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The city of Philadelphia stopped Brennon Jones from giving haircuts to the homeless in Center City after claiming he didn't have a vendor license and was causing traffic backups. After 18,000 people signed a petition in support of Jones, the Mayor's Office helped him find a new spot to give haircuts at the City Hall courtyard.

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Woman Dies After Man Gives Her Fentanyl in Hospital Bed: As Ciara Hadrick rested in her hospital bed on May 5, Travis Siuta allegedly walked into her room and hand-delivered her a lethal dose of fentanyl that ultimately led to her death, Montgomery County officials announced Wednesday afternoon. Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said the 30-year-old Norristown mother of three was poisoned "while in a hospital, surrounded by people trying to help her.” "This dealer hand-delivers poison to her bedside five times, including in the middle of the night.” The investigation began May 6 at the Einstein Medical Center Montgomery on West Germantown Pike in East Norriton. A nurse found Hadrick unresponsive in the bathroom of her hospital room at 2:30 a.m. She was pronounced dead at 3:06 a.m. after attempts to revive her were unsuccessful. Police say empty blue wax-style bags were found under her body, and one blue wax-style bag containing a white powdery substance was found in her clothing. The packaging is commonly used for packaging heroin, police said. Investigators soon learned that hours before, at 11:49 p.m. on May 5, Siuta signed the hospital’s after-hours sign-in log to visit Hadrick in her hospital room. Police say he was captured on surveillance video leaving her room eight minutes later.

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Allentown Mayor, Ex Reading Mayor Face Corruption Charges: Allentown mayor Ed Pawlowski heard cheers and chants from the crowd as he faced the media Wednesday afternoon after being indicted on federal corruption charges. "I want to make it clear to everyone," Pawlowski said with his lawyer Jack McMahon by his side. "I have done nothing wrong. Nor have I ever personally accepted a dime beyond my salary as mayor. I have also never accepted anything but legal campaign contributions and in no way, shape or form was city hall ever up for sale." Both Pawlowski and former Reading Mayor Vaughn Spencer are accused of engaging in a series of pay-to-play schemes where the politicians shook down businesses and individuals for campaign contributions in exchange for political favors, according to court papers released Wednesday.

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Escaped Rikers Inmate Found on Island After Manhunt: A man who had escaped a high-security detention center on Rikers Island, sparking a massive manhunt involving multiple law enforcement agencies, has been found, never having left the island, officials say. The escapee, who sources say is 24-year-old Naquan Hill, was found by two Department of Correction staff members on the island Thursday just before 3 a.m. in some type of trailer, authorities said. Hill went missing sometime Wednesday and the island was put on lockdown as Port Authority Police Department officers canvassed near LaGuardia Airport as they searched for him, according to the sources. The NYPD Harbor Unit searched the waters around the island. Sources said the inmate did not return from the outdoor recreation area Wednesday evening. The law enforcement sources added that he had jumped over a fence at the C-95 jail, also known as AMKC, which houses about 3,000 inmates.

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High-End Philly Restaurant Settles Lawsuit: A high-end Israeli restaurant in Philadelphia has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by a former server who claimed she had to give her tips to other workers. Court documents show Zahav owners agreed to pay $230,000 to 41 current and former employees. The former server sued over having to give $5 per shift to the restaurant's silverware polisher. Her lawyers argued the polishers had no customer contact, therefore weren't entitled to tips. Documents show Steve Cook, half of the Cook & Solomonov team behind Zahav, Federal Donuts and more, signed off on the settlement in June.

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Phils Beat Houston: The Phillies won 9 to 0 against the Houston Astros. Get your full sports news at CSNPhilly.

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Wife Gets Kidney After Husband Donates to Stranger: Mary Coyle and her husband Ed Coyle had run out of options. She had asked her brother for a kidney 23 years ago and she received it. A few years ago however she needed to replace it and was getting sicker by the day. "We just assumed somebody from the family could donate," she said. "When that couldn't happen or didn't happen, then we had to step out of our comfort zone. It required Ed to say, 'I'll donate one to a stranger and you'll receive one from a stranger.’" Through Christiana Hospital's 10-year-old kidney transplant program, the Wilmington, Delaware couple learned about paired donation. Through paired donation, a friend, loved one or a family member of a candidate in need of a new kidney who doesn't have a compatible blood type can donate a kidney to a complete stranger on the candidate's behalf. This allows the donor's loved one to move up significantly on the list to receive a new kidney of their own from another stranger. The donor also moves up to the top of the list in case they ever need a new kidney of their own in the future.  Read more.

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The upstairs neighbor suspected of killing an 11-year-old New Jersey girl whose body was found on a rooftop in their apartment complex appeared in court Wednesday as prosecutors released grisly new details in the alleged murder. 

Prosecutors alleged during the detention hearing that 18-year-old Andreas Erazo admitted to killing Abbiegail Smith during a nine-hour interrogation with detectives. He didn't have a lawyer with him at the time, however. 

Abbiegail was taking trash out to the dumpster at her Keansburg apartment complex the evening of July 12 when she vanished. Her mother reported her missing an hour later, and police found the girl's body the next morning on a shed roof behind the suspect's apartment. 

The girl's body was found wrapped in a comforter and sheets, and bound with a computer cord, prosecutors said. She had trauma to both sides of her neck from stab wounds. 

Most of Abbiegail's clothes had been taken off, but it's still not clear if there was any sexual assault. 

There were blood stains found on the windowsill of Erazo's windowsill and a knife was found in his apartment, prosecutors alleged. He was arrested within 48 hours after Abbiegail went missing. 

Prosecutors say Erazo had been put on juvenile probation nine days before his 18th birthday in December for illegal possession of a weapon, a knife. But he had no adult criminal record. 

Abbiegail was laid to rest on Monday. 

Hoarding conditions hindered firefighters battling a deadly blaze at a Montgomery County home Thursday morning.

A neighbor called 911 after seeing flames coming from the home on Garfield Avenue in Abington Township shortly before 2 a.m.

Firefighters found the home fully engulfed with flames shooting through the roof and battled back the fire so they could enter the home but had trouble getting to the only resident -- a 69-year-old man -- who was found on the living room floor.

“Because of conditions in the house, hoarding conditions, it became difficult to get him out of the house but they were able to do so and unfortunately it was determined – shortly after he was removed from the residence – that he had passed,” Abington Township Fire Marshal Kenneth Clark said.

Dispatchers warned firefighters of the noted hoarding situation at the home prior to their arrival.

The cause of the blaze, which began in a rear bedroom and left the home badly damaged, remained under investigation Thursday morning. Fire officials don't consider the blaze suspicious.

Devon's Pour Richard's Coffee Company is just one of 300 businesses that will be celebrated as part of "Best Of The Main Line." NBc10's own Tracy Davidson also takes home an honor.

A Philadelphia Police officer opened fire after following two stolen vehicles through Northeast Philadelphia neighborhoods early Thursday morning.

Police put out a citywide assist call as a large presence of officers descended on Horrocks and Strahle streets in the city’s Rhawnhurst neighborhood as the chase ended before daybreak.

The pursuit -- not described a high-speed chase but rather police following the suspects -- began about 3 miles away in the city’s Oxford Circle neighborhood, police said. An officer saw a stolen vehicle along the 6600 block of Eastwood Street around 4:35 a.m. and began to follow that driver. Other officers joined in to follow another vehicle meeting the description of recent carjackings, investigators said.

One suspect was behind the wheel of a white Toyota Camry that was stolen from a security guard around 4:20 a.m. Thursday in the lot of a bank at Bustleton Avenue and President Street -- more than 4 miles from Eastwood Street, Philadelphia Police Public Affairs Capt. Sekou Kinebrew said.

That man had jumped out of a Hyundai Tuscon that was stolen sometime after midnight in Fairless Hills, Bucks County, Kinebrew said. Both drivers then drove off before being spotted about 15 minutes later.

The men bailed out of the vehicles at Horrocks and Strahle and ran off into nearby woods, investigators said.

As the man driving the Camry got out of the car, he pointed a gun at an officer who then fired one shot, Kinebrew said.

No one was shot and there were no reports of injuries.

Police captured both suspects separately in Pennypack Park and could be seen loading one man into a police wagon a short time later. The men awaited charges Thursday morning. 

Kinebrew said investigators were still trying to find out if the men in the Tuscon were the same men who carjacked the vehicle from Bucks County earlier Thursday.

"we're not sure at this point if the people that committed the Fairless Hills carjacking were the people in the car, we suspect they were but we really need to nail that down," Kinebrew said.

Police also continued to comb the park for the gun the man allegedly pointed at the officer.

Philadelphia’s popular Schuylkill River Trail is getting (a little) longer before the end of the year thanks to a $5-million stretch of path.

You may have noticed the partially paved extension, which runs a little more than a ¼ mile, at the end of the Schuylkill River Trail Boardwalk that is currently fenced off but looking closer to ready every week. 

"People are anxious to get in there and we are anxious to get it open," Schuylkill River Development Corporation president and CEO Joseph Syrnick told NBC10.

But you won’t be able to run, walk or bike on the $5-million extension until fall at the earliest. About 80 percent of the paving ($3.5-million Phase 1) is done on the 1,400-foot extension of the recreational trail that will carry it south of the South Street Bridge and past the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s new Roberts Center, which includes bridge access to the new trail.

"We describe it now as South to Christian Street," Syrnick said, noting he doesn’t expect the name to stick. "It's just basically a bike ride down or a run down and a run (or ride) back."

The second, $1.5-million phase that includes laying down top soil and compost, irrigation installation and planting still needs to be completed before anyone can step foot on the trail.

"Mostly what needs to be done relates to preparing elements of landscaping," Syrnick said. "Right now, I believe most of the planting will be done during the month of October."

Work began on the extension in spring 2016.

The extension is entirely on land – unlike the boardwalk, which stretches over the Schuylkill River – tucked between the river and the railroad tracks. Constrained access to the area has made construction difficult, including needing to truck in materials via the boardwalk and having crews work from barges on the river, Syrnick said.

"It's a lot less efficient way of doing it," he said. And, it's more expensive as the entire project comes out to about $5 million.

The cost – a combination of private and public funds – could have been even more as the bids to SRDC initially came in higher, forcing the group to focus on functionality and basic infrastructure, Syrnick said.

"We're happy to get it done as it was an extremely, surprisingly difficult section of trail to build for something that's a trail on land," Syrnick said. "The construction of it was way more complicated than you would think – you pay for that in the cost."

Syrnick hopes the PRDC can get the extension opened by "roughly Halloween" with some landscaping still possibly needing to be done at that time.

The SRDC estimates that people take about 29,000 trips on the existing section of trail each week.

The new section will surely draw people exercising but it could also draw some people looking to take that perfect photo.

"There will be three outlooks," Syrnick said.

The tedious extension also sets up the SRDC’s larger vision of extending the off-road trail from the Fairmount Water Works to Bartram’s Garden.

"It is essentially a dead end and will be that way until we get the big Christian to Crescent Project moving," Syrnick said.

Construction on that greater project, which includes a bridge over the Schuylkill River, isn't expected to begin until at least 2020, according to Schuylkill Banks.

Check back with NBC10 this fall as we hope to bring viewers a first look at the nearly finished extension.

It's a persistent scene in Philadelphia: Discarded needles, ambulance sirens and people overdosing on illicit drugs. But a new report shows Philly no longer leads the state in the rate of drug-related deaths.

Instead, rural communities in central and western Pennsylvania are being torn apart by the burgeoning opioid crisis that shows no signs of slowing down. 

Last year, approximately 13 people per day died of a drug-related overdose in Pennsylvania, according to the report released Thursday by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Philadelphia Division and the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Pharmacy.

The 4,642 deaths marked a 37 percent increase from 2015.

While Philadelphia's drug overdose death rate dropped, the city still led the state in total number of fatalities with 907. Montgomery County came in third with 230.

“We are not going to arrest our way out of this and we are not going to treat our way out of this,” said Dr. Janice Pringle, director of PittPharmacy program evaluation and research unit at the University of Pittsburgh. “This has gone beyond our worst nightmares.”

Opioids were found in 85 percent of overdose deaths across the state, according to the report. Fentanyl and related synthetic opioids were the most frequently identified controlled substance.

In fact, more than 95 percent of Pennsylvania’s counties reported fatal overdoses involving fentanyl, which is 50 percent more potent than heroin.

“The data that is included in this report tells a sobering story, but also gives us a road map for how we’re to combat this crisis,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.

This road map includes continued collaboration between law enforcement, local jurisdictions and social services.

“This is our top priority in the commonwealth,” he said.

On Wednesday, Montgomery County officials revealed the death of a Norristown mother of three who overdosed on street-dealt fentanyl while in her hospital bed. An alleged drug dealer was captured on surveillance video delivering three baggies to her.

Much of that fentanyl being used in Pennsylvania is coming into the United States by way of China and Mexico and, in some cases, being ordered over the internet, according to DEA Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle.

The majority of fentanyl deaths involved white men, making them the most at-risk group to die of a drug overdose.

Heroin was the second most frequently identified substance in overdose deaths across the state.

Other key findings include:

• The state fatal overdose rate increased more than 26 percent from 2015 to 2016
• There was a 380 percent increase in fentanyl use among people between the ages of 15 and 24. People between the ages of 25 and 34 years old saw a 970 percent increase
• Rural counties saw a higher percentage in fatal overdoses compared to urban counties
• 70 percent of the those who died were men
• White people accounted for 77 percent of deaths, compared to 12 percent for African-Americans and 4 percent for Latinos. Seven percent of the deceased were identified as "other."
• Philadelphia County dropped in rank from first to fifth in the rate of deaths (per 100,000 residents) last year despite a 26 percent increase in the raw number of fatal overdoses. Fulton County in south central Pennsylvania jumped from 32nd to 1st in ranking.

NBC10 and Telemundo 62 are proud to be a part of "Supporting Our Schools" by collecting school supplies for students in need. Jim Cawley of United Way tells us how you can help.

After a viral video shows a brawl breaking out at a Center City happy hour, some customers are asking what is being done to protect the crowds that go to these happy hours. NBC10's Rosemary Connors has the story.

A companion dog for victims and witnesses is now available at the Lehigh County Courthouse.

District Attorney Jim Martin announced the arrival of companion dog Ramona.

The female black Labrador retriever comes to the district attorney’s office from Canine Partners for Life (CPL) of Cochranville, Pennsylvania. CPL has placed more than 650 service and companion dogs in 45 different states.

Ramona will be available to victims and witnesses of assault, child abuse, sexual assault and homicide cases.

Researchers have found that animals can have a calming effect on nervous victims and witnesses. They can also help build trust with child victims who might be anxious or withdrawn, Martin said.

Reducing a child’s stress and anxiety may also assist him or her to relax and, therefore, have a better recall and focus.

“Victims of crime face many difficulties and challenges. It is my hope that Ramona will enhance my office’s ability to help these individuals, particularly child and elderly victims of crime," he said. "Dogs such as Ramona have proved helpful in this regard in other District Attorney Offices in the Commonwealth.” 

Two-year-old Ramona was donated to CPL from another assistance dog school at about 12 weeks of age. Her small size made it difficult for her to fulfill the role of a service dog. Since then, she was raised by the inmates of the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup, Maryland.

The hunt continued Thursday for a man caught on video stealing donation boxes from a Philadelphia mosque, police said. 

On July 12, the unknown man is seen on video forcing open the back door of the Islamic Society of Greater Philadelphia Mosque just before 11 p.m., according to video surveillance.

He then opened two different donation boxes and emptied their contents. It is not clear how much money was inside.

On July 17, the suspect approached the building on a bicycle and wedged the door open in a similar manner as the incident five days prior. The man then entered the building and unsuccessfully attempted to open a safe.

Before riding off empty-handed, he drank water from a cooler just 10 minutes after entering the mosque.

The Islamic Society of Greater Philadelphia, located on Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia, is just one of two mosques recently robbed.

On July 5, a man removed a donation box from the Norristown Islamic Society and then fled the scene. 

Philadelphia police are urging anyone with information to contact them at (215)-686-8477.

If you have outdoor plans for the weekend, you may want to change them. Heavy storms are heading our way and they could bring inches of rain to some areas in our region. NBC10 meteorologist Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz has the details.

What consumer complaints really upset our NBC10 viewers? NBC10's Harry Hairston has dealt with all of them, and he's here to explain which ones caused the biggest headaches.

It has been a whirlwind year for Philadelphia school teacher Jasmyn Wright who has taken her empowerment mantra from the classroom to a worldwide advertisement for the Gap.

Wright's "Push Through It" chant, which went viral on social media last November following the divisive presidential election, is now the centerpiece of Gap’s newest back to school advertisement.

“I didn’t except to get such worldly recognition. I just really wanted to inspire my babies — they’re smart students.”

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Just like the mantra’s roots, the video features Wright and 14 students in her Frederick Douglass Mastery Charter School classroom performing their morning ritual.

“What if it’s too hard?” She asks her students.

“I’m gonna push through!” The kids shout.

Wright originally posted a video of the chant to Facebook the day after the 2016 presidential election to enlighten the spirits of her students.

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The post soon went viral, garnering over four million views and landing her a spot on the Today Show.

Gap contacted her in late March about adapting the video for a commercial, she said. They even sponsored shirts for Wright’s third grade classroom.

Between dressing, makeup, lighting, and reversals, the shooting took eight hours, but Wright says that was no problem for her students.

"They were very excited, they felt like they were celebrities," she said.

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The video ends with the text "Back to school. Forward with confidence" — a message that Wright wants her students to take to heart.

"Ordinary people can make a difference,” she said. “It doesn’t take a rich person or a special kind of person to be special in the world.”

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Since the new publicity, Wright has gone beyond the daily responsibilities as teacher. She has been booked for motivational speaking engagements and professional development sessions, as well as continuing her work as a spoken word poet.

She founded the Push Through Organization, which strives to help everyone achieve their full potential. She was also interviewed for a documentary that Gap is producing.

“This is a first time journey for me, I love it, and I’m excited,” she said.

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The countless messages Wright receives from people of all races, religions, and communities inspires her to keep the message going.

Back in the classroom, even the kids are on board. Wright says they are always pestering her to make another video to inspire more people.

“It’s such a positive, beautiful feeling,” Wright said about the support. "I always thought about what was right in front of me — now I have a responsibility to do more and share more."

Renovations are complete and the doors are open at a Delaware animal shelter a mere three weeks after a car tore through the building, starting a fire and killing the driver.

The Brandywine Valley SPCA reopened its New Castle campus Thursday after the July 9 accident that destroyed the veterinary clinic and damaged adoption areas in the shelter.

"Our staff and vendors pushed all the limits to re-open as quickly as possible,” said Adam Lamb, BVSPCA's Chief Executive Officer.

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On July 9, around midnight, a van driven by 33 year-old mother Latoya Cooper tore through the side of building, sparking a fire and evacuation of the facility. The crash took Cooper’s life, and killed four cats in the shelter while nearly 100 animals had to be evacuated.

The shelter's staff has been working since the incident to restore the facility, which had to be gutted as a result of the damage. Now, the clinic has been rebuilt and the adoption center is open for business.

“It could have been even worse if not for the amazing work of the first responders and all the neighbors who worked together to get the animals out safely,” Lamb said following the incident.

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The Brandywine SPCA is the only open admission shelter for Delaware and Chester Counties, and the first one in Pennsylvania to attain “No Kill” status. The campuses currently care for over 10,000 animals.

Over $50,000 dollars have been raised by the public to support the New Castle shelter’s repairs, many of which are not covered by insurance. You can donate to the shelter here.

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Your car is now safer in Camden County after police busted a car theft ring. All five suspects were arrested after police saw a suspicious van in an area where multiple cars had been reported stolen.

The Democratic National Convention has long since left Philadelphia, but one thing remains: donkey art.

Five of the sculptures that littered the city are still for sale by Art Jawn, a self-described "matchmaker" between artists and buyers. The organization allows artists to buy art, sell art and connect with each other, said CEO Caryn Kunkle.

During the 2016 DNC, a donkey statue was made for every state and then auctioned to the highest bidder. The donkeys were put up for sale in an auction on artjaw.com and now there are only five left.

Oklahoma, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Indiana, and Washington are the last few remaining donkeys.

The bid for the Indiana donkey is at $500.00 and only has one bidder.

The current bid for Oklahoma is $600.00 with two bidders.

The U.S. Virgin Islands is currently at $1,000.00 and has two bids.

The bid for the Washington donkey is at $1,000.00 with just one bidder as well.

The current bid for Hawaii is $1,200.00 with four bidders.

All of the donkey's had a starting bid of $500.00.

Thousands gathered for the Delaware State Fair on Thursday, some talking about a malfunctioning ride in Ohio that left one dead and many injured. NBC10's Tim Furlong caught up with some riders to see if the deadly accident would prevent them from getting on any rides at the Delaware State Fair.