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Philadelphia has seen fewer homicides than this time last year, but Krasner more can be done in order to stem the tide of violence.

Officials say the city’s tap water is safe to drink until at least 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. They expect the contamination to clear by Thursday.

Monday's massacre at The Covenant School in Nashville was the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country that has grown increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools.

The announcement Monday came the morning after the remaining bodies were found at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in West Reading.

Sunday afternoon brought a mad rush for H2O.

“Please understand this is a devastating loss," said Mayor Samantha Kaag. "But we are truly grateful to bring closure to the families involved in the upcoming days."

A national study found that gun assaults in four cities doubled across all racial groups during the pandemic, but spiked more severely for Black children.

The law enforcement community envisions eventually asking the public to give police live access to their own private security feeds.

Authorities say a dozen people were injured in the collapse of a second-story floor inside an apartment complex near a western Pennsylvania university over the weekend.

City officials haven’t announced any contamination, but say residents may want to switch to bottled water for drinking and cooking.

Officials say the new timeline is based on how long it will take river water to reach customers after entering a Northeast Philly treatment plant.

It hasn’t been easy to adjust after escaping Kabul when the Taliban took over, but Najia and Danish see a bright future for their girls.

Plastics still top the list of litter collected along the shoreline. But the number of plastic bags and straws has dropped in the wake of the state’s bag ban.

A descendant of the New Century Guild is still active in philanthropic grantmaking today.

"We're holding onto faith and hope. It just gets more antagonizing as the time goes one," the cousin of a missing woman said.