A federal judge ruled today that the Department of Justice cannot withhold JAG grants from cities that do not meet a new list of immigration conditions set forth by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. 'Sanctuary cities' don't follow those policies and would certainly risk losing grant certification. The two biggest conditions include 1) allowing immigration officials access to jails 2)...

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Two women were wounded when shots were fired at their South Philadelphia home early Friday morning. It happened around 2 a.m. on the 5400 block of Hatfield Street in the Kingsessing neighborhood. A 36-year-old woman was visiting her 40-year-old friend when they heard loud banging at the door. One of the women went to look through the peephole. That's when someone opened fire from across...

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The Democrat candidate running for district attorney in Philadelphia, Larry Krasner, has stated that he would like to install supervised injection clinics where addicts can safely inject themselves with drugs. Krasner stated that many addicts leave their used needles around where children play putting them at risk. The clinics would be a legally sanctioned place where medical professionals...

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Philadelphia Police are searching for a man wanted for robbing his former neighbors. Police say that 21-year-old Mark McLaughlin broke into a home on the 7300 block of Hill Road in Roxborough around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. He then tied up a 75-year-old man and assaulted him while the man's 74-year-old sister was still asleep. McLaughlin took the keys to their vehicle and stole their...

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A Pennsylvania pharmacist is under arrest after she attempted to kill her chronically ill mother by repeatedly injecting her with insulin. 54-year-old Donna Horger is charged with attempted murder and related offenses. Back in August, staff at Immaculate Mary Nursing Home in Philadelphia found her 74-year-old mother, Mary, unresponsive. She was taken to Abington Memorial Hospital. They...

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Police are now investigating after shots were fired into a Drexel Hill home on Wednesday night. The incident took place at around 10 pm on the 200 block of Wilde Avenue. The homeowner and three other family members were sitting in their home when shots were fired at the house. Luckily no one was hit by any of the bullets, but one of the family members was cut by a flying piece of glass....

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Mural Arts Philadelphia is presenting a temporary 9-week exhibition called Monument Lab that attempts to answer the question "What is an appropriate monument for the city of Philadelphia?" It will run from September 16th to November 19th and feature installations from 20 different artists from around the world at 12...

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Thousands attended the funeral this morning of a Spring Garden man who was shot and killed last week in an attempted car jacking near his home. The mass was held at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Center City for 38-year-old Gerard Grandzol, a husband and father of two young daughters. Family, friends, and members of the community gathered to celebrate the his life....

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A mother in Delaware County has now been arrested in connection with the discovery of a deadly drug that was found in an elementary school parking lot. Police say that 29-year-old Dollinda Williams dropped off her child at St. Bernadette's in Drexel Hill when two dozen bags of fentanyl fell out of her pocket or purse. Another parent found the drugs. Williams turned herself into police on...

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One person was killed and two were injured in a fire at a home in Wilmington last night. It happened around 11:10 p.m. Monday on the 100 block of West 37th Street. Flames were coming from the front door when firefighters arrived. Eventually they were able to enter the house and find a man trapped inside. He was taken to Christiana Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The man had run back...

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