A one-month-old baby is in stable condition after a quarter of her face was chewed off by ferrets in her home. It happened Thursday on the 300 block of Poplar Street in Darby Borough, Delaware County. The baby's mother left the child in a car seat on the floor and went upstairs. She rushed back downstairs after hearing screaming to find the baby's face had been chewed by the family's pet...

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There is a Nor'easter gathering moisture and heading up the east coast and it will bring snow to the Philadelphia region starting as early as 9 tonight to the south. We do not have arctic air in place so by Saturday morning we will likely see a changeover to rain before it ends Saturday evening. 3 inches around Philly, North and West of the city will see mostly snow. Up to 6 inches in the...

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Philadelphia Fire Department officials are investigating three car fires overnight, all happening within a few blocks of each other in the Tacony section of the city. The first was on the 6300 block of Ditman Street just before 2:30 a.m. There were two vehicles on fire at this location. The Fire Marshal is also investigating another car fire on Torresdale Avenue, just about two blocks away. ...

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Five members of a Bucks County family and two others have been charged with defrauding insurance companies of over $20 million. The investigation into the Risoldi family began after an October 2013 fire at 67-year-old Claire Risoldi's home in New Hope that she called 'Claremont.' (pictured below) That was the third fire at the home in the past 5 years. The Risoldi's filed insurance claims...

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Last night's snow left a coating that didn't inconvenience too many this morning and the roads should dry completely this afternoon. There is good chance a moisture packed Nor’easter will hit the Philadelphia area on Saturday. It's too early to say how much of the moisture will be snow or rain. But at this point the weather guessers say it could produce 3 to 6 inches of snow.

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An apartment fire lit up the night sky Wednesday in Edgewater, New Jersey leaving hundreds of residents displaced. Gusty winds and frigid temperatures made it difficult for firefighters to get control of the flames. Smoke from the fire could even be seen across the Hudson River in Midtown Manhattan. No injuries were reported.

A New York man convicted of sex trafficking young...

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A jury in Bucks County found former Philadelphia sportscaster Don Tollefson guilty on all counts today in his theft and fraud case. 62-year-old Tollefson was charged with taking more than $340,000 from 200 people for sports and travel packages that he never delivered and on the other end depriving charities of their fundraising. Tollefson represented himself in the trial. He contended that...

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Are the New England Patriots cheaters? The NFL is investigating whether the Super Bowl bound Patriots led by coach Bill Belichick underinflated footballs in their championship game against the Colts. An under-inflated ball is easier to throw and catch. ESPN has reported that 11 of the 12 game balls allotted to the Patriots were found to be underinflated by 2 pounds. Balls are required to be...

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According to The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, people who drink coffee on a regular basis, four or more cups a day, had a 20% lower risk for developing the deadliest form of skin cancer, malignant melanoma, than those who drank less coffee. The same did not hold true for decaffeinated coffee drinkers. Malignant melanoma is the 5th most common cancer in the United States and the...

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Democrat Tom Wolf was sworn in this afternoon as the 47th Governor of the state of Pennsylvania in front of a crowd of a few thousand outside the Capitol building in Harrisburg. Wolf, a political outsider, spent $10 million of his own money on his campaign to unseat the Republican incumbent Tom Corbett. In his inauguration speech, Wolf called himself "an unconventional leader," perhaps the...

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