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Expect traffic, loud noises as police hold emergency drill exercises at the Linc
Residents in South Philadelphia are being alerted that they may see emergency vehicles and hear loud noises this afternoon as police perform a large-scale emergency practice drill at Lincoln Financial Field.
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Bethlehem man accused of making, sharing AI-generated child porn
A 35-year-old Bethlehem man has been arrested and charged after, police officials claim, artificially generated images of child sexual abuse were discovered on a computer he owned.
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Gunman charged after woman, 71, shot at, robbed outside her Glassboro home
Law enforcement officials have charged a 32-year-old Glassboro man after he, allegedly, robbed a woman by shooting out her window and stealing her purse as she sat in her car outside her home on April 1, 2025.
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Chester police warn residents about popular ‘Orbeez' gel pellet toy guns
Officials with the Chester Police Department are warning residents to be cautious as officers are “responding to increasing concerns about teens using Nerf and Orbeez (also known as “orbit”) guns in public spaces.” Police officials said, in a social media post, that these toy weapons are easily mistaken for actual firearms and said that, often, teens playing with these toys…
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‘Nerve wracking': 8,500 acre NJ wildfire forces evacuations, shuts down roads
A massive wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey, forced evacuations and shut down roads officials said.
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West Chester ‘demon in the house' gets decades in prison for raping children
Police officials in Chester County have announced that child rapist Sean Crawford, 46, of West Chester — who called himself the ‘demon in the house’ — has been sentenced to spend nearly 60 to 119 years in prison.
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New ‘state of the city' report finds crime down, population growing in Philly
A new report from Pew Charitable Trusts finds that crimes, like homicides and shootings, have dropped in the past year, while more people are moving to — and owning homes in — the city.
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Pets killed, 5 displaced by fire at mixed-use property in Lehigh Valley
Fire crews in Northampton county were busy overnight as a fire tore through a mixed-use building, displacing five people from their homes, damaging businesses and leaving three animals dead. According to fire officials, firefighters responded to report of a fire at a mixed-use property located along the 100 block of South Main Street in Nazareth at about 12:57 a.m. on…
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Pair found shot to death inside vehicle in Dover, Del., police say
State Police in Delaware are investigating after, officials said, the bodies of a woman and a man, both from Dover, were found in a vehicle near the intersection of Sharon Hill and Cahoon Branch roads on Sunday.
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Crozer Health ceasing operations, more than 2,600 workers to be laid off
After weeks of back and forth, the company that owns Crozer Health announced that it will close the health system, likely shuttering both Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital and laying off thousands.
