The Latest Breaking News from Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — Between Sunday’s WNBA All-Star Game, the U.S. women’s soccer team’s ongoing World Cup and Olympics qualification tournament, and the 50th anniversary of Title IX, women’s sports have been in a big spotlight this summer.

PHILADELPHIA — In response to the city's ongoing gun violence crisis and the shooting of two police officers at an Independence Day celebration, leaders in Philadelphia's City Council this week said it was time to reexamine the controversial police tactic known as stop-and-frisk.

PHILADELPHIA — A few innings before Kyle Schwarber hit what his college coach still calls “the farthest ball that I’ve ever seen,” two of his teammates glanced into the stands and spotted Theo Epstein sitting behind home plate, a black cap tucked low on his head.

PHILADELPHIA — Days after the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion, Rep. Susan Wild went to a rally in Easton, where a woman held an 8-month-old. She lamented that the child “had more rights eight months ago than she does now,” Wild recalled.

PHILADELPHIA — Jamie Winder hasn't communicated with her parents much since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

PHILADELPHIA — A legal advocacy group formed in hopes of disbarring and disciplining lawyers who aided Donald Trump's push to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election filed complaints Thursday with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court against seven lawyers in the state for their involvement in the former president's legal efforts.

Eric Gordon, the subject of repeated interest around the league, was close to being traded on draft night, with the Philadelphia 76ers presumed to be the landing spot before talks ultimately fell apart, The Athletic was told. But in addition to the ...

Frustrated and beaten down, Mayor Jim Kenney quit on the city of Philadelphia late Monday night.

PHILADELPHIA — Angelo Goodwin shook hands with a tenant who had just moved into a Northeast Philadelphia apartment he owns and shut the door behind him. That’s when he heard shouting.

PHILADELPHIA — Entering Wednesday’s game against the Nationals, Kyle Schwarber had hit 25 home runs, which ranked second in club history behind Raul Ibañez for most home runs within a player’s first 80 games as a Phillie.

PHILADELPHIA — The bullets that struck two officers during Philadelphia’s Independence Day celebrations were fired from the same gun — and came from outside the event site, potentially fired from up to a mile or more away, police said Wednesday.