Obamacare Rollout Causing Logjam For Some Area Doctors and Patients
By Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Area doctors offices are getting backlogged as patients newly insured under the Affordable Care Act seek appointments. “There are definitely, definitely major...
View ArticleTwo Teens Wounded In North Philly Shooting
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police are investigating a shooting in North Philadelphia that left two teens wounded. It happened just after 10 p.m. Friday along the 2400 block of Glenwood Avenue near the...
View ArticleTwo Philly Police Officers Injured When Suspect Tries To Escape Hospital
By Justin Udo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Two Philadelphia police officers were being treated for injuries they received during a fight with a suspect who was in custody at Thomas Jefferson University...
View ArticlePolice Seek Man Who Severely Beat Elderly Landlord With Wine Bottle In North...
By Al Novack, Nicole Brewer, Jim Melwert PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police are seeking a Hunting Park man in connection with the beating of his 77-year-old landlord early Friday morning. The incident was...
View Article11 Year Old Boy Shot, In Critical Condition
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Just before 4pm on Sunday, 22nd District Police responded to calls reporting gunshots at Oxford and Gratz streets in North Philadelphia. When police arrived, they found a boy, 11,...
View ArticleTemple Doctors Hope To Save Lives With Umbilical Cord Blood Donation Program
By Mike Dougherty PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Temple University Hospital has started Philadelphia’s first ever free umbilical cord donation program. The goal is to build a supply to serve the city’s diverse...
View ArticleMan Critical After North Philadelphia Shooting
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Police say a man is in critical condition after he was shot multiple times in North Philadelphia Monday night. This happened around 10:30 p.m. near the intersection of 6th and...
View ArticleMan Critical After North Philly Residential Shooting
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Police say a young man is in critical condition after he was shot in the chest Sunday afternoon in broad daylight in the Fairhill neighborhood of Philadelphia. This happened around...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Stabbing Death Of Man In Kensington
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia police are questioning three men in connection with the stabbing death of a man in West Kensington. It happened round 3 a.m. Sunday in the 3100 block of G Street....
View ArticleLawyers For Family Of Late E. Steven Collins Hope His Death Will Serve As...
Lawyers For Family Of Late E. Steven Collins Hope His Death Will Serve As Lesson To Public By Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia broadcaster E. Steven Collins died of a massive heart attack...
View ArticleMan Dead, Woman Wounded In Road Rage Shooting In Feltonville
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police are investigating an apparent road rage shooting that left a man dead and woman injured in North Philadelphia. It happened around 11:30 p.m. Saturday near 5th Street and...
View ArticleTemple Doctors Examine Effectiveness Of Ibuprofen In Emphysema Treatment
By Lynne Adkins PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Doctors at Temple University are part of a study to determine if a well known anti inflammatory medication can help treat patients with emphysema. Emphysema is a...
View Article1 Killed, 1 Critical After Crash In Juniata Park
By Steve Beck PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — One person was killed and another is in critical condition after a single-car crash in Northeast Philadelphia early Monday morning. The crash happened at about 2:10...
View ArticleAlternate Treatment For Blood Clots in Leg Drawing Medical Attention
By Lynne Adkins PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Removing blood clots in the leg may be a good choice for many patients. Patients with leg clots are often treated with medicine, but new research shows that a...
View ArticleRobber Arrested After Accidentally Shooting Himself
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police say a man accidentally shot himself after he robbed someone at gunpoint in Northeast Philadelphia. It happened around 11:30 p.m. Sunday along the 1700 block of Guilford...
View Article2 Dead, 2 Injured In Violent Night In Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Two people are dead and two others were injured in four separate shootings throughout Philadelphia. A pair of deadly shootings happened just blocks apart in the Grays Ferry section...
View ArticlePolice: Robbery Suspect Shot By Customer At Chinese Restaurant In North...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police say a man was critically wounded after he was shot by a customer he was allegedly trying to rob at gunpoint at a take-out restaurant in North Philadelphia. The shooting...
View ArticleMan Critical After Shooting In Fairhill
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police are investigating a shooting in North Philadelphia that has a man fighting for his life. It happened around 10:30 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of North American and...
View ArticleWoman Shot Three Times While Sitting On Front Steps
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A woman is fighting for her life after she was shot while sitting on her front steps. Philadelphia Police say two men approached and shot the 24-year-old woman three times around...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Drive-by Shooting In North Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police are investigating a drive-by shooting that seriously wounded a man in North Philadelphia. It happened just after 12 a.m. Wednesday near the 2300 block of North 17th Street....
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