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The Philadelphia Phillies made a pair of notable moves this Saturday, releasing outfielder Odubel Herrera and right-handed reliever Jeurys Familia. Herrera and Familia were designated for assignment earlier this week. Now that they've been released, they're free to sign with another team. In 62 games this season, Herrera was batting...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Police say they have a person of interest in custody in connection with the stabbing that left a woman in her early 30s dead in West Philadelphia on Saturday. The person is in custody is a 34-year-old man. Police say the woman was found at the 5300 block of Chestnut Street in the passenger seat of a golden Honda Odyssey with multiple stab wounds to her body, including one to her face. Medics pronounced the woman dead on scene at around 8:30 a.m. Her identity is not known at the time. Police also haven’t revealed the identity of the man in custody.

A group of tenants and housing activists set up more than a dozen tents in the courtyard.

Last week, a fire started at a West Philadelphia home after authorities said more than 150 jugs of gasoline were found inside. On Sunday morning, the home went up in flames again.

PHILADELPHIA - Outfielder Odubel Herrera and pitcher Jeurys Familia were handed their release by the Phillies on Saturday after no team claimed them on waivers. The veteran players - both who had struggled this season - were designated for assignment on Tuesday when the Phillies made a flurry of deadline deals, acquiring reliever David Robertson, starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard and outfielder Brandon Marsh.

DOVER, Del. – Dover Police arrested a Wilmington man on gun and drug charges early Friday morning. Police say the investigation began after learning that 28-year-old Zakeer Washington was planning to be in the parking lot of Bally’s Casino with drugs. Officers responded to Bally’s and tried to contact Washington inside of a vehicle.

Police say two vehicles were going the wrong way on the ramp when they collided with another car going the correct direction.

The Philadelphia Phillies were among the most active teams ahead of the trade deadline. They haven't stopped making roster moves since. This Saturday, the Phillies continued making notable roster decisions. The NL East ballclub has released outfielder Odubel Herrera and reliever Jeurys Familia. Both players were initially designated for assignment,...

Police have arrested a man accused of selling methamphetamine in Governor’s Square Shopping Center in Bear.

The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the life sentence of a daycare worker who pleaded guilty to murdering a four-month-old child. As Law&Crime previously reported, DeJoynay Ferguson was arrested in September 2019 and pleaded guilty in April 2021. She appealed by arguing that her life sentence was unfair, according to the Delaware Supreme Court’s Friday decision.

Philadelphia police are investigating two shootings that left one person dead and three others injured.

We love big, round numbers in sports, especially in baseball. 300 wins. 500 home runs. 3,000 hits. But those are just individual marks. Let’s not lose sight of the whole point of the thing: winning games. And the Philadelphia Phillies are mere days away from hitting a number that has gotten shockingly little discussion: 10,000 wins as a franchise.

Officers found the victim, a woman in her early 30s, in the passenger seat of a gold Honda Odyssey.

Police say a suspect wanted for murder in Delaware County, Pennsylvania was taken into custody in North Carolina and his girlfriend was found safe.

At least one person died and several others were critically hurt, including a 2-year-old and a teenager, after two cars traveling in the wrong direction caused a three-vehicle wreck on an Interstate 95 exit ramp Saturday in Northeast Philadelphia, police said. The 48-year-old male occupant of one of the wrong-way...

"I wouldn't want nobody else to go through the pain that we're having right now," the victim's mother said.

Each time Tony Morano and Anne Douglass find a new place to pitch their tents, they face the threat of being forced to pack up their homes — and leave. Recently, they say, a borough officer told them to get out of Riverfront Park, in Norristown, Montgomery County. When they moved to a spot along the Norristown bike path in late July, a park ranger ordered them to vacate.

A New Jersey man who made up a story about a homeless veteran helping out his then-girlfriend and used the tale to solicit more than $400,000 in online donations was sentenced to five years in state prison on Friday. Mark D’Amico had pleaded guilty in December 2019 and admitted concocting the feel-good tale in late 2017 about Johnny Bobbitt Jr. giving his last $20 to help D’Amico's girlfriend, Katelyn McClure, when her car ran out of gas on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia. Prosecutors said at the time that the three had met previously and cooked up the scheme to make...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Philadelphia couple’s dream wedding set for this weekend was nearly derailed after a $20,000 check meant for a caterer never made it to the business. The U.S. Postal Service is reminding people to be on the lookout for mail theft. Temple alums Cara Graeff and Conor Lyons are tying the knot at a big 240-person wedding in Philly on Saturday. “We’ve been together for eight years nearly so we’ve kind of waiting a while,” Graeff said. The most expensive check they wrote for their big day was about $20,000 to their catering company. “It was the biggest payment we had...

SistaTalkPHL kicks off its third annual season of Community Wash Days, where single mothers are invited to wash their clothes for free at laundromats across Philly. They are held twice a month from August through October and three times in November.