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Drones, planes or UFOs?
Associated Press - Sat Dec 14, 2024
CHATHAM, New Jersey — That buzzing coming out of New Jersey? It’s unclear if it’s drones or something else, but for sure the nighttime sightings are producing tons of talk, a raft of conspiracy theories and craned necks looking skyward. More»

Quantum Crystal of Frozen Electrons - the Wigner Crystal - is Visualized for the First Time
Phys.org - Fri Apr 12, 2024
PRINCETON, New Jersey - Electrons—the infinitesimally small particles that are known to zip around atoms—continue to amaze scientists despite the more than a century that scientists have studied them. More»

Golden Corral Buffet Riot in Bensalem PA - "ran out of steak"
Heavy - Tue Feb 1, 2022
BENSALEM, Pennsylvania - A fight broke out at the Golden Corral buffet restaurant in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, and it was caught on a video that has gone viral. More»

Pregnant woman shot dead while unloading gifts from her own baby shower
ABC News - Sun Nov 21, 2021
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania - A pregnant woman unloading gifts from her own baby shower was fatally shot outside a Philadelphia home Saturday night in what police said they suspect was a "cowardly" targeted shooting. More»

New Jersey valedictorian cut off during graduation speech on mental health, LGBTQ identity
NBC News - Thu Jun 24, 2021
VORHEES TOWNSHIP, New Jersey - The queer valedictorian of a New Jersey high school said his graduation speech was cut short by a school administrator who did not want the top student to talk about his LGBTQ identity or mental health struggles. More»

"Vile and dangerous" Proud Boy facing several years in prison for terrorizing woman
Raw Story - Fri Mar 5, 2021
According to a report from CBS Philly, a self-described Proud Boy from Philadelphia has been taken into custody for stalking a woman on Twitter while making terroristic threats. More»

Why dangerous 'forever chemicals' are allowed in US drinking water
The Guardian - Thu Sep 24, 2020
In 2014, residents of Horsham Township, near Philadelphia, learned that their water had been contaminated with potentially toxic chemicals linked to an array of health problems, including learning delays in children and cancer. More»

A 6-year-old with Down syndrome pointed a finger gun at her teacher and her school called the cops
Philadelphia Enquirer - Wed Feb 12, 2020
WAYNE, Pennsylvania - Maggie Gaines understands why her daughter's teacher at Valley Forge Elementary School went to the principal after the 6-year-old pointed her finger at the teacher like a gun and said, "I shoot you". More»

Huge fire breaks out at Philadelphia oil refinery
WPVI-TV - Fri Jun 21, 2019
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania - The Philadelphia Department of Public Health says air samples taken from the scene of a massive refinery fire show no findings that would point to an immediate danger to the surrounding community. More»

ICE Detention Center Says It's Not Responsible for Staff's Sexual Abuse of Detainees
ACLU - Sat Mar 2, 2019
All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the federal government impose criminal liability on correctional facility staff who have sexual contact with people in their custody. More»

One Dead After Southwest Airlines Jet Engine Explodes
Daily Mail - Mon Apr 16, 2018
One dead in Southwest flight horror after woman was almost sucked out of a plane window at 32,000ft when the engine exploded and smashed it before she was dragged back in by passengers. More»

Pennsylvania Drug dealer, 20, who murdered four young men on his family's Pennsylvania farm 'claims to have killed TWO others when he was 15'
Daily Mail - Mon Jul 17, 2017
Cosmo DiNardo has already confessed to luring Dean Finocchiaro, Tom Meo, Jimi Tar Patrick and Mark Sturgis on his family's property in Solebury Township. More»

NJ Emergency Alert System Accidentally Activates, Sends Nuclear Warnings to Some TVs
WNBC-TV - Tue May 23, 2017
A false alarm that went out to some people's television sets Tuesday might have scared some in New Jersey. More»

Hundreds of Drug Convictions Overturned After Corrupt Cops Caught Framing Innocent People
Free Thought Project - Thu Dec 29, 2016
Leroy Gonzalez says that he spent over two years in jail after he was framed by crooked cops and wrongfully convicted of a drug charge. More»

Veteran Dies After Setting Himself On Fire Outside VA Health Clinic
Think Progress - Fri Mar 25, 2016
A New Jersey veteran has died after setting himself on fire in front of a state Department of Veterans Affairs clinic. More»

Pennsylvania's top prosecutor arraigned on criminal charges
Associated Press - Sat Aug 8, 2015
NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania's top prosecutor barely spoke at her arraignment Saturday on charges including a felony count of perjury, but her attorney stressed afterward that she has no plans to resign, despite growing pressure even among her fellow Democrats. More»

Mob of Philly cops assault man holding crying baby for not paying his $2.25 transit fare
Raw Story - Sat Jun 27, 2015
Transit officers working for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority are under investigation after several of them were recorded by a cell phone pushing and shoving an African American man holding onto a baby for reportedly not paying his $2.25 fare. More»

NJ police punched, kicked, allowed dog to bite Phillip White before he died in custody
Daily Kos - Thu Apr 30, 2015
Late Tuesday morning, police in Vineland, New Jersey, a suburb of Philadelphia, killed 32-year-old Phillip White. More»

Video shows man shot by New Jersey police raising his hands
Associated Press - Wed Jan 21, 2015
BRIDGETON, New Jersey - With the dashboard camera in their cruiser rolling, police pulled a Jaguar over for running a stop sign on a dark night. More»

Pa. allows dumping of tainted waters from gas boom
Associated Press - Mon Jan 3, 2011
The natural gas boom gripping parts of the US has a nasty byproduct: wastewater so salty, and so polluted with metals like barium and strontium, that most states require drillers to get rid of the stuff by injecting it down shafts thousands of feet deep. More»

Feds: No Charges In Pa. School Laptop-Spying Case
Associated Press - Mon Aug 16, 2010
PHILADELPHIA - Federal prosecutors will not file charges against a school district or its employees over the use of software to remotely monitor students. More»

'Shocking' conditions at Tylenol plant
CNN - Thu May 13, 2010
NEW YORK - The quality and safety violations that led to the shutdown of a Tylenol plant were extremely serious, and could lead to tough action by regulators on drugmaker Johnson & Johnson. More»

Student detained over Arabic flashcards, lawsuit says
AFP - Tue Feb 9, 2010
WASHINGTON - Federal agents handcuffed, detained and "abusively" interrogated a US student at Philadelphia International Airport because he was carrying Arabic flashcards, a lawsuit claimed Wednesday. More»

Aide to former Pa. senator admits pocketing $63K
Associated Press - Fri Jan 9, 2009
PHILADELPHIA - A longtime secretary listed as a potential defense witness in the ongoing corruption trial of ex-state Senator Vincent Fumo admitted that she pocketed $63,000 in state funds by padding Fumo's restaurant expenses. More»

U.S. judge orders backup paper ballots in Pennsylvania
USA Today - Tue Oct 28, 2008
A federal judge has sided with Pennsylvania voter groups and ordered election officials to provide paper ballots if half the machines break down Tuesday. More»

Philly police to fire 4 over videotaped beating
Associated Press - Sun May 18, 2008
PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia's police commissioner said Monday that four officers will be fired and four others disciplined for their roles in the beatings of three shooting suspects, an encounter that was captured on videotape and drew widespread outrage. More»

TV video shows Philly officers kicking, hitting 3 suspects
Associated Press - Tue May 6, 2008
PHILADELPHIA - A half-dozen police officers kicked and beat three men pulled from a car during a traffic stop as a TV helicopter taped the confrontation. More»

11 N.J. officials arrested on corruption
Associated Press - Wed Sep 5, 2007
TRENTON, New Jersey - FBI agents arrested 11 public officials in towns across New Jersey Thursday on charges of taking bribes in exchange for influencing the awarding of public contracts, the US Attorney's Office said. More»

Attorney Found Naked In Courthouse With 14-Year-Old
WCAU-TV - Tue Jan 16, 2007
PHILADELPHIA - A criminal defense lawyer was arrested after a sheriff's deputy found him naked with a 14-year-old girl in a courthouse conference room, authorities said Tuesday. More»

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