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Wilmington Protesters March Down King Street

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NBC10’s Tim Furlong is in Wilmington where another group is gearing up for a “Black Lives Matter” protest.

Amazon Prime Day Deals: Tips and Tricks

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Amazon's Prime Day is back with big discounts on electronics, shoes, clothes and beauty products. 

Before you start dropping items in your basket, consider some tips on how to get the best deals out of the day.  

Make a list of items you'd like to purchase and use Amazon's "wishlist" feature to bookmark items you've researched that you need. 

The deals will go fast, so you if think you see something you like, click "buy" to put in your cart and reserve it for 15 minutes. Be sure to Google the item to check its historical prices to make sure it's really a good deal.

The deals are only available to members of Amazon Prime's $99 per year special membership club. But you can sign up for a free trial membership just for the sale and then cancel before your first month is up. Click through for more tips and tricks. 



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Strip Mall Deli Goes Up in Flames

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Fire broke out at a South Jersey strip mall early Tuesday growing to two alarms before being brought under control.

The blaze heavily damaged the Short Hills Deli & Restaurant in the Short Hills Plaza along Evesham Road in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

The blaze broke out outside the strip mall, which also features a cleaners and boutique, around 2:45 a.m. then spread inside the deli by the time firefighters arrived, said Cherry Hill Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Chris Callan.

Photos posted to the fire department’s Facebook page showed firefighters battling heavy flames in the rear of the building. [[386443011, C]]

Luckily no one was hurt and firefighters got the blaze knocked down after about 30 minutes.

The deli suffered visible damage including busted out windows and smoke damage. No word yet on the total amount of damage.

The strip mall is the same place where a fire struck about nine years ago, said firefighters.



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Vandals Strike Historic Cemetery

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Police are searching for whoever vandalized St Michael's Cemetery in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

The Cost of SEPTA Adding Additional Cars

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SEPTA is spending tens of thousands of dollars each week leasing trains from MARC, NJ Transit and Amtrak but with fewer Regional Rail cars on the tracks, SEPTA passengers continued to deal with delays and missed trains Tuesday morning.

Officials Find Smoke Bombs on Top of Hotel: Police

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Philadelphia Police took a man and woman into custody after they were found on top of a Center City hotel along with smoke bombs, according to investigators.

Officers were alerted that the two suspects were on top of the roof of the Hyatt at the Bellevue Hotel on 200 South Broad Street Monday night, said investigators. 

Investigators found what appeared to be smoke bombs and caustic chemicals that could be used to make pipe bombs on top of the roof.

The Bellevue was not evacuated at any time overnight. No injuries were reported. [[386400661, C]]

Homeland Security interviewed the unidentified man and woman as police searched for clues at the hotel.

Adding I-76 Lanes a Safety Concern?

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PennDot is considering adding a lane to Schuylkill Expresway and the NBC10 Investigators are looking into why it may not be such a good idea. Tune into NBC10 Tuesday night at 11 for George Spencer's story.

Teen Dies After Gunman Opens Fire After Basketball Game

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A 15-year-old boy died after being shot in the face as a gunman opened fire after a basketball game in Southwest Philadelphia Monday night.

The boy was playing in a community basketball league at a playground on 61st Street and Baltimore Avenue and began walking eastbound after the game ended with a group of other boys, police said. When the teens were about a block away from the playground, a gunman stepped out of an alley near Edgewood Avenue and opened fire, according to police.

The 15-year-old was shot in the face, a 14-year-old was shot in the arm and a 16-year-old in the leg. All three teens were taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital where doctors pronounced the 15-year-old dead shortly after midnight. Doctors listed the other two teens in stable. [[386450631, C]]

Investigators said the 15-year-old boy who was shot in the face may have been involved in some type of altercation last week during a community basketball league game that was broken up by organizers. They have not yet confirmed whether or not the shooting was related to that.

Police have not yet released information on any suspects. They continued to investigate early Tuesday.



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NBC10 Responds: Cell Phone Carrier Misunderstanding

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Barbara Wunderlich of Ocean City, New Jersey reached out to Harry Hairston and NBC10 Responds after she felt that she didn't get what she expected after switching carriers.

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Hugs for Chester Police Officers

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Delaware County youngsters from a church group thanked police Tuesday morning in an event in the wake of recent shootings by police in Louisiana and Minnesota and the shooting of officers in Dallas.

Church members from Temple of Brotherly Love CC Church, including around 30 children, marched to Chester Police headquarters on E 7th Street to thank Chester City Police, some of the kids even offered hugs to police Maj. Marilyn Lee.

Chester Police had only expected a card, not the outpouring of love.

"All of this was overwhelming," said Lee who told NBC10's Pamela Osborne she hoped to see a few of the children join the department some day.

The event was put together by Pastor Calvin Williams.

"Children should not be not afraid of police, they should be looking to police for help," said Williams.



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Sharp Jump in Coke, Fentanyl Use Found in OD Death Report

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While heroin continues to be the primary killer of drug addicted people in Pennsylvania, a new report shows cocaine and the powerful synthetic opiate Fentanyl are increasingly involved in claiming lives.

Last year, 3,383 people died from a drug overdose across the state, according to a Drug Enforcement Administration analysis released Tuesday morning. The findings represent a 23 percent jump in drug deaths over 2014. The new high illustrates the nation’s drug epidemic is showing no signs of slowing down despite scrambled efforts by law enforcement and policy makers to address the problem.

Heroin was involved in more than half of the overdose deaths (55 percent) across the state and once again claimed more lives than the previous year, according to the report.  The single digit upward trend (5 percent), however, was paltry compared to sharp increases in cocaine and Fentanyl-involved deaths.

Officials found a 41 percent jump in cocaine-involved deaths and a massive 93 percent increase in Fentanyl-involved overdose deaths year-over-year.

Fentanyl overdoses were known to be on the rise recently, but the cocaine findings came as a surprise to the DEA. Lehigh and Lancaster counties saw triple digit increases in cocaine-involved deaths: 149 percent and 113 percent respectively. Double-digit jumps were recorded in Bucks County with 63 percent and Delaware County at 53 percent, the report shows.

Nearly two-thirds of those killed by a drug overdose had at least two illegal drugs present in their body when they died, according to the analysis.

The DEA continues to promote drug use prevention as the primary method to cut down on deaths. The agency launched a pilot program in western Pennsylvania last November to combat the growing epidemic. Called the 360 Strategy, agents focus on education, community involvement and increased dialogue with the medical community to prevent new drug use. NBC10's Digital Team profiled the program as part of Generation Addicted, a multiplatform investigation into the heroin and opioid crisis.

Agents are also calling for coroners to increase the number of drugs they test for when investigating a death. Each coroner chooses how many or few drugs to test for during an autopsy and records are not standardized, leading to tedious and slow information collection. The DEA says better information will help agents react to new drug trends quickly to possibly save lives.


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Next 'GenHERation' to Meet Innovation Leaders

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Next month, female high school and college students will get a chance to tour Philadelphia companies led by inspiring women as part of the GenHERation discovery Days program.

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Placentae Can Bring New Life to Vision Treatments

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“Think of it like a born again eye,” Dr. Chike Mordi from Vision Source in Houston, Texas says of a new treatment's ability to help regenerate eye tissue. With a placenta that meets stringent donor screening and tests, doctors like Mordi can fix scarring and inflammation.

Can Clinton Count on Sanders Supporters? Not Likely

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Think Sen. Bernie Sanders taking the stage with Hillary Clinton will finally bring his die-hard supporters into the former secretary of state’s camp as she heads to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia?

Think again.

Sanders may have finally admitted defeat on stage with Clinton by his side Tuesday afternoon, but his supporters remain adamant that his candidacy remains legitimate. And they don’t plan on backing Clinton anytime soon.

“I am here to be witness. The Berners here are NOT I repeat  NOT here to support Hillary like they will try to spin it. Every Berner here is here to show opposition to Hillary,” Katherine Wright-Sandman wrote in a Facebook post showing a photo of supporters at the Portsmouth, New Hampshire, rally where Sanders and Clinton shared the stage together shortly after 11 a.m.

Another Sanders supporter, Laurie Cestnick, who two months ago started the Facebook page “Occupy DNC Convention July 2016,” wrote Monday morning that she and others will go to the convention to continue the fight to get Sanders elected president.

“While in Philly we will have events to raise $150,000-$200,000 to help us enroll 20 million young disenfranchised voters for Bernie all over this country by Oct. 2016 and THIS will allow him to WIN in November no matter what ticket he is on!!!!” Cestnick wrote.

While Sanders did admit defeat in the delegate count during the Democratic primaries, he did reiterate the success of his campaign is capturing nearly 1,900 delegates, who will cast their vote for him at the Wells Fargo Center later this month.

“That revolution continues,” Sanders told a crowd in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. “Together we will continue to fight for a government which represents all of us and not just the 1 percent.”



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The Puppy Mill Problem: Where They Persist and Why

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When Melva Langford’s Broken Spoke Kennels in Whitewright, Texas, was inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture last year, one Italian greyhound was found dead. Other dogs were living in a mix of mud, urine and feces, according to a federal report.

State inspectors discovered two emaciated Labradors, their ribs protruding, at Larry Rummel’s STP Kennel in Larue, Texas, and fined him $4,375.

And at Jolene Martin’s kennel in Seneca Falls, New York, one matted dog had feces trapped in its fur, another had no teeth and a third had pressure sores developing on its back legs, according to the USDA.

These are some of the breeders on the Humane Society's "Horrible Hundred" list, a yearly tally of problem puppy mills in the United States. Four years after its first report, the Humane Society continues to find horrendous conditions across the country — animals with open, festering wounds, puppies left outside in frigid temperatures and C-sections performed on dogs in a dirty shed.

"We've got to get rid of these puppy mills that are mass producing dogs in filth and misery," said John Goodwin, senior director of the Humane Society's Stop Puppy Mills Campaign.

Puppy mill dogs are typically kept in overcrowded and unsanitary kennels, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. To maximize profits, female dogs are bred repeatedly with little time to recover between litters and are killed when they can no longer reproduce. Puppies often arrive at pet shops or in new homes with diseases ranging from parasites to pneumonia, the ASPCA said.

"A lot of people don’t know that when they go into a pet store, they're probably buying a puppy whose mother lives in a cage in a puppy mill," Goodwin said. "And when they order a dog online sight unseen, there's a good chance that they're buying from a puppy mill. The key is to either adopt through a shelter or a rescue, or if you’re going to purchase a dog from a breeder, insist on seeing how the mother dog lives."

Reputable dealers, who want to screen potential buyers to make sure their puppies are going to good homes, do not sell their dogs in stores, the ASPCA said.

THE NATION'S PUPPY MILL PROBLEM

There could be up to 10,000 puppy mills in the U.S., although an accurate count is difficult because breeders often operate out of view and with no oversight, according to the ASPCA. Some 1.8 million puppies are born in such conditions each year, according to estimates.

Many puppy mills are in the Midwest, especially in rural areas where family farms have been devastated by industrial agriculture. Some farmers have turned to breeding dogs to make a living.

"Unfortunately, they started raising dogs in the same sort of factory farm climate that was created by the people who had put them out of livestock farming," Goodwin said. "These are factory farms, it's just that they're factory farming dogs."

With 30 kennels, Missouri tops the Humane Society's list for the fourth year in a row, followed by Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Nebraska and Pennsylvania.

Missouri is centrally located and has more individual farms than any state except Texas, almost 100,000, according to Bob Baker, executive director of the Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation. In the 1980s, most dogs were raised in chicken coops because the chicken business had been taken over by conglomerates. In the 1990s, the same situation occurred with hogs.

"It’s just been really hard to tackle," Baker said. "Most of these places are hidden away so most people don't see them."

Buyers get their dogs from pet stores or well-designed websites and do not know how the dogs are raised, he explained.

Missouri has made progress in eliminating more than half its puppy mills — from 2,000 kennels in 2011 to 800 now, Baker said.

The drop was a result of the Canine Cruelty Prevention Act, passed in 2011, which increased the standards of care and, for the first time, gave the state's attorney general the power to prosecute kennels, he said. As part of the legislation, a special unit has been established in the attorney general’s office, the governor appropriated an additional $1.3 million and the number of inspectors was increased from seven to 18.

"We still have a lot more to do, but I think we're making progress and I'm very pleased that we're moving in the right direction anyway," he said.

The state now requires that dogs have continuous access to water and the outdoors, hands-on veterinary exams, and improved floors and space requirements that are double and will eventually be triple the federal standard, according to Sarah Alsager, a spokeswoman for the Missouri Department of Agriculture.

"In addition to ensuring that commercial breeders are licensed and inspected, the program has also made it a priority to ensure that facilities with violations are inspected more often, and facilities with substantial and ongoing violations are closed," she said.

THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB

The Humane Society has accused the American Kennel Club of working to maintain the status quo. The AKC registers many dogs that are raised in puppy mills and gets a fee from each, Goodwin said.

"The AKC should be part of the solution," he said. "They should work with us to grow the pool of responsible breeders. But instead they are digging in their heels and opposing bills from state to state that are very moderate and just phase out the worst elements of puppy mills."

The AKC refutes the charge. It does not oppose laws or regulations and expects dog owners to understand and obey them, the club said in a statement.

"We do, however, oppose many legislative proposals each year that would harm dog ownership, the rights of responsible dog owners and the wellbeing of dogs," the AKC said. "We also support many that advance the wellbeing of dogs."

When it does oppose a measure, the AKC provides alternatives, it said. And it supports bills to protect dogs from cruelty and improve the oversight of retail pet stores and rescue organizations.

The AKC conducts thousands of inspections every year of breeders who register their litters with the club and does not condone the substandard care of "puppy mills," it said. Any breeder who refuses an inspection is prohibited from using the club's services.

"If we find anyone engaging in behavior that is detrimental to the health of any dog, we report them to the local authorities," it said.

HUMANE SOCIETY'S 'HORRIBLE HUNDRED'

The Humane Society's "Horrible Hundred of 2016," which includes many repeat offenders, is not meant to be a comprehensive list, but to expose conditions prevalent among disreputable dog breeders and brokers, the Humane Society said.

Langford — who on PuppyFind.com says, "At our place we strive hard to provide you with a healthy, happy puppy" — did not return a call requesting comment about the condition at her kennels. The USDA report notes moldy feed, greyhounds fighting through their cages, dog enclosures in poor repair and a Shih Tzu with fur that was knotted even after being groomed.

At Rummel's STP Kennel, inspectors also found three full-sized, pregnant Labradors housed in plastic "pet taxi" carriers, according to a report from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. A veterinarian had not examined the dogs at the kennel since July 2013, the report said.

Rummel, asked for his response to being included on the Humane Society list, said he did not have one, then insulted the organization. "They're full of s— too," he said.

At Martin's kennel, in addition to the dogs in need of veterinary care, at least 20 feeders had feces in the food and a layer of grime on top. The inspector was told the dogs had put the feces there, according to the report. Martin also did not return a call seeking comment.

THE ANIMAL WELFARE ACT

The USDA enforces the federal Animal Welfare Act, passed in 1966 and most recently amended in 2008, which sets basic standards for animals bred for sale.

The Humane Society and other animal welfare groups have criticized the standards for being so minimal that licensed dealers can keep hundreds of dogs in small, stacked cages with no exercise as long as they are provided with basic provisions such as food and water. They want breeders to be required to provide more space for the dogs, regular exercise, better veterinary care and the removal of wire floors in the animals' cages.

The USDA did revoke the licenses of a few dealers who showed repeated problems in caring for their animals, the Humane Society notes. More than two dozen of the problem puppy mills identified in its last few reports have closed. But the Humane Society says many puppy mills are never inspected at all and others are protected by inspectors who fail to record violations accurately.

An internal audit at the USDA in 2010 indeed found that its own enforcement process was ineffective against problem breeders and dealers. Its inspectors took little or no action against most violators, relying instead on educating them about the regulations, a strategy that seems not to have worked. The audit noted that from 2006 through 2008, when 4,250 violators were re-inspected, 2,416 had repeatedly violated the Animal Welfare Act.

In addition, the USDA inspection service leveled minimal fines even after Congress had tripled the maximum penalties allowed. It reduced the fines awarded to encourage violators to pay rather than demand a hearing, the audit said.

Some large breeders circumvented regulations entirely by selling animals over the Internet, the audit found.

Since that audit, the inspection service has made "great strides," said USDA spokeswoman Tanya Espinosa.

It created standard procedures for all inspectors to follow, hired a kennel specialist and sought stiffer sanctions in cases involving problematic breeders or dealers, Espinosa said. It revised the definition of retail pet store to ensure that animals sold over the Internet and by phone- and mail-based businesses are better monitored for overall health and humane treatment, she said.



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Life Flashes Before Family's Eyes as Home Collapses

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A family got out just in time before a duplex collapsed along Germantown Avenue in the Germantown neighborhood Tuesday morning.

Trolley Tunnel to Close for Maintenance

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The Center City Trolley Tunnel will close for maintenance on Friday at 10 p.m. and will stay closed until 5 a.m. Monday. Riders should use the Market-Frankford line between 13th Street and 40th Street stations instead.

New Jersey Officials Urge Boaters to Use Caution

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After recent tragedies in the water, the Coast Guard and New Jersey State Police are urging boaters and jetskiers to use caution. NBC10's Ted Greenberg has more on what you can do to be safe.

Footballer's 'Brotherly Love' Charity Weekend Kicks Off

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Minnesota Viking and Philadelphia native Shareef Floyd is hosting the first annual "Brotherly Love" weekend as a way to give back to his hometown.

Cub Scouts Visit NJ Police to Say Thanks

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West Deptford Cub Scout Troop 296 stopped by five South Jersey police departments to say thanks to officers and show their support.
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