Workplace Heat Protection Bill: Pennsylvania eyes protections for outdoor workers

Lawmakers in Pennsylvania are getting serious about the health hazards of extreme heat with a new piece of legislation that would require employers to provide health protections for outdoor workers.

Workplace Heat Protection Bill: Pennsylvania eyes protections for outdoor workers
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Lawmakers in Pennsylvania are getting serious about the health hazards of extreme heat. If passed, the Workplace Heat Protection bill would require employers of people who work outdoors to provide water, shade, paid heat breaks, and heat safety training.

Coast Guard calls off search for missing swimmer in Delaware River

The Coast Guard called off its search for a 25-year-old man who went missing after he and a friend jumped from a boat into the Delaware River early Friday morning. 

Coast Guard calls off search for missing swimmer in Delaware River
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The Coast Guard suspended its search for 25-year-old Carlo Gil, who went missing in the Delaware River after he and a friend jumped off a boat around midnight Friday. 

FIFA World Cup Preparations
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Jenn Frederick goes over the FIFA World Cip Preparations press conference in Massachusetts. 

Haiti co-captain Ricardo Adé carries nation’s World Cup dream 52 years in the making
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Before Ricardo Adé became one of the faces of Haiti’s long-awaited return to the World Cup, he was a kid in Saint-Marc with a dream that sounded almost impossible. He wanted to play in a World Cup for Haiti. He wanted to captain his country. He wanted to help bring Haiti back to a stage it had not reached since 1974. Now, more than 50 years later, Adé is preparing to do all of it.

Brendan Banfield sentenced to life in prison in au pair affair murder case

Brendan Banfield, a former IRS law enforcement officer who was having an affair with his family’s Brazilian au pair, was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for killing his wife and a man prosecutors say was lured to the couple’s home in a setup.

Pizza delivery driver killed after being sent to vacant Philadelphia home
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A 28-year-old pizza delivery driver was shot and killed in Northeast Philadelphia after police said he delivered an order to a vacant home on Edgeley Street. Investigators said surveillance video shows the driver walking with pizza boxes while being followed by two people in dark clothing. Police said they found unopened pizza boxes and a bag inside the vacant property and recovered ballistic evidence outside.

‘I can’t swim anymore’: Search continues for beloved barber missing in Delaware River
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Crews are searching the Delaware River off Torresdale for a missing swimmer after officials said a group of friends went out on boats overnight. Friends identified the missing man as a beloved barber from the Dominican Republic who owned a shop on Rising Sun Avenue. The Coast Guard and Philadelphia police Marine Unit have been searching the river, and FOX 29 was told the effort is now a recovery mission.

Boy critically injured by baseball honored at Trenton Thunder game
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The Maple Shade community continued to throw their support behind Xavier Taylor Thursday as he was honored at a Trenton Thunder game. Ther 12-year-old was critically injured when he was hit by a ball before a youth baseball game last week.

FIFA World Cup countdown hits one week; Philly preps continue
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Excitement is growing as the FIFA World Cup is just one week away. Philadelphia officials, and residents are bracing for all that the event will bring with it to the City of Brotherly Love. 

City Council preliminarily approves Mayor Parker's $7B budget, kills proposed tax on rideshare

Philadelphia City Council approved Mayor Cherelle Parker's $7B budget on Thursday, but rejected a controversial proposed taxes on rideshare apps, delivery services, and hotels/short-term rentals.

Kennedy Center begins scrubbing Trump’s name following federal court ruling

The Kennedy Center has started the process of stripping President Donald Trump’s name from its branding following a major defeat in federal court, according to a report from The Associated Press.

Waymo blocks Dallas road as first responders rush to explosion

Newly released body camera video shows a Dallas County deputy constable forced to manually drive an empty autonomous Waymo vehicle that was blocking emergency crews following a fatal natural gas apartment explosion.

Philadelphia Council strikes down Parker's tax proposals
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The Philadelphia City Council approved a modified version of Mayor Cherelle Parker's proposed budget cuts, including the rideshare tax that would go to help fund Philadelphia public schools.