Public Safety

As the mercury climbs, Philly neighbors are raising money to help one another keep cool.

"The concrete deterioration is accelerating." Champlain South Towers' condo board president wrote as she asked for a $15M special assessment for major structural repairs.

Amid one of the largest U.S. rescue operations in recent memory, those who escaped the tower or lost loved ones want to know how the 12-story structure could have fallen.

City Council recently passed a budget for FY22 that includes $155 million for anti-violence efforts — believed to be the most Philly has ever spent on the issue.

An engineering report in 2018 warned of "major structural damage" in the Florida condo that collapsed. The next month, a town inspector said the building was in "good shape."

The 2018 report found major damage to the concrete structural slab below the pool deck, and warned that extensive repairs would be needed soon.

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to New York state to settle claims that the pharmaceutical giant helped fuel the opioid crisis.

Opening statements in the second phase of a trial are scheduled for Tuesday to determine whether Jarrod Ramos was legally sane at the time of the mass shooting.

The order from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court comes amid declining COVID-19 infections, and mostly mirrors what county court systems were already doing.

Officials said no cause for the collapse has been determined.

Delaware is outlawing ghost guns, which are often assembled at home using unfinished firing mechanisms and other untraceable parts.

One of two Delaware County brothers convicted of setting fire to their Old City business back in 2018 will spend nearly a decade behind bars.

The county and its 16 municipalities are using software that allows updates to projects focused on climate change, and even pandemics.

Republican lawmakers have sought to play down the violence that happened in an attack that left five people dead.

A 12-page document from the Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment and Retention Task Force suggests such inducements as tax credits and tuition reimbursement.