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Philly.com- Police Sgt. Kevin Clements, who was identified for the first time Monday, shot LaShanda Anderson of Philadelphia, who was driving a rented Nissan Armada and allegedly attempting to flee from a Marshalls store where she and two others tried to steal over $3,000 in merchandise stuffed into a suitcase. Anderson, who authorities said tried […]
6 ABC- Rapper Meek Mill is scheduled to be back in a Philadelphia courtroom, to ask for his drug and gun charges to be dismissed. Mill spent five months behind bars until the state Supreme Court ordered his release on bail in April. Judge Genece Brinkley originally sentenced him to four years for violating […]
Philly.com- After nearly 150 assaults on Philadelphia school administrators and teachers this school year, the unions that represent them gathered Friday to say: Something’s got to give. “Some parents now think that it’s OK to assault the people charged with keeping their children safe,” said Robin Cooper, president of the Commonwealth Association of School Administrators (CASA), […]
Politico- Pressure rose on President Donald Trump on Sunday to clarify or change his administration’s policies toward separating families that enter the United States illegally — including from within his own home. A spokeswoman for Melania Trump said Sunday that the first lady “hates to see children separated from their families” and hopes both parties can […]
Philly.com- For more than two years, dozens of victims have filed into a secret grand jury room in Pennsylvania, faced a group of strangers, and recounted how they were sexually abused as children by Catholic priests, their rapes and molestation buried by church leaders. One, a former Erie priest who testified that he was molested […]
Father’s day is this Sunday, and people are expected to be spending a lot of money on it this year. Father’s Day Spending this year is likely in record territory, according to experts. Experts say spending on Father’s Day this year could reach $15.3 billion. The report by the National Retail Federation says a total […]
The New York Times is reporting The New York State attorney general’s office filed a scathingly worded lawsuit on Thursday taking aim at the Donald J. Trump Foundation, accusing the charity and the Trump family of sweeping violations of campaign finance laws, self-dealing and illegal coordination with the presidential campaign. The lawsuit, which seeks to […]
6 ABC– The Philadelphia Eagles’ ongoing Super Bowl celebration culminates Thursday night when the players receive their championship rings. After that, coach Doug Pederson wants the team to move on and shed their underdog persona that got them to their first title. Pederson has an exact date and time when he wants the […]
News One- Earlier this year, Bill Cosby was convicted on all three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging defendant Andrea Constand before he sexually assaulted her at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. The tv icon is facing up to 30 years in jail. Now, his wife of 54 years, Camille Cosby, 74, is reportedly […]
CNN- For most of their annual meeting this week in Dallas, Southern Baptists have talked about spiritual matters, particularly their keen focus on gaining new converts. But the gathering of the nation’s largest evangelical group took a political turn on Wednesday morning, when Vice President Mike Pence addressed the nearly 10,000 delegates, known as messengers. […]
NYT- President Trump declared Wednesday that North Korea is “no longer a nuclear threat” to the United States even though the two sides had yet to forge a concrete disarmament plan and offered incomplete accounts of what they agreed to during this week’s summit meeting in Singapore. Rejoicing in the glow of a historic encounter, Mr. Trump […]
Philly.com- The Gloucester County NAACP on Wednesday called on the New Jersey attorney general to take over the investigation into the fatal police shooting of a shoplifting suspect in a Deptford strip mall parking lot over the weekend. In a statement, the civil rights group said Deptford police and the county Prosecutor’s Office should cede their […]