Philadelphia

Authorities in Pennsylvania have arrested two teenage squatters suspected of brutally beating a woman to death in an upscale New York apartment.  Halley Tejada, 19, and Kensly Alston, 18, were tracked down and captured by the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force in Philadelphia on Friday morning.  The suspects were on the run following the […]

Shen Yun Performing Arts brought a display of color, music, and dance to Pennsylvania’s Miller Theater over the weekend, closing out its performances there. To honor the performance: Delaware state Rep. Lyndon Yearick presented Shen Yun with a certificate of recognition, recognizing its artists’ commitment to preserving China’s 5,000 years of rich, traditional culture. “The […]

PHILADELPHIA—A fifth suspect has been charged in a shooting that wounded eight Philadelphia high school students at a bus stop earlier this month. Jeremiah Jefferson, 15, of Philadelphia, faces counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault, conspiracy, reckless endangerment and weapons charges, city police announced Thursday. They said the teen was in communication with the shooters […]

Audience members in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, just got a glimpse into China’s divinely inspired culture. From March 13 to 15, Shen Yun Performing Arts gave 4 performances at the Miller Theater and were applauded for their effort and artistry. “The orchestra was spectacular and how they coordinate everything with the animation there. It was spellbinding, it […]

PHILADELPHIA—The suspect in a Philadelphia shooting last summer who had been deemed mentally incompetent is headed to trial after his lawyers told a judge he has been undergoing treatment and is prepared to move forward with the case. Kimbrady Carriker, 41, is charged with five counts of murder, as well as attempted murder, aggravated assault, […]

PHILADELPHIA—The last of four suspects in a shooting that wounded eight Philadelphia high school students at a bus stop earlier this month was captured Tuesday in Virginia. The U.S. Marshals Service announced that Asir Boone, 17, was taken into custody after noon at an apartment in Alexandria. They said he had been hiding there with […]

PHILADELPHIA—A badly decomposed body of a child was found inside a duffel bag by crews who were cleaning a site Monday in west Philadelphia, police said. The body was found in the city’s Mantua neighborhood by workers with the city’s Community Life Improvement Program. It wasn’t immediately clear how the child died, how long the […]

A man suspected of fatally shooting three family members in their Philadelphia-area homes Saturday was arrested in New Jersey after evading law enforcement for hours as police mobilized across two states, shutting down a parade and an amusement park and ordering some residents to stay in their homes. Steve Wilson, police director for the city […]

PHILADELPHIA—Authorities are calling on last person sought in the shooting that wounded eight Philadelphia high school students at a bus stop last week to turn himself in. The U.S. Marshals Service, while offering details Tuesday night on the arrest of a third suspect, called on the fourth person to surrender by Wednesday morning, vowing to […]

NTD spoke with Michael Letts, Colombia Police Department chaplain and CEO and president of In-Vest USA, and offered insights into issues in policing, as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania police face a new policy that means they won’t be responding to certain 911 calls anymore. Mr. Letts says people can donate to investusa.org to help ensure police have […]

Shen Yun Performing Arts hit the stage at the Miller Theater in Philadelphia on March 9 and 10 with sold-out shows. Theatergoers were taken on a journey through China’s rich culture that was inspired by the divine. Shen Yun received a citation award from Philadelphia City Councilwoman Cindy Bass. Ms. Bass applauded the show and […]

PHILADELPHIA—Two 18-year-olds were arrested in the shooting of eight Philadelphia high school students at a bus stop last week, and authorities recovered a fully loaded, fully automatic weapon that matches evidence found at the scene, they announced Monday. Two more suspects were still being sought, authorities said. The Wednesday afternoon shooting was the fourth in […]

President Joe Biden is scheduled to address the nation at 9 p.m. Eastern time. We take a look at some of his top priorities. Teenage students were shot while waiting for the bus in Philadelphia. This was the fourth bus stop shooting in a week. A business owner and Newsom campaign donor said he’ll still […]

PHILADELPHIA—Police say eight Philadelphia high school students waiting to board a city bus after classes Wednesday were wounded by gunshots from suspects who jumped from a car and opened fire, the fourth shooting on the transit system in as many days. The previous three shootings each involved a fatality. Those wounded at the bus stop […]

PHILADELPHIA — A traffic stop in a Philadelphia neighborhood ended in gunfire when authorities say the driver backed into the officer’s cruiser and then pinned him against a wall, spurring the officer to fire several shots into the vehicle. The driver sped off but was soon found wounded in the vehicle and died a short […]

PHILADELPHIA, Penn.—Former President Donald Trump announced that he was launching a branded sneaker line during a surprise appearance at Philadelphia’s SneakerCon. The appearance at the non-political event seemed to come out of left field from the Trump campaign. But it quickly became obvious why President Trump was making the abnormal appearance: it was as a […]

PHILADELPHIA—When a Philadelphia jury awarded $2.25 billion in damages this year in a case that linked Roundup to a cable technician’s blood cancer, the verdict became the largest yet in the long-running litigation over the popular Monsanto weed killer. Corporate parent Bayer had set aside more than $10 billion in 2020 to settle about 125,000 […]