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| Teen Accidentally Shoots Friend; Officers Deliver Baby; Veteran Robbed And Attacked In W. Phila |
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 by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 04/25/17 3:46 am | updated: 04/25/17 3:46 am |
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| Philadelphia Police are now investigating after a teenager was accidentally shot in the face by a friend who was trying to wake him up for school. The incident took place on the 5300 block Lindbergh Boulevard in Southwest Philadelphia at around 7 am on Monday. Police say that a 16-year-old boy was trying to wake up his 17-year-old friend, and as a joke, the 16-year-old boy pointed a gun at him after he repeatedly did not wake up. When the 17-year-old finally woke up he saw the gun and it... Read More |
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| Bikes Riding on I-676 on Video; Cardinal O'Hara Convent Changes; L+I Violations at Pot Party |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/25/17 1:47 am | updated: 04/25/17 1:47 am |
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| Yesterday afternoon, dozens of people riding bicycles took over the busy Vine Street Expressway in Center City. The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. along I-676 eastbound. 100 or so kids, teens, and adults riding bikes streamed down the highway pulling stunts and popping wheelies while traffic waiting behind unable to safely pass. The riders exited at 8th Street and dispersed. No arrests have been made. The incident was caught on video by several eye witnesses. RECphilly's Dave Silver... Read More |
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| Mumia Abu-Jamal Has Court Hearing Monday; NJ Adults Overdose, Crash Car; Philly Teen Shot In Eye |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/24/17 6:58 pm | updated: 04/24/17 6:58 pm |
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| Convicted Philadelphia cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal had a hearing in court today in hopes of overturning his previously denied conviction appeals. Abu-Jamal is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. He was originally convicted and sentenced to death in 1982 but that sentence was reduced to life in prison in 2011. Abu-Jamal has used up all his traditional appeals. This hearing was a post-conviction relief act petition which is like... Read More |
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| SEPTA New Regional Rail Schedule; Search For Missing Philly Child; 22 Arrests At Philly |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 04/24/17 3:30 am | updated: 04/24/17 3:30 am |
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| SEPTA has now begun its new modified Regional Rail schedule that went into effect starting on Sunday. SEPTA officials have stated that the new schedule will focus on adjusting the service and time of weekday and weekend trains. The schedule also focuses mainly on trains that operate on Amtrak lines to support the final phase of Positive Train Control. Times for weekday and Saturday trains will be adjusted either departing earlier or later than in previous schedules. Many significant... Read More |
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| Philly Smoke Session Bust Kensington; Man Falls from NFL Draft Roof; Earthquake in Lancaster County |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/23/17 11:36 pm | updated: 04/23/17 11:36 pm |
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| Philadelphia police Arrested 22 people and confiscated large amounts of marijuana following the bust of a "smokeasy" pot party in a Kensington warehouse last night. The "Philly Smoke Session" was organized on social media and held on the 4500 block of Worth Street. Nineteen males and four females were arrested. 175 others were released without being charged. Authorities confiscated 50 pounds of marijuana, $50,000 cash, four guns, and 100 pounds of edibles such as THC-laced gummy bears.... Read More |
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| Lyrids Meteor Shower Tonight in Philadelphia Skies, Partly Cloudy, Low 50's |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/23/17 2:36 am | updated: 04/23/17 2:36 am |
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The annual Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak overnight tonight with the best viewing just before dawn on Sunday. However, here in Philadelphia the forecast is calling for partly cloudy skies as the rain gradually moves away. If it wasn't for the clouds, the sky would be perfect for viewing since the moon is in the Waning Crescent phase phase and the skies would be dark.
The Lyrid meteor occurs every mid-April as Earth passes through a stream of dust left over from the comet... Read More |
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| High School Staffer Arrested Sex Assault; DOJ Sends Philly Letter; No More Perks Lt. Gov. Stack |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/22/17 1:49 am | updated: 04/22/17 1:49 am |
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| A high school staff member in Chester County was arrested for sexually assaulting a teenage student. Tredyffrin Police arrested 67-year-old Arthur Phillips for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old female student. Phillips has worked at Conestoga High School as an instructional aide in the television production studio since 2006. The victim told police she befriended Phillips at the beginning of the school year. They would exchange e-mails and texts, and he would take her places in his car.... Read More |
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| Mary J. Blige to Headline 4th of July Concert; Wanted Philly Bank Robber; Princeton Groper Sketch |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/21/17 5:20 pm | updated: 04/21/17 5:29 pm |
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| The organizers for Wawa Welcome America have announced the lineup for this year's 25th anniversary July 4th concert. The free concert on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway will be headlined by Grammy winning, multi-platinum recording artist Mary J. Blige. The concert will also honor Philadelphia-natives Boyz II Men. The Philly POPS will be performing as well. They will be joined by Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez, from the Tony Award-winning hit musicals Hamilton, In the Heights... Read More |
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| Coach Accused Of Sexual Assault; Search For Missing NJ Boy; Police Identify Woman Struck By Cruiser |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 04/21/17 3:23 am | updated: 04/21/17 3:23 am |
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| A Philadelphia soccer coach has now been accused of sexually assaulting one of his former players multiple times, and having a baby with the teen. 39-year-old Francisco Prado-Contreras was arrested on Wednesday after police were notified of a 15-year-old teen who had a 7-month old baby that could be fathered by Contreras. The teen told police that she had started working for Contreras, who was a family friend as well as coach, in the summer for his house cleaning business. Contreras... Read More |
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| Missing Tennessee Teacher/Student Found; Soccer Coach Arrested Sex w/ Teen; PA License Plate Ring |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/21/17 2:02 am | updated: 04/21/17 2:03 am |
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| A Tennessee teacher has been arrested and a teenage girl has been found safe in Northern California after the pair disappeared last month. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says that 50-year-old Tad Cummins and 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas were found on Thursday. The pair disappeared from Maury County, TN on March 13th. They were last spotted in a Walmart in Oklahoma City on March 15th. On Thursday morning, following leads, authorities located them in a cabin in Cecilville, CA. He... Read More |
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