Superstar comedian and Philly native Kevin Hart received the Anne d’Harnoncourt award for artistic excellence at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Tuesday night. The award recognizes individuals for their impact on the region. Hart spoke with NBC10 photojournalist Jason Ryan about what the award means to him as well as what song he’d sing if he were on NBC’s “The Voice.”

Newark Airport was temporarily closed Tuesday night after a plane's engine caught fire, forcing the evacuation of its passengers using emergency chutes, officials said. 

The airport reopened shortly before 11 p.m., but the airport said passengers should expect delays throughout the night. 

The engine of United Airlines flight 1579 caught fire and the crew had to pop open the chutes and evacuate passengers, officials said. 

United spokesman Jonathan Guerin said air traffic control notified the crew about flames coming from the right engine of the San Francisco-bound plane. 

"The crew immediately deployed the slides and evacuated the aircraft," Guerin  said. 

“You could smell the plane – like gas,” one passenger said. “The flight attendant told us to evacuate the plane, to come out the left side of the plane and go down the slides.”

The passenger said it was uplifting to see passengers helping one another exit the plane. 

Seven crew members and 124 passengers were on the plane, according to officials. 

Five people suffered minor injuries, it's believed during the evacuation. One of the injuries was described as a fall, officials said.  

The fire was extinguished by airport firefighters, and the passengers and crew were being bused to Terminal C, Gate 71. They were said to be at the United Club at 11 p.m. 

The aircraft was to be towed into a company hangar for inspection. 

Authorities and loved ones continue to search for a Chester County mother who has been missing for more than a month.

Anna Bronislawa Maciejewska-Gould, 43, was last seen by her husband leaving her home on Hedgerow Lane in Malvern, Pennsylvania at 9:45 a.m. back on April 10. Her husband said she was in a “panic” and she never arrived at her job at Voya Financial in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Maciejewska-Gould was driving her 2011 Navy Blue Audi A4 with the Pennsylvania license plate HTF 2919 at the time of her disappearance.

NBC News recently published a report on her disappearance that included interviews with family members who claimed she abruptly canceled a scheduled trip to her native Poland. The trip is an annual tradition for Maciejewska-Gould who planned on bringing her 4-year-old son with her to visit her father on his 80th birthday, according to her nephew. The family members also said Maciejewska-Gould called out of work the week of April 3 which was unusual for her.

A group of residents searched through Malvern Tuesday night, spoke with neighbors and handed out fliers.

“The biggest problem is there has been so much time that’s gone by and that concerns all of us,” Alan Neves, a member of the search group, told NBC10.

Maciejewska-Gould is a white female standing 5-foot-4 with blue eyes and dark blonde hair weighing 160 pounds. If you have any information on her whereabouts, please call Pennsylvania State Police at 610-486-6280 or the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers at 1-800-4PA-TIPS (1-800-472-8477).

You can also email tips to Findingannam@gmail.com and donate to the Finding Anna Maciejewska GoFundMe page.

A false nuclear power plant warning was accidentally sent to residents in Salem County and Cumberland County, New Jersey Tuesday night.

The message, which claimed a Nuclear Power Plant Warning was in effect for the two counties, was broadcast on television, prompting thousands of phone calls from panicked residents to Cumberland County Dispatch.

Officials say the alert was a false alarm and they were conducting their regularly scheduled exercise with the PSEG Salem/Hope Creek Nuclear Power Station. The message was sent out in error.

Officials say residents in both counties have nothing to worry about and there is no warning or emergency in effect. They apologized for the mistake.

A year after winning a $429 million dollar jackpot, a New Jersey family decided to pour it back in to the community. NBC10's Erin Coleman exclusively reports on this family's generosity. CLICK HERE to apply for the Smith Family Foundation grant.

Tracy Davidson, Vai Sikahema, NBC10 First Alert Traffic reporter Jessica Boyington and NBC10 First Alert Weather meteorologist Bill Henley took the #NBC10Mornings show on the road visiting an Atlantic County Wawa Wednesday.

The fifth stop on the months-long on-the-road tour was the new convenience store at 275 W. White Horse Pike (at Pomona Road) in Galloway, New Jersey. 

Wawa mascot Wally Goose joined in on the fun as the Morning Team, plus NBC10 Jersey Shore reporter Ted Greenberg, handed out free cups of coffee. Ted also shows how Wawa is helping out an area autism group. [[424027554, C]]

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Newark Airport Reopens After Engine Fire Forced Closure: Newark Airport was temporarily closed Tuesday night after a plane's engine caught fire, forcing the evacuation of its passengers using emergency chutes, officials said. The airport reopened shortly before 11 p.m., but the airport said passengers should expect delays throughout the night and into Wednesday morning. The engine of United Airlines flight 1579 caught fire and the crew had to pop open the chutes and evacuate passengers, officials said. United spokesman Jonathan Guerin said air traffic control notified the crew about flames coming from the right engine of the San Francisco-bound plane. Seven crew members and 124 passengers were on the plane, according to officials. Five people suffered minor injuries, it's believed, during the evacuation. One of the injuries was described as a fall, officials said.   The fire was extinguished by airport firefighters, and the passengers and crew were being bused to the terminal. The aircraft was to be towed into a company hangar for inspection.

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False Emergency Alert Accidentially Sent to NJ Residents: A false nuclear power plant warning was accidentally sent to residents in Salem County and Cumberland County, New Jersey Tuesday night. The message, which claimed a Nuclear Power Plant Warning was in effect for the two counties, was broadcast on television, prompting thousands of phone calls from panicked residents to Cumberland County Dispatch. Officials say the alert was a false alarm and they were conducting their regularly scheduled exercise with the PSEG Salem/Hope Creek Nuclear Power Station. The message was sent out in error. Officials say residents in both counties have nothing to worry about and there is no warning or emergency in effect. They apologized for the mistake.

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Trump Meets Pope at Vatican: President Donald Trump and Pope Francis, two leaders with contrasting styles and differing worldviews, met at Vatican City on Wednesday, setting aside their previous clashes to broadcast a tone of peace for an audience around the globe. Trump, midway through his grueling nine-day maiden international journey, called upon the pontiff at the Vatican early Wednesday where the two had a private 30-minute meeting laden with religious symbolism and ancient protocol. The president, accompanied by his wife and several aides, arrived at the Vatican just after 8 a.m. local time. The president greeted Francis in Sala del Tronetto, the room of the little throne, on the second floor of Apostolic Palace Wednesday morning. Upon completing their meeting, the pope gave the president a medal featuring an olive branch, a symbol of peace, among other gifts. "We can use peace," the president responded.

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Chester County Mom Still Missing After a Month: Authorities and loved ones continue to search for a Chester County mother who has been missing for more than a month. Anna Bronislawa Maciejewska-Gould, 43, was last seen by her husband leaving her home on Hedgerow Lane in Malvern, Pennsylvania at 9:45 a.m. on April 10. Her husband said she was in a “panic” and she never arrived at her job at Voya Financial in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Maciejewska-Gould was driving her 2011 Navy Blue Audi A4 with the Pennsylvania license plate HTF 2919 at the time of her disappearance. NBC News recently published a report on her disappearance that included interviews with family members who claimed she abruptly canceled a scheduled trip to her native Poland. The trip is an annual tradition for Maciejewska-Gould who planned on bringing her 4-year-old son with her to visit her father on his 80th birthday, according to her nephew. The family members also said Maciejewska-Gould called out of work the week of April 3 which was unusual for her.

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Luxury townhouses that were abandoned for 15 years in Wanaque, New Jersey, will be torn down, and neighbors are happy to hear it. Jen Maxfield reports.

Dining out with the family can be expensive. So, NBC10 has found spots in our area where kids can eat free this summer.

A car struck a person walking along Interstate 95 Wednesday morning causing major traffic troubles for commuters on the busy highway.

The person was struck in the northbound lanes approaching the Bridge Street/Harbison Avenue Exit in Philadelphia's Bridesburg neighborhood around 8:20 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said.

The victim’s condition wasn’t immediately released.

First responders blocked off three lanes of the roadway - only one got by - as police investigated.

Police do not know why the person was walking along the interstate.

An actress who starred in the 1994 award-winning movie "Clerks" has died. Lisa Spoonauer was 44.

The George Hassler Funeral Home says Spoonauer died Sunday at her home in Jackson, New Jersey. The cause of death wasn't released.

Kevin Smith cast Spoonauer in the role of Caitlin Bree in his first movie, which was set in the New Jersey convenience and video stores where he worked in real life.

On Instagram on Tuesday, Smith wrote that she was one of "the chief architects" of the movie. Smith said, "Lisa was easily the most natural and authentic voice in the room."

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She soon left acting and became a restaurant manager and event planner.

She is survived by her husband, her daughter and a stepson.

Her funeral is scheduled for Saturday.

Philadelphia’s largest Latino-serving organization is breaking its silence after a controversy erupted when its CEO was photographed at President Donald Trump’s Harrisburg rally in April.

Carolina Cabrera DiGiorgio, head of Congreso de Latinos Unidos, came under fire in recent weeks from immigration groups who called for her resignation. Several letters and petitions directed at the organization’s executive leadership circulated on social media asking for her immediate removal.

Tuesday evening, two weeks after the footage of her clapping at the rally made its way into the news, Congreso’s board of directors issued a statement.

"While we do not support any administration's policies that could negatively impact the Latino community we serve, we do remain supportive of and confident in Carolina's leadership and vision for Congreso", said board chair Esperanza Martinez Neu.

"She has a genuine devotion to our most disadvantaged individuals, and the ability to remain unbiased and focused with regard to complicated matters affecting the community. Under Carolina’s leadership, we expect Congreso will have a strong voice advocating for issues important to the Latino community."

On Monday, a coalition of more than 15 groups sent a letter to the board asking DiGiorgio be immediately fired, claiming her support of Trump puts her ability to lead the Latino community in question.

"How can a community who has been directly affected by the oppression of Trump's administration trust a leader who is supporting the oppression our Latinx community is facing? The first step in rebuilding that trust is accountability. No more avoidance, it's time that our people are heard," that letter read.

Congreso has largely stood by the embattled CEO, who is married to the chairman of Pennsylvania’s Republican party. Valentino DiGiorgio also spoke at the rally. 

On Wednesday, the Philadelphia Daily News waded into the controversy and wrote an opinion column defending Carolina DiGiorgio and calling for the removal of Erika Almiron, executive director of Juntos and vociferous DiGiorgio detractor.

The column compared cries for DiGiorgio's ouster to Cold War-era McCarthyism.

"Americans don’t — or shouldn’t — believe in guilt by association. In the 1950s, Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s actions gave us a new word for accusations without proof, innuendo, and guilt by association," columnist Stu Bykofsky wrote.

Philadelphia Police headquarters are on the move.

The plan is to move out of the so-called "Roundhouse" at 750 Race Street to the former Philadelphia Inquirer Building at 400 N. Broad Street, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported:

"The Philadelphia Police Department will reportedly relocate its headquarters and several other related law enforcement agencies to 400 N. Broad St. and spur what is estimated to be a $200 million-plus redevelopment of the 500,000-square-foot building, according to PBJ sources."

The former home of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News is owned by developer Bart Blatstein and has sat vacant for several years.

Police Commissioner Richard Ross and other law enforcement leaders will join city leaders to officially announce the deal Wednesday afternoon.

Police headquarters moving to North Broad Street will help with the revitalization of the area that has included the renovation of the Divine Lorraine and other construction projects. 

SEPTA’s Broad Street Line subway along with various bus lines makes the new headquarters more accessible than the agency’s current home off Interstate 676 near Old City.

The decision to move north rather than west came after a long debate over a plan to locate to 46th and Market streets in West Philly.

The Philadelphia Business Journal is a newsgathering partner of NBC10.

NBC10’s Rosemary Connors talks to NBC10 Investigators reporter Mitch Blacher about his special about drunken and drugged driving dangers.

The death of a doctor held at Montgomery County Correctional Facility remains a mystery.

And it may be that way forever.

The autopsy for David Kennedy, a pediatrician from Pennsburg who was being held on charges of children pornography and who died Dec. 18, could not determine a cause of death.

“We did quite a bit of testing and were not able to come up with anything substantial,” First Deputy County Coroner Alex Balacki said Wednesday. “There were no physical injuries and nothing of toxicological significance.”

The county has declined to provide specific details about the circumstances of Kennedy’s death inside the jail. A spokeswoman for the county did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Balacki would only confirm that Kennedy was indeed found inside the correctional facility in Eaglesville.

The District Attorney’s office is not currently investigating Kennedy’s death, a spokeswoman said in an email Wednesday.

Kennedy was arrested last November after a nurse practitioner at Personal Care Pediatrics in Pennsburg allegedly found images on a cell phone she was given to answer any emergency calls for the practice during the Thanksgiving weekend, said the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office.

While using the phone, she allegedly found the sexually graphic photographs of children and other sexual images, authorities said. 

"The investigation revealed that the images belonged to Kennedy," the DA’s office alleged in a joint statement with Upper Perkiomen Police Department at the time. 

Kennedy, 48, was the 25th county inmate to die in custody since 2007, according to an NBC10.com report earlier this year.

In two of those deaths, resulting lawsuits led to $462,500 in settlements, the county said. Federal court records indicate that one of the settlements was for $325,000 in the death of Patricia Pollock.

The 25-year-old woman died Sept. 27, 2011 from "acute fulminant verrucous endocarditis," or sudden and severe inflammation of the heart, according to the county. 

Before she died, Pollock had been in custody on $10,000 bail for theft and DUI charges, according to a published report. The lawsuit contended that the jail's medical staff ignored Pollock's symptoms for more than four days before she was eventually transported to Mercy Suburban Hospital in East Norriton, where she died. It remains unclear how much of that settlement was paid by the county, since the contractor that handled the jail's medical services at the time was also a defendant in the lawsuit.

In addition to Pollock's death, 17 other inmates died from medical emergencies or illnesses, county records show. 

Five of the inmate deaths were by "suicide, hanging," with a sixth described as "hanging in cell."

NBC10’s Rosemary Connors speaks to SEPTA general manager Jeff Knueppel about the changes the agency is making as they look to increase SEPTA Key usage.