Brian X. McCrone

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine gives hours by which the virus can last on surfaces. A Drexel University epidemiologist says spreading the infection has little to do with cereal boxes and dollar bills.

But as sites ramped up Monday, a bigger focus of testing is becoming clear: health care workers, first responders and those already hospitalized. That’s in part because testing potential cases among the general public may be losing steam as a containment strategy.

Two families with lifelong secrets unearthed because of home DNA test kits are now dealing with the truth. Here’s what their stories tell us about the shock that can come from new ancestry technology, and how to deal with it.

Cameras inside the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery caught on video the massive blasts early June 21 from just yards away.

A Northeast Philadelphia firearms dealer sold a shotgun Tuesday to the man suspected of killing four of his family members later that same day. The owner said the suspect seemed “perfectly A-okay” when he bought the gun.

Seven Philadelphia police officers named in a report that linked offensive and racist social media posts to cops in departments across the country have left the department in the last two weeks.

The large wind turbines twirled for nearly a decade above Lincoln Financial Field, where the Philadelphia Eagles play home games. Now, they’re gone, having disappeared in the last couple months.

The investigation of racist and insensitive Facebook posts allegedly made by active-duty and former cops across the country has led to 72 Philadelphia police officers being placed on administrative duty, Commissioner Richard Ross announced Wednesday.

U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, a Republican representing western Pennsylvania, said he’s “a person of color” because he’s white in an exchange with a reporter while discussing President Trump’s tweet tirade against four congresswomen.

The investigation of racist and insensitive Facebook posts allegedly made by active-duty and former cops across the country has led to 72 Philadelphia police officers being placed on administrative duty, Commissioner Richard Ross announced Wednesday.

Dozens of Philadelphia police officers were placed on desk duty amid an investigation of racist and insensitive Facebook posts allegedly made by active-duty and former cops across the country, according to a high ranking law enforcement source.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner filed an appeal with the Pennsylvania Superior Court asking for a new Meek Mill trial with a new judge.

NBC10 obtained the 911 call made by a hero Camden officer moments after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver.

A giant Ponzi scheme once dubbed “the largest green scam in America” was run by two Temple University graduates and a slick-talking Colorado salesman. Now, the first of the three people is being sentenced.

No LGBTQ person has ever won election to Philadelphia City Council. Five people running for Philadelphia City Council and two running for Common Pleas judge are trying to make history as part of the strongest contingent of LGBTQ candidates in memory.

The Pennsylvania lawmaker who delivered an impassioned prayer before a legislative session Monday that sparked controversy for its numerous references to Jesus, Israel and political leader said she won’t apologize.

If “Ashes” the cat could talk, she would have a wild story to tell from this weekend. Ashes and a parrot were stolen — or taken hostage? — as three bandits broke into a pet store in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Marvin Roberts has pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.

A Pennsylvania national guardsman faces attempted homicide charges after prosecutors say he fired at SWAT officers during a Christmas night standoff at his Chester County home.