A Bensalem Police detective collapsed and died suddenly while running a 5k race in Northeast Philadelphia on Saturday. 42-year-old Bensalem Police Detective Kevin Cornish was participating in the 19154 5K in the Parkwood neighborhood when he fell near Academy and Torrey roads shortly after the 9 a.m. start. Other officers running the race stopped and performed CPR and Cornish was taken to...

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Philadelphia has a new ride sharing service operating in the city limits. Lyft starting running rides in Philly at 6 p.m. on Friday. The service is like Uber where customers can hire a ride using a mobile app and get the closest driver who uses their own car to provide the service. All payments are done via credit card through the app. However, also like Uberx, the service is banned in the...

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Former Pennsylvania State Treasurer Rob McCord plans to plead guilty to federal charges related to an investigation into campaign contributions. McCord announced on Thursday that he was resigning from his position after six years in office. McCord released a video message via his lawyer Friday afternoon saying that his did not misuse campaign funds, but did tell two potential donors that...

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The 23rd annual Wing Bowl took place this morning in Philadelphia. It was a celebration of gluttony as the eating competition, complete with scantily clad wing-ette servers piled food in front of contestants who rode in on floats, some decked out in togas or maybe just their underwear. The winner was Patrick Bertoletti, who downed 444 wings.

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The President is back in Washington after a quick trip to Philadelphia Thursday. President Barack Obama spoke for about 20 minutes giving House Democrats a pep talk and setting the agenda for the year to come. President Obama talked about job growth, the economy and immigration at the Caucus retreat that began in Philadelphia earlier in the week. Vice President Joe Biden will be in town...

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A US Attorney has charged a Philadelphia doctor and his receptionist with running a 'pill mill' out of his offices in Philadelphia and Levittown. William O'Brien III, 49, a doctor of osteopathic medicine and his receptionist, 29-year-old Angela Rongione have been charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. O'Brien has also been charged with 26 counts of...

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Lower Merion Police are facing racial profiling questions after they stopped two groups of African Americans who were shoveling sidewalks and driveways in primarily white Main Line neighborhoods. A Wynnewood woman snapped a photo (below) of the men she had just hired to do her driveway after a police officer told them to stop and sit down in the snow while questioned. Police say adult...

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Vandals targeted the Lululemon store in Center City, two days after a partial roof collapse injured three people at that same location. The vandals tossed a brick through the door and stole clothing and other merchandise. Several people suffered minor injuries Tuesday after bricks from a neighboring building crashed through the roof of the store on the 1500 block of Walnut Street.

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Two Philadelphia undercover officers interrupted an armed robbery at a donut shop Monday morning and surveillance footage of the incident is bringing the department praise. It happened at approximately 10:18 a.m. on January 26 at the Dunkin Donuts store on the 6200 block of North Front Street. Plainclothes Officers Sherman and Austin were assigned to the area due to recent armed robberies....

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A new beheading video from ISIS includes a direct threat against President Obama and includes pledges to kill Jordanian and Japanese hostages if a hostage held by Jordan is not freed. In a new online video three Islamic State fighters stand behind a kneeling Kurdish fighter as one of the extremists launches into a diatribe against the U.S. and other Western nations. In Arabic, one of the masked...

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