Bobby Allyn

The mass firing is part of fulfilling campaign promises for a shake-up of the office, says a representative of District Attorney Larry Krasner.

According to sources close to the talks, the controversial proposal aimed at addressing the city’s deadly opioid crisis must first overcome resistance from some key players.

Veteran civil rights lawyer Larry Krasner is promising drug treatment over incarceration and second chances for nonviolent offenders, among other reforms.

City police statistics show nearly 1,100 cases of rape were reported in 2017, a 6 percent decline over the previous year.

Philadelphia police officials cite issues associated with opioid abuse as part of the reason the murder rate is climbing.

Citing case of Texas shooter who killed 26, Philly joins New York and San Francisco in suing U.S. Department of Defense to prevent violent criminals from getting firearms.

Pioneered in Boston in the 1990s, focused deterrence identifies people — often gang members or those involved in the drug trade — most likely to commit violent crimes.

As the Trump administration continues its immigration crackdown, ICE agents find courthouses a convenient place to collar undocumented immigrants.

Many LGBT-owned businesses are lobbying the city to do more to ensure that companies from their community have equal access hundreds of millions of dollars in city contracts.

Thousands of residents — predominately black — are still being questioned and patted down without any legal basis.

The settlement follows a federal appeals court decision affirming that citizens have a First Amendment right to record on-duty police officers.

Philadelphia city officials are among local leaders nationwide anticipating the outcome of the Masterpiec ...