By a unanimous vote, the School District of Philadelphia’s board voted to strip President Andrew Jackson’s name from a South Philadelphia elementary school and replace it with the name of a freed slave who dedicated her life to education.

A waitress who chased down a group of people allegedly dashing out on a check at a New Jersey diner wound up being taken into an SUV, assaulted and ditched on the side of the road, police in Gloucester County said.

A Good Samaritan rushed in and saved an injured man after an explosion ripped the front off of a Northeast Philadelphia row home.

A young girl died after falling into a septic tank at a New Jersey campground Saturday night.

Coronavirus has changed just about everything in our world, including the words and phrases we know and how we use them. As stress increased in 2020, our vocabulary changed. These linguists and sociologists explain why.

A citywide curfew was in effect for Philadelphia Wednesday into Thursday following two nights of protests, unrest and looting in the aftermath of Philadelphia police shooting and killing Walter Wallace Jr.

Angry crowds took to the streets in West Philadelphia overnight after police shot and killed a man armed with a knife Monday, with some in the crowds throwing rocks and bricks at police and some looting or vandalizing businesses.

A veteran South Jersey police officer died hours after jumping into a river in an attempt to save a woman’s life Sunday.

Two Hilltown Township police officers rushed into a burning Bucks County, Pennsylvania, barn last week to rescue a spooked horse.

The pilot of a small plane is being hailed a hero, compared to “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, after managing to land safely on a Pennsylvania highway.