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The University of Pennsylvania is investigating a vulgar email that was sent to members of its campus community. Penn told CBS News Philadelphia that it was not hacked, but the university is working to find the source of the fraudulent email. The email’s subject line read “We Got Hacked” and included explicit language while urging recipients to “stop giving money” to the university. The email used Penn’s Graduate School of Education’s letterhead and appeared to criticize the Ivy League school’s admissions and hiring practices. University officials said they are continuing to investigate the source of the email.
Monday in the Philadelphia region will have some light rain brushing the New Jersey and Delaware coasts in the morning, with the chance that showers or drizzle may try to build back toward the city through around 10 a.m. While it looks unlikely that we will see much in the way of rain around the city, expect a bit of a damp morning the farther south and east you travel. This afternoon, clouds will break for sunshine, and it will turn out pretty nice. Highs reach the upper 50s to low 60s in the city. A weak front moves through…
Election Day 2025 is almost here, with closely watched races in New York City, New Jersey and Virginia, as well as a redistricting ballot measure in California — all of which could be viewed as bellwethers for next year’s midterm elections. Here are the races to watch Tuesday: New York City New York City’s highly-watched mayoral election is a rare three-person race that has attracted the attention of former New Yorker, President Trump. Democrats chose Queens state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani as their nominee in the June primary, a democratic socialist whose campaign on affordability has been embraced by the grassroots.…
President Trump slammed Democrats as “crazed lunatics” who have “lost their way,” blaming them for a government shutdown poised to become the longest in history with no deal in sight. But he offered no immediate plan to address health care costs, a sticking point for Democrats who want Republicans to agree to extend government subsidies for the more than 20 million Americans with Obamacare. The shutdown began a month ago and is just a few days shy of the 35-day record set by the 2018-2019 shutdown, which took place during Mr. Trump’s first term in office. Furloughed federal workers are…
Three teenagers are dead and another was injured after a serious crash in Warrington Township, Pennsylvania, on Friday night, police say. The crash happened around 9:30 p.m. on Bristol Road, where a sedan and an SUV collided near Barness Park, police said. Police say the sedan had four teenagers inside, and the SUV had one occupant, the driver. Three of the four teens inside the sedan were killed, including the 15-year-old driver. Eighteen-year-old Aziz Umidovich Amonov, who was sitting in the front seat, was also killed, along with another 16-year-old. A 14-year-old boy who was in the back seat of…
Nine members of the Pagans Outlaw Motorcycle Gang have been arrested in connection with a shooting involving a rival biker gang at a Wawa in Montgomery County, the Montgomery County District Attorney’s office announced Friday. The arrested gang members include 51-year-old George Cwienk III, Joel Hernandez-Martinez, 36, George Hripto Jr., 50, Jason Lawless, 45, all of Bridgeport; Manuel Baez-Santos, 34, of Norristown, Erik Dixon, 33, of King of Prussia, Luke Higgins, 29, of Dauberville, Justin Noll, 34, of Reading, and Erik Rosenberger, 46, of East Greenville. All of them were charged with aggravated assault, riot, and 46 counts of recklessly…
Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 29 points, Tyrese Maxey had 26, and the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Brooklyn Nets 129-105 on Sunday night. Oubre made 9 of 11 field goals and had 22 points in the first quarter, but limped off the court after injuring his ankle at the buzzer in the third. The forward was cleared to return to the bench with 10 minutes remaining in regulation but did not reenter the game. Quentin Grimes added 22 off the bench and VJ Edgecombe had 16 points for the 76ers, who have won five of their first six games to start…
A father and son were shot in Northeast Philadelphia’s Holmesburg neighborhood Sunday night, police said. The shooting happened on the 4700 block of Vista Street at around 6:30 p.m. The two were bystanders, according to police. The son was taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, and the father was taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital. Police said they were both placed in stable condition. The shooting is under investigation.
A police officer was allegedly hit in the back of the head with a chair while arresting two people at a Domino’s Pizza in Glassboro, New Jersey, police said. Police said officers responded to a fight at Domino’s at around 2:45 a.m. Sunday for a large fight inside the store. While officers were making two arrests inside the store, police said two people picked up a chair and threw it the officers, which hit one in the back of the head. “Not only was this intentional, they found it extremely hysterical while they ran from the scene,” the Glassboro Police…
A grim scene unfolded around 4:17 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2 in Shreveport, La., when what was initially believed to be a traffic accident turned out to be a deadly shooting. Responding officers from the Shreveport Police Department (SPD) arrived at the intersection of Claiborne Avenue and Queens Highway and discovered a man and a woman inside a vehicle who had both been shot. Inside the vehicle with them was a young child, who thankfully was found unharmed. The woman, identified as “Armoni,” had life-threatening injuries and was transported to a hospital, but she later succumbed to her wounds. The…