Crime

The strips allow people to test other drugs for the presence of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that has played a major part in driving the country’s rising overdose death toll.

“Operation Priority Takedown” was initiated amid a historic surge in gun violence in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia has been in a gun violence crisis for a long time, but the number of shootings in the city since the beginning of the pandemic is staggeringly high.

Police say the victim, who had just left work at a Center City restaurant, later died of her injuries.

New research published in the Journal of American Medical Association found that repairing even one home can reduce crime by 21.9% on the block.

A South Carolina man was convicted Tuesday of the 2019 abduction and murder of a 21-year-old college student from Robbinsville, New Jersey.

District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer says a Lee Transport Systems employee making a delivery allegedly caused an environmental “catastrophe.”

Police say the men were caught after an operation was carried out by a concerned citizens group affiliated with Colorado Ped Patrol, whose members pose as underage children.

Federal officials say they are putting all hands on deck to fight violent crime.

Philly police have arrested Richard Goodwin for allegedly assaulting a man during a violent gathering of mostly white men in Fishtown amid last June’s protests.

Keith Gibson is accused of killing four people and injuring several others while on probation for a manslaughter conviction in Delaware.

Trump's business and Allen Weisselberg have been criminally charged by the Manhattan district attorney's office in a case involving alleged tax-related crimes.

Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction was thrown out Wednesday by Pennsylvania's highest court. Here's a look at the case against Cosby and the court's decision.

The charges against the Trump Organization and the company’s chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, appear to involve non-monetary benefits the company gave to top execs.

Cosby has served more than two years of a three- to 10-year sentence at a state prison near Philly. He had vowed to serve all 10 years rather than acknowledge any remorse.