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Courts Still Throwing Out Drug Cases Connected to Notorious Unit

Courts are still throwing out cases connected to the Philadelphia Police Department’s narcotics unit, even though a federal court found officers in the unit not […]

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Romanian Illegals Charged in Center City ATM Scam

If you used an ATM on the 1800 block of JFK Boulevard in Center City at the beginning of May, you might want to check […]

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“All Clear” Given After Navy Yard Evacuation

Update: Philadelphia Police Department says it investigated Navy Yard after evacuation, found no credible threat. All clear given — Ram Ramgopal (@RamCNN) June 16, 2015 […]

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Old City Burglar Cannot Defeat Mrs. K’s Cash Register

The Philadelphia Police Department is asking for the public’s help to identify this fellow, who recently burglarized Mrs. K’s Restaurant, a small lunch counter type […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week

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Two New Studies Debunk What You Thought You Knew About Millennials and Sex

As soon as I heard about the pair of new studies showing that millennials are getting less sex than their parents did, I knew the […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Loretta Lynch Took on FIFA

He sounds like the abbreviation for a painful urological condition. Most Americans think she’s a country singer. That’s only part of why it was so […]

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Acquitted Officers Won’t Get Parade Honor

Plans to honor six acquitted narcotics officers at a parade benefitting a police charity have been dropped after parade organizers came under criticism. The officers […]

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Penn Hotel Employees Charged in Kickback Scheme

Two employees of the Sheraton University City Hotel have been charged in a kickback scheme that feds say netted them up to $3 million in […]

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WATCH: Philly Man Fires Shots From Moving Minivan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5TJx7D4jyU A man in Rhawnhurst fired a gun into the air multiple times from a moving minivan while leaving a restaurant, police say. Surveillance footage […]

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Clementon Park Party Gets Wild, Park Apologizes

Normally, South Jersey’s Clementon Park is a peaceful, fun place to be for families. OK, that’s not actually true (I’ve been there a few times […]

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No More Iniquity Inequity!

  Last month’s “Equal Pay Day”—the day that’s set aside to demonstrate how much extra work women must do to earn what men earn—touched off […]

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Montco Senior Citizen Smuggled Booze to Pay for Prostitutes

  A 70-something Montco man has lost his spot at an assisted living facility after a prostitute was discovered under his bed, The Intelligencer reports via […]

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Carpenters Union Sued for Racketeering

The battle between the Pennsylvania Convention Center and the ousted carpenters union has taken another ugly turn: Thursday afternoon, the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority (PCCA) filed […]

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District Attorney: Philly Police Officer Intimidated Brother’s Ex-Wife

A former Philadelphia police officer has been arrested and charged with intimidating the ex-wife of his brother, prosecutors said today. They described three incidents in […]