Charges will be filed on Wednesday, 4/14, against a former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police officer in the shooting death of a man during a traffic stop on Sunday, 4/11. Washington County Attorney Pete Orput says that former officer 48-year-old Kim Potter will be charged with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Daunte Wright. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10...

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A group of peaceful protesters gathered at City Hall and made their way through the streets in Center City on Tuesday night, 4/13. They were demonstrating after a Black man was shot and killed by police officers during a traffic stop in Minnesota on Sunday afternoon. It happened in Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis. 20-year-old Daunte Wright was pulled over for an expired registration tag...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have jointly recommended a 'pause' in the administration of the single-dose Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. The agencies are calling for an investigation into reports of rare and severe blood clots. There have been 6 reported cases of these blood clots out of 6.8 million J&J doses given in...

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The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office has issued an arrest warrant for the man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend who was found in Philadelphia after she was reported missing. 23-year-old Justin Smith is still being sought by police in the death of 21-year-old Dianna Brice according to Chesley Lightsey with the Philadelphia District Attorney's Homicide and Non-Fatal Shooting...

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A 2-year-old boy has been found safe and his father is in police custody following an Amber Alert in the Philadelphia area on Monday afternoon, 4/12. 2-year-old Byron McDonald was located safe and unharmed around 4 p.m. at the Aloft Philadelphia Airport Hotel along the 4300 block of Island Avenue after an employee recognized the car described in the alert. A SWAT Team, police, and...

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A woman has been arrested in connection to the death of a pregnant Upper Darby mother who went missing last month. 21-year-old Tylydiah Garnett is charged with arson, criminal conspiracy, use of communication facility, abuse of corpse, and other related offenses (pictured below). She was taken into custody by the Philadelphia Homicide Fugitive Unit with the assistance of the FBI Gun...

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The Devon Horse Show and Country Fair (DHSCF) announced that it canceled this year's event for the second straight year due to the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. This year's event was scheduled to run May 27 - June 6. The annual Devon Horse Show is a U.S. Equestrian Federation (USEF) sanctioned show and is required to follow all of their guidelines. DHSCF says that it was told on...

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A Ursinus College student was arrested on Friday night, 4/9, supposedly after confronting Collegeville Police about the officers' lack of wearing masks in public. The exact details leading up to his arrest are not clear. The contentious arrest was caught on video by another student and posted on Instagram (see below). It showed the male student struggling with two officers on the ground as...

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Local and federal authorities are joining efforts in Philadelphia to help curb the rising gun violence in the streets. Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Williams joined Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw to announce the joint task force called 'All Hands on Deck.' It includes Philadelphia Police, the FBI, DEA, Homeland Security, and other agencies. Shootings and gun homicides in...

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Philadelphia Police have identified the suspect shot and killed by police officers during a traffic stop and shoot out on Wednesday night, 4/7, as 24-year-old James Alexander. A police officer was shot in the foot. He is only identified as a 29-year-old man from the 35th District. It happened around 6:45 p.m. on the 1500 block of West Somerville Avenue. Police pulled over a blue Kia Optima...

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