David Chang

1 day ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | David Chang |Erin Coleman |Matt DeLucia |Yukare Nakayama

It's been 40 years since the 1985 MOVE bombing, an event that changed Philadelphia forever and remains a dark moment in the city's history. MOVE was a Philadelphia Black liberation group led by its founder John Africa. The group practiced a back-to-nature lifestyle that shunned modern conveniences, preached equal rights for animals and rejected government authority.

5 days ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | Deanna Durante |David Chang

A drone training exercise led to police finding a loaded gun inside a bag at a park in Abington Township, Pennsylvania, police said. The incident took place at Ethel Jordan Memorial Park on Wednesday, May 7. Police told NBC10 two officers were performing a routine drone training exercise when they captured two teenagers who were using marijuana on a picnic bench. After the drones filmed the teens for four to five minutes, the officers approached them. "The two suspects were initially uncooperative.

5 days ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | David Chang

A person was killed while another person was injured in a house fire in West Philadelphia Friday afternoon. Firefighters responded to the fire on the 200 block of North Ruby Street shortly before 3 p.m. When they arrived, they found a two-story rowhome heavily engulfed in flames. Officials said they placed the flames under control in about 20 minutes. One person was rescued and taken to the hospital. Another person was found dead inside the home, however.

5 days ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | David Chang

A woman was pronounced dead after witnesses say she was thrown out of a vehicle in West Philadelphia Thursday night, according to police. The incident occurred on 50 th Street and Parkside Avenue at 9:18 p.m. Witnesses told police a woman in her 30s was thrown out of a light-colored SUV. The woman was taken to the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where she was pronounced dead. Police said the woman had road rash as well as a penetrating wound to her chest.

6 days ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | Yukare Nakayama |David Chang

Tuesday, May 13, 2025, marks the 40 th anniversary of the 1985 police bombing on the headquarters of the Philadelphia Black liberation group, MOVE. MOVE members, led by founder John Africa, practiced a back-to-nature lifestyle that shunned modern conveniences, preached equal rights for animals and rejected government authority. The group clashed with police and many of their practices drew complaints from residents in Philadelphia's Cobbs Creek neighborhood.