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Philadelphia residents panic-bought water after being alerted to a chemical spill but officials say tap water is safe for now

By Celina Tebor, Susannah Cullinane, Dakin Andone and Danny Freeman, CNN Philadelphia residents can continue using tap water as normal until at least 3:30 p.m. Tuesday following a chemical spill a few miles upstream of a key intake in the Delaware River, city officials said Monday. Michael Carroll, the city’s deputy managing director for transportation,

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12 injured in floor collapse at off-campus apartment party near Indiana University of Pennsylvania

By Rebekah Riess and Samantha Beech, CNN Twelve people were injured Saturday night when a floor collapsed at an off-campus apartment party near Indiana University of Pennsylvania, according to state police. First responders were called to the scene — about a mile from the school’s campus in Indiana, Pennsylvania, per the apartment complex’s website —

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Death toll climbs to 7 in Pennsylvania candy factory explosion as all missing individuals are accounted for, officials say

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Celina Tebor, CNN Two additional bodies have been found by search and rescue teams working to locate missing individuals after the explosion of an eastern Pennsylvania candy factory last week, raising the incident’s death toll to seven people, officials said Sunday. “We do believe them to be the remaining presumptive missing

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Death toll from explosion at Pennsylvania candy factory climbs to 4 as hope of finding more survivors wanes

By Sara Smart, Samantha Beech, Zoe Sottile and Dakin Andone, CNN A fourth person has been confirmed dead in an explosion at an eastern Pennsylvania candy factory, officials said Sunday, as rescue crews continue to search for three others who remain missing amid waning hope of finding more survivors. Rescue crews located the fourth victim

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Los Angeles Unified School District has reached an agreement in negotiations with workers union

By Taylor Romine, CNN The Los Angeles Unified School District and Service Employees International Union Local 99 have reached a deal following a three-day strike, officials said in a news conference Friday evening. The union represents about 30,000 Los Angeles school custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers and other student services staff, and was calling for

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