Public Safety

A worker shortage means pressure is high and burnout is rampant.

Monday's attack came on the eve of the deadline for American troops to withdraw from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover.

Ida’s landfall came on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, about 40 miles west of where Category 3 Katrina first struck land.

The strike came as the United States winds down a historic airlift that saw tens of thousands evacuated from Kabul’s international airport.

It’s a visual aid on how to protect the identity of children while sharing those pictures of the first day of school.

A football game between Academy Park and Pennsbury High School had just ended when shots rang out.

No one is sounding the alarm: It’s been an average year so far for West Nile cases in mosquitoes. But wet, warm conditions might mean trouble ahead.

Staffing issues at the shore are getting worse as students go back to school and the few foreign students brought in for the summer on temporary visas return home.

Forecasters say Ida made landfall in Cuba as a hurricane and could grow to an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm with top winds of 140 mph when it nears the U.S.

COVID-19 vaccination will be required for all in-person participants taking part in the 2021 Broad Street Run.

Philadelphia health officials are searching for translators to help usher displaced Afghans into the U.S. — specifically people who speak Dari or Pashto.

"Philadelphia stands in solidarity with Afghan refugees," said Mayor Jim Kenney.

Biden said the Islamic State group's Afghanistan affiliate was to blame for the attacks that killed 12 American service members and many more Afghan civilians.

New DNA technology could help crack a cold case in Philadelphia and police are seeking help from the public.

The magnitude 7.2 earthquake killed more than 2,000 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes in Haiti's southern peninsula. Recovery efforts have been slow.