The Latest Breaking News from Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA -- Black-and-white spotted lanternfly nymphs about a quarter-inch long are starting to hatch in the region, hopping across decks, patios, and trees before they morph over the summer into flying Technicolor adults.

In Uvalde, Texas, a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at an elementary school, after picking up two powerful, AR-15-style rifles ordered through an online seller shortly after his 18th birthday — something that would have also been perfectly legal in Pennsylvania.

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia City Council is considering a proposal that would allow the city to fill vacancies — including in the Police Department — with retired employees who could continue receiving pension payments while also earning a paycheck.

PHILADELPHIA — Every vote matters.

PHILADELPHIA — It’s a trashy post in a neighborhood group almost every May.

Employees at four Philadelphia Starbucks voted this week to unionize — with workers at two stores voting unanimously — joining a wave of newly organized Starbucks across the country.

PHILADELPHIA — It’s been more than a week since Lt. Gov. John Fetterman celebrated his win in Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate primary from a Lancaster hospital, where he was recovering from a stroke and the implantation of a combination defibrillator-pacemaker. But the campaign’s explanation of his medical treatment doesn’t entirely make…

PHILADELPHIA — Four people were killed and eight others were wounded by gunfire in Philadelphia on Wednesday, including four victims in a quadruple shooting in Mantua.

PHILADELPHIA — The shooting at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday was among 28 fatal shooting incidents at U.S. schools or on school grounds since 2018, resulting in the deaths of 75 people, including 60 children, according to data from Education Week and an Inquirer analysis.