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• Mom saves the day

  May 15, 2013 8:01 PM

  PHILADELPHIA- A 14-month old girl got a cut on the head and went to the hospital after her quick-thinking mom rescued her from the tracks of a train station in west Philadelphia. Surveillance video shows the girl's stroller rolling off the platform and falling onto the tracks. Her mom jumped... more »

• Convicted Pa. abortion doctor gets life in prison

  May 14, 2013 3:38 PM

  PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive has agreed to give up his right to an appeal and will be spared a potential death sentence. Dr. Kermit Gosnell was convicted Monday of first-degree murder in the deaths of the babies who were... more »

• Authorities accused of letting priest flee

  April 3, 2013 7:40 PM

  PHILADELPHIA- A lawsuit accuses church and local authorities of letting a Philadelphia-area priest flee to Poland during a sex-abuse investigation that stalled. The suit says the priest assaulted a woman last year while he was counseling her. The priest is not named because he could not be reached for comment.... more »

• Archbishop allows coed football

  March 14, 2013 7:34 PM

  PHILADELPHIA- The Catholic sports league can field coed football teams after a decision by the Archbishop of Philadelphia. The decision comes in response to a request by an eleven-year-old girl who's been playing football with boys since kindergarten. Caroline Pla has played the past two years in a Catholic Youth... more »

• Exterminator charged with strangling Pa. doctor

  January 25, 2013 2:45 AM

  PHILADELPHIA - The pediatrician ran some errands, then returned to her downtown Philadelphia rowhouse to meet with an exterminator about a rodent problem. It was there, police say, that something went "terribly wrong." Authorities say the exterminator got into an argument with Dr. Melissa Ketunuti, then strangled her,... more »

• Eagles place Foles on IR, Sign DT Dixon

  December 26, 2012 10:31 AM

  PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Eagles have placed quarterback Nick Foles on injured reserve and signed defensive tackle Antonio Dixon to a two-year contract. Foles broke his hand in last Sunday's loss to Washington. Michael Vick will start the final game of the season against the New York Giants on Sunday.... more »

• Eagles fire defensive line coach Jim Washburn

  December 3, 2012 10:38 AM

  PHILADELPHIA - The foundering Philadelphia Eagles have fired defensive line coach Jim Washburn as they try to fix a broken pass defense amid an eight-game losing streak. Eagles coach Andy Reid on Monday announced former defensive line coach Tommy Brashear is replacing Washburn. The Eagles hired Washburn before last season,... more »

• Obama to paint Republicans as obstacles to a deal

  November 30, 2012 7:47 AM

  WASHINGTON - During his visit to the Philadelphia area today, President Barack Obama is planning on insisting on higher taxes for the top two percent of earners. That's according to White House officials, who say Obama will cast Republicans as an obstacle to a deal that would avoid the "fiscal... more »

• Superhero Brees looks to save Saints season

  November 2, 2012 4:53 PM

  METAIRIE - Drew Brees dressed as Iron Man for Halloween. He may have to play like a superhero to save the season for New Orleans. With the Saints (2-5) hindered by a historically poor defense and nonexistent running game, all eyes are on Brees to find some way to turn... more »

• Infant missing since grandmother's killing is dead

  October 26, 2012 12:41 PM

  KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. - An infant girl who disappeared from her family's suburban Philadelphia apartment earlier this week has been found dead, and a family friend is charged in her death and her grandmother's killing. Ten-month-old Saanvi Venna had been missing since Monday, the day her 61-year-old grandmother was... more »

• Pa. bag handler charged in theft of new $100 bills

  October 24, 2012 12:47 PM

  PHILADELPHIA - Federal authorities in Philadelphia say an airport baggage handler has been charged with stealing $20,000 in a new type of $100 bill never released to the public. Prosecutors say Alex Price was working Oct. 11 when a US Airways flight arrived from Dallas carrying millions of dollars in... more »

• Police: Pa. dad left daughter, 1, to go rob homes

  October 12, 2012 1:00 PM

  BROOKHAVEN, Pa. - Police say a man left his 1-year-old daughter home alone while he tried to break into neighbors' houses in a Philadelphia suburb. Authorities say it happened Wednesday morning in Brookhaven. They say 20-year-old Arthur Langley was arrested after a resident called 911 to report a suspicious person.... more »

• Man dies amid brawl at wedding in downtown Philly

  October 8, 2012 11:12 AM

  PHILADELPHIA - Police say a man has been charged in connection with a big brawl that broke out among people attending two different wedding receptions in a downtown Philadelphia hotel. The fight involving dozens of people happened early Sunday in the Society Hill neighborhood. Police say a 57-year-old suffered a... more »

• Developer ticks off city by cleaning up lot

  September 24, 2012 7:20 PM

  Trouble is brewing next to a coffee house in Philadelphia after the owner cleared a vacant lot next to the business. The lot is owned by the city and has been empty for decades. Ori Feibush owns the next door coffee shop and he's also a developer who cleared the... more »

• 'Black Madam' charged in buttocks injection death

  July 24, 2012 12:59 PM

  PHILADELPHIA - A woman who calls herself the "Black Madam" is charged with murder in the death of a London tourist police say died from a buttocks-enhancing silicone injection at a Philadelphia airport hotel. Philadelphia police say Padge Windslowe was arrested Monday night and charged with third-degree murder in last... more »

• Report: Penn St. officials concealed sex abuse to avoid bad publicity

  July 12, 2012 2:27 PM

  PHILADELPHIA - An internal investigation into the child sex abuse scandal that rocked Penn State concludes that top school officials, including longtime football coach Joe Paterno, hushed up allegations against Jerry Sandusky for fear of bad publicity. Former FBI Director Louis Freeh says the investigation he headed found that "the... more »

• Pa. high school puts itself up for sale on eBay

  July 2, 2012 12:38 PM

  LANGHORNE, Pa. - Forget magazine drives and candy sales. A cash-strapped high school near Philadelphia hopes to raise money by auctioning itself on eBay. Officials at The Learning Center in Langhorne, Pa., are seeking bids starting around $600,000 to offset steep budget cuts. The eBay listing describes the public alternative... more »

• 76ers even up series with Celtics

  May 24, 2012 7:12 AM

  PHILADELPHIA - Jrue Holiday scored 20 points, and Elton Brand had 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead the tough-and-determined Philadelphia 76ers past the Celtics, 82-75 on Wednesday night to send the Eastern Conference semifinals back to Boston for Game 7. No team has won consecutive games in a... more »

• Railroad worker crushed by paper

  May 18, 2012 8:02 PM

  A railroad engineer was crushed to death by a roll of newsprint that fell out of a boxcar near Philadelphia. It was at the printing plant that produces the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News. The newspaper company says the worker was below the platform to offload the 18-hundred... more »

• Dancer: $1,000 buttocks enhancement damaged lungs

  May 17, 2012 12:50 PM

  PHILADELPHIA - A woman who calls herself the "Black Madam" has been ordered to stand trial in Philadelphia on allegations she administered illegal buttocks injections. Forty-two-year-old Padge Windslowe is charged with aggravated assault and deceptive practices. At a preliminary hearing Wednesday, an exotic dancer testified that she paid $1,000 for... more »

• Priest-abuse jury hears about bizarre Passion play

  April 18, 2012 12:42 PM

  PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia jury is hearing about Catholic schoolboys who said they had to strip before a priest and endure whippings as they played Christ in a Passion play. Prosecutors pursuing a child-endangerment case against a church official say the Rev. Thomas Smith remained in ministry despite those 2002... more »

• 2 firefighters killed in warehouse fire

  April 9, 2012 11:35 AM

  PHILADELPHIA - Two Philadelphia firefighters are dead after a wall collapsed on them while they fought a massive early-morning warehouse fire. They were inside a furniture store adjacent to the vacant warehouse when a wall collapsed and trapped them. The two firefighters killed were 60-years-old and 25 years old. Hot... more »

• Man tries to board plane with fireworks

  March 29, 2012 11:48 AM

  PHILADELPHIA - Police at Philadelpha International Airport are holding a man who tried to board a plane with fireworks in his backpack. Police say a suspicious item was spotted in his carry-on luggage early this morning. One officer said the items appeared to be fireworks and may have been accidentally... more »

• Towing War leads to Prison

  March 28, 2012 7:41 PM

  A dispute over turf between tow truck drivers in Philadelphia led to the conviction of a former driver for running over man who worked for a rival company. Glen McDaniel got life in prison with no parole for killing Ray Santiago. Surveillance video showed McDaniel repeatedly running over Santiago, even... more »

• Police: Philly couple starved, fatally beat son

  March 23, 2012 12:26 PM

  PHILADELPHIA - A former foster mother of a 6-year-old Philadelphia boy allegedly starved and fatally beaten by his parents says they should not have had custody. Police said Khalil Wimes weighed less than 30 pounds when he died Monday of blunt-force trauma to the head. Alicia Nixon is the child's... more »

• Buttocks Enlargment Injections

  March 16, 2012 7:48 PM

  A woman in Philadelphia who calls herself the "Black Madam" and was arrested for giving illegal buttocks-enhancements injections got her bail lowered. Padge Windslowe's bail was reduced from $10 million to $750,000 but its not clear if she can post it. She's charged with aggravated assault and deceptive practices. Police... more »

• Elderly Father Starved

  March 15, 2012 7:50 PM

  A man in Philadelphia is accused of starving his 82-year-old father to death and when his body was found, it weighed 79 pounds. Thomas Hauck called paramedics about his mother being sick and they found the father's body. Hauck told them, Leonard Hauck, had died several days earlier and he... more »

• Driver arrested after crashing onto airport runway

  March 1, 2012 4:15 PM

  PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia International Airport was closed after a driver crashed his SUV through a fence and drove up and down a runway. 24-year-old Kenneth Richard Mazik was immediately arrested. He is charged with DWI, reckless endangerment, and other counts. The airport was closed for 30 minutes,... more »

• Police: Philly woman gave illegal butt injections

  March 1, 2012 12:31 PM

  PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police say a woman accused of giving illegal buttocks-enhancement injections is a "person of interest" in the death of a tourist who underwent one of the procedures last year. Police say Padge Victoria Windslowe was arrested Wednesday night as she prepared to host a "pumping party" where... more »

• Pa. man in tattoo-for-sex case faces more charges

  February 23, 2012 12:53 PM

  BRISTOL, Pa. - A Philadelphia-area man already charged with trading a tattoo for sex with an underage girl and sexually assaulting more than a dozen children is now facing additional charges. Thirty-five-year-old Walter Meyerle was arraigned Wednesday on charges related to the sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl starting in... more »

• Pa. man murdered over dog waste

  February 16, 2012 11:27 AM

  PHILADELPHIA - Murder charges have been filed against a man Philadelphia police say shot his neighbor during an argument over dog waste. Officers say on Tuesday 46-year-old Franklin Manuel Santana asked 27-year-old Tyrirk Harris to pick up after his dogs, who had defecated in Santana's yard. A witness... more »

• Philadelphia abortion doctor's wife pleads guilty

  December 13, 2011 12:53 PM

  PHILADELPHIA - The wife of a Philadelphia doctor has admitted performing illegal abortions at a filthy clinic that authorities describe as a "house of horrors." Court documents indicate Pearl Gosnell pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges including performing two late-term abortions. Gosnell is the wife of Kermit Gosnell, who is charged... more »

• Dad Sentenced for Child Starvation

  October 20, 2011 7:37 PM

  A father who abandoned his 14-year-old daughter to the custody of her unfit mother in Philadelphia faces 21/2 to 5 years in prison because she starved to death. In addition, two social workers who failed Danieal Kelly got the same sentence. Daniel Kelly left his daughter in a squalid apartment... more »

• Police: Pa. Facebook target likely slain over pot

  August 18, 2011 12:42 PM

  PHILADELPHIA - Police near Philadelphia say a man who was shot earlier this week was likely killed for selling bad drugs, not because his girlfriend sought out a hitman on Facebook. Police in Upper Darby on Thursday charged a man with carjacking the vehicle involved in Monday night's shooting... more »

• Police: Target of Facebook hit fatally shot

  August 16, 2011 12:12 PM

  PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia man whose former girlfriend allegedly offered $1,000 on Facebook for someone to kill him has been gunned down hours after a judge upheld felony charges against his ex and the teen who allegedly offered to kill him. Police say 22-year-old Corey White was shot Monday... more »

• Pa. pastor charged with flashing 2 women

  August 10, 2011 12:31 PM

  DRESHER, Pa. (AP) - A Methodist pastor has stepped down from his suburban Philadelphia church after being accused of exposing himself to two women. Authorities say 46-year-old Richard Rogers flashed women on two separate occasions. He was arrested Monday and resigned his post at Jarrettown United Methodist Church... more »

• Philly woman gets 11 months for spouse kidnap plot

  July 21, 2011 12:22 PM

  PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia woman upset about her household allowance will spend 11 months in prison for plotting a fake kidnapping to extort money from her husband. Authorities say Yudeka Valdez complained her estranged husband wasn't making payments on her Mercedes. They say she told the supposed kidnappers... more »

• Philly judge has robe stolen while in men's room

  July 7, 2011 11:13 AM

  PHILADELPHIA - A sticky-fingered person might be wandering the streets of Philadelphia in a flowing judicial robe. A municipal judge on Wednesday said he had his official garb taken from the robing room at the city courthouse while he was in the men's room. Judge Joseph Waters Jr.... more »

• 'Jackass' star Ryan Dunn dies in fiery Pa. crash

  June 20, 2011 12:20 PM

  PHILADELPHIA - Police in southeastern Pennsylvania say "Jackass" cast member Ryan Dunn has died of injuries sustained in a fiery car crash, and speed may have been a factor. West Goshen Township police say Dunn and a passenger died after his 2007 Porsche left the roadway and burst into... more »

• White Teachers Sue over Teaching Black Children Remark

  May 17, 2011 7:26 PM

  Four white teachers in Philadelphia sued claiming racial bias in federal court saying a black principal suggested they were unfit to teach black students. The teachers work at a predominantly black school in the East Falls neighborhood. They say a former principal had them read an article that said "white... more »

• Misaddressed marijuana goes to elderly Pa. couple

  April 25, 2011 12:44 PM

  UPPER DARBY, Pa. - Police say an elderly Pennsylvania couple was the unintended recipient of a very seedy delivery: a five-pound brick of marijuana. Police in Upper Darby, just outside Philadelphia, say the couple paid little attention to the package when it was delivered last week. Not recognizing... more »

• Bling on a Dress for a Handsome Price

  March 8, 2011 7:25 PM

  If you've got $14-thousand to spare, diamonds could be a girl's BFF on a custom made gown with sewn-in stones. An online retailer outside Philadelphia has already sold two of them which have hundreds of diamonds hand-sewn onto the bodice. They take three-weeks to make. The gown is touted as... more »

• Cops: Pa. pizzaria owner left mice at rival shops

  March 1, 2011 1:16 PM

  UPPER DARBY, Pa. - A pizzeria owner with mice problems he blamed on competitors tried to sabotage two rival shops by dumping mice in them Monday, authorities in suburban Philadelphia said. Upper Darby police said a man walked into Verona Pizza on Monday afternoon and asked to use the... more »

• Pa. teacher strikes nerve with 'lazy whiners' blog

  February 16, 2011 12:37 PM

  FEASTERVILLE, Pa. - A high school English teacher in suburban Philadelphia has become an icon by daring to ask in no delicate terms: Why are today's students unmotivated - and what's wrong with calling them out? Thirty-year-old Natalie Munroe was suspended from her job in the middle-class Central Bucks... more »

• Woman dies after buttocks injection at Pa. hotel

  February 9, 2011 11:34 AM

  PHILADELPHIA - Police say they're investigating the death of a 20-year-old woman who had a silicone injection into her buttocks at a hotel near the Philadelphia airport. Detectives say the woman and three companions had traveled from London and were staying at the Hampton Inn in southwest Philadelphia. ... more »

• Imprisoned heir to Du Pont chemical fortune dies

  December 9, 2010 1:10 PM

  SOMERSET, Pa. - The chemical fortune heir who killed an Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler at his palatial suburban Philadelphia estate has died in prison. State prisons spokeswoman Susan McNaughton says John Du Pont was found unresponsive in his cell Thursday morning at the Laurel Highlands state prison near Somerset.... more »

• Second body found in duck boat accident

  July 9, 2010 11:56 AM

  A second body has been recovered in the Philadelphia Duck Boat accident, in the Delaware River. Hungarian officials say U.S. authorities have already informed them that a body recovered earlier this morning, belonged to a female tourist. Dora Schwendtner, 16, was one of the two people who disappeared... more »

• Flash Mob Unruly after Fireworks

  July 5, 2010 8:09 PM

  Fourth of July festivities got unruly in the City of Brotherly Love. As crowds cleared for the night after the fireworks display, an unruly group of young people flooded the streets near city hall in what was described as a flash mob. That's when word is spread on the internet... more »

• The Diva and the Secretary

  June 30, 2010 8:14 PM

  Aretha Franklin takes the stage with an accomplished pianist who's more famous for diplomacy: former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. They will play July 27 at Philadelphia's Mann Center for the Performing arts to raise money for charity. Rice will accompany Franklin on piano for "Say A Little Prayer", "Natural... more »

• 20K pieces of mail end up in carrier's Pa. Garage

  May 14, 2010 1:01 PM

  The United State Postal Service has recovered approximately 20,000 pieces of mail - some of them more than a decade old - from a Philadelphia postal carrier's garage. Special Agent Scott Balfour says it took three mail trucks to remove the letters. The carrier worked in the city's... more »

• Woman pleads not guilty to terrorism by nodding her head

  April 7, 2010 8:42 PM

  A pregnant U.S. citizen from Colorado charged in a world-wide terrorism plot pleaded not guilty by nodding her head and not speaking before a federal judge in Philadelphia. She didn't want authorities to get a voice sample from her. Jaime Paulin-Ramirez's lawyer says federal agents seized hard drives and computer... more »

• Laptops spying on students

  February 18, 2010 9:18 PM

  A Philadelphia school district is being sued for allegedly syping on students at home through school-issued laptop webcams. The federal suit says Lower Merion School District officials can activate the webcams remotely without students' knowledge, and captured images of Harriton High School students and their families as they undressed and... more »

• Robber i-d'd by stolen cell phone picture

  December 4, 2009 8:24 PM

  A teen in Philadelphia turned himself into police after using a stolen cell phone to take a picture of himself not realizing the picture went to the phone owner's computer. Kadeem Cook is the main suspect in an armed robbery where a cell phone was taken. The victim had programmed... more »

• Yankees win 27th World Series title

  November 5, 2009 5:31 AM

  The New York Yankees won the World Series, beating the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6. Andy Pettitte won the clincher, pitching the Yankees to their elusive 27th championship and first since 2000. Hideki Matsui homered, doubled and singled, and tied Bobby Richardson's 49-year-old record for RBIs in... more »