Public Safety

A string of guilty pleas has left just five defendants still fighting charges in the hazing-related death of Tim Piazza, a pledge at a Penn State fraternity two years ago.

A case that could set statewide precedent in holding school districts liable for ongoing student-on-student bullying has hit a barrier.

Recently disclosed accusations date back six or seven decades, with the oldest from the 1910s in Louisiana.

Up until now, people attending Philadelphia City Council's weekly meeting or reporting for civil jury duty had to pass through metal detectors. Now it will be everyone.

Homeowners are focused on the integrity of a repurposed 12-inch pipeline first built in 1930s.

Students at Susquehanna University in Central Pennsylvania are protesting a new policy of arming retired state troopers who serve on the school’s security force.

The number of homicides in Philadelphia rose, while other towns in N.J. and Pa. have had fewer murders and less violent crime this year.

Delaware gun owners who pose a threat to themselves or the public could have their weapons taken away under a new Red Flag law.

This is the third shooting this month involving a SEPTA bus.

The blast happened December 13 at MarkWest’s Houston Processing and Fractionation Facility in Chartiers Township.

What some Christiana Mall employees and shoppers thought were gunshots Friday night was really glass breaking and a sign falling, Delaware State Police said.

Shoppers stampeded out of Christiana Mall after reports of gunshots inside. Police said they found no evidence that shots were fired and no injuries were reported.

Philadelphia's district attorney warns that realistic-looking toy guns can lead to fatal mistakes.

Cell phones are banned at Kensington High School, so students are paying to stash their phones at corner stores. We break down the case for and against this new phenomenon.

Tax money paid by New Jersey fire insurance policyholders into a fund meant to help the state’s firefighters largely goes unused.