Public Safety

The Dutch government is considering a proposal to ban the use of smartphones and other "mobile electronic devices" on bicycles.

He's promising all the money will be accounted for.

The bill was initially expected to pass last June, before the legislature wrapped up for the summer.

A 47-year-old Claymont-area man has been charged for a series of sexual assaults and robberies involving female victims in suburban New Castle County.

Police say a 7-year-old boy who was selling candy on a Philadelphia train with his brother fell between two moving subway cars and died.< ...

Update: September 24, 2018  The kayaker who drowned has been identified by police as 54-year-old James Battan. ...

A year on the city is still healing.

At its most essential: Call 911, and push hard and fast in the center of the chest.

In the age of #MeToo, experts say parents are the primary educators about consent, and the current debate offers a teachable moment.

In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Lydia Adorno and her family came from Manatí, a municipality in the northern coast of Puerto Rico. They now have a row home in NW Philly.

No shots were fired by law enforcement officers on the scene, the sheriff said.

Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said during a media briefing early Thursday that 59-year-old Bruce Rogal was dead after a manhunt and a police chase.

New rules will require more frequent visits to schools in areas that don't have their own police departments, and so they rely on state police for coverage.

More than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for street safety improvements along Woodland Avenue.

People in North Carolina and South Carolina are coping with flooding, closed roads and power outages as they assess damage from Hurricane Florence