It's been 40 years since the 1985 MOVE bombing, an event that changed Philadelphia forever and remains a dark moment in the city's history. MOVE was a Philadelphia Black liberation group led by its ...

Tuesday marks 40 years since the MOVE bombing in Philadelphia. On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on a rowhome in Cobbs Creek. The resulting fire was allowed to burn and spread to ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It was a day of remembrance on Tuesday as Philadelphia marks 40 years since the MOVE bombing, which left 11 people, including five children, dead. It was on May 13, 1985, that ...

Tuesday, May 13, 2025, marks the 40 th anniversary of the 1985 police bombing on the headquarters of the Philadelphia Black liberation group, MOVE. MOVE members, led by founder John Africa, practiced ...

Philadelphia observes a grim anniversary Tuesday. Forty years ago, city police dropped a satchel bomb on the rowhome at 6221 Osage Ave., killing six adults and five children inside. The May 13, 1985, ...

On May 13, 1985, a devastating and unprecedented act of state violence unfolded at 62nd and Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia. The incident—now infamously remembered as the MOVE bombing—resulted in ...