Shaky cell phone footage of the confrontation has been widely shared and picked up by local outlets, showing just how fast an ...

As Philadelphia endured another day of historically frigid temperatures, outreach workers on Friday fielded hundreds of calls for shelter as warming centers filled with people seeking respite from the ...

Supply shock' resulting from a crackdown on China's distribution of fentanyl and chemicals needed to make it means less of the deadly synthetic opioid on the streets, a new report suggests.

The Friends Association unveils new family shelter in West Chester, expanding low-barrier emergency housing options in Chester County.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A stretch of dangerously cold weather is taking a toll on some of the region's most vulnerable ...

In interviews with The Daily Pennsylvanian, physicians and researchers at Penn Medicine highlighted their ongoing efforts to ...

Philadelphia's point-in-time count – a federally-mandated survey of homelessness in the city – happens each year in late January. On that night, volunteers fan out across the city to document how many ...

A three-story rowhome caught fire in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood Wednesday morning at the intersection of North Lee Street and East Cambria Street. No one was hurt and the Fire Marshal is ...

Before 6 7, Skrilla had Kensington. Call it the largest open-air black market on the East Coast; call it the epicenter of Philadelphia’s drug crisis. Skrilla just calls it the block. More than a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — In a three-peat move, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has prolonged the state’s emergency homelessness order. On Friday, Gov. Kotek’s office unveiled Executive Order No. 26-01 — an ...

A 62-year-old man known as “The Mayor” of a Kansas City homeless camp was sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison on federal drug and gun charges, according to the U.S. District Attorney’s Office for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The city is gearing up for a summer filled with events, culminating in the celebration of America's 250th birthday on July 4. The ...