Philadelphia News

It may be a longshot, but KYW Newsradio has learned that talks are underway in an effort to shake loose some major federal dollars for Philadelphia schools.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett released a statement on the Philadelphia School District Wednesday afternoon that said he is dedicated to finding a solution that is fiscally responsible and student-focused.

Police are on the hunt for a suspect who they say shot three people in North Philadelphia, including a pregnant woman.

Plain White T's, the popular American pop punk band from Chicago, will bring their talent to Revel in Atlantic City for a performance at The Social on Friday, July 26th.

A suburban Philadelphia pediatrician has been held for trial on charges she fatally shot her former domestic partner and narrowly missed their 11-year-old son.

So when a government informant is allegedly gunned down by a reputed mob soldier in South Philadelphia, it sounds like an open-and-shut case.

As summer gets underway for the region's schoolchildren, the tourism agency Historic Philadelphia wants to help parents fill the time off.

Last week, Ignazio Marino won 64 percent of the votes in the Italian capital's mayoral race.

Police have identified the suspect charged with stabbing a paraplegic man multiple times and severing his genitals on Monday night.

But with a DNA hit and some other evidence , a 41-year-old Florida man was today ordered held for trial for the rape and murder of a Philadelphia teen.

Two new sections of trails have opened in Philadelphia in the past two weeks. As Philadelphians are getting started running, biking and strolling on the Penn Street trail -- a section of the Delaware River Trail north of Spring Garden Street that just opened Monday -- and the 58th Street Greenway -- a 1.5-mile path connecting Cobbs Creek Park and ... (more)

A Philadelphia state lawmaker is reviving his effort to have the city's share of tax relief from casino revenues diverted to the School District instead.

Two North Philadelphia men pleaded guilty Monday to third-degree murder and related charges in the 2011 slaying of an Egyptian immigrant during a botched robbery of his Northern Liberties convenience store.

This afternoon, a man and woman walked into the lobby and told the clerk they had been shot outside by a man they knew.

Police say a man who is a paraplegic has been stabbed and his genitals severed by another man, after the two got into an argument over a woman.

SkyFOX was live Monday morning over the scene where almost two dozen school buses were found vandalized as the school year is about to come to a close.

Mariya Plekan is still in critical condition, but she just hired the high profile law firm Kline & Specter to represent her in a civil suit.

Americans have been celebrating the nation's birth in Philadelphia for more than two centuries.

The effort to save a mothballed historic cruise ship docked on Philadelphia's waterfront is sending out an SOS that'll light up the city's skyline for the next three nights.

"We used to live in the land of pho," says Emmanuelle bartender Phoebe Esmon of her former digs in Vietnamese-food-blessed South Philadelphia.