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6 days ago | 
audacy.com | John McDevitt |Justin Udo |Matt Coughlin |Vik Raghupathi
PHILADELPHIA ( KYW Newsradio) - As Robert Prevost walked into view on the loggia in St. Peter's Square as the newly elected pope, crowds erupted in cheers and waved flags from across the world as a welcome. Not long before, the cheers and prayers began across Vatican City as white smoke emanated from the Sistine Chapel, signalling the end of the conclave to elect a new pope after just two rounds of voting.
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1 week ago | 
audacy.com | Vik Raghupathi |John McDevitt |Tim Jimenez
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - A Philadelphia police officer was taken to the hospital after officials said he was hit by a bullet under his vest while trying to break up a fight outside Overbrook High School on Wednesday. Authorities said it was around 2:45 p.m. when officers called for backup while dealing with kids fighting outside the school. However, kids involved called for reinforcements of their own, according to officials: a 30-year-old man with a gun.
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2 weeks ago | 
audacy.com | Vik Raghupathi |Tim Jimenez |John McDevitt
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - Philadelphia police have identified the carjacking suspect shot and killed by officers Monday night following a high-speed chase on Roosevelt Boulevard. Officials say it all started around 7 p.m. when Jerome Cooper, 51, approached two people inside a Toyota Camry sedan on G Street and Hunting Park Avenue. They say the 32-year-old owner of the vehicle was shot in the abdomen, before Cooper stole the car and fled the scene. Officers then pursued Cooper around Lawncrest.
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1 month ago | 
audacy.com | Vik Raghupathi |Conner Barkon
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - The Macy's in Center City officially closed its doors for good Sunday evening. Hundreds of people popped by the historic Wanamaker building to say goodbye to the department store and its iconic features. The Center City Macy's opened in 2006. In January, the company announced the store was one of 66 being shuttered. Most products were already stripped from the shelves, as everything must go - everything.
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2 months ago | 
audacy.com | Tim Jimenez |Vik Raghupathi
CHESTER, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) - Two Crozer Health hospitals in Delaware County that were slated to close this week will stay open, at least for now, after an agreement was reached to provide short-term funding for the health system.
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2 months ago | 
audacy.com | Vik Raghupathi |Tim Jimenez
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - Powerful storms slammed the Philadelphia region on Wednesday with plenty of heavy rain and strong winds. The severe weather affected planes, trains and cars, and knocked out power in some areas. High wind gusts out by Philadelphia International Airport clocked in at over 50 miles per hour, while in New Jersey and most of Pennsylvania, peak speeds were in the 40s. Earlier threats of thunderstorms prompted an FAA-issued ground stop for flights due for PHL.
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2 months ago | 
audacy.com | Tim Jimenez |Vik Raghupathi
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) - An unvaccinated child in Montgomery County has contracted the measles - the first confirmed case in the region and Pennsylvania this year. The child contracted the highly contagious virus while on an international trip and returned to the area last week, according to the Montgomery County Office of Public Health.
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2 months ago | 
audacy.com | Vik Raghupathi |Tim Jimenez |John McDevitt
ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) - Firefighters from 68 companies, mostly volunteers, worked for more than 12 hours through Monday night to beat back a fire at the massive SPS Technologies building in Jenkintown. A shelter-in-place is in effect for neighbors within a one-mile radius, and township and borough emergency officials heightened the alert, for residents within five blocks of the site, to a voluntary evacuation advisory.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
audacy.com | Vik Raghupathi |Kristen Johanson
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - A 38-year-old Philadelphia police officer is recovering from a gunshot wound after a traffic stop gone wrong Tuesday night. Police are investigating the incident, which happened just before 9 p.m.Two highway patrol officers stopped a car at 22nd Street and Lehigh Avenue. During the traffic stop, police said, the driver fled and crashed at 23rd Street and Indiana Avenue.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
audacy.com | John McDevitt |Michelle Durham |Vik Raghupathi |Tim Jimenez
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - Tuesday night's winter snowfall was a storm of opposites. It dumped more snow to the south, along the Jersey Shore, and much less snow to the north. Nearly 8 inches fell in Cape May. About 2.5 inches were recorded by Philadelphia International Airport, and just an inch in Furlong, Bucks County. According to the National Weather Service, Atlantic City got 7.6 inches of snow. The Dover Air Force Base in Kent, Delaware recorded a decent amount too: 6.3 inches.
