St. Joseph's University is conducting an investigation into allegations of hazing involving the women's softball team. The university has been conducting interviews with student athletes, coaches, and staff members. It would not confirm if four student athletes have been suspended and not allowed to travel to the team's upcoming games vs. George Mason in Virginia.

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A 14-year-old Lehigh County girl is being charged as an adult in the stabbing death of her mother after investigators discovered text messages between her and her soldier boyfriend saying, "I want her gone." According to Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin, 8th grader Jamie Silvonek, of Upper Macungie Township, is being charged with first-degree homicide, abuse of a corpse,...

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Swarthmore College is trying to find out who painted the words "Rape Haven" on the front of a fraternity house there. The vandalism was reported Tuesday at the Delta Upsilon fraternity on campus. Asked if Swarthmore is investigating any sexual assault cases at the fraternity, the college declined to comment, referencing Federal privacy laws.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen...

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Eastern State Penitentiary in Fairmount is now a tourist designation, but it once housed some of the country's most famous criminals with stories that made headlines. Friday marks the 70th anniversary of a famous Philadelphia prison escape. Bank robber Willie Sutton — also known as "the actor" because he wore costumes to perform bank heists across the country — was an inmate at...

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Funeral arrangements have been set for the Darby Borough police officer allegedly shot and killed by his girlfriend last Saturday. The funeral for 26-year-old Officer Mark Hudson will be held this Saturday, April 4th at St. Joseph's Church, 500 Woodland Avenue in Collingdale, PA. There will be a viewing from 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. with the funeral to follow. Officer Hudson was shot and...

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The Montgomery County Medical examiner has officially identified the couple found dead in their Lower Moreland home as 48-year-old Chris and 43-year-old Nicole Peppelman. It appears to be a murder-suicide by chainsaw. Nicole's death was ruled a homicide. She had gaping sharp force injuries to her abdomen. She also had stab wounds and had been choked. Chris' death was ruled a suicide. He...

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Fresh off of their successful trip in Austin, TX, by bringing the first official Philadelphia Showcase to the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival, RECPhilly is diving right back into it with their just announced "30 For 30" event series. The "30 For 30" starts today April 1st and includes 30 events in 30 days, everyday in the month of April. The events range from networking meet ups, art...

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SEPTA bus advertisements proclaiming a controversial anti-Muslim message are appearing on Philadelphia streets today. SEPTA was ordered by a federal judge to accept the ads (pictured), which say "Islamic Jew Hatred: It's in the Quran" and feature a photograph of a 1941 meeting between Hitler and Hajj Amin al-Husseini, a Palestinian Arab nationalist who made radio broadcasts supporting the Nazis....

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The Medical Examiner will preform autopsies today on a Montgomery County couple found dead in their Lower Moreland Township home. Police say a teenage son found his parents Tuesday in what has been described as a "gruesome scene." The autopsies will now determine the exact cause of death of the victims - a husband and a wife. The bodies were found with wounds caused by a chainsaw. Authorities...

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The bodies of two people have been found dead inside of a home in Lower Moreland at 12:50 p.m. this afternoon. Investigators are at the scene on the 1100 block of Country Lane (off of Paper Mill Road) in the quiet wooded neighborhood trying to determine what happened. The couple was found by their 14-year-old son who called police. Lower Moreland Police say that the bodies of the...

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