Philadelphia Police are questioning one person of interest and have identified two others in connection with the fatal stabbing and wounding of members of rapper Nicki Minaj's tour group on Wednesday. 29-year-old Devon Pickett was stabbed and killed and 27-year-old Eric Reed was injured and hospitalized early Wednesday morning during an argument outside of a bar on Stenton Ave in West Oak...

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Officials say a cab driver was trapped inside his vehicle and had to be rescued after two cars collided early Friday morning in West Philadelphia. This happened just before 3:30 a.m. at 63rd and Chestnut Streets. The cab driver was trapped for about 20 minutes and had to be cut out from the car. He was taken to Presbyterian Hospital with fractured arms and is in stable condition. The driver of...

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76ers fans are scratching their heads over the team’s decision to trade the reigning rookie of the year, Michael Carter Williams and standout rookie K.J. McDaniels before the trade deadline yesterday. In exchange the Sixers got a couple of backup players and draft picks. Many believed MCW was a player the rebuilding 76ers would use as a foundation, including Carter-Williams himself who...

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Yesterday's fatal stabbing at a meat processing plant in Montgomery County apparently started as a relatively harmless prank earlier this week. On Tuesday, the victim, 25-year-old Danny Vazquez, tried to pull a chair out from under the suspect, 32-year-old Peter Jok Atem. After the prank, Atem told Vazquez, “I’m going to get you for that.” Yesterday, a witness saw Atem...

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The Sixers front office got busy on the last day of trade season and dealt some of the more promising young talent away in the ever evolving but even more poorly understood Sam Hinkie rebuilding plan. Reigning Rookie of the Year and triple-double threat Michael Carter-Williams was sent to the Milwaukee Bucks for a first round pick. High-flier K.J. McDaniels was dealt to the Houston Rockets for...

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It's the first sign of Spring. Today, pitchers and catchers report for baseball's Spring Training. The Phillies hurlers are in Clearwater, Florida to start a season where some experts project the Phils to be the worst team in baseball. Phillies ace, Cole Hamels stopped short of asking to be traded. However he did say he just wants to pitch for a winner, and that's not going to happen in...

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Governor Wolf, who proposed a tax on natural gas drilling last week says he wants the natural gas industry to succeed in the state and denies that he's threatening a ban. Wolf insists he wants a vibrant natural gas industry , and not just for Pennsylvania’s sake. He added he "disagrees" with New York's ban on natural gas drilling.

A key witness in the murder trial of the...

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The stretch of subfreezing weather has started to slow up the water works not just in homeowners pipes, but in mother natures plumbing as well. Area water ways big and small have been grinding to an icy halt. It may not matter to the creek in the back yard, but the Delaware River is a major shipping route and can't just close because it wants to freeze. The Coast Guard has been busy with...

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The victims in an early morning bar stabbing in West Mount Airy have been identified as members of rapper Nicki Minaj's tour team. The incident happened after 2:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Che Bar & Grill on the 6300 block of Stenton Avenue near Johnson Street in Philadelphia. An argument inside the bar made its way outside to the street where 27-year-old Eric Parker and 29-year-old De'Von "Day Day"...

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Today is Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, the traditional 40-day period of fasting, prayer and penitence before Easter. Roman Catholics, Episcopalians and Lutherans hold services during which foreheads are marked with the sign of the cross with ashes made from last year's Palm Sunday palms as a sign of repentance and reminder of mortality. Archbishop Charles Chaput will distribute ashes after...

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