Crime
NCAA President Charlie Baker urges state lawmakers to ban prop betting on college athletes
Ohio, Vermont and Maryland are among the states that have removed prop betting on college athletes.
1 day ago
Court agrees to block collection of Trump’s $454 million civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175M
The development came just before New York Attorney General Letitia James was expected to initiate efforts to collect the judgment.
3 days ago
Bensalem teen accused of killing 12-year-old girl sentenced to 15 to 40 years
Ash Cooper, 18, pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree murder in the November 2022 death of 12-year-old Morgan Connors. Prosecutors said a motive was never revealed.
4 days ago
What is ISIS-K, the group that claims it carried out the Moscow concert attack?
The group emerged in 2014 and 2015 in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan after its leaders broke away from al-Qaida and the Taliban.
4 days ago
Woman accused of stealing more than $130K from Delaware County youth club while working as treasurer
According to police, money stolen from the Springfield Youth Club by Kathleen Hammond was used for Eagles games, Billy Joel concert tickets and Amazon purchases.
7 days ago
Philly City Council passes bill mandating curfew for some Kensington businesses
City leaders hope that shutting stores down early could reduce crime and drug use in Kensington. Some businesses are skeptical the curfew would work.
1 week ago
Listen 1:15Liquid Death Founder Mike Cessario, Fixing Philadelphia’s Littering Problem
Air Date: March 21, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 50:01Scammers and schemers beware: Philly’s lawyers have you in their sights
A proposed consumer protection law would let city attorneys sue predatory companies.
1 week ago
Human skull, other skeletal remains found in a water retention basin in Montgomery Co.
Police were contacted just before noon Tuesday by a surveyor doing work near a water retention basin near the intersection of Welsh Road and Grist Mill Drive by Orvilla Road.
1 week ago
Shelter-in-place lifted for Newtown Twp., second such police incident in as many days in Bucks Co.
According to police, they responded to a domestic incident Sunday morning in the Headley Trace development on Newtown-Yardley Road.
2 weeks ago
Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads stolen en route to Pittsburgh. Giveaway postponed
The team says it is “shocked” by the theft and is working with state and federal authorities in hopes of recovering the items.
2 weeks ago
Two 18-year-olds charged in mass shooting at SEPTA bus stop
Two people have been arrested and charged in last week’s mass shooting that hurt eight Northeast High School students at a SEPTA bus stop.
2 weeks ago
Listen 1:11Sen. Bob Menendez enters not guilty plea to latest criminal indictment
Menendez and his wife Nadine entered the pleas on Monday to a rewritten indictment containing new charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice.
2 weeks ago
The Pa. legislature created a special prosecutor to go after crimes committed in the transit system, and Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker promised to beef up police patrols.
3 weeks ago
New York will send National Guard to subways after a string of violent crimes
The deployment of the National Guard would bolster an enhanced presence of NYPD officers in the subway system
3 weeks ago