The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph.

A box of ammunition exploded in a man's face outside his home in New Castle County, Delaware Tuesday morning.

Meteorologist David Murphy says there's a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm.

A former municipal employee and her husband, a former police officer, have been charged with embezzling more than $850,000 from South Whitehall Township in Lehigh County.

A judge on Tuesday ordered a New Jersey priest held while a grand jury considers whether he violated a legal agreement to stay away from children.

No prison can contain the fury of a Philadelphia boxer-turned-drug kingpin who killed a dozen people, including two women and four children trapped in a retaliatory firebombing, prosecutors told a federal jury Tuesday.

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With the deadly tornadoes in the Oklahoma region, we've got information about how you can help.

Volunteers from the Philadelphia area are already on the way to help tornado victims in Moore, Oklahoma.

Former heavyweight boxing champion Larry Holmes has won a legal round in a towing dispute at his eastern Pennsylvania restaurant.

As the search continues for the missing student, police say it is possible the young man may have 'voluntarily' disappeared.

Police in central Pennsylvania say a woman lost control of her sport-utility vehicle, drove along a sidewalk and crashed after her small dog got tangled up in the steering wheel.

An 18-year-old male was shot multiple times in Feltonville early Tuesday morning.

Police say two suburban Philadelphia teenagers were arrested following an altercation after one of them tried to re-enter their high school prom.

Nomination battles for mayor in several Pennsylvania cities and an open seat on a state appellate court are expected to be settled in a statewide primary.

Police are investigating the report of a stolen farm tractor in Franklin Township, New Jersey Monday night.

Police say a 25-year-old man was shot sitting inside his car and later died in North Philadelphia late Monday night.

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A man is under arrest after crashing into the Yeadon Borough Hall where the fire department is headquartered.

A man said by prosecutors to have been the "mastermind" of the slaying of a musician in his Philadelphia-area home three days after Christmas in 2011 has been convicted of second-degree murder.

A Center City high rise was evacuated due to a fire Monday night.

Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.

A female student was taken to the hospital following an accident near Cherry Hill East High School.

Commuter rail service between Connecticut and New York City is expected to resume in full by Wednesday morning rush hour, five days after a derailment and crash injured scores of passengers, transit authorities said Monday.

State Police say an attempted traffic stop on the New Jersey Turnpike turned into a lengthy pursuit that ended with 15 motorcyclists facing various charges.

Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died. He was 74.

Nothing says summer like the smell of barbeque cooking on the hot grill.

A nurse was treated for her injuries after she was viciously attacked outside Cooper University Hospital.

A housekeeper has been sentenced for stealing a Benjamin Franklin bust from a home in Montgomery County.

Another black bear sighting in Bucks County has residents on edge and wildlife officials wondering where he'll turn up next.

Police say a disabled war veteran was beaten and robbed inside his Northeast Philadelphia home early Monday morning.

A federal judge in Pennsylvania says she'll decide in the next couple weeks whether to dismiss Gov. Tom Corbett's antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA over penalties against Penn State.

Police have released surveillance video of the man believed to have murdered a food vendor outside his South Philadelphia home.

An off-duty police officer was struck by a car in the Logan section of Philadelphia on Monday.

A teacher and baseball coach from Appoquinimink High School has been arrested for alleged indecent exposure.

An early morning house fire in Deptford Township, New Jersey, which left one person with serious burns, has been labeled as arson according to the prosecutor's office.

While no one in our area hit the big Powerball jackpot over the weekend, we now know that someone still hit a big prize in our area.

Fire crews were called to battle a two alarm apartment fire in Washington Township, Gloucester County.

Philadelphia law enforcement is leading the charge to make tracking down wanted criminals using family DNA a reality.

Police say a 51-year-old man was killed during a robbery in the city's Kensington section early Monday morning.

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The Philadelphia Phillies rallied past the Cincinnati Reds for a stunning 3-2 victory on Sunday.

Two FBI special agents on the agency's elite Hostage Rescue Team have been killed in a training accident in Virginia, officials said Sunday.

Two men have been arrested in the killing of a teenage boy over an iPad in Las Vegas, police said Sunday.

Officials say a New York college student was accidentally killed by a police officer as she was held in a headlock by an intruder pointing a gun at her head.

An 8-inch water main break forced the closure of a popular bar and restaurant in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia.

A community is banning together to help a Trenton mother, charged after she and her two sons were found living in a storage locker.

One single ticket in Florida has beaten the odds by matching the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history.

New Castle County detectives are investigating an attempted abduction of a 9-year-old girl that occurred last week.

A top White House adviser insisted President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for answers on Sunday.

Happy Birthday to the American Cancer Society which incidentally is "the Official Sponsor of Birthdays."

Never a stranger to the big stage, David Beckham was finally overwhelmed and reduced to tears as he went out in a burst of fireworks and cheers Saturday in his final home game for Paris Saint-Germain before retirement.

Investigators will look closely at a broken section of rail to see if it is connected to the commuter train derailment and collision outside New York City that left dozens injured, as the focus begins to shift toward cleanup and rebuilding ahead of challenging times for travelers and commuters along the Northeast Corridor.

Philadelphia police are investigating a crash that critically injured a bicyclist in the city's Kensington section.

A 24-year-old woman is facing DUI charges after she lost control of her vehicle in Northeast Philadelphia, according to authorities.

A former Philadelphia police officer, who was praised for his bravery, is behind bars Saturday night accused of raping two women at gunpoint.

Right from the start, a horse trained by one not so over-the-hill Hall of Famer and ridden by another took control of the Preakness.

An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town.

A 5-year-old girl is hospitalized after falling from a second floor window in the Point Breeze section of Philadelphia Saturday.

A US Airways flight carrying 34 people, travelling from Philadelphia, was forced to make a belly landing due to landing gear trouble.

Funeral services were held for the New Jersey woman and her son whose bodies were found in their home after a 37-hour hostage standoff last weekend.

Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.