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The New Jersey Transit operator who was killed in a crash in October tried to stop the train before it struck a tree on the tracks, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed in a preliminary report on Thursday, Nov. 7.

Police are investigating after a missing woman’s body was found in Northeast Philadelphia Thursday afternoon.

Firefighters in New Jersey are stretched even thinner as yet another wildfire burns in bone-dry conditions in the state. At least four wildfires were burning from the Pinelands to the New York City suburbs. The latest fire broke out along the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Englewood Cliffs in Bergen County, across the Hudson River from New York. I...

The win by incumbent Rep. Frank Burns is the final House race to be called in a year when none of the 203 districts are changing hands. It gave Democrats a 102-101 margin and dashed Republican hopes of returning to control after two years in the minority.

Commuters woke up Friday morning to SEPTA buses, trolleys and subway trains running as normal as a union that represents more than 5,000 SEPTA workers and the transit agency continued negotiations amid threats of a union strike.

Trump’s improvement compared to 2020 was driven by broad gains in most places around the state. In Philadelphia, heavily Latino neighborhoods saw the biggest shifts.

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Albert El had no trouble jumping out of a “perfectly good airplane” back in his days with the 82nd Airborne decades ago. But, the veteran and historian is having trouble with something today — how to wave as he marshals the 2024 Philadelphia Veterans Parade. NBC10’s MAtt DeLucia shares El’s s...

Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger — the Pennsylvania man charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students — have asked a judge to take the death penalty off the table.

Wildfires are raging in New Jersey as the region continues to deal with bone-dry conditions. Neil Fischer reports on the red flag warning as blazes in Marlton, Glassboro and Jackson continue to burn. Also, Katy Zachry reports on a grisly discovery in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia as a woman’s body was found in a shallow grave. Plus, SEPTA.....

Philadelphia Museum of Art’s newest exhibit, “The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure,” features 28 Black and African diasporic contemporary artists who use figurative painting, drawing and sculpture to “illuminate and celebrate the nuance and richness of Black contemporary life.”

Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies. The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tenness...

Republican Dave McCormick spoke to supporters in Pittsburgh Friday as he claimed victory in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race. NBC News had not yet declared that McCormick had defeated incumbent Democrat Bob Casey.

Police searching for a man who they believe sexually assaulted a child in Center City Philadelphia early Saturday morning.