Philadelphia’s Pride celebrations begin a day early this year. KYWs Shara Dae Howard reports the 3-day long opening weekend will kick off May 31st with a city wide tour. 📸: Jim MacMillanVon Audacy

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Lawmakers in New Jersey are working to crack down on teen vaping by going after the businesses that sell to minors. KYW South Jersey reporter Mike Dougherty has the story. 📸: Getty ImagesVon Audacy

A night after protests on the Penn campus...dozens of pro-Palestinian activists followed a march down Market Street by setting up another encampment on Drexel's campus. KYW's Matt Coughlin was there. 📸: Matt Coughlin/KYW NewsradioVon Audacy

Thousands of people flocked to Ninth Street in South Philly Saturday for the annual Italian Market Festival. It was full of food and music, and capped off with the fabled greased pole climb. KYW’s Nigel Thompson was there to take it all in. 📸: Nigel Thompson/KYW NewsradioVon Audacy

Nearly 100 billion pounds of food is wasted in the U.S. every year. KYW’s Justin Udo spoke to Pennsylvania Resources Council Executive Director Darren Spielman about how their nonprofit works to educate people on how to prevent waste and conserve the environment. (Photo credit: Getty Images)Von Audacy

More than 100 students, parents and teachers gathered at the School District of Philadelphia’s headquarters Friday to celebrate its 68th Young Artists Exhibition. KYW’s Nigel Thompson was at the opening ceremony. (Photo credit: Nigel Thompson/KYW Newsradio)Von Audacy

Two juveniles were shot late Friday afternoon in Collingdale — one, fatally. What led to the shooting is not yet known but an investigation is underway. (Photo credit: NBC10)Von Audacy

Cirque du Soleil’s “Corteo” is coming to Philadelphia for the first time, but it will be a return home for one performer. KYW’s Sabrina Boyd-Surka spoke with aerialist Jonathan Buese. (Photo credit: Maja Prgomet)Von Audacy

Nearly 20 people, including six University of Pennsylvania students, were arrested Friday night as pro-Palestinian protestors attempted to occupy Fisher-Bennett Hall at the corner of 34th and Walnut streets. KYW’s Nigel Thompson was there. (Photo credit: Nigel Thompson/KYW Newsradio)Von Audacy

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About 100 protestors are chanting and marching along 34th Street. KYW's Nigel Thompson is live. (Photo credit: Nigel Thompson/KYW Newsradio)Von Audacy

It’s been six years since a West Philadelphia teenager was killed when she was caught in the crossfire of what police say was a gang-related shootout. Police have been trying to identify suspects in the case ever since and, on Friday, officials announced one man is in custody and another is being sought. KYW Newsradio’s City Hall bureau chief Pat L…

KYW Community Impact Reporter Racquel Williams spoke with founder of The Crescent Foundation Tahirah Austin-Muhammad, who was diagnosed with sickle cell disease when she was 6 years old. (Photo credit: Getty Images)Von Audacy

KYW South Jersey reporter Mike Dougherty spoke with a state senator about new pieces of legislation moving in Trenton designed to help retain and recruit more volunteer first responders in Camden County. (Photo credit: Winslow Township Fire Department)Von Audacy

The Delaware River and Bay Authority announced Thursday that, starting Oct. 7, American Airlines passengers with a departing flight out of PHL will be able to park, check-in baggage, and clear security at Wilmington Airport before boarding a motorcoach to PHL. KYW Newsradio’s John McDevitt reports. (Photo credit: Getty Images)…

Authorities have charged 33-year-old Joshua Moser with killing and dismembering his housemate, then leaving his body parts in three separate locations in Lehigh County. KYW Newsradio's Mike DeNardo reports. (Photo credit: Getty Images)Von Audacy

Making Philly the cleanest, greenest big city in America was part of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s campaign promise. She says the eclectic, 38-member cabinet she introduced Friday will help make that happen. KYW’s City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb reports. (Photo credit: Pat Loeb/KYW Newsradio)Von Audacy

Abington Township Police say a domestic dispute Friday morning led to a shooting at a home on the 2500 block of Pershing Avenue near Easton Road. When police arrived, they found an adult inside with a gunshot wound to the leg. (Photo credit: Getty Images)Von Audacy

Nighttime travel could be tight for the next week along the Vine Street Expressway. PennDOT crews will be sealing cracks in the road surface starting Friday, May 17, from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. There will be lane closures in both directions. The overnight work is scheduled to continue through Thursday, May 23. It's part of a project to seal cracks in …

Landscape design may be part of the green industry, but sometimes rethinking a garden space, or creating a garden where there didn’t used to be one, can create a lot of very un-green waste material—especially true when you’re designing in... Read More ›Von ROBIN HOOD RADIO

Thirty-nine years ago this week, the city dropped a bomb on an Osage Avenue row home in West Philadelphia that housed the Black liberation group MOVE, killing 11 people — including five children — and destroying 61 homes. To commemorate the anniversary, MOVE organized a weekend exhibit showcasing the group before and after the tragedy. KYW Newsradi…

Parents of children with medical needs fear they could soon lose some of their insurance coverage because Medicaid may no longer keep CHOP as an in-network provider. KYW Newsradio's Matt Coughlin reports. (Photo credit: © The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)Von Audacy

Inflation and Social Security protections are among the top concerns for seniors heading into November's presidential election, according to a new AARP poll. KYW Newsradio's community impact reporter Racquel Williams has more. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Von Audacy

House Republicans advanced a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden's interview with the special counsel. Biden has asserted executive privilege over that recording. In addition, a committee hearing last night turned particularly contentious, devolving into personal ins…

For the third time in as many weeks, a Philadelphia police officer shot and killed a dog. The latest incident happened around noon on Wednesday near 16th Street and West Indiana Avenue in North Philadelphia. An officer fired multiple shots at a pit bull because it was attacking a smaller dog. The pit bull was killed. The smaller dog also died from …

Police in Camden County pulled two cars from the Cooper River. A body was in one of them, according to a source close to the investigation who spoke with NBC10. Cops set up a tent along the river near Route 130 in Pennsauken as police dive teams surfaced the cars and the remains. It's not clear how long they'd been submerged. The Camden County Pros…

The teenager whose body was found last week along a trail in West Philadelphia has been identified as 16-year-old Mujahid Sabir, the nephew of City Commissioner Omar Sabir. Mujahid Sabir was shot and killed. More than a dozen shell casings were found near his body in Cobbs Creek Park. Commissioner Sabir says it leaves "an immense void" in the heart…

It might seem counterintuitive, but there are a number of U.S. national parks that have high levels of pollution. CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg has more. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)Von Audacy

The U.S. has set up a new pier off the coast of Gaza, and this morning, the first aid trucks rolled into the enclave. CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent and moderator of "Face the Nation" Margaret Brennan reports the latest. (Photo by Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images)Von Audacy

The North Penn School Board, at its regular meeting Thursday night, approved the hiring of a law firm to investigate last month’s student attack on a seventh-grader at Pennbrook Middle School. Parents again express frustration at district officials for how they have been handling the incident. KYW Newsradio's Tim Jimenez has the story from Lansdale…

The United States Preventive Services Task Force made a major announcement regarding mammograms and screening for breast cancer. KYW Medical Editor Dr. Brian McDonough takes a look.Von Audacy

Phillies legend Chase Utley was in Philadelphia to promote the upcoming London series between the Phils and Mets. This gave the media a chance to talk with Utley about the current Phils. KYW Newsradio's Dave Uram asked Utley what the key is to getting over the hump and winning a championship. (Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images)…

The Media Beat was first commissioned in 2004 by Tribune Newspapers from Journalist and Media Critic David Tereshchuk. It ran as a weekly feature in the Tribune’s New York City Daily, ‘AM New York’ until Tereshchuk took the column online in 2006.... Read More ›Von ROBIN HOOD RADIO

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Former Phils great Chase Utley returned to the City of Brotherly Love to catch a ceremonial first pitch before Thursday night's game against the New York Mets. 📸: Getty ImagesVon Audacy

A South Jersey man sent for home detention ahead of a sentencing hearing on gun charges has been arrested again. He is now accused of killing someone last week. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office says 35-year-old Kalief Lyons of Galloway Township pleaded guilty to illegal firearms charges March 5, and he was sent to home detention without a br…

Criminal charges have been filed against the former head of Delaware County emergency services a week after he was removed from his position over accusations of sexual misconduct and discrimination. We have more from KYW’s Matt Coughlin. 📸: Delaware County Department of Emergency ServicesVon Audacy

Winslow Township is closing three firehouses because of a severe shortage of volunteer firefighters. KYW South Jersey reporter Mike Dougherty spoke with the fire chief, who says recruiting these days is very difficult. 📸: Mike Dougherty/KYW NewsradioVon Audacy

Philadelphia prosecutors say a woman who supplied fentanyl to drug dealers in Kensington is behind bars, after a four-month state police investigation led to her arrest on Tuesday. 📸: Philadelphia District Attorney’s OfficeVon Audacy

Philadelphia City Council will consider a ban on bump stocks, which turn handguns into semi-automatic weapons. And three Council members are seeking business curfews in parts of their districts. KYW’s City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb has this round-up from Thursday's City Council session. 📸: Holli Stephens/KYW Newsradio…

Governor Shapiro’s budget tour continues. Today he rode a SEPTA regional rail train to push his plan for transit funding. KYW’s Mike DeNardo reports. 📸: Holli StephensVon Audacy

A Norristown dance instructor has been found guilty of all charges, including seven counts of invasion of privacy, for secretly recording women as they changed clothes in the bathroom of his dance studio. KYW Suburban Bureau Chief Jim Melwert reports. 📸: Jim Melwert/KYW NewsradioVon Audacy

Attorneys for former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Eddie Irizarry, have asked a judge to move the trial to another county. As KYWs crime and justice reporter Kristen Johanson tells us, the judge also issued a gag order. 📸: Garcia and Irizarry families…

Thursday was a special day to celebrate some of Delaware County’s oldest residents, as the county hosted 60 centenarians at its annual Centenarian Luncheon in Drexel Hill. KYW’s Justin udo has the story. (Photo Credit: Justin Udo/KYW Newsradio)Von Audacy

A longtime nonprofit organization that has been offering educational programming in Philadelphia’s historic district will be celebrating it’s 30th season on Memorial Day weekend. With more here’s KYW’s John McDevitt... (Photo Credit: Historic Philadelphia)Von Audacy

David Sterritt is a film critic, author, teacher and scholar. He is most notable for his work on Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard, and his many years as the Film Critic for The Christian Science Monitor, where, from 1968 until... Read More ›Von ROBIN HOOD RADIO

A Massachusetts teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge on social media died from eating a large quantity of chile pepper extract, according to an autopsy, which also determined the boy had a congenital heart defect. Harris Wolobah, 14, died last September after eating the Paqui chip. Paqui pulled the product from store shelves sho…

The Supreme Court has rejected a conservative-led attack that could have undermined the federal agency regulating credit cards and other kinds of consumer borrowing. The 7-2 ruling upholds the existence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a consumer watchdog agency formed during the Obama administration in the aftermath of the finan…