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| Melrose Diner Fire, To Reopen Sooner; School Board Apologizes, Accepts $22k Offer; 15yo Shot in AC |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/25/19 3:02 pm | updated: 07/25/19 3:02 pm |
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| Fire broke out at the popular Melrose Diner in South Philadelphia during dinner time on Wednesday evening, 7/24. The landmark 24/7 restaurant is located at the crossroads of 15th, Snyder, and Passayunk. The fire started just before 6 p.m. near a vent. Employees tried to put it out with water until firefighters arrived. Everyone was evacuated. The fire was quickly contained. It is believed to have been an electrical fire, but fire officials are still investigating. There were no injuries.... Read More |
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| Superior Court Grants Meek Mill New Trial; Man Sentenced 25-50 years; NJ Walmart Bomb Threat |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/24/19 3:57 pm | updated: 07/24/19 3:57 pm |
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| Philadelphia raper Meek Mill, aka Robert Rihmeek Williams, will get a new trial after his 2008 conviction on drug and weapons offenses was overturned by a Pennsylvania appeals court on Wednesday, 7/24. The Pennsylvania Superior Court 3-judge panel unanimously granted the new trial after being presented with new evidence of alleged police corruption. The original arresting officer and sole prosecution witness, former Philadelphia Police Officer Reginald Graham, has credibility issues... Read More |
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| Charges Dropped Against Amtrak 188 Engineer; Drag Race Hit-And-Run; La Colombe CEO Offer Rejected |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/23/19 5:09 pm | updated: 07/23/19 5:09 pm |
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| All charges against the Amtrak engineer at the helm of the deadly May 2015 crash have been dropped once again. Brandon Bostian had been charged with involuntary manslaughter of eight people and reckless endangerment of 246 injured, and one count of risking a catastrophe. The charges were dismissed on Tuesday, 7/23, during a status meeting in front of Judge Barbara A. McDermott. The defense argued that any mistakes Bostian made do not amount to crimes. "We don't lock up doctors when they... Read More |
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| Brandon Olivieri Sentenced 37 yrs to Life; Police Shoot Teen Suspect on Walt Whitman; PES Bankruptcy |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/22/19 3:33 pm | updated: 07/22/19 3:33 pm |
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| A South Philadelphia teen that shot and killed two other 16-year-olds during a fight in October 2017 was sentenced Monday to 37 years to life in prison. Brandon Olivieri, now 18-years-old, was found guilty on all counts in the murders of Sal DiNubile and Caleer Miller. He faced first and third degree murder charges. It happened on Oct. 24, 2017. Olivieri and DiNubile were neighborhood rivals. Olivieri was embarrassed by a previous fight between the two and pulled a gun during this... Read More |
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| Two Elderly Shot in Wilmington Nursing Home; Drag Racing Hit-and-Run Robbery; Rape Stopped in Bucks |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/22/19 12:08 am | updated: 07/22/19 12:08 am |
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| Delaware State Police are investigating after an elderly man and woman were shot to death inside a nursing home in Wilmington on Saturday afternoon, 7/20. It happened at 1:12 p.m. at the ManorCare Health Service-Wilmington nursing home on the 700 block of Foulk Road. An 82-year-old man and a 79-year-old woman were found dead from apparent gun shot wounds. A handgun was recovered from the scene. The female victim was a resident of the home. No one else was hurt. Authorities say there was... Read More |
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| Bandit Cuts Hole in Roof, Gets $1ks; Power Outage at Senior Residence; Heat Wave; Berks Earthquake |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/19/19 4:49 pm | updated: 07/19/19 4:49 pm |
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| Philadelphia Police are asking the public's help in finding a bandit that robbed a gas station by cutting a hole in the roof on Wednesday morning, 7/17. It happened just after midnight at the Sunoco Station at 8019 Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill. The incident was caught on the store's surveillance video. The suspect jumped into the store from a hole they cut on the roof and landed on a shelf before jumping to the floor. They then pried open the ATM machine with a crowbar and stole $8,120.... Read More |
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| Man Scales Down 19-Story Building in Fire; 13 Officers Fired over Facebook Posts; DE Elderly Abuse |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/19/19 2:26 am | updated: 07/19/19 2:26 am |
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Firefighters responded to a call of a fire in a trash chute high up in a 19-story residential high rise in West Philadelphia around 9:30 p.m.on Thursday night, 7/18. When they arrived, a man was scaling down the outside of the building, though it is unclear why he chose that way to escape the fire. He did make it down safely. Four residents and three officers were treated for smoke inhalation.
UPDATE: The man climbing the side of the Westpark Apartments was... Read More |
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| Hahnemann Updates, Closing Schedule; Noose Found at Home Depot; Phillies Brotherly Love |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/19/19 12:21 am | updated: 07/19/19 12:21 am |
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| Hahnemann University Hospital has announced a timeline of dates for the closure of departments and facilities with the final date set as September 6th. The schedule has to be approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Philadelphia Health Commissioner's Office. The hospital's owners, Philadelphia Academic Health System, announced last month that it would close the 171-year-old institution due to financial constraints. PAHS declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week. They also... Read More |
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| Meek Mill Appeals in Superior Court; Woman Assaulted in Jefferson; Lifeguard Attacked in Mayfair |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/18/19 10:49 pm | updated: 07/18/19 10:49 pm |
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| 32-year-old Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill, aka Robert Rihmeek Williams, appeared before Pennsylvania State Superior Court on Tuesday, 7/16, to petition the appeals court to overturn his 2008 drug and gun conviction under the Post Conviction Relief Act. His attorneys argued before the three-judge panel that his original conviction over 10 years ago should be thrown out because of credibility issues with the arresting officer and sole witness in the case. It was discovered that... Read More |
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| Roxborough Intruder on Security Cam; Delaware Smoking Age 21+; Dead Dogs in Upper Dublin |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/17/19 1:39 pm | updated: 07/17/19 1:39 pm |
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| Surveillance footage from a Roxborough woman's home captured a relentless intruder over the weekend while the family was down the shore and she wants the man identified. It happened on Saturday night, 7/13, at Mitchell Street and Shurs Lane. Andrea Albelda was on vacation and started to received alerts from her Blink security cameras. The man first tried to get in the front door, then the back door, then the front door again. He finally broke in through a living room window. "The most... Read More |
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