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| PHL Detained Syrian Family Back in United States; Kobe Bryant Items Stolen; Dynamite in Haverford |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/06/17 7:53 pm | updated: 02/06/17 7:53 pm |
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| A Syrian immigrant family that was detained at Philadelphia International Airport last Saturday and then put back on a plane hours later amid President Trump's travel ban has arrived back in the United States. The six members of the Assali joined their relatives in Allentown, PA this morning after landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Lehigh Valley-area Republican Congressman Charlie Dent says, "They were not refugees, they were in fact immigrant visa... Read More |
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| DE Officer Receives Posthumous Honors; 3 People Hit in West Philly; PSWA Awards Flyers/Villanova Win |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/04/17 3:15 am | updated: 02/04/17 3:15 am |
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| Fallen Delaware Department of Corrections Officer Sgt. Steven Floyd was posthumously elevated to the rank of lieutenant and was awarded the medal of valor on Friday afternoon. Floyd was taken hostage with three others on Wednesday by inmates at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna. He did not survive the ordeal. An autopsy performed by the Delaware Division of Forensic Science revealed that Floyd's death was homicide by trauma. At a graduation ceremony today for new... Read More |
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| Arrest in 2015 Port Richmond Murder; Cheating in PA State Police Academy; Crash in Clifton Heights |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/03/17 7:39 pm | updated: 02/03/17 7:50 pm |
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| Philadelphia police have made an arrest in the 2015 murder of a Port Richmond woman. 28-year-old James Jones is charged with criminal homicide, burglary, robbery and a list of related offenses. It happened on July 30, 2015 on the 3000 block of Aramingo Ave. Police found 22-year-old Stephanie Dzikowski shot to death in a second floor bedroom. Her 2-year-old daughter was in the room with her. Surveillance video helped polce identify Jones. Jones was already in jail on an unrelated... Read More |
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| Officer Killed in DE Hostage Situation; Philly Cafeteria Worker Sells Drugs; Comcast Workers Protest |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/02/17 9:12 pm | updated: 02/02/17 9:12 pm |
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| A nearly 20-hour hostage situation at a Delaware state prison ended early this morning when authorities used a backhoe to breach the building. One of the remaining hostages, 47-year-old Sgt. Steven Floyd, was found unresponsive and later died at the hospital. The other remaining hostage, a female counselor, was rescued unharmed. Delaware Secretary of Safety and Homeland Security Robert Coupe says that other prisoners shielded her from harm. The situation began on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.... Read More |
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| Cops Stop Abduction in Olde Richmond; Gun at Upper Darby High; Hostage Situation at Delaware Prison |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/01/17 7:32 pm | updated: 02/01/17 7:39 pm |
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| Undercover narcotics officers stopped the abduction of a 25-year-old woman on Tuesday night in Philadelphia's Olde Richmond neighborhood. The officers had received a tip about the possible kidnapping. They went to the Port Richmond Village shopping plaza on the 2400 block of Aramingo Avenue shortly after 8pm. Two undercover officers witnessed the woman leave her place of work and walk to her car. A red Jeep Cherokee with 4 to 5 people pulled up and two men jumped out. They forced the... Read More |
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| President Trump Nominates Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/01/17 1:33 am | updated: 02/01/17 1:33 am |
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| President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Trump announced his nomination for the vacant seat on the high court at a special press conference on Tuesday night from the White House. 49-year-old Gorsuch is a judge on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals based in Denver, CO. The conservative judge is known for his clear, colloquial writing, advocacy for court review of government regulations, defense of religious freedom and skepticism toward law enforcement. Read More |
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| ACLU Files Lawsuit in Philadelphia; Bucks Woman Dies in Fire; Man Hit/Killed By Car in Northeast |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/31/17 8:14 pm | updated: 01/31/17 8:14 pm |
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| Local family members of three families that were denied entry to the United States at Philadelphia International Airport on Saturday are filing lawsuits against the Trump administration. They appeared at City Hall today along with Mayor Jim Kenney and the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania. Two of the families were from Syria and one individual was from Iran. They were briefly detained at the airport and sent back home. One lawsuit has already been filed and two are pending.... Read More |
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| Boy Scouts to Allow Transgender Boys; Convicted Nova Prof. Found Dead; Boiler Explosion in Haverford |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/31/17 2:13 am | updated: 01/31/17 2:13 am |
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| The Boys Scouts of American announced Monday that it will allow transgender children who identify as boys to enroll in its boys' only programs. The organization made the decision to base enrollment on the gender a parent or child lists on the application to become a scout. The previous policy relied on the gender listed on the child's birth certificate. A spokeswoman for the organization says it made the decision based on states and communities changing how gender is defined. "For more... Read More |
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| Syrian Family Turned Away at PHL Airport; Teen ID'd in Fatal ATV Crash; Missing West Philly Boy |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/28/17 9:39 pm | updated: 01/28/17 9:42 pm |
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| According to a local Syrian man, family members who arrived on a flight from Doha, Qatar, at Philadelphia International Airport this morning were briefly detained by Customs and Border Protection officials and then sent back on a return flight. Joseph Assali of Allentown says his six family members from Syria, which included two brothers, their two wives, and two children, arrived on a Qatar Airways flight at 7:25 a.m. Saturday. The Christian family had supposedly gone through years of... Read More |
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| Philadelphians go to March For Life in DC; NJ Driver Hit By Hammer; Hart Movie Shoot in Center City |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/27/17 8:13 pm | updated: 01/27/17 8:13 pm |
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| Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput led a group of approximately 3,000 faithful from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to the Annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. today. They joined others from the area and many thousands more at the National Mall for the pro-life march and rally. The event has been held every year since the 1972 landmark U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions legalized abortion nationwide. Vice President Mike Pence and Trump advisor Kellyanne... Read More |
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Alvin Clay
