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NBC10 First Alert Weather: Will the Rain Clear Out?

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The big question after a weekend full of wet weather is will the rain move out for the work week? NBC10 First Alert Weather meteorologist Tammie Souza has the answer.


Death of Baby in Philly Apt. Ruled a Homicide, Man Arrested

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The death of a baby in Southwest Philadelphia has been ruled a homicide and a man is in custody.

The 6-week-old baby was found bleeding from his nose inside a second floor apartment on the 5800 block of Willows Avenue Friday around 12:45 p.m. He was later pronounced dead.

On Monday, police determined the baby died from multiple traumatic injuries and his death was ruled a homicide. A 31-year-old man was also arrested in connection to the child’s death. Police have not yet revealed the man’s identity or the specific charges against him.



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Trenton Woman Says Police Mistakenly Raided Her Home

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A Trenton, New Jersey woman says she was hospitalized after police mistakenly raided her home.

Sonia Valpais-Daniels, 66, told NBC10 she was inside her home on Locust Street with a friend Wednesday at 7:45 a.m. when police suddenly broke through her door.

“The police come in here with the gun, push me and her to the floor,” Valpais-Daniels said. “I say, ‘What happened? What happened?’ She said, ‘No talking. Don’t say nothing. Police will explain with you later.’”

Valpais-Daniels said a SWAT team then used a flash bomb in her kitchen.

“A lot of smoke over here,” she said.

The raid ended however when the officers realized they were in the wrong home, according to Valpais-Daniels.

“Two police came down again and said, ‘I’m sorry. That’s my mistake. It’s the wrong house,’” she said.

Valpais-Daniels said her door was damaged due to the incident. While city crews fixed part of the frame, she told NBC10 her family has to use a 4x4 to make sure it’s locked properly at night.

Valpais-Daniels' sons said their mother had to be hospitalized and treated for high blood pressure after the incident. The family is now exploring options for legal action.

“You can’t go around making these mistakes,” Valpais-Daniels’ son Robert Medina said. “Somebody got to be held accountable. If we make mistakes, we have to pay the price for our mistakes.”

NBC10 reached out to Trenton Police for comment. We have not yet heard back from them. Trenton Police Lieutenant Stephen Varn told the Trentonian however that an apparent intelligence gap led to an “erroneous breach of the wrong residence.”

Gunman Kills Teen Boy, Injures Another Teen in Kensington

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A gunman shot and killed a teen boy and injured another in the Kensington section of Philadelphia Monday night.

The 14-year-old boy and 16-year-old boy were on the 2000 block of E. Orleans Street at 9:33 p.m. when a gunman opened fire. The 14-year-old boy was shot several times in the back and neck while the 16-year-old was shot once in the left shoulder.

Both teens were taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital. The 14-year-old boy was pronounced dead at 10:03 p.m. while the 16-year-old is in stable condition.

No arrests have been made and a weapon has not been recovered.

Region Celebrates Memorial Day

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Communities across the region celebrated Memorial Day and honored our nation's heroes. NBC10's Keith Jones has the details.

10 at 7: What You Need to Know Today

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Here are the 10 things you need to know to start your day from your friends at NBC10.


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Gunman Kills Teen Boy, Injures Another Teen in Kensington: A gunman shot and killed a teen boy and injured another in the Kensington section of Philadelphia Monday night. The 14-year-old boy and 16-year-old boy were on the 2000 block of E. Orleans Street at 9:33 p.m. when a gunman opened fire. The 14-year-old boy was shot several times in the back and neck while the 16-year-old was shot once in the left shoulder. Both teens were taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital. The 14-year-old boy was pronounced dead at 10:03 p.m. while the 16-year-old is in stable condition. No arrests have been made and a weapon has not been recovered.

    YOUR FIRST ALERT FORECAST  

    Tuesday is expected to be chilly and cloudy and scattered showers are possible. Wednesday is expected to be warmer. High Temp: 66 degrees.  Get your full NBC10 First Alert forecast here.

    WHAT YOU MISSED YESTERDAY

    Little Pete's Serves Final Meal: A beloved Center City Philadelphia diner serving up late-night eats for decades served its final omelet late Monday night. Little Pete’s along S. 17th Street at Chancellor Street closed its doors for good at 9 p.m. The diner stands as a restaurant relic amid Center City’s many foodie-geared eateries, serving up traditional diner fare 24 hours a day for more than nearly 40 years. The diner is one of the last of its kind in Center City with closures of Midtown II and other diners in past years. The diner will be torn down to make way for the Hyatt Centric Hotel Project.

    AROUND THE WORLD

    24 Dead in Bombings in Baghdad: A car bombing killed at least nine people in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday morning, just hours after 15 died in a massive explosion outside a popular ice cream shop in central Baghdad that was claimed by ISIS. The attacks come as ISIS militants are steadily losing more territory to U.S.-backed Iraqi forces in the battle for Mosul, the country's second-largest city. The Sunni extremists are increasingly turning to insurgency-style terror attacks to detract from their losses. The nighttime attack in the bustling Karrada neighborhood also wounded 27 people, police and health officials said.

      TODAY'S TALKER

      Death of Baby in Apartment Ruled a Homicide, Man Arrested: The death of a baby in Southwest Philadelphia has been ruled a homicide and a man is in custody. The 6-week-old baby was found bleeding from his nose inside a second floor apartment on the 5800 block of Willows Avenue Friday around 12:45 p.m. He was later pronounced dead. On Monday, police determined the baby died from multiple traumatic injuries and his death was ruled a homicide. A 31-year-old man was also arrested in connection to the child’s death. Police have not yet revealed the man’s identity or the specific charges against him.

      SPORTS SPOT

      Phillies Lose to Miami: The Phillies lost 1 to 4 against the Miami Marlins.  Get your full sports news at CSNPhilly.

      PHOTO OF THE DAY

      See more Top News Photos here.

      THROUGH IGER'S EYES

      @phillyrevive captured this cool photo of a Philadelphia building design.

      Have an awesome Instagram photo you'd like to share? Tag it with #NBC10Buzz.

      TODAY'S VIRAL VIDEO

      Check out this basketball move. Watch more here

      A LITTLE SWEETENER 

      2 Japanese Melons Sell for Nearly $13,500: A pair of Japanese Yubari cantaloupe melons were sold for about $13,500 at the first auction of the harvest season in Sapporo. The Yubari melons are known for their perfect proportions and are often given as gifts. They are only grown in Yubari, a small town on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Read more.


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      Trooper Shoots Man Inside New Jersey Home: Authorities

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      A man who allegedly beat his girlfriend and abandoned her on the side of a New Jersey highway was shot by state police inside his home when he allegedly charged at a trooper who was trying to arrest him, authorities say. 

      State police had gone to the Brady Road home in Lake Hopatcong Sunday night after they came across a woman walking along the shoulder of Interstate 80, the New Jersey attorney general's office says. The woman told troopers she'd been assaulted by her boyfriend while they were driving on I-80, and that he made her get out of the car. 

      She had visible injuries on her face and body, authorities say.

      Five troopers went to the boyfriend's home at about 11:30 p.m. to arrest him, and spotted him walking out onto a patio through a set of sliding doors at the back of the house, the attorney general's office said. 

      When the troopers identified themselves, the man retreated back into the house and locked the patio doors, according to authorities. Three of the troopers went around to the front to get into the lower-level home, and as they tried to arrest him in a narrow hallway, he allegedly charged "aggressively" at the trooper in the lead position. 

      That trooper fired two rounds from his service handgun, hitting the man once in the lower body, authorities said. 

      One neighbor, Dan Malloi, told News 4 he heard a noise Sunday night, like a sharp bang, and he thought someone set of fireworks, which typically happens around Lake Hopatcong close to the holiday. But he awoke to find state police swarming the scene.

      The boyfriend, identified as 35-year-old Matthew Gerndt, was taken to Morristown Medical Center with a non-life threatening injury. Police sources say he had a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit. 

      None of the troopers was hurt. 

      Gerndy is charged with assault and resisting arrest, and is expected to be taken into police custody once he's released from the hospital. 

      The attorney general's office investigates all police-involved shootings in the state. 



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      Lucy the Elephant: Margate's Iconic Attraction

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      Lucy the Elephant is still drawing tourists to the popular shore destination after 136 years and plenty of uses over that time.


      New Jersey Beach Badges: There's An App for That

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      Beach badges, as much a part of summer at the New Jersey shore as sunscreen and salt water taffy, have changed little since the practice of charging to use the public beaches began during the Great Depression.

      While some towns have slowly begun to move into the digital age with apps to buy the badges, beachgoers up and down the coast this summer will still need to wear badges. Electronic beach badges are still a thing of the future.

      The town that claims in 1929 it became the first to require badges is the latest to offer an app for residents and visitors to purchase badges.

      "It just made perfect sense because it was the last part of commerce that the town engages in that didn't have that option," said Bradley Beach Mayor Gary Engelstad.

      Asbury Park, Manasquan, Seaside Heights, Longport and Ventnor City were already offering the mobile option. Sea Isle City has a vending machine.

      Heading into the Memorial Day weekend, more than 20 percent of badges in Manasquan sold were ordered online.

      For residents and visitors, the app is a convenient way to pay.

      "People use their phones to Uber, fly and travel via train. It makes sense for them to be able to access the beach with their phones too," Wall Township resident Joe Belko said while walking on the beach walk in Mansaquan.

      Most New Jersey towns charge to use public beaches when lifeguards are on duty between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Atlantic City and the Wildwoods do not charge.

      During the Great Depression, Jersey shore towns started issuing buttons, badges or tags. At the time, Bradley Beach officials said they were confident the system would correct overcrowding caused by "free bathers," according to an Asbury Park Press story in August 1929.

      "Beach badge funding represents a kind of ambiguity," said Rutgers University American Studies professor Angus Kress Gillespie. "On the one hand you could say it's a rational response to additional expenses such as lifeguards and police. But on the other, it's a cultural beach badge tax that represents a kind of hostility toward visitors.

      "It was a way to stick it to the people from up north and is reflected in folklore and slang used by year-round residents who viewed the visitors as rude and flashy."

      These days, even residents complain about paying to use the beaches and many point to the federal funding of beach replenishment projects after Superstorm Sandy as a reason not to charge. However, efforts to end the practice have never advanced in the Legislature.

      Eventually, officials said, electronic beach badges that can be swiped at entryways will replace the plastic ovals with pins that adorn swimsuits and beach bags.

      Bob Amon, of Beach Haven, who started collecting beach badges in 1972, chuckles at the thought.

      "I guess that's the wave of the future, but if there is a last one, I want to make sure I have them all," he said.

      Robber Gets Cash, Still Shoots Store Clerk: Police

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      One masked man served as a lookout as another shot a convenience store clerk, Philadelphia Police said.

      The men entered the 7-Eleven store at Torresdale Avenue and Disston Street in the Tacony neighborhood just after 4 a.m. Tuesday.

      As one man stood by the door, the other robbed the two workers -- the only people in the store at the time. 

      "Dressed all in black -- a black hoodie, black pants -- and he had a half mask on his face... and he had a gun," Capt. George Fuchs said.

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      A 53-year-old employee emptied one register, police said. 

      "He did cooperate, give them all the money from that register," Fuchs said.

      But when he couldn’t open the second register, the robber became angry and shot the employee in the shoulder, Fuchs said.

      Doctors at Aria Torresdale Hospital listed the store clerk in stable condition, investigators said.

      Both suspects ran off on foot. Police captured a man on a nearby rooftop a short time later and called him a person of interest.

      The shooter remained at large Tuesday morning. Investigators hoped surveillance video could help identify the shooter, who had his face only partially covered.

      The store reopened once police wrapped up their investigation on the scene Tuesday morning.



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      Why You Can't Get Close to the Rocky Statue

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      One of Philly’s iconic tourist draws, the Rocky statue, is going to be off limits for a couple weeks as it gets spruced up.

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      Bring a Fishing Pole When Heading to the Shore

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      If you are vacationing in Margate, New Jerey this summer you can include boating and fishing in your itinerary. NBC10's Matt DeLucia hops on board.

      Another Overnight Closure on Busy I-676

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      Interstate 676 will be closed in both directions for three nights this week.

      Starting Tuesday at 11 p.m., the Vine Street Expressway I-676) will be closed and detoured in both directions between the Schuylkill Expressway (Interstate 76) and Broad Street (Route 611) interchanges in Philadelphia. The closure (which continues Wednesday and Thursday nights) continues until 5 a.m. the following morning.

      The closure is part of PennDOT's project to rebuild deteriorated spans over the highway. This closure specifically allows for crews to finish the demolition of 18th Street bridge, one of seven bridges being replaced. 

      PennDOT has plans to finish the $64.8-million project by late 2018, a year ahead of the original schedule.

      The following detours will be in place when I-676 east is closed:

      • From I-76 east: Exit at 30th Street/Market Street (Exit 345); right at Arch Street; left at 30th Street; left at Market Street; left at 16th Street; right at Vine Street to the ramp to I-676 east;
      • From I-76 west: Exit at 30th Street (Exit 345); take Schuylkill Avenue to Market Street; right at Market Street; left at 16th Street; right at Vine Street to the ramp to I-676 east; and
      • Traveling east on Benjamin Franklin Parkway intending to use the 24th Street on-ramp: Follow Benjamin Franklin Parkway around Logan Circle and bear right onto Vine Street east; follow Vine Street to the ramp to I-676 east.   

      The following detours will be in place when I-676 west is closed:

      • To I-76 East and West: Exit I-676 west at Broad Street (Route 611) Interchange; take 15th Street south; right on J.F.K. Boulevard; right on Schuylkill Avenue and follow signs to I-76 east and I-76 west;
      • From 16th Street north of J.F.K. Boulevard: Follow 16th Street north; right at Spring Garden Street; right at 15th Street; right at J.F.K. Boulevard; right on Schuylkill Avenue to ramps to I-76 east and I-76 west; and
      • From 16th Street south of J.F.K. Boulevard: Follow 16th Street north; left at J.F.K. Boulevard; right on Schuylkill Avenue to ramps to I-76 east and I-76 west.

      The following detours are also optional for cars during the I-676 west closure:

      • To I-76 West: Exit I-676 west at Broad Street (Route 611) Interchange; take 15th Street south; right onto local Vine Street; right on Benjamin Franklin Parkway and follow around Eakins Oval and onto Spring Garden Street to the ramp to I-76 west; and
      • From 16th Street north of J.F.K Boulevard to I-76 West: Follow 16th Street north; left onto local Vine Street; right on Benjamin Franklin Parkway and follow around Eakins Oval and onto Spring Garden Street to the ramp to I-76 west.

      NJ Cop, 29, Killed in 3-Car Crash on His Way to Work: Police

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      A 29-year-old New Jersey police officer and father of two was killed in a three-car accident on his way to work Tuesday, authorities say. 

      Matthew Tarentino, a cop in Summit, died in the 6:20 a.m. crash on Route 78 in Bernards. Authorities say Tarentino was driving to work when a westbound car crossed over the median and hit two eastbound vehicles; it wasn't clear which vehicle the officer was driving. 

      Two other people were taken to Morristown Hospital in unknown condition. 

      Tarentino is survived by his wife and two children. The City of Summit Police Department announced his death "with great sadness" in a Facebook post. 

      The wreck shut down all eastbound lanes on the highway for hours Tuesday. Traffic was only getting by on the right shoulder. 

      The investigation is ongoing.



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      5 Ducklings Fall Into Drain -- Mom Watches as All Are Saved

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      A mother duck and her entourage of ducklings were crossing a street in New Jersey Tuesday when some of them walked over a storm drain and fell in. A desperate rescue effort was launched as the mother duck stood anxiously nearby.

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      Prevention Push After 2nd Multiple Fatality Fire

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      Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney joined Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel, other firefighters and the American Red Cross Tuesday to discuss fire prevention in the wake of the second multiple fatality fire in as many weeks.

      An early morning Sunday blaze left Prudence Figueroa, 9, her brother Dean Figueroa, 7, and their grandmother Monique Guillory dead inside Guillory's 6th Street home in North Philadelphia. The children's' parents jumped from the back window of the house, a three-story, double-wide house that Guillory has owned since the mid-1990s, according to city records.

      Surviving family members returned to the scene Monday to collect belongings and mourn their loved ones.

      "It does hurt, going through pictures, trying to get pictures together, seeing all the memories and it hurts even more," niece Amanda Gonzalez said outside the home.

      The cause of the blaze remained unclear Tuesday.

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      Kenney said he hopes that lessons he learned as a child about matches, open flames and other fire prevention measures can hold true with children today.

      It was the second Sunday in a row that three people died in a house fire in Philadelphia, leading the city to escalate fire prevention measures.

      "We feel every fire death," Thiel said. "What can we as a community do to move forward."



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      Mom, Daughter Secretly Search for Kidney for Dad

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      A secret search for a kidney is the journey Savannah Lewis and her mom Melissa Lewis are on. This mother-daughter duo is using social media to get the word out that Savannah’s father needs a new kidney without him knowing their plan.

      Jason “Jay” Lewis, a 39-year-old father of six and a husband of 10 years to Melissa, 38, has stage five kidney failure due to polycystic kidney disease. Jay discovered he had polycystic kidney disease when he was 16. The disease is genetic and Melissa says unfortunately each kid has a 50-50 shot of getting it.

      "I always pray that none of mine (kids) have it," she said.

      Recently Savannah, 8, one of the couple's six children, made a video aiming to get “one million likes and shares” hoping to spread the word of the family's search for a "gift of life" as they call it.

      The Scranton, Pennsylvania-based family has two different Facebook platforms they are using to get the word out, and Melissa’s husband still doesn’t know they’re “on the search for a living kidney donor.”

      Originally, Melissa began the Kidney For Jay Give the Gift of Life Today Facebook page in March 2017. Her daughter Savannah wanted to help out. Savannah created her own Facebook page called Savannah’s Secret Gift of Life Search.

      "We are searching the world for an extra special amazing person to give my husband his life back and be able to have the energy to watch our six kids grow up,” Melissa said.

      Although their search is a secret for now, Melissa was willing to risk it to get the word out there.

      “For a great cause and if it will get the word out so it helps us to find a living kidney donor, I say go for it," she said.


      Jay's mother, Cate, is also in need of a kidney transplant.

      "I asked his mother if I can do the same (search through Facebook) for her and she wants to hold off on herself until her son gets one," Melissa said. "We all work for Davita dialysis -- me, my mother-in-law, and my husband."

      Jay has been a biomed tech for over 20 years and has worked his way up.

      “All of the units that Jay goes to... everybody at work has managed to keep it a secret," Melissa said.

      While secret-keeping is doing well at home, there are plans to publicize even more out of view from Jay. Melissa's brother Scott Brunnenmeyer is putting up a billboard in Philadelphia off the turnpike in mid-June.

      “It’s hard trying to keep one of the biggest secrets of a lifetime from your best friend," Melissa said. "But, so far, the world and I aren’t doing such a bad job at it.”



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      Margate Drops Speed Limit on Atlantic Avenue

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      Margate has dropped the speed limit on Atlantic Avenue from 35 to 25 miles per hour. NBC10’s Jersey Shore bureau reporter Ted Greenberg has the story.

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