Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey News

Philadelphia police stand outside the 7 Elements lounge in South Philadelphia after eight people were shot on July 5.

Crime & Justice

Another suspect identified in South Philly shoot-out that wounded 8 people

Nino DaSilvio, 22, is being sought in connection with the gun battle outside 7 Elements late-night lounge on July 5.

Crime & Justice

South Jersey man charged with murder for fatally shooting man before fleeing to New York, authorities say

New Jersey

Trump administration plans to hold immigration detainees on South Jersey military base

Erika Guadalupe, executive director at Juntos, leads the rally outside the Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice over ICE arrests on Friday.

News

Immigration activists protest ICE arrests at Philly courthouse

West Nile virus can be transmitted by mosquitoes.

Health

Philadelphia health department warns of mosquito-borne West Nile virus

Politics

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Gov. Josh Shapiro tours the governor’s residence after an April 2025 arson attack.

Pennsylvania Politics

Big-dollar donors are helping fund repairs at the governor’s mansion. For now, we don’t know who they are.

The Shapiro administration has yet to say just how much repairing and upgrading the Harrisburg residence will cost after the April arson attack.

Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein (left) and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1997.

National Politics

Trump sues Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties

The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Miami. It seeks at least $10 billion in damages.

New Jersey

Trump administration plans to hold immigration detainees on South Jersey military base

The Trump administration says using Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to house immigrant detainees won't hurt military training or readiness.

Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speaks to the media on Friday in Atlantic City.

New Jersey Politics

In Atlantic City, Mehmet Oz claims Trump’s Medicaid changes will push ‘more people into the workforce.’ Many recipients are already working.

“It is my primary focus to make sure we don’t have people accidentally pushed off the system,” said Oz.

Democratic National Committee chairman Ken Martin speaks at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 1.

Politics

DNC Chairman Ken Martin on why Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ is a ‘gift’ to Democrats, Shapiro’s popularity and Fetterman’s criticisms

Martin talked about the 2026 midterm strategy, the boost he thinks Gov. Josh Shapiro will bring and the space in the benefits of Sen. John Fetterman's criticisms of his own party.

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Education

Penn State moves to hike tuition for University Park students, announces purchase of former frat house where Tim Piazza was fatally injured

Google Street View of Ridley Township Municipal Building.

Pennsylvania

Delaware County township underscores electric scooter ban after 12-year-old’s death in crash with car

Education

Penn State moves to hike tuition for University Park students, announces purchase of former frat house where Tim Piazza was fatally injured

Pennsylvania

Delaware County township underscores electric scooter ban after 12-year-old’s death in crash with car

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New Jersey

Pilot in N.J. skydiving plane crash reported loss of engine power and tried to glide back to airport, report says

File photo of lightning. A man is dead and 13 others were injured in a lightning strike Wednesday night in Jackson, N.J.

New Jersey

Burlington County man killed in lightning strike during Cub Scouts archery event

New Jersey

Pilot in N.J. skydiving plane crash reported loss of engine power and tried to glide back to airport, report says

New Jersey

Burlington County man killed in lightning strike during Cub Scouts archery event

Crime & Justice

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Crime & Justice

Another suspect identified in South Philly shoot-out that wounded 8 people

South Jersey man charged with murder for fatally shooting man before fleeing to New York, authorities say

Trump administration plans to hold immigration detainees on South Jersey military base

Immigration activists protest ICE arrests at Philly courthouse

Philadelphia health department warns of mosquito-borne West Nile virus

For the first time in 85 years, Manayunk’s historic canal is on the move — like the neighborhood

Immigration activists protest ICE arrests at Philly courthouse

Valerie Ogden Phillips, longtime actress and former board president of the Pa. SPCA, has died at 85

Immigration activists protest ICE arrests at Philly courthouse

Philly mental health experts say Trump administration’s cut to LGBTQ+ suicide hotline adds to ‘crumbling set of options’

Big-dollar donors are helping fund repairs at the governor’s mansion. For now, we don’t know who they are.

Trump sues Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties

Trump administration plans to hold immigration detainees on South Jersey military base

In Atlantic City, Mehmet Oz claims Trump’s Medicaid changes will push ‘more people into the workforce.’ Many recipients are already working.

DNC Chairman Ken Martin on why Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ is a ‘gift’ to Democrats, Shapiro’s popularity and Fetterman’s criticisms

Penn State moves to hike tuition for University Park students, announces purchase of former frat house where Tim Piazza was fatally injured

Delaware County township underscores electric scooter ban after 12-year-old’s death in crash with car

Penn State moves to hike tuition for University Park students, announces purchase of former frat house where Tim Piazza was fatally injured

Delaware County township underscores electric scooter ban after 12-year-old’s death in crash with car

Pilot in N.J. skydiving plane crash reported loss of engine power and tried to glide back to airport, report says

Burlington County man killed in lightning strike during Cub Scouts archery event

Pilot in N.J. skydiving plane crash reported loss of engine power and tried to glide back to airport, report says

Burlington County man killed in lightning strike during Cub Scouts archery event

Another suspect identified in South Philly shoot-out that wounded 8 people

South Jersey man charged with murder for fatally shooting man before fleeing to New York, authorities say

Woman shot and killed near church in North Philadelphia

Irizarry family reacts to sentencing and immediate parole of former Philadelphia Police Officer Mark Dial

Former Philadelphia Police Officer Mark Dial sentenced — and immediately paroled — for killing Eddie Irizarry

Trump sues Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties

Trump sues Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties

N.J. Sen. Cory Booker, Senate Dems protest committee vote on controversial Trump nominee

House gives final approval to Trump’s $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

Trump mired in Jeffrey Epstein controversy as Wall Street Journal reports on 2003 letter

Live Aid rocked the world from the sports complex on this week in Philly history

Temple warns staff, students about potential travel problems from SEPTA cuts

Penn State president Neeli Bendapudi gets high marks (and a standing O) from board and staff after completing her third year

Penn State moves to hike tuition for University Park students, announces purchase of former frat house where Tim Piazza was fatally injured

Cheltenham school leaders say no decision has been made on whether to remove Netanyahu from the high school’s Hall of Fame

Temple lays off 50 employees to cope with budget crunch