Emma Jacobs

This image from NBC10 video shows Bethany Children's home in Womelsdorf, Pa., one of four shelters where unaccompanied Central American children are being housed. (NBC10 video)

Muted controversy follows unaccompanied minors to Pennsylvania

While they’re no longer the top story on CNN, the federal government is still processing large numbers of Central American children ...

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Revel in Atlantic City, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo, file)

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Florida ‘business doctor’ offers $90 million for Revel — and very little about his plan

A Florida developer has offered to $90 million in cash for Atlantic City’s recently closed Revel Casino, which cost $2.4 billion to ...

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People walk on The Boardwalk near Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City in July. Trump Entertainment Resorts has filed for bankruptcy may shut down the casino in November. (AP file photo)

Taj Mahal casino could be fifth to close in Atlantic City this year

More bad news out of Atlantic City this week with another casino closing on the horizon. Trump Enterta ...

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Norristown settles case over ‘three strikes’ law

Norristown, Pennsylvania, has reached a half-million-dollar settlement with a victim of domestic violence who was threatened with evictio ...

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This July 11, 2014 file photo shows many of the Atlantic City N.J. Boardwalk casinos. (Wayne Parry/AP File Photo)

Christie OKs sports betting in N.J. casinos, racetracks

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has issued a directive allowing casinos and racetracks to immediately offer sports betting without fear of ...

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States ask U.S. Supreme Court for definitive ruling on same-sex marriage

Delaware and Pennsylvania have signed on with 13 other states asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the issue of same-sex marriage once ...

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This image, taken from an online flier, calls on neighbors to demonstrate at a Point Breeze store in response to the owner selling BB guns to neighborhood children (Electronic Image via Facebook)

Point Breeze campaigns to stop BB gun sales in Philly

Residents of the Point Breeze section of Philadelphia are pushing to end the sale of toy guns in their neighborhood. Sean Wil ...

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Ocean County targets teens with technology to help reduce drug-related deaths

The Ocean County prosecutor’s office wants high school students in the New Jersey district to report crimes using their smartphones ...

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Atlantic City could retain a large part of the business generated by the three casinos eventually disappearing from the boardwalk.(Mary Godleski/AP file photo)

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A.C. will retain most of the revenue from closed casinos, Fitch forecasts

Atlantic City lost two of its 11 casinos over the weekend, Showboat and the Revel. But can it hold on to their displaced customers? ...

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Workers put closed signs on the entrance of the Showboat Casino Hotel, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014, in Atlantic City, N.J. The show is ending for the Showboat Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. The Mardi Gras-themed casino shut down Sunday after 27 years on the Boardwalk. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)

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Showboat casino closes in A.C. after 27 years

An icon of the Atlantic City boardwalk is no longer. The Showboat casino closed its doors at 4 p.m. Sunday, the latest sign of distress f ...

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Spanish immersion preschool set to open in Philly

Registration is open for Philadelphia’s first Spanish immersion preschool. “There are so many families from a var ...

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A.C. to open resource center for up to 6,000 laid-off casino workers

With two Atlantic City casinos set to close down this weekend, the mayor of New Jersey’s fading gambling mecca says government agen ...

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