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| Samaritans Aid Tipsy Mother and Baby; 5yo Brings Crack to Preschool; Teacher Sex Assaults Student |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/15/19 3:45 pm | updated: 05/15/19 3:47 pm |
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| Good Samaritans came to the aid of a woman who appeared to be under the influence while pushing her infant daughter into oncoming traffic. It happened on Tuesday afternoon, 5/14, near 52nd Street and Thompson. One man, Adolpus Carr said, "I had to double park and run out and grab her and she was falling over." Others in the area saw what was happening and rushed in to help the 28-year-old mother and her 2-month-old girl. The mother was taken to Lankenau Medical Center. She did confess to... Read More |
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| PA AG Shapiro Sues Purdue over Opioids; Reward for SJ Fios Saboteur; Woman Drives Car Thru Bank Wall |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/15/19 3:18 pm | updated: 05/15/19 3:36 pm |
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| Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that he is filing a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, the creator of prescription opioid Oxycotin. Pennsylvania joins 38 other states to file suit against the giant pharmaceutical company at least partially blaming it for the country's opioid epidemic. PA has one of the highest opioid overdose rates in the country. The lawsuit comes after a two year investigation. Shapiro states that Purdue made 500,000 sales visits to doctor's offices... Read More |
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| Brett Brown Returning as Sixers Head Coach; Joel Embiid Trademarks 'The Process' |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/14/19 11:40 pm | updated: 05/14/19 11:40 pm |
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Brett Brown will be returning as head coach on the Sixers for the 2019-2020 season. Sixers managing partner Josh Harris said on Tuesday, "A lot's been made about this in the press, and truthfully, you can't believe what you read or what you are hearing. Brett's job was never in jeopardy."
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| Gas Main leak in Winslow Township; Arrest in Upper Darby DUI Homicide; Olivieri Trial Starts |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/14/19 5:15 pm | updated: 05/14/19 5:15 pm |
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| A contractor working at the intersection of Spring Garden and South Egg Harbor roads in Winslow Township, Camden County, hit a 6-inch gas main causing a leak on Tuesday, 5/14. It happened around 11:30 a.m. Water and debris spewed from the hole like a geyser. Nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution. South Jersey Gas was on the scene to stop the leak and begin repairs. The recently reopened Atlantic City Line was suspended in both directions between between Atco and Hammonton, but NJ... Read More |
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| Norristown Carnival Brawl on Video; Officer Dragged, Suspect Shot; Charges in Frankford Death |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/14/19 12:38 am | updated: 05/14/19 12:38 am |
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| An investigation is ongoing after a brawl broke out on Saturday night, 5/11, between dozens of teens at a church carnival in Norristown. It happened around 8:30 p.m. at the Saint Francis Spring Carnival. Officers responded to a report of a fight involving more than 50 kids on the last night of the four-day festival. Cell phone footage shows two officers trying to detain one girl while holding back the crowd. It appears that an officer had a teen girl in a chokehold before pinning her on... Read More |
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| $6k Reward In SEPTA Shooting, Video Released; PATCO Cancels Owl Changes; Man Dies in Rhawnhurst Fire |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/13/19 8:50 pm | updated: 05/13/19 8:50 pm |
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| SEPTA Police Chief Tom Nestel announced a $6,000 reward for information that leads to the arrests of two suspects wanted in the shooting of a SEPTA Regional Rail conductor. Police have released surveillance footage from the train showing the two suspects on the platform just before the botched robbery. It happened around 3:30 p.m. Friday, 5/10, at the Carpenter Station in West Mount Airy. The suspects demanded cash from the conductor as he stepped off the train. He pushed back and headed... Read More |
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| Komen More Than Pink Walk on Mother's Day; Men Ambushed in N.Philly; Swarthmore Bans Frats/Sorority |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/13/19 6:11 pm | updated: 05/13/19 6:11 pm |
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| Every Mother's Day for 28 years, the Susan B. Komen Foundation has hosted the Race for the Cure at the Philadelphia Art Museum to raise funds and bring awareness to the fight against breast cancer while celebrating survivors and remembering those who have passed. They announced back in January that they would be replacing the race with a walk only. This year they started a new tradition called the More Than Pink Walk. The cold and rain did not keep participants from attending Sunday... Read More |
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| 6-year-old Girl Found After Abduction Scare; Langhorne Victim Identified; Stabbing in Cobbs Creek |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/11/19 11:37 pm | updated: 05/11/19 11:37 pm |
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| Philadelphia Police say that a 6-year-old girl who was believed to have been abducted in a stolen car earlier on Saturday afternoon, 5/11, has been found safe. It started at 2:20 p.m. when a navy blue Chevrolet Impala with the girl in the back seat was reported stolen from 56th and Warrington Streets in West Philadelphia. The car was located near 69th and Belmar Streets but was empty. It turns out that the child's aunt who called 911 was mistaken and the girl was never in the car. The... Read More |
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| Philly Pro-Life Rally Brings Over 1,000; SEPTA Conductor Shot at Station; 70yo Dead in Plastic Bin |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/11/19 2:27 am | updated: 05/11/19 2:29 am |
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| Over 1,000 Pro-Life demonstrators gathered near the intersection of 12th and Locust in Center City on Friday morning, 5/10, to rally in response to videos posted online by Pennsylvania State Representative Brian Sims. It was called 'From the City of Brotherly Love: A Pro-Life Rally Against Bullying.' Rep. Sims, whose 182nd District includes the Center City Planned Parenthood location, recently posted videos he recorded of himself confronting several pro-life activists outside the 1144... Read More |
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| Jonathan Harris Guilty of 1st Degree Murder; House Arrest for Camel Prom Mom; Mark D'Amico Indicted |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/09/19 11:56 pm | updated: 05/09/19 11:56 pm |
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| A Montgomery County jury has found the man accused of killing 36-year-old Main Line model Christina Kraft in her Ardmore apartment guilty of first degree murder. 31-year-old Jonathan Harris of Johnstown, PA, was also convicted of kidnapping, possession of an instrument of a crime, strangulation, robbery, theft, and receiving stolen property. The jury deliberated for 5 1/2 hours. It happened on August 22nd, 2018, near Suburban Square. Harris had confessed to parts of the gruesome murder,... Read More |
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