At a preliminary hearing on Wednesday morning, 8/1, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner withdrew a charge of first-degree murder against a man accused of fatally stabbing a real estate developer near Rittenhouse Square last month. 20-year-old Michael White is now charged with third-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter in the death of 37-year-old Sean Schellenger. The incident...

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Police have arrested a man from Delaware County who is a suspect in the attempted rape and robbery of an 82-year-old West Philadelphia woman earlier this month. 23-year-old Darius Johnson was taken into custody on the 1900 block of Carter Road in Folcroft on Monday. He is charged with Attempted Rape, Burglary, Robbery, Simple Assault, Risking a Catastrophe, Conspiracy and related charges....

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July 21/22 Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Words and Music: Nick Drake

1) "Fly" by Bridget St. John
2) "At the Chime of a City Clock" by Nick Drake
3) "Time Has Told Me" by Krystal Warner
4) "Which Will" by Lucinda Williams
5) "Northern Sky" by Pigs on Corn
6) "Cello Song" by Bill Horist & Aiko Shimada
7) "I Saw Nick Drake" by Robyn...

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July 28/29 - Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - Albums of 1969 Part 3

1) "August" by Love
2) "I'm Tired" by Savoy Brown
3) "Buzzin' Fly" by Tim Buckley
4) "Time Has Told Me" by Nick Drake
5) "Barabajagel" by Donovan with Jeff Beck Group
6) "Summer Day" by Blodwyn Pig
7) "Cosmic Charlie" by Grateful Dead
8) "Changes...

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Residents of Pennsylvania will not be able to download plans to make 3D-printable guns after the company that makes those plans agreed to block access to the files. Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Governor Tom Wolf, and the Pennsylvania State Police sued Defense Distributed, a Texas nonprofit that created the plans, on Sunday to stop them from allowing Pennsylvanians access. Defense...

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A car going the wrong way on I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia caused an accident killing two people on Sunday morning, 7/29. It happened just after 7 a.m. in the southbound lanes between the Route 63 West/Woodhaven Road and Academy Road/Linden Avenue exits. A Philadelphia man going the wrong way crashed head on with another vehicle from New York City. The driver who was going the wrong way...

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Officials in Lehigh County are investigating a fatal police-involved shooting on Saturday afternoon, 7/28. It happened around 5:45 p.m. on the 3700 block of Hamilton Boulevard at the Comfort Inn and Suites near Dorney Park in South Whitehall Township. Police received reports of a man with no shoes walking in the middle of the street and jumping on and damaging vehicles. The man even ripped...

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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced on Friday, 7/27, that the city will not renew a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that granted access to a database with real-time arrest information. The Philadelphia Police Department's Preliminary Arraignment Reporting System or PARS has information on anyone who had been detained by police, whether or not they have been...

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The hosts of a popular New Jersey radio show have been suspended for 10 days after calling the state's attorney general 'turban man.' Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is the country's first Sikh attorney general. Dennis Malloy and Judi Franco are longtime hosts of the mid-day show 'Dennis & Judi' on New Jersey 101.5 WKXW-FM. The pair were discussing Grewal's recent directive to prosecutors...

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Pop star Demi Lovato's concert on the beach in Atlantic City for Thursday, 7/26, has been canceled after the singer was hospitalized from a reported overdose on Tuesday night at her home in Los Angeles. "Demi is awake and with her family who want to express thanks to everyone for the love, prayers and support," Lovato's representative said in a statement Tuesday evening. "Some of the...

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