SS United States in Philadelphia burglarized days after agreement to move ship to Florida
Police say the ship, which is docked at Pier 82 in the 2200 block of Christopher Columbus Boulevard in South Philadelphia, was burglarized overnight.
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Police say the ship, which is docked at Pier 82 in the 2200 block of Christopher Columbus Boulevard in South Philadelphia, was burglarized overnight.
After weeks of uncertainty surrounding the fate of the SS United States, the Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners has approved a contingent contract to acquire the famed ship and sink it off the coast of Florida.
The Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners approved a contingent contract to acquire the SS United States and sink it off the coast of Florida to create an artificial reef.
Many Philadelphia Eagles fans have travel plans in Florida but may not have much to do.
City officials shared clips of boats slammed into homes and a residence burning amid the floodwaters as they conducted water rescue operations.
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.
Many Florida residents and even our own Meteorologist Tammie Souza have had property damage from Hurricane Helene, which made landfall Thursday night. The storm has knocked out power for over 2 million people and is also snarling travel for Eagles fans headed to Sunday's away game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
As Hurricane Helene races toward Florida, crews from Pennsylvania are on their way to help restore power.
CBS News Philadelphia Meteorologist Tammie Souza has family in the Tampa Bay area. On Thursday evening, their home had begun to flood.
Days after the deadline for the SS United States to leave Philadelphia was suspended, Okaloosa County, Florida, said it has the money to acquire the historic ship.
Dozens of PECO workers from the Philadelphia area are on their way south to help restore power knocked out by Hurricane Helene, which is racing toward Florida.
Red Cross volunteer teams from New Jersey are headed to Florida and other states to help with relief efforts for Hurricane Helene.
Federal prosecutors say Philip C. Pulley pleaded guilty to voting in two states in 2020 and twice during the 2022 election in Pennsylvania.
Getting out of the path of the storm is what many people flying in from Florida were doing Wednesday at Philadelphia International Airport. Nikki DeMentri talked with travelers throughout the day. Many of the travelers said the planes were packed, but travel was smooth. That could change as Hurricane Helene inches closer to landfall.
The U.S. Gulf Coast is bracing for a major hurricane, with Tropical Storm Helene expected to intensify rapidly into a Category 3 storm and hit Florida's Big Bend.
A judge temporarily suspended the deadline for the SS United States to leave its dock in South Philadelphia. According to a new statement from the SS United States Conservancy, the ship's owners, operators of Pier 82 and Okaloosa County, Florida officials participated in court-ordered mediation on Friday. The ultimate plan is to sink the ship off the coast of Florida.
Ryan Wesley Routh was allegedly armed with an AK-47-style rifle in an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect in the shooting, was charged with two firearm offenses in federal court on Monday. If convicted on the two firearms charges, he could face a maximum sentence of 20 years.
Former President Donald Trump is "safe and unharmed" after Secret Service agents engaged with a suspect pointing a high-powered rifle at the Florida golf course where Trump was golfing Sunday afternoon, officials say. They said the suspect fled but was later taken into custody.
A judge ordered federal mediation between the owners of the SS United States, operators of Pier 82, and Okaloosa County, Florida.
In a virtual hearing with a federal judge Friday, Pier 82's operator and Okaloosa County in Florida were ordered to enter court-supervised mediation to devise a plan to get the ship to the Gulf of Mexico.
CBS News Philadelphia has been told the SS US is so tall, that it would come within what sources say are "feet" of the Walt Whitman Bridge deck.
The Single-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, the Threshers, may have fallen to the Blue Jays in Friday's matchup, but the team will surely remember the game for a different reason.
A 42-year-old woman was allegedly ambushed in New Jersey with acid by two people from Florida, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office said.
Debby made a second landfall over South Carolina and weakened into a tropical depression as it headed slowly up the East Coast.
