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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 5:12 pm | updated: 02/02/17 5:12 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 3:32 pm | updated: 02/01/17 3:39 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: 01/31/17 9:33 pm | updated: 01/31/17 9:33 pm |
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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 4:14 pm | updated: 01/31/17 4:14 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: 01/30/17 10:13 pm | updated: 01/30/17 10:13 pm |
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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 5:39 pm | updated: 01/28/17 5:42 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 4:13 pm | updated: 01/27/17 4:13 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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| Firefly Music Festival 2017 Lineup; Bob Dylan, Weeknd, Muse, Twenty One Pilots, Chance the Rapper |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/27/17 11:35 am | updated: 01/27/17 11:35 am |
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DOVER, DE (Jan. 27, 2017) - Firefly Music Festival, the east coast's largest music and camping festival, is returning to The Woodlands at Dover Downs for the sixth year June 15 - 18, 2017. Along with headliners The Weeknd, Muse, Twenty One Pilots, Chance the Rapper, and Bob Dylan and His Band, the lineup also features Flume, Weezer, The Shins, Thirty Seconds to Mars, and more than 135 additional acts. Full lineup is below.
General Admission and VIP pass options go on sale today,... Read More |
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| Trump in Philly, Protesters at City Hall; Bishop Lohmuller Dies, 97; Benefit Concert in Bryn Mawr |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/26/17 4:11 pm | updated: 01/26/17 4:11 pm |
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| President Donald Trump was in Philadelphia today to address Congressional Republicans at their annual retreat. The GOP leaders have been holding their meetings at the Loews Hotel in Center City this week to discuss policy and map out priority legislative plans. Trump discussed his plans for the wall with Mexico, international trade agreements, healthcare reform, and job creation. Outside the hotel and around City Hall hundreds of anti-Trump protesters gathered. There were a variety of... Read More |
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| Man Dies From 50-lb Dumbbell Crash; 96yo Woman Attacked by Dogs; Predatory Towing Crackdown Law |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/26/17 1:11 am | updated: 01/26/17 1:11 am |
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| A New Jersey man has died from injuries sustained when a 50 lb dumbbell came crashing through his windshield while traveling on the New Jersey Turnpike two weeks ago. 75-year-old Jack DeCarlo of Hamilton Township, Mercer County, died on Tuesday. On January 9th, DeCarlo and his wife were headed to Myrtle Beach, SC. It happened around 7:18 a.m. in the southbound lanes near mile marker 6, north of Interchange 1 in Oldmans Township. His wife, Pat, was not injured. Police are still trying to... Read More |
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Alvin Clay
