Philadelphia

Seeking to honor Tubman on a grander scale, the Philadelphia bookstore owner is campaigning to make her the first American woman to be honored with a federal holiday.

The city’s health department cited a rise in COVID-19 cases as the reason for bringing back the indoor mask mandate for public places, schools and day cares.

During his legendary music career, Rydell had 34 Top 40 hits on the US Billboard, including “Volare,” “Wild One,” “We Got Love,” and “Wildwood Days.”

“I’m not afraid to be that voice, to say that we need papers, we need a life,” says Cristina Martinez. The South Philly Barbacoa chef is open about being undocumented, and uses her platform to call for change. Her activism and her cooking have led to multiple award nominations. Martinez tells 1st Look host Johnny Bananas about leaving behind an...

CBP officers in Philadelphia were suspicious of the crawling contents of the jars, so they reached out to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inspector who determined the leeches were Hirudo Medicinalis, a type of leech used in bloodletting treatments.

An Amtrak engineer has been acquitted of charges related to a high-speed derailment that left eight people dead and hundreds injured in Philadelphia in 2015

CNBC spoke with Kamila Elliott, the first Black person to lead the CFP Board of Standards, which sets and enforces the standards for certified financial planners.

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.