A 2-year-old girl was beaten to death in South Philadelphia, police say. Her mother’s boyfriend is under arrest.
A 2-year-old girl was beaten to death in South Philadelphia last week, police say, and three people have been charged in connection with the crime. Officers were called to a…
7 things to do in NYC this weekend: Dec. 19–21
Highlights this weekend are holiday-themed — such as an immersive reimagining of “A Christmas Carol” in lower Manhattan and a “Soul Train” inspired dance show on the Upper West Side.…
Hundreds of rapes in the State College area weren’t reported in public police data over nearly a decade
This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for our north-central…
Marathon hearings conclude in state case against Luigi Mangione for UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
Marathon proceedings in Luigi Mangione’s state homicide case came to a close Thursday, as Manhattan prosecutors and lawyers for the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson rested without calling…
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. found not guilty on all counts of abusing his teenage daughter
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. was acquitted of child endangerment and related crimes Thursday after being accused of repeatedly assaulting his teenage daughter. Small, 51, faced charges stemming from…
ChristianaCare and Virtua Health have ended merger talks
ChristianaCare and Virtua Health have ended merger negotiations that would have created a healthcare system with more than $6 billion in annual revenue and business in four states, the two…
Pope Leo XIV names Bishop Ronald Hicks as new archbishop of New York
Pope Leo XIV has announced fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Ill., will serve as the next archbishop of New York, replacing Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who has led the…
Winter solstice report card from the Shore | Down the Shore
Hello from the Shore, currently the land of icy sidewalks, snow-dipped dunes, and pink sunsets. The December snow brought a couple of beautiful inches to most beach towns, where out-of-town…
Mamdani, dozens of other pols press NYC hospitals to cut labor deal with nurses as deadline looms
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and more than 100 other local politicians are putting pressure on some of New York City’s largest private hospitals to settle a labor dispute with their unionized…
Banning cell phones would fix a problem that doesn’t exist
Like many states, Pennsylvania is weighing a “bell-to-bell” mandatory ban on cell phones in school. Like a social contagion, these laws have spread despite lack of evidence that they are…