The news comes three weeks before the election to decide Philadelphia’s next mayor, who will have the task of finding a successor to lead the 6,500-officer department.
This story has been corrected to reflect that the plane crashed in Palm Springs, Florida, not Lake Worth, and that the last name of the man whose daughter was inside one of the mobile homes is Galicia, not Gilicia.
The Royals paid tribute to the Kansas City Fire Department with T-shirts at their Tuesday workout in wake of the deaths of two firefighters in a blaze on Monday night. One was treated and released while the second was being kept in the hospital for observation overnight.
The first Democratic debate featured Hillary Clinton center stage. With the exception of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, few Americans know the names — let alone the policy positions — of the other viable Democratic candidates.
Police are blocking off the intersection of 89th and Wornall Road early Sunday night while investigating a deadly crash involving a motorcycle. School public relations director Cindy Brown says the suspected shooter is in custody.
Houston’s remarkable run comes just two years after the team lost a franchise-worst 111 games in a third-straight 100-loss season. The Houston Astros, on the other hand, are just now finding out what the playoffs are all about. His 2012 draft classmate, right-hander Lance...
A 17-page criminal complaint filed against Lampley, 23, Sean Michael Angold, 24; and Lila Alligood, 18, accuses Lampley of personally opening fire and killing tantric teacher Steve Carter on October 5 in Marin County. Father Daniel Nacimento said he hopes her family in Montreal...
Texas may collect $2.6 billion less in taxes over the next two years as the largest US producer of oil’s coffers are hit by the downturn in crude prices, state officials said on Tuesday.
Pennsylvania’s government has been in a partial shutdown for more than 100 days as the Republican-controlled Legislature resists Wolf’s request for a multibillion-dollar tax increase that Wolf says is necessary to resolve the deficit and help correct steep disparities...