Man charged with arson after fire spreads to multiple homes in Kensington
A man was charged with murder and arson following a fire that killed a 66-year-old woman and displaced 23 residents in Kensington Friday morning.
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A man was charged with murder and arson following a fire that killed a 66-year-old woman and displaced 23 residents in Kensington Friday morning.
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Colonial Manor United Methodist Church in West Deptford, New Jersey is rising from the ashes following an arson, and it's all thanks to help from the community.
Michael McNeely, 42, was arrested and charged in connection with an arson in South Jersey last October, the Haddonfield Police Department announced Saturday.
A fire forced Colonial Manor United Methodist Church in West Deptford, New Jersey, to cancel its services on Sunday. A suspect has been arrested and charged with arson, police said.
Brian Cannon, 44, was charged with three counts of arson and is currently being held at the Salem County Correctional Facility while he awaits a detention hearing, according to police.
A church that has stood in South Jersey for more than a century is badly damaged after flames tear through the building. Investigators said it was a case of arson. The damage is extensive and the church's food bank is destroyed. Ryan Hughes reports on the impact on the community.
Michael Lopez-Medina, 19, was charged with three counts of aggravated arson and one count of aggravated assault causing injury to a firefighter for three fires over the course of one week in Woodbury.
Police said Michael Lopez-Medina set three different fires in Woodbury, including one at a theatre.
Investigators say they have multiple leads in the fire that broke out last year on Christmas Eve at the historic building in Old City.
Investigators say they have multiple leads but no arrests have been made in the fire that damaged Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia's Old City on Christmas Eve in 2022.
Haddonfield police are investigating a string of arsons that have all happened at the same home. In each case, a car was set on fire.
Haddonfield police are investigating a string of arsons that have all happened at the same home. In each case, a car was set on fire. Ryan Hughes reports the latest fire was captured on video.
Police are asking for the public's help with identifying a man who started a fire inside Tacodelphia, a restaurant, in Center City.
Philadelphia Police say they're looking for a man for starting a fire inside a Center City restaurant on July 25.
Security cameras show a man with a plastic gas container just before midnight on April 30 in the 6600 block of Frankford Avenue.
Police have said the fire set in the building's basement on Christmas Eve was a case of arson.
It happened in the Wissinoming section of Philadelphia.
Surveillance video shows the suspect setting fire to a flowerpot outside a home on the 2000 block of West Venango Street in the city's Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood.
The incident happened on the 1600 block of Francis Street just after midnight on Christmas.
Officials believe someone intentionally set the fire. The majority of the building is undamaged.
The building hosted the first Continental Congress in 1774.
Police say a man set fire to a home on the 4200 block of Passmore Street early Saturday.
"I don't understand how somebody can be so evil," the mother of the victim said.
Aaron Clark is charged with arson and first-degree murder.
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LeBron James has sold the most jerseys ever for a player joining a new team across all sports in the first 48 hours, surpassing Shohei Ohtani.
Fans stocked up on Sixers and Flyers merch at the annual summer sale at Xfinity Mobile Arena in South Philadelphia.
After floodwaters ravaged homes in Quakertown, damaging priceless family memories, residents are pleading for help from borough officials and Gov. Josh Shapiro.
The Philadelphia Eagles have opened their sixth training camp under coach Nick Sirianni, but the spotlight is on LeBron James.
Griffin Conine hit a go-ahead pinch-hit homer in the eighth, Otto Lopez, Heriberto Hernández and Xavier Edwards each had two RBIs, and the Miami Marlins rallied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-6.
Fans stocked up on Sixers and Flyers merch at the annual summer sale at Xfinity Mobile Arena in South Philadelphia.
After floodwaters ravaged homes in Quakertown, damaging priceless family memories, residents are pleading for help from borough officials and Gov. Josh Shapiro.
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Severe storms in New Jersey brought lightning and heavy rain, with several towns experiencing flash flooding Tuesday.
Two businesses in Maple Shade are temporarily closed after a lightning strike sparked a fire, causing thousands of dollars worth of damages.
Emergency crews blocked off flooded streets in Hammonton as tow trucks worked to remove stranded vehicles.
Crews in Camden County, which has recently experienced flash flooding, are preparing ahead of Tuesday's storms.
Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, has paused all gaming and betting on Monday after a small fire and leak.
Electronic speed cameras are now in place along a busy residential road in Delaware.
Two crews from the Delaware Forest Service traveled to assist fire crews in Minnesota working to contain wildfires sparked by lightning.
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New reward announced seven years after Susan Ledyard's body was recovered from the Brandywine River.
Delaware County health officials hope a mobile clinic will help get more residents vaccinated against measles.
Since May, more than 11,000 cases of illness caused by the parasite cyclospora have been reported in 41 states. This comes after the Trump administration drastically cut FDA and CDC staff, prompting one expert to call this summer's outbreaks "a national wake-up call."
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Target is voluntarily recalling two types of baby wipes due to concerns that the products may be contaminated with bacteria that may cause "serious and life-threatening infections," the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board says it will begin approving the extended-hours permits for Philadelphia businesses within the next week.
PennDOT is advising drivers about an overnight closure on the Schuylkill Expressway westbound in West Philadelphia between 30th Street and the interchange with I-676 East.
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating two crashes, one of which was fatal, that happened hours apart on I-95 and I-76 in Philadelphia.
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Three men died in a plane crash in Maryland Saturday night, police said.
LeBron James has sold the most jerseys ever for a player joining a new team across all sports in the first 48 hours, surpassing Shohei Ohtani.
Fans stocked up on Sixers and Flyers merch at the annual summer sale at Xfinity Mobile Arena in South Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Eagles have opened their sixth training camp under coach Nick Sirianni, but the spotlight is on LeBron James.
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The Regal movie theater in King of Prussia said its IMAX 70mm projector is working again after an outage that affected screenings of "The Odyssey."
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Ukee Washington reports.
Natasha Brown reports.
Natasha Brown reports.
Natasha Brown reports.
Ukee Washington reports.
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