Members of Philadelphia cocaine trafficking ring indicted, FBI announces
The FBI announced the indictment of 10 people accused of running a "prolific" cocaine trafficking organization operating in Philadelphia.
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The FBI announced the indictment of 10 people accused of running a "prolific" cocaine trafficking organization operating in Philadelphia.
A woman said she was walking in the area of Park Way and Rodgers Avenue when a man approached her from behind and physically and sexually assaulted her in Hightstown last week.
Prosecutors told a Delaware County jury Tuesday the fatal stabbing of a teenager in Upper Darby in 2023 was "an unprovoked and heinous attack."
Police say Shakur Nichols is one of the suspects wanted in Center City Philadelphia robberies involving an AR-15-style rifle.
Cheltenham High School cancelled the varsity and junior varsity football programs for 2026.
Inside the home, owned by Eugene Horsch and connected to his father, R.C. Horsch, authorities have found a trove of digital images, a so-called laboratory of chemicals and a small marijuana grow operation.
Investigators say they've identified 58 women seen in videos recovered from 417 West Chew Avenue, the home that has now become the epicenter of one of Philadelphia's most notorious death investigations. CBS News Philadelphia's Eva Andersen reports.
Philadelphia police said in an update Wednesday that they have identified dozens of the women seen in videos and photos recovered from the home of Eugene Horsch and the late Raymond Horsch in Olney. Some of them are believed to be dead, and others remain missing, police said.
Local police are increasing patrols and searching for more victims after two sexual assaults that occurred months apart in Hightstown.
Concerns are growing in Wilmington, Delaware, after separate shootings over the weekend left two people dead, including a teen.
Zaakir McClendon was sentenced to 40 to 80 years in prison for his role in the shooting near Roxborough High School that killed Nicolas Elizalde and another shooting that left Nafis Betrand-Hill dead in North Philadelphia, officials said.
The alleged rape happened in the overnight hours of Jan. 31 to Feb. 1 on the Eastern University's campus in Delaware County.
Crowds didn't form around City Hall Tuesday night after two nights of chaos on Labor Day weekend.
For back-to-back nights, groups of young people swarmed streets and public spaces around City Hall in Philadelphia.
Massive crowds of young people gathered outside City Hall in Center City Monday for the second straight night.
A road-rage stabbing on the Blue Route led police on a chase and prompted a brief lockdown at Villanova on Sunday night. A suspect and a family member were both eventually arrested.
Denise Donahue is urging lawmakers to pass a bill requiring the installation of safety cameras along high-risk interstate corridors like I-95 in Philadelphia. Her son, Aiden Zeallor, was killed in a shooting in March 2025.
Former Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty, known as "Johnny Doc," has been released from prison after President Trump commuted his sentence, Dougherty's lawyer said. The former IBEW Local 98 business manager has to care for his ailing wife, the lawyer said.
Newly released body camera footage shows the arrest of Zymire Hughes, the man accused of wearing a "Chucky-style" mask to chase and scare people in Philadelphia. The U.S. Marshals Service arrested Hughes in Las Vegas in late August.
Agostino Abbatiello had been held without bail since he surrendered to authorities last month.
Tran Yen, who owns Nipsey's Hookah Lounge on Elmwood Avenue in Philadelphia, is banned from conducting business at the site for one year, a court ruled Wednesday. An off-duty Philadelphia police officer was shot and killed outside the Elmwood Park "speakeasy" in August.
Upper Pottsgrove Police Cpl. Sean Farrell was charged with voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Glenwood Earl Pysher IV on Aug. 23, officials said.
Glenwood Earl Pysher IV was fatally shot by Upper Pottsgrove Police Cpl. Sean Farrell on Aug. 23 after he went to the wrong house.
According to a criminal complaint, the Upper Pottsgrove police officer told another officer, "The guy f***ing charged me, screaming and yelling and wouldn't get down on the ground." But the DA says the college student fatally shot wasn't a threat.
Police say two brothers were stabbed while they were fighting each other in South Philadelphia early Tuesday morning.
