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| 2 Shot, 1 Dead in Levittown Pizza Place; Penn Updates Racist Text Investigation |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/16/16 4:12 pm | updated: 11/16/16 4:12 pm |
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| Officials are investigating after two people were shot inside of a pizza shop in Levittown, Bucks County last night. It happened inside of Porfirio's II Pizza, Steaks, and Hoagies on the 900 block of Veteran Highway. Middletown Township Police say that a customer and two employees were inside around 10 pm when two armed robbers entered. The customer was pistol whipped by one of the suspects before he was able to take out his own weapon and shoot both robbers. One suspect died at the... Read More |
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| Possible Change in Philly School Calendar, Dirt Bike/ATV Crackdown, Woman Killed In House Fire |
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 by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/16/16 1:15 am | updated: 11/16/16 1:15 am |
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| City officials announced today that Philadelphia schools may be seeing a change in their calendar over the next year. The Philadelphia School Reform Commission was given a proposal on Tuesday at their meeting that would bring the start day of schools up to September 5th and have school finish up on June 14th. The following 2018-2019 year would start up on August 27th, before Labor Day, and finish up as early as June 4th. The School Reform Commission will take the proposal into... Read More |
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| Star Career Academy Closes, PPA Suffers Financial Hit, Man Sentenced To Life For Murder |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/15/16 8:39 pm | updated: 11/15/16 8:39 pm |
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| The Star Career Academy which has campuses in Philadelphia as well as New Jersey, announced Tuesday that it will be shutting it's doors effective immediately and all future classes have since been cancelled. The school is closing due to "the result of the negative financial impact of a continued declining student population while operating in the challenging for-profit post-secondary school industry." Now over a thousand students face an uncertain future as many of them were days away... Read More |
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| LaBelle, Gamble and Huff Get Marian Anderson Award; NJ Woman Stabbed; Franklin's Grave Needs Repair |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/15/16 6:49 pm | updated: 11/15/16 6:49 pm |
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| Several Philadelphia music legends will be honored tonight at the Kimmel Center. Singer Patti LaBelle and producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff will be receiving the Marian Anderson Award. The Marian Anderson Award honors critically acclaimed artists who have impacted society in a positive way, either through their work or their support for an important cause. Past winners include Harry Belafonte, Gregory Peck, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Quincy Jones, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Ruby Dee and... Read More |
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| Man on Dirt Bike Hits Police Cruiser, Mayor Kenney Addresses Hate Crimes,Cherry Hill PD Body Cams |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/15/16 1:24 am | updated: 11/15/16 1:24 am |
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| A 20-year-old man is now in critical condition after an accident involving a police cruiser that happened Monday night. The incident happened at around 5 pm Monday at Torresdale Avenue and Howell Street in the Wissinoming section of Philadelphia. Police stated that one of their cruisers on patrol made a left turn onto Howell Street. That's when their cruiser was struck by the 20-year-old man who was riding down the street at a high speed on a dirt bike. The 20-year-old man was then... Read More |
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| Philly Student Hospitalized After Fight, Woman Found Wandering Streets, City Preventing Hate Crimes |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/14/16 8:45 pm | updated: 11/14/16 8:45 pm |
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| A Philadelphia high school student was rushed to the hospital on Monday after a fight broke out at school. The incident took place at the Penn Treaty School on the 600 block of Thompson Street in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia. Police reported that a fight had broken out between four seniors in the bathroom, and when police were able to break up the fight, one of the victims was found on the floor with a swollen face. The student was taken to the hospital, and is being treated for... Read More |
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| Brothers Sentenced for Shed Bombs; Teens Arrested in Flash Mob; Penn Texts Traced to Oklahoma |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/14/16 7:13 pm | updated: 11/14/16 7:13 pm |
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| Twin brothers in Chester County have been sentenced to six to 23 months in prison and 5 years probation during which they are barred from contact with each other. Daniel and Caleb Tate plead guilty to arson and misdemeanor retail theft charges. Last December while home from college, they detonated homemade pipe bombs, blowing up five different targets in Lancaster and Chester Counties. Those included an Amish phone shed, a produce shed, a mailbox, and a well pump shed. They apologized at... Read More |
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| Anti-Trump Protests Continue, Trump Picks Chief of Staff, Racially Charged Attack At Villanova |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/14/16 12:35 am | updated: 11/14/16 12:35 am |
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| Demonstrators gathered on Sunday for the fifth time this week to protest Donald Trump being elected as President. Protestors met on Sunday at Thomas Paine Plaza near City Hall, and continued their march down Market Street towards Independence Mall. Police had rolling closures of streets in the city going while protestors marched. Not only were protestors gathering in Philadelphia, but all over the countries major cities, including one in New York on Saturday that had around 5,000... Read More |
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| Man Killed in Tioga-Nicetown, Dilworth Park Ice Rink Opening, Racist Cyber Attacks At UPenn |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/11/16 8:53 pm | updated: 11/11/16 8:53 pm |
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| Police are now investigating after a man was shot and killed in the Tioga-Nicetown section of Philadelphia. Police say the incident happened at around 3:00 pm Friday, on the 3800 block of North 18th Street. Police arrived on the scene to find a 34-year-old man with gun shot wounds to his chest and chin, the man died on the scene. The identity of the victim has not yet been released. Police are also still searching for the gunman in the shooting, and are investigating a possible motive... Read More |
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| Mike Pence to Take Over Transition Team from Chris Christie |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/11/16 7:55 pm | updated: 11/11/16 7:55 pm |
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| President-elect Donald Trump has asked Vice President-elect Mike Pence to take over the transition team as they prepare for the White House. He will be taking the reigns from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who had been leading the transition efforts pre-election. Christie will now be one of several vice chairs. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions will also be vice chairs. There will be several others named to the team or getting expanded roles in the coming... Read More |
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