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SECOND decision likely saved the life of a Philadelphia police officer and two Northeast Philly residents - and cost a gun-toting burglar his.

SkyFOX was live over the scene on the 1500 of South Etting Street in Grays Ferry around 9:40 p.m. on Friday.

An argument between two men led to a quadruple shooting that has left a toddler dead and three adults wounded in Grays Ferry.

He made that official on a recent Friday morning in Philadelphia when he recited the "Oath of Allegiance" and became a U.S. citizen.

Mills, 46, who runs the Extremely Sharp cuttery on South 10th Street, was identified as victim "K.M." in this week's federal indictment of six former officers from an elite narcotics unit.

LANDING SPIKE LEE as executive producer of his first film is only a piece of the good fortune of Darius Clark Monroe.

Construction spending falls 1.8 percent in June A U.S. construction spending fell in June by the largest amount in more than three years Check out this story on jacksonsun.com: http://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/2014/08/01/construction-spending-falls-percent-june/13458599/ In this July 3, 2014 photo, a construction worker builds housing for ... (more)

Shakespeare in Clark Park has teamed up with Team Sunshine Performance Corporation to make this year's Henry IV: Your Prince and Mine , a production of epic proportions.

The big video game retailer, GameStop , is now requiring its customers in Philadelphia, but not in the suburbs, to provide a fingerprint scan on certain transactions.

President Barack Obama has nominated attorney Allison Dale Burroughs to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

A Sudanese woman who refused to recant her Christian faith in the face of a death sentence arrived Thursday in the United States, where she was welcomed first by the mayor of Philadelphia as a "world freedom fighter" and later by cheering supporters waving American flags in New Hampshire.

Superintendent Dr. William Hite has said 1,300 layoff notices would go out August 15 without money from the cigarette tax.

Novak Druce Connolly Bove & Quigg announced that it is going to open an office in Philadelphia, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal.

The " Roadmap for Growth for Philadelphia: 2015-2020 " campaign will be tailored around the city's most recent demographic and economic trends.

With no fanfare or official debriefing about his six-day trip to France, Nutter went back to his mayoral routine Wednesday, taking part in a groundbreaking ceremony.

A Sudanese woman who refused to recant her Christian faith in the face of a death sentence is heading to the United States.

Hans Muller is physical education teacher at Julia Ward Howe Elementary school in North Philadelphia and his students, kindergarten through fifth graders, want him to challenge LeBron James to a dunk contest at their school.

Two contractors have been charged with the theft of $3.6 million from PennDot in an ongoing investigation of the agency's district covering the five counties in Southeast Pennsylvania, Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane announced Thursday.

Becoming a consecrated virgin, says Judith Stegman, means there's one thing you'll do without - obviously - and one you'll definitely need: In the era of The Bachelorette and Dating Naked , of Fifty Shades of Grey and Snoop Dogg's "Ain't No Fun ," a woman who chooses to live in reverent chastity can seem a curiosity.

Philadelphia school and city officials say the district will be forced to lay off teachers and possibly grow class sizes as large as 40 when students return in September, unless the state and city gives it more money.