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15 Outdoor Adventures for a Beautiful Fall Weekend

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Looking for a fun way to spend the weekend outside? We've found 15 options that are fun for all ages!

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Secrets for a Good Night's Sleep

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NBC10 helps you get a good night's rest by asking people what their secrets to getting rest are. The team also shares some of their tips.

D'oh! Burglary Suspect Nabbed After Leaving Wallet at Scene

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A 41-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested after allegedly stealing a cash register with a few hundred bucks from a tire company -- and accidentally leaving his wallet on the floor of the business when he fled with the cash, cops say.

Police responded to Mavis Discount Tire in Fair Lawn for a burglary alarm shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday. They say they found a broken window on the back and side of the building and noticed the cash register, which had $300 in it, was gone. 

Then they found a wallet on the floor. It belonged to Raul Soto Mavis, a former employee at the tire company, authorities say. 

Less than five hours after the heist, two cops responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle in a diner parking lot encountered Soto in the passenger seat and Dana Wylam, 36, in the driver's seat. They were arrested after cops allegedly found drugs on both of them, as well as inside the car.

Cops connected the wallet to Soto. They say Soto and Wylam had also gone back to the tire company at some point to try to find the lost wallet.

Both face various drug charges; Soto is also accused of theft and burglary in the register heist.

It wasn't clear if the cash or register were recovered. It also wasn't immediately clear if either suspect had an attorney who could comment on the charges.



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Warrant Issued for Driver in Hit-Run That Left 2 Boys Dead

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The teenage boy who was flung over a fence on an elevated roadway when a car plowed into the bike he was riding with a friend in Jersey City Wednesday has died, authorities said. 

The 16-year-old boy's death comes about 24 hours after the death of his friend, 15-year-old Elionel Jimenez, who was pronounced dead at the scene of the hit-and-run on Terrace Avenue, according to police.

The boy's death comes as police continue to hunt for 20-year-old Rashaun Bell, the man thought to be behind the wheel of the Nissan Maxima that hit the boys. Police on Thursday issued warrants for Bell's arrest; he faces charges of knowingly leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. 

Police allege that Bell was driving with four people in his car when he hit the boys, who were on a bike together. After the impact, the heavily damaged car continued down the roadway for about 200 yards before Bell and two of his passengers got out and ran away.

The two passengers returned to the scene and were treated for minor injuries; police said Bell disappeared. 

Jersey City police launched a massive dragnet Thursday night and Friday, with officers going door to door to see if anyone was harboring Bell. Police with search dogs could be seen combing the neighborhood late into the evening Thursday in hopes of finding him. 

Meanwhile, the boys' classmates at William L. Dickinson High School were seen hugging one another at the scene Wednesday and crying as they looked on the police tape and twisted metal heap of the bike their pals had been riding.

One boy who knew the victims called the driver who fled "a coward."

"It's completely heartbreaking," added another friend, Ethan Ramos. 

Jersey City Public Schools said in a statement that it will provide support and grief counselors to the Dickinson school community when they return to class Friday. 

"President Joel Torres echoed all of our thoughts and prayers for the families of both young men and their friends and loved one who are coping with this tragedy," Superintendent of Schools Marcia V. Lyles said in the statement. 

On Thursday night, dozens of teens and the families of the victims held a vigil near the crash site. Jimenez's mother at one point called for a moment of silence for her son and his friend. 



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KOP Grandparents Back in Parenting Role Due to Opioid Crisis

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Grandparents are finding themselves back in the parenting role due to the opioid crisis. NBC10's Rosemary Connors learns how Kathleen and Shawn Seeley of King of Prussia are making it work to care for their infant granddaughter.

Racial Tensions Boil Over at South Jersey High School

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A South Jersey community is dealing with increased racial tensions after a week of hateful messages, a fight in a school hallway and a daylong sit-in.

Some parents and students say Washington Township High School gets a failing grade when it comes to race issues.

The Sewell school held an emergency gathering — drawing about 300 people — Thursday night to address parents’ concerns and address how to move ahead from tensions.

Anger over racist group text messages boiled over earlier this week into a fight in the hallways of the school. Several students were punished for the brawl, video of which landed on social media.

Administrators say some kids were taking matters into their own hands after identifying a classmate texting racial slurs. The texting student made racially-insensitive comments and threatened bringing back the KKK, classmate Amirah Collins said.

Collins joined about 100 other students in taking part in a peaceful sit-in protest Thursday, not attending classes.

"I was offended and I felt sick to my stomach that my township is resulting in this kind of behavior so strongly and so openly," student Autumn Ellis said.

The school called it a wake-up call, organizing the meeting.

"I commend those students who chose to peacefully protest and to articulate their concerns to school leaders," Washington Township Superintendent of Schools Joe Bollendorf said in a statement. "It was important for us to allow students the ability to express themselves and feel that their concerns are being heard and will be addressed."

There was an increased presence of police at the high school as rumors of other threats of violence were unfounded Thursday but parents remained uneasy.

"My daughter does not want to return to that school and this is her senior year," parent Sheri Johnson said. "I don't feel safe, I don't feel comfortable, I can’t be at work nervous if my child is going to be OK tomorrow."

No one was seriously physically hurt in the fight. Police decided to not charge anyone. Instead, the school suspended the students involved in the fight and the initial texts.

"We want to assure our community that those students involved in these incidents have been dealt with swiftly and vigorously," Bollendorf said. "Under no circumstance will hatred, racism, bigotry or violence be tolerated in any of our schools."

The school opened without incident Friday morning.

"We hope to use this negative, unfortunate and intolerable incident to challenge our students and staff to embrace and promote a school culture that is one that better reflects the values of our district and community," Bollendorf said.



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Orientation for Hogwarts Happening in Chestnut Hill

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Dear Philadelphia Area,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Orientation will be Oct. 20 and 21 along Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill. There, people of all ages will be provided with all books and equipment you will need.

Watch as Hogwarts students go head to head in a Quidditch tournament, so make sure to wear your house’s robe and colors in support for your team.

Local muggles will supply butter beer and treats like delicious chocolate frogs to keep your energy up for spell casting and flying through the Tri-wizard straw maze. Their cooking abilities may have you thinking they’re witches and wizards like you.

Muggle chocolatier Maryellen Salamone of Made By Me Chocolates transforms housing placement from wearing a hat to eating a cake pop. Take a bite into the golden snitch-decorated treat and the color of your house will be revealed.

Parking for your brooms is available at multiple locations, but your professors suggest you take the Hogwarts Express, via SEPTA. Jefferson Station in Center City will be properly decorated for the occasion on Saturday from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Travel on the Regional Rail to Chestnut Hill West and East and you will arrive at the final destination for all of your shopping needs: Hogsmeade. If you choose to fly, shuttles will take wizards to and from the parking lots. 

Alohomora! Unlock more details now and here's your map.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress

Time-Lapse: Changing From Flyers' Ice to 76ers' Hardwood

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Cue the music!

Watch in amazement as the 20-person crew at the Wells Fargo Center transforms the South Philadelphia arena from the home off Flyers to the home of the Sixers.

The actual process of turning the floor from ice to hardwood – laying down 550 sheets of protective floor covering and 225 pieces of hardwood takes far longer than this 30-second video.

The Sixers home opener against the Boston Celtics is Friday night.




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Racism in the 'Burbs: Schools Confront Rash of Incidents

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Students walked out of classrooms at Coatesville High School for a few hours Friday morning over racial tension.

The night before, across the Delaware River in Washington Township, New Jersey, 300 parents and staffers met for a forum on recent racist texts and a subsequent in-school brawl.

And in the northern Bucks County suburbs around Quakertown, the school community there is still grappling with an embarrassing display of hate speech at a football game earlier this month.

In each community, calls for unity among large numbers of students, parents and staffers have followed what they call outlier incidents. Still, they come amid a national climate in which hate speech is said to be on the rise.

In Pennsylvania, hate and bias incidents are increasing, according to the state Human Relations Commission.

"We have seen an increase in hate and bias incidents across the state, including in schools," commission spokeswoman Christina Reese said.

Now, local and state officials are taking concrete steps to heal communities stung by hate speech and crimes.

In Washington Township, after a fight at the district high school Wednesday was sparked by a racist group text circulated among students, officials called in the local chapter of the NAACP.

"We will be forming a coalition of student leaders and establishing effective channels of communication through which they can voice their concerns," Superintendent Joe Bollendorf said in a statement Friday. "We will be establishing a community task force, to include the NAACP leadership, local ministries, parents, students, teachers, staff and other community leaders, to continue this candid dialogue and craft concrete initiatives."

Quakertown schools Superintendent William Harner has similarly vowed to steer the district past the discord within the community over an Oct. 5 incident at a football game between Quakertown and Cheltenham high schools where some young Quakertown fans hurled racist comments at Cheltenham's side. They also threw rocks at the Cheltenham team bus.

Students like Quakertown senior Dalton Glova told NBC10 that the incident can serve as an opportunity to improve the community.

"It's my community and it makes our community look bad," Glova said. "A situation like this is very serious and there has to be a solution. We have to look deep into it. We can't just ignore it."

Anyone who is witness or victim to a hate crime in Pennsylvania is urged to call police immediately. Organizations are also available to help communities deal with incidents in the aftermath. Reese said school-related incidents can often lead to involvement from groups like the Human Relations Commission, the Pennsylvania Center for Safe Schools, the U.S. Department of Justice, and others. In many instances, a SPIRIT (Student Problem Identification and Resolution of Issues Together) program is initiated, Reese said.

It is a DOJ program that has been successful in helping student and educators embrace change in their schools and address issues together, she said.

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Everyone from Pittsburgh Was in Philly Today, Facebook Says

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Many Pennsylvania natives woke up to a notification from Facebook welcoming them to the City of Brotherly Love Wednesday morning.

Except ... they were across the state in parts of Western and Central Pennsylvania. And, according to some very snippy social media posts, definitely not in Philly.

According to the Pittsburgh Tribune, Facebook spokesperson Emilie Fetterley reports that the site “fixed the issue.”

Despite the fix, the glitch in Facebook’s location services caused a lot of confusion to those affected, and Pittsburgh natives had some interesting perspectives on the mistake.

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Locked in a 7-Eleven: Women Scuffle With Patrons, Officer

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Kicking windows, screaming, and throwing candy across a Philadelphia 7-Eleven, a woman tried — in vain — to leave the convenience store where she was being held against her will.

A clerk locked her and another woman inside the store along 5000 block of Frankford Avenue over suspicion they had shoplifted the night before.

The lock-in eventually escalated into an alleged assault when the woman and a Philadelphia police officer scuffled on the floor. Police allege both women assaulted other people stuck inside the store and threatened to burn the place down after spraying lighter fluid.

The Oct. 1 incident now has the women — 20-year-old Lashae Whitaker and 28-year-old Tiera Brown — facing felony assault charges. The city police department's Internal Affairs Division is also reviewing the case.

Witnesses to the lock-in recorded video of the women trying to leave the store and the resulting disorder. The footage was posted to YouTube and other social networks.

Under Pennsylvania law, store owners and clerks are allowed to detain customers suspected of shoplifting as long as they have probable cause.

Both women were arraigned earlier this month. Whitaker remains in jail on $20,000 bail, according to court records.

Max Kramer, Whitaker's attorney, said Friday he believes the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office filed unnecessary charges in the case.

Attempts to reach Brown at her home and by phone were not successful.



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'Mass Migration' From Puerto Rico Brings 100s to Philly

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Raul Berrios and his nine-year-old son Asaf arrived in Philadelphia recently from their home in Puerto Rico.

It was not by choice. The two fled the island devastated by Hurricane Maria out of necessity. The elder Berrios, a teacher and musician, came to Philadelphia in hopes of getting medical help. He has prostate cancer.

The father and son are among more than 150 Puerto Ricans who came looking for advice and assistance this week at the Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management's Disaster Services Center on West Allegheny Avenue in North Philadelphia.

The center, which was open for five days this week, was set up to help smooth the transition for many from the U.S. territory looking for a fresh start in southeastern Pennsylvania. Some of the help included registering with FEMA, finding short-term housing and wellness treatment.

It remains unclear how many Puerto Ricans have already come to Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs in what one Latino community leader called a "mass migration" from the American territory to the continental United States.

And the migration is expected to continue.

Erika Almiron, executive director of the city-based community organization, Juntos, said she's expecting the number of arriving Puerto Ricans to be "in the thousands."

Look at it since the hurricane: There were mass waiting lists for people trying to get off the island," she said, recalling the story of a friend from North Philadelphia who just recently returned to the city.

The friend was stuck on the island for three weeks waiting for a flight home, Almiron said.

Officials in Philadelphia and in agencies like FEMA are still grappling with how to assist the thousands of relocating Puerto Ricans. And some like Almiron also wonder what the mass migration will mean to the island's future.

"One of the things interesting in this moment as this mass migration happens is what happens to the island in the long term," Almiron said. "Will it go into deeper depths of poverty?"

For little Asaf, who played a steel drum outside the service center on West Allegheny Avenue Friday morning alongside his father, he loves Puerto Rico.

But it's time to look ahead in Philadelphia.

"It was pretty awesome," he said of his home island. "But this is a new life, a new life."



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Landlords Out of Luck

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According to several landlord around Rowan University, their cold hard cash from students' rant is gone. The landlords rely on an online company pro process monthly payments, but something this month isn't adding up. NBC10's Cydney Long is in Glassboro with the details.

NBC10 First Alert Weather: The Best Fall Weekend Yet

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Its going to be a spectacular weekend to enjoy the outside weather. NBC10 Chief Meteorologist Tammie Souza has all the details in the full 10 day forecast.

NBC10 Responds: Volunteer Warning

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An all-new warning to anyone looking for work with hurricane relief efforts: NBC10 Responds Reporter Harry Hairston explains conartists are trying to dupe you out of your cast and identity.


9 Charged in Alleged Multimillion Street Numbers Ring

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A Philadelphia family and several others stand charged with running a street gambling ring which spanned the city and generated multimillion dollars for its organizer, the Philadelphia district attorney said Friday.

Gary Creagh, Sr., 66, is implicated as the ring leader who allegedly employed dozens of staffers to run upwards of 40 gambling spots across Philly, prosecutors said.

Operating out of nondescript storefronts, mostly in low-income neighborhoods, two Creagh staffers would take bets on lottery numbers and horse races, according to prosecutors. Winners would get payouts 200-times larger than Pennsylvania's lottery.

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The number halls would have phones, coffee and a table where the bets were taken, officials said. Prosecutors allege Creagh made more than $3 million through the venture over a three year period.

Undercover officers visited many of the locations as part of a large sting operation.

Creagh faces corrupt organization and conspiracy charges. He is being held in a Philadelphia jail on $250,000 bail. Attorney information was not listed in court records.

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Several of Creagh's family members — including his daughter — are also charged in the case:

  • Frank Creagh, 50; nephew
  • William Creagh, 49
  • Kerri Creagh, 50; daughter
  • Mark Matera, 62
  • John McAnaney, 84
  • Jabbar Curry, 57
  • Keith Athy, 76
  • Carlos Santiago, 78

Each of the accused face up to 65 years in prison, if convicted.



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Eyesore Atlantic City Motel Given Ultimatum

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Atlantic City officials are threatening to demolish a shuttered motel along one of the resort's main gateways. NBC10's Ted Greenberg has details on a deadline imposed by the city.

A Hack-a-Thon to Curb Recidivism

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Philadelphians who succeed in re-entering society after leaving the criminal justice system are better for public safety. To help achieve better outcomes, activists held a hack-a-thon Friday night to see how technology can help make these goals a reality. NBC10's Drew Smith reports.

NBC10 First Alert Weather: Mild Fall Weekend

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Temps will hit the mid and upper 70s this weekend as mild air continues to blanket the region. But it won't last forever. NBC10 First Alert Weather Chief Meteorologist Tammie Souza has your most accurate forecast.

Preview of Attorney General Sessions Speech in Philadelphia

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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke Saturday morning in Center City before the Major Cities Police Chiefs Association, one of the biggest annual police conferences. Sessions was expected to speak about reducing violent crime and cooperation between federal prosecutors and local law enforcement.

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