Philadelphia officially drops reinstated indoor mask mandate

Effective immediately, Philadelphia officials now strongly recommend all people wear masks indoors, but they are no longer required under the mask mandate that was reimplemented on Monday.

Philadelphia mask mandate: City begins reinforcing indoor mask mandate Monday

Philadelphia's reinstatement of the mask mandate will begin Monday, one week after it was announced the requirement would return due to a rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

Philadelphia mask mandate to be reinstated April 18 amid rising COVID-19 case counts

As COVID-19 infections continue to rise in Philadelphia, health officials have announced the return to a mask mandate for indoor public spaces with enforcement beginning on April 18.

Philadelphia students start GoFundMe to buy teacher new shoes, raise $3K

Students at the Tech Freire Charter School in North Philadelphia raised over $3,000 to get their teacher a new pair of shoes after starting a GoFundMe page as part of an April Fool's joke.

Pennsylvania pileup: 3 killed in 50-vehicle pileup on snowy Pennsylvania highway

Tractor-trailers and other vehicles lost control and slammed into each other, people leapt away from careering trucks seconds before collision and at least three people were killed and more than a dozen others injured during a snow squall on a Pennsylvania highway Monday.

Suspect in crash that killed troopers, civilian was stopped for speeding before crash, sources say

Sources say Jayana Webb, 21, was pulled over for speeding by the same two troopers she's accused of hitting and killing minutes later. The stop lasted less than a minute after the officers were called away for a man walking on I-95, sources added.

Suspect in crash that killed 2 troopers, civilian appeared to brag about drunk driving on Twitter

Jayana Tanae Webb, 21, appeared to have posted that she was the ‘best drunk driver ever’ weeks before she allegedly struck and killed two Pennsylvania state troopers and a third man while driving under the influence.

2 Pennsylvania state troopers, civilian killed in crash on I-95 in Philadelphia

Two Pennsylvania state police troopers have been identified after they were killed in a crash on I-95 this morning along with a civilian they were trying to help. Authorities say they are conducting a 'DUI-related' investigation.

YouTube couple facing charges for staying overnight in Pennsylvania Target

A bizarre social media challenge led to the arrest of a man and woman after police say they hid inside a Chester County Target overnight and filmed for their YouTube channel.

Bill Cosby case: High court won't review decision freeing comedian from prison

The Supreme Court says it will not take up the sexual assault case against comedian Bill Cosby, leaving in place a decision by Pennsylvania’s highest court to throw out his conviction and set him free from prison.

Jury finds engineer in 2015 Philadelphia Amtrak crash not guilty on all counts

A Philadelphia jury has found Brandon Bostian not guilty on all counts related to the deadly 2015 Amtrak crash. Bostian had faced charges including manslaughter and reckless endangerment.

Father shot to death in minivan with children was mistaken target of retaliation shooting, police say

Authorities say Raymond Lighty was shot and killed while sitting in a van with two of his daughters last fall after a suspect apparently mistook him for someone else. Police have now identified a suspect and issued a warrant for his arrest.

Pittsburgh bridge collapse: Investigators to review bus video, other evidence

A crash reconstructionist on Saturday used a drone to map the scene and investigators made an initial inspection of the structure and the legs under the deck of the bridge.

Biden visits collapsed bridge in Pittsburgh, touts new infrastructure law

President Biden on Friday traveled to Pennsylvania to highlight some of his White House achievements so far, including his infrastructure package intended to help repair crumbling roads and bridges.

Pittsburgh bridge collapse drops bus into ravine, leaving several injured

A bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh, leaving several people with minor injuries. It came just hours before President Biden visited the city to discuss his infrastructure law.