Rodrigo Torrejón

Two Philadelphia police officers responding to a call about a person with a gun in East Mount Airy shot a 23-year-old man who witnesses said had been threatening them with a hammer, police said.

Eight would-be robbers mounted on dirt bikes shot chased and shot a 17-year-old riding an electric scooter in South Philadelphia early Wednesday morning causing him to crash near Passyunk Square, police said.

In the chaos after a shooting on a crowded SEPTA subway platform that left a 16-year-old dead , the gunman almost got away, a prosecutor said in court Wednesday.

The 55-year-old man was struck and killed while in a crosswalk in University City.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have clashed with police at Columbia University, the University of Texas at Austin, and other campuses.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said Monday morning his office was aware of the encampment formed by pro-Palestinian protesters at the

The autistic child was found in a pond on a neighbor's property.

Amid continued calls for increased police accountability and transparency, the Pennsylvania State Police announced that it has issued body cameras to all troopers in Philadelphia, Montgomery, and Delaware Counties.

A 67-year-old woman was stabbed to death in Cobbs Creek early Wednesday morning and her granddaughter is in custody in connection with the slaying, police said.

Philadelphia Police identified a small child's body found in a duffel bag in West Philadelphia as four-year-old Damari Carter , who they say was