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3 weeks ago | 
cbsnews.com | Eva Andersen |Ed Specht
A longtime federal program designed to give young people a second chance through job training is now on the chopping block. The U.S. government plans to shut down Job Corps centers across the country by June 30, and some Philadelphia-area students and graduates are expressing concern. Before joining Job Corps, 17-year-old Sincere Shaw said his future was uncertain. "I didn't know what I was going to do, I was skipping class," Shaw said.
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4 weeks ago | 
cbsnews.com | Madeleine Wright |Ed Specht
Police are searching for a prisoner who escaped en route to the Delaware County Courthouse in Media, Pennsylvania, the county's district attorney's office and borough officials confirmed to CBS News Philadelphia. A Media borough spokesperson said the prisoner escaped from custody from the county's sheriff's department. The prisoner was last seen going north on Olive Street from 4th Street, according to the borough spokesperson. Officials are asking nearby residents to shelter in place.
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1 month ago | 
cbsnews.com | Nikki DeMentri |Ed Specht
Shuttered and dark inside, the Goodwill Fire Company in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, sits empty on Wednesday. Darby Township officials say it is temporarily closed. "It's the pits!" Donald Kelley Jr. said. He lives nearby and just learned the news. "People need help. If they're going to need help, they are going to need help. Regardless of what the situation is," Kelley Jr. said.
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1 month ago | 
cbsnews.com | Dan Snyder |Ed Specht
The Philadelphia police officer who was shot trying to break up a large fight outside Overbrook High School earlier this month is being released from the hospital on Thursday. The officer's identity has yet to be publicly released. Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said he had recently graduated from the academy and had been on the job for only a few months.
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1 month ago | 
cbsnews.com | Joe Holden |Ed Specht
Testimony was in its second day in the trial of former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial, charged with third-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Eddie Irizarry of Kensington in August 2023. Supporters of the Irizarry family demonstrated outside the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia. Testimony has been emotional since the trial's start, with Dial and members of the Irizarry family seen crying in court.
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1 month ago | 
cbsnews.com | Joe Holden |Ed Specht
In the weeks since Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, many in the Philadelphia region have taken some time to wrap their heads around the new pope's connection to Delaware County, Pennsylvania. One question that has come up is, what was the Villanova University alumnus' Wawa order? We asked a Delco native who has an office in the Vatican City overlooking Saint Peter's Basilica to find out the questions the Delaware Valley wants answered.
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1 month ago | 
cbsnews.com | Joe Holden |Ed Specht
Woman grateful for neighbor's kindness after rescuing her from flooded car in Marple Township A fast-moving, impactful storm brought heavy downpours and powerful wind gusts that toppled trees, impacting neighborhoods throughout the greater Philadelphia area on Friday. The downpours and flooding swamped streets across the region, including in Marple Township, where a neighbor helped rescue a woman from her flooded car.
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1 month ago | 
channel3000.com | Madeleine Wright |Nate Sylves |Ed Specht
Click here for updates on this story Pennsylvania (KYW) -- A dramatic moment unfolded outside Crozer-Chester Medical Center on Thursday after Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro held a press conference calling for stricter regulations of for-profit hospital systems. A car pulled up outside with a mother saying her baby was not breathing. Paramedics, who were outside the Delaware County hospital for the news conference, cradled the baby in their arms.
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1 month ago | 
kake.com | Madeleine Wright |Nate Sylves |Ed Specht
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1 month ago | 
cbsnews.com | Josh Sanders |Ed Specht
Dave Matthews is grateful that his 41-year-old son survived after Bristol Township police say a 16-year-old boy stole a SUV and crashed into his son's home. "He heard a big bang and he didn't know what that was, so he got up to investigate, and he went back down the hallway," said Matthews. "Next thing you know, he sees lights and there's a car in the house." Matthews said his son was sleeping in the living room due to a back injury. The SUV tore through a bedroom and bathroom.
