American-made cheese named best in the world for the first time

An artisan cheese from Oregon was dubbed the world’s best at the 2019 World Cheese Awards, a first for an American-made cheese.

Suit: Starbucks fired white manager after black men arrested

 A regional Starbucks manager fired after the high-profile arrests of two black men at one of the coffee shops in Philadelphia has filed a wrongful termination suit against the company.

Woman accused of kidnapping child now charged with homicide

A woman accused of having kidnapped a toddler near Pittsburgh has now been charged with criminal homicide in the child's death last month.

2-year-old girl found safe, Amber Alert canceled

Pennsylvania State Police say a statewide Amber Alert for a 2-year-old girl from Crawford County has been canceled after she was found safe.

Police: Man shot 15 times walks into emergency room

Philadelphia police say a man who was shot 15 times walked into a hospital emergency room and is expected to survive.

Police: 2-year-old girl killed in Kensington triple shooting

Philadelphia police say a 2-year-old girl was killed in a triple shooting in the Kensington section of the city Sunday afternoon.

Fire at West Philly auto body shop under control after prompting school evacuation

Firefighters have placed a large fire at a West Philadelphia auto body shop under control, hours after if prompted a nearby school to evacuate and dismiss students early. 

"We can't do this alone:" City officials react to shootings involving children

Philadelphia police are continuing to investigate two separate shootings that left a 2-year-old girl dead and an 11-month-old boy in the hospital.

11-month-old shot 4 times while sitting in car, police say

An 11-month-old baby was in critical condition after he was shot four times while in a car in Pennsylvania, officials said.

School district to eliminate locker rooms, replace them with gender-neutral facilities

The Eastern Lancaster County School District voted Monday to initiate an ambitious renovation plan to create non-gender specific facilities at its high school in place of traditional gender-specific locker rooms. 

British couple, infant son detained by ICE after accidentally driving over US border on vacation

A British family says they have been “traumatized” by detention conditions after they accidentally crossed the United States-Canada border into the state of Washington during a family vacation and were promptly arrested by U.S. authorities before being moved to a detention facility.

Parents outraged by ‘inappropriate’ first-grade assignment about running from a cop

Some parents of elementary school students in the Pittsburgh School District were outraged to discover that some first graders were given a reading comprehension assignment about two boys running from a cop.

Johnson & Johnson to pay $8B in damages for Risperdal drug linked to female breast tissue in boys

A Philadelphia jury on Tuesday awarded $8 billion in punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson and one if its subsidiaries over a drug the companies made that the plaintiff's attorneys say is linked to the abnormal growth of female breast tissue in boys.