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.

Uber Pet to launch in Philadelphia for animal-friendly rides

Uber is throwing pet owners and pet lovers a bone with a new feature that will be available in Philadelphia starting on Oct. 16.

Police: 2 young siblings who died were found hanging

State police are investigating the deaths of an 8-year-old boy and his 4-year-old sister in Berks County.

3 newborns die, 5 others sickened amid outbreak of waterborne bacterial infection in hospital

A Pennsylvania hospital says it is transferring some infants following a bacterial infection in its neonatal intensive care unit that affected eight newborns, three of whom have died.

Pa. Man Paints Over Anti-Cop Graffiti
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Pa. landscaper and high school basketball coach couldn't take another day of seeing anti-cop graffiti and took matters into his own hands