Philadelphia

The dean of the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law said he would seek sanctions against tenured law professor Amy Wax over discriminatory remarks she made about the Asian American community.

The family of nine children and three adults who died in a Philadelphia rowhome fire are welcoming members of the community to their funeral services Monday.

Over the past year, she estimates there have been more than 1,000 visits to the shed.

In an interview with a high school newspaper reporter 27 years ago, Bob Saget opened up about moving often as a child and how his high school senior year shaped his career. Decades later, that student reporter remembers Saget fondly.

Many U.S. cities are facing hefty bills if they want to fix their aging public housing. Meanwhile, need for homes outweighs supply, and some units can become crowded — which can be deadly.

*This post was updated after officials revised the death toll to 12.* Wednesday’s tragic fire in a Philadelphia home is the worst that Johnny Archer has covered in his career. The NBC10 reporter tells us the early-morning blaze in a home with no functioning smoke detectors killed 12 people including 7 children. The victims include the home’s residents and their...

At least 12 people, including eight children, died early Wednesday when a quick-moving fire tore through a Philadelphia rowhome, crowded with 26 people in two apartments owned by the city’s public housing authority.

Fanatics chairman Michael Rubin joined hip-hop star Meek Mill to give 25 families negatively impacted by the criminal justice system an NBA experience.

The “Who Killed Barbara Jean?” docuseries explores the unsolved murder of Barbara Jean Horn, who was found dead in a cardboard box on a Philadelphia street in 1988. In 2020, a man accused of killing the 4-year-old was released from prison, after a conviction review found flaws in his prosecution. That brought the case back into the spotlight and started...

New York City opened two overdose prevention sites (also called safe injection sites) where drug users have access to clean supplies and staff nearby who can administer life-saving care in case of an overdose. The centers are a way for the city to address the opioid crisis and save lives, NBC New York’s Kay Angrum explains.

“You are a legend,” the Grammy-winning musician told elite marathon runner Diane Berberian.

Office building are increasingly being converted into new rental housing.

Rents for single-family homes are soaring, as a pricey for-sale market keeps more potential buyers in rentals.

The School District of Philadelphia is working to repatriate Native American skeletal remains found in a high school classroom closet this summer

A former Drexel University neurologist accused of exploiting his patients’ severe pain and addiction to medication to sexually abuse them over a 15-year span in Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey, now faces a federal indictment.

Philadelphia police disproportionately pull over Black drivers for minor offenses like a broken taillight, but those stops don’t do much to reduce violent crime – a gun or drugs are found about 1% of the time. Under the Driving Equality Bill that recently passed City Council, drivers would get a ticket in the mail for those minor violations –...

More than two dozen train stops passed as the man harassed, groped and eventually raped the woman on a train outside Philadelphia, police said.

A controversial Christopher Columbus statue in South Philadelphia encased in a wooden box since last year could have its makeshift shroud removed soon after a judge’s ruling Friday.

Meek Mill is back with his fifth solo studio album, “Expensive Pain.”

NBC gave three business owners cameras to document their journey as they fought through shutdowns, positive coronavirus tests, and a test of their pandemic endurance. The owners of Dallas’ Recipe Oak Cliff, Philadelphia’s Kayuh Bicycles & Café, and the CEO of Boston’s Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center joined NBCLX storyteller Jalyn Henderson to talk about how they rebounded from unforeseen...