PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two men and a woman were being charged in the beating of a gay couple during a late-night encounter on a Philadelphia street, prosecutors announced Tuesday. The case gained attention when police posted a video of the well-dressed suspects out on the town that night, and online sleuths used social media sites […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities in Philadelphia say a newborn baby of a pregnant woman killed by gunfire in northeast Philadelphia over the weekend has also died. Police said the woman was shot while sitting outside a home in the Frankford section of the city when someone opened fire up the block shortly before 11 a.m. […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Busloads of tourists line up every day in Philadelphia to take photos with a statue of Rocky Balboa, the fictional heavyweight fighter made famous by Sylvester Stallone. Will they line up for pictures with a sculpture of real hometown champion Joe Frazier? “Properly promoted, I think it would be much, much bigger […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The bodies of two men who had been bound with duct tape, stabbed and weighed down with makeshift anchors were pulled from a river Wednesday after a third bound man, wet and also covered with stab wounds, was found wandering along a road in the dark, police said. The surviving victim said […]
A single mom from Philadelphia didn’t know it was illegal to bring the gun she was legally licensed to carry in Philadelphia into New Jersey and as a result could face 11 years in prison. Shaneen Allen was pulled over for a minor traffic offense and told the police about the gun and was arrested […]
What you see above is a map of Detroit. The small colorful dots represent people, plotted to show where they live and their race. Whites are…
The FBI has arrested six Philadelphia Police narcotics officers as part of a corruption probe into the department. The group is accused of stealing over $500,000…
A metal gate attached over the opening of the store fell on a three-year old girl. Police said the metal frame and security gate that came crashing down weighed 2,000 pounds. Phillly.com reports: “It seemed like it was moving in slow motion,” said an onlooker who heard the noise and thought at first that, miraculously, no […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Roots worked as the house band for top-selling acts like Nicki Minaj and Ed Sheeran for its annual free concert Friday in Philadelphia celebrating Independence Day. The Roots Philly 4th of July Jam was held on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, where U.K.-based Sheeran closed the three-hour event that also featured Jennifer […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A propane tank on a food truck in Philadelphia exploded into a fireball, critically injuring a mother and daughter and sending at least nine others to the hospital, police said. The truck exploded Tuesday evening outside an auto body shop in the city’s Feltonville neighborhood. Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said […]
People get sued for the most ridiculous things everyday. So if we know regular folks get sued for any and everything, imagine what celebrities get…
WARMINSTER, Pa. (AP) — Those attending a suburban Philadelphia high school commencement ceremony this month will see a lot of familiar faces: The school plans to graduate no fewer than 14 pairs of twins. The 2014 graduating class of William Tennent High School in Bucks County includes five sets of male twins, seven sets of […]
