Power was knocked out for about 1,000 homes and businesses in a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood Thursday after police said a man tried to steal copper wire from a transformer box owned by PECO ...

Clark County is implementing new rules on scrap metal recycling as part of an effort to crack down on the trafficking of stolen copper wire, including the type typically used in street lights.

A man has suffered burns all over his body after police said he was shocked by a transformer box while trying to steal copper wire in Philadelphia's Bustleton neighborhood. According to police ...