PPD outlines crackdown on illegal car meetups, ATVs as weather warms
Philadelphia police say they've made strides in combating illegal car meetups and ATVs on city streets over the last year.
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Philadelphia police say they've made strides in combating illegal car meetups and ATVs on city streets over the last year.
GM Danny Briere says the Philadelphia Flyers believe they have the "long-term solution" in hiring Rick Tocchet as head coach.
Authorities said since the "Project X" meetup last September, they have seized more than 50 vehicles and made 27 arrests.
A fast-moving, impactful storm brought heavy downpours and powerful wind gusts that toppled trees, impacting neighborhoods throughout the greater Philadelphia area. The downpours and flooding swamped streets across the region, including in Marple Township, where a neighbor helped rescue a woman from her flooded car.
Oksana Masters joined CBS News Philadelphia on Friday to offer advice to youth athletes and discuss the Stotesbury Cup Regatta.
The Philadelphia Flyers have hired Rick Tocchet, a member of the team's Hall of Fame, as their next head coach.
When you consider the age of the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, now in its 98th year, the 10-year-old Holy Ghost Prep crew team is relatively new.
Flames broke out at a house on Church Lane in Yeadon, Delaware County on Friday morning. No word if anyone was injured.
Chandler Lutz has some of the big talkers on Friday, May 16, including a high chair recall to a viral video of a boxer saving a French bulldog during a seizure.
One man died and a teenager was injured in a shooting near an elementary school in the Logan section of Philadelphia, police say. Police say surveillance footage from cameras in the area will help with their investigation.
The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed three new additions to its animal family this week after a group of male Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises hatched. The boys join the Golden Girls — four female tortoises hatched earlier this year who were named Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia after a community vote.
The baby was taken to Nemours Children's Hospital in Wilmington because Crozer-Chester Medical Center has been closed for weeks.
A Philadelphia-based fentanyl trafficking network was disbanded in North Philadelphia.
A Philadelphia-based fentanyl trafficking network was disbanded in North Philadelphia.
The CRISPR gene editing therapy has been used for other diseases like sickle cell, but this is the first time it's been customized for one patient.
Peggy Malone, the head of the Crozer nurses' union, became emotional after a mother showed up at the shuttered Crozer-Chester Medical Center with her baby, who wasn't breathing.
Philadelphia ATF officers say they are seeing more machine gun conversion devices, known as switches, in the area. They're cracking down on the devices, which come with a sentence of up to 10 years behind bars.
Thousands of athletes from around the country and their coaches are in Philadelphia getting ready for the Stotesbury Cup Regatta this weekend. The gloomy weather did not stop their preparations for the largest high school rowing regatta in the world.
After a foggy morning, rain will exit the Philadelphia region on Thursday afternoon, but strong storms could move through on Friday.
A shooting in Macungie left a person critically injured on Wednesday night, officials say.
The Evoluer House in Philadelphia is helping young women learn the importance of confidence and self-care and hosted a workshop for Mental Health Action Day. Wakisha Bailey reports live with Evoluer House Founder Cheryl Wadlington.
For a limited time, Italian food and cocktail lovers have a chance to get into an exclusive club in South Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania leaders are pushing to limit private equity companies' influence on health care in the state.
Saying Crozer Health was ruined by private equity ownership that limited the system's ability to spend on its hospitals and services, Pennsylvania leaders are calling for two bills to be passed. One is the Health System Protection Act in the state House and the other is Senate Bill 322. Madeleine Wright reports.
A free opportunity for high school students to get acquainted with college opportunities and careers, as well as enjoy live performances, the HBCU Festival at The Mann is happening 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 17th. The family-friendly event is free with prior registration and options to buy food at food trucks. You can find the link to register at MannCenter.org/HBCU.
