Prosecutors: Father used 11-month-old son as human shield during Hunting Park shooting

Prosecutors say they charged the father of an 11-month-old boy with recklessly endangering the welfare of a child following a shooting last month in the city's Hunting Park section.

‘Dads are the best’: Fathers dance ballet with daughters at Philly studio

A Philadelphia dance studio is offering fathers and father figures a unique way to bond with their little ones — while stepping out of their comfort zones.

Bacteria that killed 3 infants traced to hospital equipment

A Pennsylvania hospital said Friday it has discovered the source of a waterborne germ that sickened at least eight premature infants, killing three.

Woman accused of kidnapping child now charged with homicide

A woman accused of having kidnapped a toddler near Pittsburgh has now been charged with criminal homicide in the child's death last month.

Police: Man shot 15 times walks into emergency room

Philadelphia police say a man who was shot 15 times walked into a hospital emergency room and is expected to survive.

Police: 2-year-old girl killed in Kensington triple shooting

Philadelphia police say a 2-year-old girl was killed in a triple shooting in the Kensington section of the city Sunday afternoon.

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. 

THC-laced candy prompts police to warn parents ahead of Halloween

Police in Pennsylvania are warning parents to check their children's candy this Halloween after they found some laced with THC.

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.

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.

Prosecutor: Professor spent federal grants at strip clubs

A former university professor in Philadelphia spent federal grant money on strip clubs and other personal expenses, prosecutors said Monday.

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.