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Four suburban Philadelphia counties to take 911 ‘calls’ via text message

Philadelphia suburbanites will soon be able to call for help in an emergency by text message. Berks, Bucks, Chester and Montgomery ...

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Philly police may begin testing body-mounted cameras by end of year

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said his officers will begin testing body-mounted cameras, with hopes of launching ...

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Comcast providing debt ‘amnesty’ for subscribers to low-income service

Two months after the Washington Post ...

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Mourners arrive at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church at 15th and Oxford streets in North Philadelphia on Monday morning for funeral services for the three children killed in a hit-and-run tragedy on July 25. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Children killed in North Philly crash mourned in emotional farewell

Family and friends of three children killed in an accident in North Philadelphia last month gathered to say goodbye Monday during emotion ...

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Bill to bar convicted drug dealers from Pa. benefits inspires worry of recidivism

A bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House last week would bar anyone convicted of dealing drugs from receiving state benefits. P ...

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Two charged with skimming $350,000 from Philly homeless services organization

Two former executives of SELF Inc., a homeless services organization, have been indicted on charges of diverting about $350,000 for ...

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N.J.’s lackluster online gaming revenues take analysts by surprise

One hopes when online gaming was introduced in New Jersey was that it would help revive the struggling casinos of Atlantic City. While al ...

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In Manayunk, Casey stumps for long-term transportation funding bill

The U.S. Senate is expected to pass a bill this week that would commit funding for transportation projects for at least the next eight mo ...

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A hospital worker embraces a woman near the scene of a shooting at the Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pa., on Thursday. A prosecutor said a gunman opened fire inside the psychiatric unit leaving one hospital employee dead and a doctor injured before being critically wounded himself. (AP photo)

Doctor’s quick action kept Darby hospital gunman from killing others, authorities say

The man who killed a 53-year old caseworker and wounded a doctor at the Mercy-Fitzgerald Hospital in Delaware County Thursday planned to ...

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Volunteer Layal Rabat from the Phoenix Restoration Project brings water, food and diapers to Central American women and their children dropped off at the Greyhound bus station in Phoenix in May. (Valeria Fernández/AP Photo)

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Immigration agencies seek Philly attorneys to help represent kids from Central America

Ninety percent of unaccompanied minors in immigration court without a lawyer are ordered deported. With an attorney, more than 40 percent ...

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N.J. court to decide if leaving sleeping toddler in car for minutes is child abuse

The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a woman who was arrested on charges of child endangerment after leaving her 1 ...

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Revel (left) and Showboat casinos in Atlantic City, N.J. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Turning-point summer for Atlantic City casinos

Atlantic City began the year with 12 casinos. By the end of September, the iconic gambling mecca could have as few as eight gaming halls, ...

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