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Teen who was abducted in Philadelphia while walking home from school found safe: police
KENSINGTON - A missing teenager who police said was abducted Thursday night has been found safely, police said. The 14-year-old went missing while walking home from school on K and Venango streets around 5 p.m. Investigators said she was on the phone with her mother when the call "dropped abruptly."
Details Emerge In PPD Shooting Of Maurice Samuels
Authorities said 23-year-old Maurice Samuels was at an East Cliveden Street apartment with two women when he got into an argument and was asked to leave. He later returned to the apartment and climbed inside through a window, "continuing the argument which was domestic in nature," according to police. A...
Route 322 Crash: Victims Named In Quadruple Fatal Wreck
A red Ford Taurus with seven people inside sped off when a state police vehicle tried to pull them over at 1:30 p.m., officials said previously. After a brief pursuit, the trooper turned off their lights and sirens as the Taurus continued and immediately crashed, according to police. Four occupants...
Former Philly police officer who shot and killed a Black man as he ran away will have his old job back
Ryan Pownall, who lost his job as a Philadelphia cop when he fatally shot a man twice in the back in 2017, will return to the police force. Pownall won his arbitration with the city on Thursday.
Can You Name Pennsylvania’s Longest Bridge? It’s in Our Neighborhood
Pennsylvania boasts 25,400 state-owned bridges and one of its longest happens to be right in our backyard, writes Rob Amend for AZ Animals. The Commodore Barry Bridge over the Delaware River connects Chester with Bridgeport, New Jersey. Not only is it the state’s longest bridge, but it is also the fourth-largest cantilever bridge in the world.
Powerful animal sedative making fentanyl crisis 'even more dangerous,' WH official says
Barb Williamson, a longtime advocate for drug addiction services in the Pennsylvania area, remembers when xylazine first showed up in her community. She said it was just over a year ago when patients started displaying new symptoms. “People would be coming in to Detox,” she said. “And the medication that...
These Pa. towns near Philly cited as top 50 best places to live in US
PHILADELPHIA - Two locations outside of Philadelphia have been named as 2024’s Best Places to Live, according to Money. In the publication, Money states the list "celebrates cities and towns" with booming economies that also offer "affordability, diversity and an exceptional quality of life." In alphabetical order, two of...
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