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| Day 2 of SEPTA Strike; Dozens Arrested in SW Philly; Chester Springs Armed Home Invasion |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/02/16 2:50 pm | updated: 11/02/16 2:50 pm |
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| The SEPTA strike is now in Day 2 as 4,700 bus, trolley, and subway workers are out of the driver seat and on the picket lines. Regional Rail lines experience delays this morning anywhere from 20-45 minutes as the only option for commuters to get into Center City. This, however, was nothing compared to last night when many trains had to be canceled due to picketing activity. SEPTA has obtained an injunction from Philadelphia Common Pleas Court that prevents striking workers from... Read More |
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| Flight Delayed at PHL, Samsung Phone; Cosby in Court Pre-Trial Hearing; Eagles Josh Huff Arrested |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/01/16 2:42 pm | updated: 11/01/16 2:42 pm |
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| An American Airlines flight was delayed at Philadelphia International Airport on Tuesday after there was a report that a banned phone was on board. Passengers aboard Flight #2051 from Philly to Miami were taken off the plane and re-screened. The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone is banned on all U.S. flights and has been recalled by Samsung because the risk of explosion and fire. No phone was found and the passengers were allowed to re-board. The flight was delayed approximately 2 hours. It... Read More |
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| BREAKING: SEPTA Bus, Trolley, Subway Workers from TWU 234 Go On Strike in Philadelphia 11/1 |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/01/16 12:02 am | updated: 11/01/16 12:02 am |
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| 4,700 SEPTA workers from the Transit Workers Union Local 234 went on strike at the stroke of midnight Tuesday despite daylong contract negotiations with SEPTA officials. Drivers will finish out their routes tonight. Parties for both sides met at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel in Center City all day Monday. The strike will affect some 400,000 SEPTA bus, trolley, and subway riders. The Regional Rail and Suburban bus, Trolley Routes 101 & 102, and Norristown High Speed line would not be... Read More |
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| New Felony Charges For Bucks Man; SEPTA Negotiations Continue, Deadline Looms; NJ Parade Accident |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/31/16 4:28 pm | updated: 10/31/16 4:28 pm |
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| Over a dozen new felony charges have been filed against a Bucks County man who had been caught living with 12 young girls in his Feasterville home in June. 51-year-old Lee Kaplan is now charged with sexually assaulting 5 more of those girls. There are 15 new charges including rape, involuntary deviate intercourse, indecent assault and other offenses. It started when an Amish couple, Daniel and Savilla Stolzfus, gave Kaplan their then 14-year-old daughter as a gift for helping them out of... Read More |
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| Two Freight Trains Collide in Chester; 76ers Issue Sevyn Streeter Apology; PA Turnpike Closed |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/28/16 2:56 pm | updated: 10/28/16 2:56 pm |
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| Two CSX freight trains collided this morning in Chester, Delaware County. It happened at 8:25 a.m. at a track interlocking between Kerlin Street and Concord Road. The two trains hit head-on. One was traveling from Richmond, Virginia to Pavonia, New Jersey with three locomotives and 64 empty freight cars. The other was traveling from Quebec, Canada to Atlanta, Georgia, with one locomotive and eight intermodal cars carrying consumer goods and food products. Each train had two crew members... Read More |
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| $265 Million Settlement Amtrak 188; No Seyvn Streeter Sixers Anthem; Sentence DA's GF Slash Tires |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/27/16 3:27 pm | updated: 10/27/16 3:27 pm |
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| A settlement has been reached in the fatal Amtrak 188 crash in Port Richmond last year. Amtrak has agreed to payout a record $265 million to victims and their families. The settlement was approved by a judge today. The crash happened in May of 2015. The train was going 106 mph in a 50 mph zone around a curve at Frankford Junction when it derailed. 8 people were killed and over 200 were injured. The deadline for victims to join the settlement is November 21st. Claims may be processed and... Read More |
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| Warrant for Union League Vandal; Video of Boyd's Burglary; Trump's Hollywood Star Destroyed |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/26/16 4:44 pm | updated: 10/26/16 4:47 pm |
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| Philadelphia Police have identified the man wanted in connection with the theft and destruction of the front staircase of the Union League in Center City. An arrest warrant has been issued for 50-year-old Reginald Phillips, whose last known address was on the 3100 block of N. Broad Street. Phillips was caught on surveillance camera pulling the brass hand rail off the stone staircase which came crumbling down. He then walking off with the railing. The damage is estimated at $100,000. Any... Read More |
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| Teen Arrested for Rittenhouse Shooting; Video of Union League Vandal; Boyd's Burglary; NE Extension |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/25/16 3:18 pm | updated: 10/25/16 3:20 pm |
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| Police have identified the teenager arrested for shooting a Good Samaritan in Rittenhouse Square last week. 17-year-old Mehdi Fraiji of the Graduate Hospital neighborhood turned himself into Central Detectives at 4 a.m. on Saturday. He is charged as an adult with Attempted Murder, Criminal Conspiracy, Aggravated Assault, Robbery, and related offenses. The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 18th inside the park. Fraiji and another male were trying to rob someone when... Read More |
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| BREAKING: Kathleen Kane Sentenced to 10 to 23 Months in Jail with 8 Years Probation |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/24/16 3:24 pm | updated: 10/24/16 3:24 pm |
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| Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was sentenced today to 10 to 23 months in jail with 8 years probation. Witnesses for both the prosecution and the defense testified Monday at the courthouse in Norristown, Montgomery County. Kane tearfully asked for leniency, hoping to receive probation or house arrest so she could take care of her two sons ages 14 and 15. She argued loss of her career, law license and reputation is punishment enough. The prosecution called her crimes... Read More |
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| Union League Staircase Damaged; Arrests in Temple Juvenile Mob; Kathleen Kane Sentencing Today |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/24/16 2:53 pm | updated: 10/24/16 2:53 pm |
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| The north side stone staircase leading to the entrance of the iconic Union League in Philadelphia was heavily damaged overnight by a vandal. Surveillance tapes show a man tugging at the brass hand rail at around 3 a.m. When he pulled the railing free, the rest of the curved stone railing came crumbling down. The man then stole the brass and walked south on Broad Street before disappearing down Moravian Street. The steps are currently off limits. Police are investigating. They hope to... Read More |
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Alvin Clay
