Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill was ordered to spend three months on house arrest for his latest parole violations. Mill, whose real name is Robert Williams, can only leave his house to do community service with organizations that serve adults, not youth. Prosecutors say that he violated parole when he failed to notify and get approval for his travel outside of Philadelphia. Mill attributes...
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Snow overnight caused traffic problems and some delayed school openings across the region. Suburbs west of the city got a coating on some roads. East of the city and down to the shore things were more slippery as 2 to 4 inches piled up from the quick hitting overnight storm. It's done pretty much everywhere by noon and the air will be dry through the weekend.
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The Bald Eagle, along with other native birds of prey, will be celebrated and seen Saturday at the 16th annual Cumberland County Winter Eagle Festival. The Winter Eagle Festival is held in and around Mauricetown, New Jersey, a historic village surrounded by the kind of habitat eagles and other raptors love. The day starts with a sunrise walk and ends with an owl watch. There'll be presentations...
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The SS United States may sail again. That's the word from New York today as Crystal Cruises, a luxury travel company, signed a purchase option for the ship. Crystal will pay the roughly $60,000 per month it costs to keep the historic ship docked in South Philadelphia as it conducts a nine-month feasibility study. They hope to exercise the option to buy the ship and reburbish it to it...
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The sexual assault case against actor Bill Cosby is moving forward. And a key battle will be waged over explicit testimony he gave in a deposition more than a decade ago. Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill on Wednesday rejected the testimony of a former suburban Philadelphia prosecutor who said he promised Cosby would never be prosecuted. The decision allows the case to move to a...
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Officials say a natural gas leak was found at a home in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia early Thursday morning, leading to an evacuation. Crews were first called to the 7200 block of North 21st Street just before 2 a.m. Officials say the gas leak was found on an exterior wall at a home, forcing that home to be evacuated. Two people received medical treatment, officials say. PGW...
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Bill Cosby was back in Montgomery County court Wednesday. This was the second day of a hearing on a defense motion to throw out charges against Cosby. Judge Steven T. O'Neill ruled at the end of the day that the case should proceed to trial. The basis of the motion comes from a 2005 'promise' from then District Attorney Bruce Castor to Cosby that he would not be prosecuted if he testified...
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SEPTA's Regional Rail Service on the Manayunk Norristown line was suspended early Wednesday morning after the train struck a car. The collision occurred around 6:30 a.m. in the area of Cherry and Washington Streets in Conshohocken. The car was disabled on the tracks, and nobody was inside the vehicle during the crash. Officials say one person on board the train injured in the crash. 55 people...
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Police say a man has been arrested after he pulled a gun on a uniformed police officer. Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said officers responded to a report of a person with a gun around 6:30 Tuesday evening at the intersection of 55th and Arch Streets. When officers approached the suspect, he ran half a block and then pulled a handgun and pointed it at one of the officers. The...
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Go to any one of these participating Sprint Wireless locations for your chance to win Philadelphia Auto Show tickets. No purchase necessary. See stores for details. Show ends this Sunday, February 9th!
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA | February 05, 2016 10:12 pm
