Jan, 6, from using any devices with internet access.
Pennsylvania woman accused of laptop theft from Pelosi's office amid riot taken into custody
A Pennsylvania woman accused of stealing a laptop or hard drive from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the U.S. Capitol riot has been taken into custody, according to the Department of Justice.