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TODAY'S TOP STORY
Nor'easter to Bring Damaging Wind, Rain, Power Outages: Monday will be a First Alert Weather Day as a Nor'easter brings damaging winds, coastal flooding, heavy rain and power outages to the Philadelphia region. A High Wind Warning will be in effect from 3 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday for Atlantic, Cape May and Burlington counties in New Jersey. The High Wind Warning will also be in effect for Ocean County until 9 p.m. Monday. Wind gusts up to 60 mph could blow down trees and power lines and scattered to numerous power outages should be expected. A Wind Advisory will also be in effect from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday for much of the rest of the Philadelphia region with wind gusts up to 50 mph and isolated to scattered power outages expected. The winds should be at their strongest between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday.
YOUR FIRST ALERT FORECAST
Heavy downpours and heavy wind gusts are expected for Monday. Stronger winds, up to 55 mph, are expected at the shore. The Monday evening commute is expected to see heavy downpours. Tuesday is expected to be dry. High Temp: 46 Degrees. Get your full NBC10 First Alert forecast here.
WHAT YOU MISSED YESTERDAY
Driver Dies in Crash Near NJ Golf Course: A driver was killed following a crash near a golf course in Voorhees, New Jersey Sunday morning. The unidentified Voorhees resident was driving a 2009 Range Rover northbound on Kresson Gibbsboro Road near the Kresson Golf Course when he or she veered off the roadway and struck several trees. The victim died from his or her injuries.
AROUND THE WORLD
How Women Upstaged President Trump: For President Trump, the inauguration should have been his Super Bowl – the kind of spectacle everybody talks about at work all day Monday and beyond. But for once Trump, the self-styled showman who upended media and politics to become chief executive, got upstaged. The Women's March on Saturday, a day after the inauguration, gave the world a far bigger and better show. The event packed all the elements of a yuge spectacular: epic scale (a cast of hundreds of thousands spread across the globe); family drama (emotional moments shared by multiple generations); humor (creative signs and chants, the cleverest of which can't be repeated here); colorful costumes (most prominently those pink hats); celebrities (Scarlett Johansson, among many others); songs (Alicia Keys sang “Girl on Fire”); and high stakes (the future of women's rights). It marked a defiant, raucous and joyful display of force by masses angry about Trump's taped vulgar comments declaring his carte blanche to accost women and fearful of life under his leadership.
NJ Driver Skips Out on $56K in Tolls, Fees: A New Jersey man who avoided paying tolls nearly 900 times and owes more than $56,000 in unpaid tolls and fees has been arrested, police said Saturday. An officer stopped Alesandel Rodriguez's car Friday morning after it failed to post a payment in an EZ-Pass lane on the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police said. The car was missing front and rear license plates, and a temporary New York tag inside the vehicle had expired, authorities said. Further investigation found the Teaneck man's EZ-Pass accounts were revoked, showing 888 violations and about $56,240 in outstanding fees. Authorities also learned there was a warrant for his arrest.
SPORTS SPOT
Flyers Beat Islands: The Flyers won 3 to 2 in overtime against the New York Islanders. Get your full sports news at CSNPhilly.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
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THROUGH IGER'S EYES
@bennett_cornelius captured this cool photo of a Philadelphia snow day.
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TODAY'S VIRAL VIDEO
Check out Ed Sheeran's version of a Philly theme song classic. Watch more here.
Traveler Limbos Under Philly Airport Seats: Reading a book, sleeping or streaming video are some of the many ways people kill time while waiting for a flight. However, a Philadelphia International Airport passenger had something else in mind while waiting for her Wisconsin flight: become an Internet sensation. Shemika Charles, who goes by "The Limbo Queen," had a layover in Philadelphia on her way to a scheduled performance at a basketball game in Wisconsin. The record-setting limbo dancer decided to have a little fun and posted a video of herself successfully scooting through the tiny opening between the bottom of the bench of chairs and the floor. Read more.
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Not realizing that their friend had suffered a deadly gunshot wound, a group of friends took a man to a relative's home in South Philadelphia after a bar fight in West Philadelphia.
The man died a short time after medics rushed him from the 2600 block of Emily Street in South Philly to Penn Presbyterian Hospital early Monday morning, said Philadelphia Police.
A friend told police he was at the bar with the unidentified 35-year-old shooting victim and some other people when a fight broke out inside. The fight then continued outside, said police.
The friends went to check on the man but found him unconscious. One friend picked the man up and took him to a family member’s house on Emily Street -- about 3 miles away -- while another car of people followed them, said police.
When they arrived on the Emily Street, the friends found the man to still be unresponsive in the backseat of the car and called police after they had trouble trying to get him inside, said police.
When medics arrived they found the man to be shot once on his left side.
No word on potential suspects in the case.
Looking for the most accurate weather forecast in the Philadelphia region? Look no further than the NBC10 First Alert Weather Team.
WeatherRate, an independent, nonpartisan, weather verification company, named NBC10’s First Alert Weather Team the most accurate forecaster of Philadelphia-area weather conditions including high and low temperatures, sky cover, precipitation, snow accumulation, wind and fog.
WeatherRate did a station-by-station comparison over 52 weeks before declaring NBC10’s First Alert Weather forecast the best.
“We understand the importance of an accurate forecast to help our viewers and digital followers plan their day,” said NBC10 chief meteorologist Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz. “We refuse to just rely on computer-generated forecasts. Our First Alert Neighborhood Weather involves updating 60 different forecasts every day and using exclusive technology to accurately predict weather conditions on-air, online, and on our mobile app.”
Meteorologists Bill Henley, Erika Martin and Krystal Klei round out the First Alert Weather Team, bringing 80 years of combined forecasting experience to NBC10. Among the many tools the team uses to provide the most accurate forecast is StormRanger10, the only X-Band, dual polarized, mobile Doppler radar in the region.
“Forecasting weather in the Philadelphia market is not easy,” said meteorologist Bruce Fixman, president of WeatheRate. “A storm track just a few miles one way or the other can make a huge difference, especially during a coastal storm event. We’ve been watching Glenn, Bill, Erika, and Krystal earn our accuracy seal of approval more than other stations in southeast Pennsylvania since we started tracking forecasts 13 years ago.”
For the best forecast in greater Philadelphia, South Jersey, Delaware and the Lehigh Valley, viewers can watch the NBC10 First Alert Weather Team on NBC10, follow them on Facebook and get the latest forecast on the NBC10 News App.
Part of a 12,000-square-foot mural collapsed onto two cars in a Philadelphia parking lot as rain and wind hit the region Monday morning.
The chunk of the "Independence Starts Here" mural -- part of Philadelphia Mural Arts program -- collapsed onto cars parked at the Hahnemann University Hospital Feinstein Lot at Broad and Race streets.
Some sections of the seven-story-tall mural that faces Race Street could be seen flapping in the wind around 10:30 a.m. A short time later, crews could be seen ripping the dangling pieces off the wall.
No one was hurt.
Hahnemann blamed "strong winds affecting the region" for helping bring down the mural, which is affixed to the building.
"The parking lot and sidewalk adjacent to the hospital have been closed to protect pedestrians while we assess and clean the damage," said the hospital.
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A teenager died after the ladder was holding came in connect with live electrical wires over the weekend.
The 16-year-old accidentally electrocuted himself when the aluminum extension ladder he was working with at a home along Seagull Drive in the Farmington section of Egg Harbor Township Saturday morning came in contact with power lines, said township police.
Medics rushed the boy to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Mainland Campus in Galloway Township where he later died, said police.
Investigators didn’t immediately identify the boy. They called the incident an accident.
Not all is what it seems when it comes to impressive marathon times.
A Today Show report about marathon cheating focuses on how about one dozen people tried to cheat the Philadelphia Marathon course last year as well as other 26.2-mile races in part to earn a coveted Boston Marathon Qualifying time.
NBC News' Stephanie Gosk spoke to Derek Murphy, an Ohio man who analyzes marathon finishing times using an algorithm and posts irregularities on his Marathon Investigation blog.
"I think most people aren't aware of how much cheating goes on in marathons," Murphy said.
The two major ways that people cheat is by cutting part of the course of swapping bibs – which contain a tracking chip – to register a faster time.
When he crunched the numbers for the 2016 Philadelphia Marathon — one of the biggest in the nation — he quickly found 12 entrants who apparently had qualified for Boston by taking a shortcut.
They had missed timing mats and their splits — the amount of time it took for them to run certain sections of the race — didn't make any sense. In one case, a runner would have needed to make world record time in the final miles for his splits to add up.
Philadelphia race organizers spotted those inconsistencies, too, and quietly disqualified the fishy finishers. But Murphy also found some suspects the officials didn't catch: a couple he believed cheated together, with the husband running with the wife's chip to get her a faster time.
He dug into their history and found more races with peculiar results. In some, timing mats showed the husband and wife with identical splits, suggesting they ran side by side the whole way. But photos told another story: He crossed the finish line alone and she was caught on camera miles behind.
After Murphy confronted them, the couple came clean, admitting they cheated in at least five races across the country, including several marathons. She would peel the chip off her bib and give it to him, and he would carry it across that last timing mat.
The wife said she ran the full distance at each event, just slower than her husband — but their ruse allowed her to collect those coveted Boston qualifying times and, in one case, a trophy.
"I realized it made her happy," the husband told NBC News, which agreed not to publish their names. "And fortunately or unfortunately, putting a chip on another bib is a very simple process."
The wife said she had convinced herself it wasn't cheating because she pounded every inch of the course, had once been able to run as fast as her husband, and never collected any prize money.
Philadelphia Marathon officials didn’t immediately return NBC10’s calls for comment.
A man was struck and killed by a sign that was blown off a wall by the wind Monday afternoon in the Hunting Park section of Philadelphia.
The 60-year-old man was at the Auto Sales Car Lot on the 4300 block of Old York Road at 12:56 p.m. when he was struck by the company sign. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:04 p.m.
Police have not yet released the man’s identity.
A nor'easter bringing damaging winds continues to move through the area. A High Wind Warning with wind gusts up to 60 mph remains in effect for Philadelphia, the surrounding suburbs, South Jersey and Delaware.
Mayor Jim Kenney pledged to take action against discrimination in Philadelphia’s Gayborhood during a news conference Monday morning.
City leaders unveiled a new report issued by the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations detailing instances of discrimination in the historically gay neighborhood. This followed an October public hearing, which invited members of the LGBTQ community to share their experiences and concerns regarding racial tensions in an area often associated with inclusion and diversity.
But the facade of peaceful coexistence did not always extend to community members of color, many of who complained for decades about racial bias and discriminatory practices while frequenting bars, restaurants and even social service organizations in the Gayborhood.
“It’s an urban myth that people from a marginalized community don’t oppress each other,” said Ernest Owens, a gay activist and editor of G Philly. “Now, our concerns are validated.”
Among the report’s finding was evidence that “LGBTQ people of color, women and transgender people often feel unwelcome and unsafe in Gayborhood spaces.”
The report cites business practices that “substantiate the numerous reports of racism and discrimination” in the neighborhood.
Owens, a black 25-year-old who relocated to Philadelphia from Houston, has experienced some of these problems firsthand.
“I’ve had to get patted down, up and down, all around while I can see other people in front of me get in with no problem,” he said. “That kind of discrimination is very inhumane and derogatory. I really felt less than.”
While the report issued Monday did not provide statistics, the authors did find that discriminatory practices have been common for at least three decades. Most frequently, black patrons were turned away for not complying with dress codes and forced to present several forms of identification, according to the report.
The commission’s October hearing attracted close to 400 participants. Among those attendees were the owners of 11 bars that had been subpoenaed by the commission and several directors of nonprofit organizations that service the neighborhood.
The commission combined data offered by these businesses and found that employment policies, dress codes and other practices worked to create an unsafe and unwelcoming environment for people of color and transgender community members. As a result of their findings, the commission issued a series of recommendations that include mandatory training for business owners and nonprofits working in the neighborhood.
“Racism in the LGBTQ community is a real issue. It’s a real issue in our entire society, not only just in the LGBTQ area or in the Gayborhood,” Kenney said.
“We need to do more to address it here in Philadelphia. We will do whatever else we need to do to see that the recommendations are adopted. And that possibly could include eliminating organizations who won’t change their ways by limiting our participation in their work financially.”
Amtrak has temporarily suspended service for their Northeast Regional and Acela Express trains traveling in New Jersey due to downed commercial power lines in an area east of Linden, New Jersey.
Crews are working to clear the area and restore service.
This story is developing. Check back for updates.
Philadelphia Police have arrested a homeless man accused of attacking a transgender woman while yelling anti-gay slurs in an assault captured on Facebook Live.
Daejon Workman, 25, was arrested Sunday and charged with simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.
Ryannah Quigley, 23, of Seattle, Washington, told NBC10 she was attending the Creating Change conference in Philadelphia. Quigley said she was walking along the 1300 block of Filbert Street in Center City at 4:40 p.m. Friday with two of her friends when a man, who police later identified as Workman, began staring at her. Quigley said she greeted Workman but he continued to stare at her.
"I said, 'Is there a reason why you're staring at me up and down?' And he stopped and turned and looked and he said, 'Whatever bro.' So that's when I said, 'Please don't call me bro,'" Quigley said.
Quigley said Workman then started shouting at her and yelling anti-gay slurs.
"He just kept telling me, 'You're a f-----,' and 'You're going to hell.' Then he kept saying, 'You'll never be a real woman,'" Quigley said.
Quigley told NBC10 she then took out her phone and began recording the encounter on Facebook Live. That’s when she says Workman threw a bag of food at her and then punched her in the face before running away.
Quigley reported the incident to Philadelphia Police. On Sunday morning, officers saw Workman standing in the Frankford Terminal, wearing the same clothes he wore during the attack, investigators said. He was then arrested.
Quigley said she suffered cuts and a bruise but is doing okay. She told NBC10 she’s been the victim of violence before. She was attacked by a group of people a few years ago.
"Often times we are not believed," Quigley said. "We are often looked at as the problem. Because as trans women people assume that, 'Oh, you must have been hitting on him.'"
Quigley's friend Keyonna Fowler witnessed the incident and said the suspect's comments were "horrible."
"Just because a trans woman speaks to you does not mean that she wants you," Fowler said.
Quigley said the video of the attack was later taken down by Facebook administrators who claimed it violated their terms of service. Quigley also claimed she was blocked from accessing her Facebook account. Her friends and supporters have posted updates on her recovery to her page for her.
"Transgender individuals, they are people," Quigley said. "They are living and they will continue to be here."
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A Wilmington Police officer shot and killed an armed man, according to officials.
Police were called to a home on the 1700 block of W. 13th Street in Wilmington, Delaware Monday around 6 p.m. for a report of a distraught male possibly armed with a gun. When they arrived they found the man who police say was holding a handgun.
Investigators say one of the officers opened fire and shot the man. They have not yet revealed whether the unidentified man aimed his weapon at the officers prior to the shooting.
The man died from his injuries. Wilmington Police and the State of Delaware Department of Justice are investigating the incident.
A pizza deliveryman is recovering after he shot at two armed teens who tried to rob him, police say.
The 36-year-old man was on 54th and Yocum streets in Philadelphia at 7:05 p.m. Monday when he was approached by two teens, police said. At least one of the teens opened fire. Police say the deliveryman, who was also armed, fired back. The deliveryman was shot once in the left arm and once in the left side. The teens fled the scene. Investigators have not yet revealed whether the suspects were struck in the shooting.
The deliveryman drove himself to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and is currently in stable condition. No arrests have been made.
