• Philly will end 2025 with lowest homicide total in decades, officials say

  

• Police officer shoots knife-wielding man in North Philly home, officials say

  

• Cause of death released for Atlanta police officer and woman found dead in northeast Atlanta home

  

• Boy hit and killed by vehicle was "going to be something special," family says

  

• The Pittsburgh City Paper is ceasing operations after 34 years

  

• Adoption specialist finds reward in educating Coloradans

  

• New Year's rainstorm set to roll into Southern California

  

• Some NYC subway riders call new MTA fare gates pilot program "chaotic"