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UPDATED: 5:25 p.m. ___ PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The Delaware Valley was pummeled with rain overnight and early Thursday morning, leading to flooding and a big mess throughout the region. PATCO floods Thousands of PATCO commuters had to find other ways to work Thursday morning. The overnight...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia police have found Jacques Rice after asking the public for help finding him Wednesday. Jacques Rice, 67, lives on the unit block of East Baltimore Avenue in Media. Police say he was last seen Wednesday afternoon with a group, visiting from Media on the...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — It's National Pollinator Week, a time to focus on the creatures that do some heavy lifting and help plants reproduce. They're in trouble and need our help. Matthew Shepherd of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation says that without pollinators, a lot of our...

(AP) — If drug interdiction can be compared to a giant game of whack-a-mole, federal law enforcement officials delivered one mighty wallop this week when they raided a container ship at Philadelphia's port and discovered a staggering amount of cocaine. Hidden inside seven shipping containers were...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Thousands of school administrators, police and first responders from up and down the East Coast were at Neumann University in Delaware County for a school safety program hosted by the United States Secret Service. A primary goal of the Secret Service’s Safe Schools...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross confirmed 72 police officers have been placed on desk duty and some could lose their jobs as officials continue to investigate racist Facebook posts allegedly made by those officers in question. Because of the city's...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is closely monitoring a spotted lanternfly quarantine that covers the entire Delaware Valley and parts of New Jersey and Delaware. State agriculture secretary Russell Redding says the quarantine has grown as the spotted...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Travelers between New York state and Philadelphia were stop-and-go Wednesday morning , as Amtrak reported suspended service over nearly a three-hour span along the Northeast Corridor. According to Amtrak, overhead power line issues in North Jersey disrupted its trains...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Pennsylvania becomes the 45th state to recognize Juneteenth as a holiday. The Emancipation Proclamation was signed into law in 1863, but it was not until June 19, 1865 when the last slaves in Galveston, Texas were told of the abolition of slavery. That date is known...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — KYW Newsradio goes in depth with a special podcast presentation on the forgotten heroes of World War II: black soldiers. African-American soldiers played a key role in D-Day, yet their stories remain largely untold. KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri...