SEPTA will be short 30 to 40 cars on its Market Frankford Line due to cracks in the support-beams of two rail cars.

SEPTA officials say they discovered a crack in the body bolsters -- the main load carrying structural beam -- of two Market Frankford Line cars during inspections over the weekend.

As a result, SEPTA is temporarily pulling some of its rail cars from service that have indications of a crack. Officials say all Market Frankford Line trains currently in service as well as those that will operate Monday have been inspected.

While Market Frankford Line service will continue between the 69th Street Transportation Center and Frankford Transportation Center, they will be 30 to 40 cars short of the 144 in its fleet during peak travel hours this week.

Officials say trains and platforms will likely be extremely crowded during the peak morning and night travel hours. As a result, they will supplement Market Frankford service with shuttle buses at select stations between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. during the week.

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The Market Frankford Line operates through 28 stations and over 12.8 miles between the Frankford Transportation Center in Philadelphia and the 69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby. The Line ranks number one among all SEPTA routes in daily average weekday ridership with 187,449.

Pennsylvania State Police issued an AMBER ALERT Sunday night for a young girl.

Police say Alexis Weber, 2, was abducted from 2200 West Front Street in Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania around 7 p.m. She is described as a white female standing 3-feet tall and weighing 30 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes.

She was last seen wearing a white coat, blue polka dot shirt and black pants. Police also say she was inside a 2005 yellow Ford Convertible Mustang with the Pennsylvania registration HWN-1367. The vehicle was stolen by an unidentified suspect who fled towards Laporte, Pennsylvania, police said.

If you have any information on the incident, please call 911.

Police have not yet released a picture of the girl.

Friends and family are mourning a community organizer who was found shot to death inside her West Philadelphia home Friday night.

Winifred “Winnie” Harris, 65, was found unresponsive in the second floor bedroom of her home on the 300 block of N. Holly Street Friday shortly after 8:20 p.m. Police say Harris was suffering from several gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene by a medic at 8:57 p.m.

No arrests have been made. Police continue to investigate.

Harris was the acting executive director and volunteer coordinator for UC Green, a program that provides maintenance to around 500 trees and public spaces throughout Philadelphia.

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Pa. Child Found Safe Following Amber Alert: A young girl was found safe after Pennsylvania State Police issued an Amber Alert Sunday night. The 2-year-old's mother reported her missing from in front of their home on W Front Street in Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania around 7 p.m., said Pennsylvania State Police. Police said the girl was inside a 2005 yellow Ford Convertible Mustang with the Pennsylvania tags. After searching the area for the car, police found it down a hill and in a wooded area near the family home, said troopers from the Bloomsburg barracks. The girl was unharmed but was checked out by doctors as a precaution, said NBC affiliate WBRE. Investigators found the girl's mother accidentally left the car in gear and the car wound up rolling down the hill by their home, said WBRE.

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SEPTA's Market Frankford Line Short Cars: SEPTA will be short 30 to 40 cars on its Market Frankford Line due to cracks in the support-beams of two rail cars. SEPTA officials say they discovered a crack in the body bolsters -- the main load carrying structural beam -- of two Market Frankford Line cars during inspections over the weekend. As a result, SEPTA is temporarily pulling some of its rail cars from service that have indications of a crack. Officials say all Market Frankford Line trains currently in service as well as those that will operate Monday have been inspected. While Market Frankford Line service will continue between the 69th Street Transportation Center and Frankford Transportation Center, they will be 30 to 40 cars short of the 144 needed to run regular, weekday peak hour service.

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White House Expresses Confidence Travel Ban Will Be Restored: The White House says it expects the courts to restore President Donald Trump's ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, an executive order founded on a claim of national security. The next opportunity for the president's team to argue in favor of the ban will come in the form of a response to a lawsuit by Washington state and Minnesota contending that Trump's order harms residents and effectively mandates discrimination. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal has ordered the Justice Department to file its briefs by 6 p.m. EST Monday. The San Francisco-based appeals court has already turned down a Justice Department request to set aside immediately a Seattle judge's ruling that put a temporary hold on the ban nationwide. That ruling last Friday prompted an ongoing Twitter rant by Trump, who dismissed U.S. District Court Judge James Robart as a "so-called judge" and his decision "ridiculous."

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Big Tech Companies to File Amicus Brief in Immigration Travel Case: Twitter and other major technology companies planned to file a friend-of-the-court brief Sunday night with a federal appeals court hearing challenges to President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration. A spokesperson for Twitter told NBC News that the final language of the filing, known in legalese as an amicus curiae brief, was being finished with plans to file it later in the evening in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. The appeals court earlier Sunday rejected the Trump administration's request to reinstate the president's order restricting entry into the United States by travelers from seven majority Muslim countries. A federal district judge in Seattle halted implementation of the order on Friday.

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Queen Elizabeth Marks 65 Years on Britain's Throne: Princess Elizabeth was never meant to become queen, let alone the longest-serving monarch in the storied history of British royalty. Her father, in fact, was never meant to become king. But on Monday, after nearly a lifetime of service to country and crown, Elizabeth II will commemorate her 65th anniversary as queen. She will become the only British monarch ever to celebrate her Sapphire Jubilee. It is a role that most Britons — whether royalist or republican — would agree that she has fulfilled with caution, dignity and an unending sense of duty.  Read more.

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A shooting at killed a 16-year-old boy and injured a 17-year-old boy in Paterson, a prosecutor said Sunday. 

The identies of the victims were being withheld due to their ages, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes. 

The shooting Saturday at 87 Auburn St., an abandoned house, in Paterson, was under investigation, the prosecutor said. 

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the prosecutor's tips line at 1-877-370-PCPO or email tips@passaiccountynj.org.

Superbowl Sunday meant hoagies and generosity in South Jersey as Clearview Regional High School held their third annual Hoagies 4 Hope fundraiser. The Abington Township police got in on the hoagie action as well when a sixth grade class at Overlook Elementary school sent them sandwiches.

Mile High Steak and Seafood restaurant sold gift cards to their customers just weeks before going out of business. Diners Ellen Britton and her husband became frustrated and hoped to get their money back, so they turned to Harry Hairston and our NBC10 Responds team.

A gunman opened fire on a Philadelphia teenager early Monday.

Multiple gunshots rang out around 12:30 a.m. along Maywood Street in Juniata, said Philadelphia Police.

Medics rushed the 18-year-old victim to Temple University in critical condition, said police.

After opening fire, the suspect ran off, said police. No word yet on a motive.

About 3,000 Mickey Mouse night lights have been recalled after two reports of liquid from the device leaking onto electrical outlets, starting at least one electrical fire.

The holiday-themed night light features Mickey Mouse's face wearing a red and white Santa hat. It was sold at Walt Disney World, Disneyland and on the Disney store online between July and November.

The light is filled with liquid and glitter, which has been the source of the fire hazard. No injuries associated with the incidents have been reported.

The affected lights can be identified with date code FAC # 019808-16150 on the bottom of the device and UPC code 400009489637 on the bottom of the packaging. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission advises consumers to immediately stop using the night light and contact Walt Disney Parks and Resorts to get a full refund.

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts can be reached at 844-722-1444 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or online at www.disneyparks.com (click on “Safety Recall” at the bottom of the page for more information).

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A suspected child rapist in Bucks County has victims dating back decades and a written confession about a Christmas 2014 assault led investigators to him, said authorities.

Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub joined members of the Falls Township Police Department Monday morning to announce child rape allegations dating back as far as 40 years against William "Bill" Charles Thomas of Morrisville, Pennsylvania.

Falls Township Police first zeroed in on Thomas in November after receiving a call about sexually explicit writings found on a piece of plywood at the Midway Village mobile home park, said a criminal complaint obtained by NBC10. Thomas had worked as a handyman on a vacant trailer and a new owner found the words describing the sexual assault of two young girls, including names, physical descriptions, parents' names and a date of an alleged assault, Christmas 2014, said police.

The writer referred to his penis as "one-eyed Willie," said police.

Police interviewed the alleged victims but due to the trauma of their assaults, they didn't name Thomas directly by name, said police.

Police began looking into Thomas' past and discovered other allegations of sexual assault dating back to the the 1970s when a man said Thomas -- then 5-1/2 to 6 years older -- sexually assaulted him when he was just 8 to 11 years old, said police.

In 2010, police investigated Thomas' former Levittown home after a homeowner looking to flip it found "some disturbing items" including handmade "a child-size sex doll," Polaroids of naked children and graphic handwritten notes about performing sexual acts on young girls, said the criminal complaint. No charges came from that early police report and some of the discoveries were made after police were alerted, said the criminal complaint.

Back in 2000, Thomas was indicted for child abuse after he admitted to writing a graphic note and giving it to a child in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, said police. He told investigators he was taking drugs and on pills at the time and didn't mean to write the note. No word yet what came of that allegation.

Thomas remained jailed Monday on dozens of charges including child rape, said court records.

Some of Thomas' past residences in Bucks County include a home on Pleasant Line in the Pinewood section of Levittown; Pennsbury Woods apartments on New Falls Road in Levittown; Midway Village mobile home park on Bristol Pike in Morrisville, said authorities. He worked as a handyman, and subcontractor while owing his own home improvement business called Thomas Construction.

Authorities urged anyone with information about other possible victims to contact Falls Township Sgt. Christopher Clark at 215-302-3315 and/or Bucks County Detective Lt. Robert Gorman at 215-340-8141.

A conveyor belt overheated and caused the evacuation of a Montgomery County grocery store Monday morning.

Firefighters responded to the ShopRite store along Forty Foot Road in Hatfield Township around 9:30 a.m.

The incident was caused when the motor of a checkout conveyor belt overheated and caused smoke in the store, said ShopRite spokeswoman Maureen Gillespie.

Two employees were checked out a local hospital for smoke inhalation and released, said Gillespie.

As SkyForce10 hovered overhead a short time later you could see crews at the scene and workers standing outside the store.

After about 75 minutes the store reopened, said Gillespie.

After a grueling 16-hour trip that took them from Damascus to Beirut and then to Abu Dhabi, the Asali family finally reunited with relatives at John F Kennedy airport in New York. 

“I’m so excited to see my brother again,” said Matthew Asali after landing at JFK. “It was unhuman (sic) what happened to us.” 

The tearful reunion came after more than a week of legal wrangling. Immigration attorneys in Philadelphia worked closely with the American Civil Liberties Union and Rep. Charlie Dent (R-15) to secure the proper documentation needed to bring six family members back to the United States after they were denied entry to Philadelphia last weekend. 

It took approximately 13 years for the Asalis to get visas, passports and pass security clearances. The legal documentation was in order in December and the only left to do was board a flight bound for Pennsylvania. 

But upon arriving on U.S. soil, the family was greeted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials, who told them they could either leave on the same plane as they arrived or stay and be arrested. 

Their deportation came as a shock to the family in Allentown, who have been in the U.S. for close to 30 years and are American citizens. The Assalis - who changed the spelling of their last name during immigration - purchased a home for them and planned to reunite as early as December. 

But their relatives decided to postpone the trip until January because they wanted to spend the holidays with loved ones in Syria. They are Orthodox Christian. 

“This family did it the right way,” Dent said. “They played by the rules.” 

Dent’s office was instrumental in securing their return to the United States, immigration lawyers said. The congressman first heard about their plight from his own son, who urged him via text to jump into action after hearing news that the family had been denied entry into the United States. 

“By the time I called the White House … and we started figuring things out, the family had already been returned,” he said. “We’ve been working on it ever since.”

Monday’s reunion was filled with hugs, tears and even a small Liberty Bell. The token was presented to the Asalis by head legal counsel Joseph Hohenstein and immigration attorney Jonathan Grode.

“This is a symbol of liberty in the United States,” Hohenstein said. 

“If you just ring the bell, we will come,” Grode added before the family boarded a private bus headed to Allentown.

A baby blue penguin -- the first born at a New Jersey aquarium -- now has a name.

Officials with Adventure Aquarium in Camden announced Monday that the chick hatched in December will be known as Elanora.

The aquarium let visitors pick the name of the chick with Elanora and Tuatahi winging up tied. [[412915573, C]]

"The Birds and Mammals team were asked to break the tie with a final staff vote," Michele Pagel, curator of birds and mammals at Adventure Aquarium, said. "The name Elanora, meaning 'home by the sea' or 'home by the water,' was the ultimate winner. Our staff is excited to start calling our little blue chick by her official name that our guests helped choose."

The aquarium says the chick was born inside a nesting box on Dec. 3 under the watchful eye of staff members.

The progeny of Sheila and Goose will be reintroduced to the colony in the coming weeks and will then make her official debut, said the aquarium.

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Good Samaritans were caught on camera dragging a naked man out of a stolen taxi cab in Rittenhouse Square Monday afternoon.

Police say the ordeal began around 3:30 p.m. near 18th and Walnut streets when a cab driver dropped a woman off. As the woman got out of the cab, an unidentified man began to attack her, according to investigators. When the cab driver got out of his taxi to help the woman the suspect ran into the cab and drove off, police said.

Brandon Thompson told NBC10 he was walking through Rittenhouse Square with his friends when he saw the suspect drive the cab through the park.

"We hear like a loud screeching," Thompson said. "As we turned we noticed there was a cab coming through the park."

Thompson said the cab then struck a pole, backed up and continued speeding through the park.

"Everybody starts to run and everything and then that's when I hop on my bike and I tell my friends, 'I gotta go after him because I gotta stop him and everything,'" Thompson said.

Thompson said he rode after the speeding taxi cab on his bike and managed to catch up to the vehicle. That's when he grabbed the steering wheel in an effort to stop the suspect.

"When I first ran up on him he was trying to fight me off and everything," Thompson said. "I had to punch him so I could get a hold of him and everything."

Video shows the suspect hitting the gas as Thompson holds onto the steering wheel. The taxi cab then hits a curb and spins out of control as smoke rises and more Good Samaritans run over to help. 

"Once we got him to a stop I was messing with the keys so the car wasn't running anymore," Thompson said. "I'm trying to yank the keys out. That's when everybody pulled him out of the car."

Video shows the residents dragging the man out of the cab. Thompson says the suspect was completely naked.

"He was completely nude," Thompson said. "He had nothing on him but what God gave him."

Responding police officers arrested the man and placed him into custody. They have not yet revealed his identity.

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Pet food maker Evanger's Dog & Cat Food Co. is recalling some lots of a canned dog product due to potential contamination with a medication that can cause drowsiness, dizziness or death.

Evanger's said one lot of its "Hunk of Beef" product was contaminated with the drug pentobarbital.

The 12-ounce cans were manufactured June 6-13 and sold in stores and online in Washington, California, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

The Illinois-based company said as a precaution it was recalling all "Hunk of Beef" products manufactured the same week.

The affected cans have lot numbers that start with 1816E03HB, 1816E04HB, 1816E06HB, 1816E07HB, and 1816E13HB, and have an expiration date of June 2020.

Evanger's said five dogs became ill and one died from from the 1816E06 lot. 

"We feel that we have been let down by our supplier, and in reference to the possible presence of pentobarbital, we have let down our customers," Evanger's said in a statement. "Despite having a relationship for forty years with the supplier of this specific beef, who also services many other pet food companies, we have terminated our relationship with them and will no longer purchase their beef for use in our Hunk of Beef product. As Hunk of Beef is a very unique product, requiring very specific cuts of meat, this supplier’s meat was used in no other products."