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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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| 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 3:35 pm | updated: 01/27/17 3:35 pm |
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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 8:11 pm | updated: 01/26/17 8:11 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 5:11 am | updated: 01/26/17 5:11 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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| Large Sink Hole in Glenside; Chestnut Hill Attack Arrest; Philadelphia Sanctuary City Status |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/25/17 8:21 pm | updated: 01/25/17 8:21 pm |
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| Residents in Montgomery County awoke early this morning to a massive sink hole in their front yards. It happened around dawn in front of two homes on the 700 block of Brooke Road in Glenside, Cheltenham Township. The hole stretched from part of the road straight across to the homes' foundations and took up half of each front yard on either side. An entire tree was swallowed up and a white pickup truck that was parked in the driveway was dangling over the edge. The residents of the two... Read More |
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| Sheriff Lt. Leaves Hospital After Accident; Turnpike Bridge Closed; MontCo Teen Wanted for Shooting |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/24/17 9:20 pm | updated: 01/24/17 9:21 pm |
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| A Philadelphia sheriff's lieutenant who was severely injured in an elevator accident in Center City over the summer is leaving the hospital and going home. Philadelphia Sheriff Lt. Paul Owens was riding in a court staff elevator at the Criminal Justice Center on the morning of August 4th. The elevator malfunctioned and the car crashed through the roof of the elevator shaft. Owens suffered head and chest injuries and several broken vertebrae. He is paralyzed from the waist down. He has... Read More |
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| World Cafe Live Leaving Queen in Wilmington, DE; Chestnut Hill Invasion/Assault; Baby Supply Theft |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/24/17 7:27 pm | updated: 01/24/17 7:27 pm |
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| World Cafe Live at the Queen in Wilmington, DE, has announced that it will part ways with the venue in May. The music venue opened in 2011 in the completely renovated but long shuttered movie house and theater. Owner Hal Real also owns Philadelphia's World Cafe Live on Walnut Street in University City that shares a building with radio station WXPN. The name is licensed from XPN and it's namesake radio show hosted by David Dye. Just like Philadelphia, the Wilmington WCL has a large... Read More |
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| Mural Falls Off Center City Hospital; Man Killed By Blowing Sign; Man Dies After Bar Fight |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/23/17 8:12 pm | updated: 01/23/17 8:12 pm |
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| Parts of a multistory mural fell off the wall of a Center City hospital this morning and landed on two parked cars in the parking lot below. It happened around 10:30 a.m. at the south wall of Hahnemann University Hospital's Feinstein building, near Broad and Race Streets. The hospital released a statement and attributed the damage “to strong winds in the region.” The mural was dedicated in 2007 as part of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. It is called "Independence Starts Here"... Read More |
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Alvin Clay
