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Records for Coldest Temperatures Set Across Region

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Several cities across our region broke or tied records for cold this morning.

In Wilmington, Delaware, the previous record of 22 degrees for Nov. 11 was broken. The temperature in the city dropped to 20 degrees Saturday morning.

At the Atlantic City Airport, the temperature fell to 21, which broke the previous record of 22 degrees.

In Trenton, the old record of 25 degrees was crushed their previous record of 25. The temperature dropped to 21 degrees Saturday morning.

Reading tied its Nov. 11 record of 18 degrees, and Allentown set a new record low at 18 degrees. The previous was 19.

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Philadelphia fell short of the previous record of 21 degrees. The temperature fell to 23 degrees officially. Still, it felt like the low teens due to a steady morning breeze.

Across the entire Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, the record cold was due to an Arctic blast.

Temperatures are expected to slowly climb in the next several days.



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Suspect Shot By Cops Irate Because Internet, TV Not Working

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A Philadelphia police sergeant responding to a report of domestic dispute early Saturday shot a man in the chest, according to a police statement and a radio dispatcher.

The sergeant shot the man shortly before 2 a.m. as he allegedly wielded a knife and was "coming at" the officer, the dispatcher told NBC10.

A statement released later Saturday by police described the initial incident as one involving a man in his 50s, a woman in her 50s, a man in his 20s and a woman in her 30s. It is unclear if the four people are related, but the statement said they all lived together in the house in the 1200 blcok of South 29th Street.

When two officers arrived, the man who would eventually be shot was shirtless and irate, the statement said. He was angry, police said, over the television and internet not working at the house, and he blamed the other three occupants.

A third officer soon arrived. Minutes after arriving, police believed they had diffused the situation, but as they were leaving, the 29-year-old man yelled to them that the 57-year-old man had a knife, the statement said.

The sergeant, who was closest to the suspect when the officers re-entered the house, pulled his handgun. The other two officers pulled their Tasers. The suspect, however, refused demands to put the knife down, the statement said, and then lunged at the sergeant.

The sergeant fired a single round, striking the suspect in the chest. 

He is in critical condition at Penn Presbyterian Hospital.



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Fiery Crash Shuts Down Route 202, at Least 2 Seriously Hurt

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At least two people were seriously hurt in a crash that caused a fiery explosion on Route 202 and shut down the highway in both directions for hours, Chester County dispatchers said.

The busy highway was expected to remain closed for the rest of the day in West Goshen Township between Westtown Road and South High Street, dispatchers said. 

The crash involved a tractor trailer, which flipped onto its side and exploded into a ball of flames, with smoke that could be seen for miles. It occurred about 12:30 p.m.

A witness told NBC10 he saw a coroner at the scene of the crash but officials have not yet confirmed that anyone in the accident died, only saying at least two people suffered serious injuries.

Nearby, West Chester University was playing host to undefeated Indiana University of Pennsylvania for the Division II state championship. The game started at 12:10 p.m., minutes before the crash. Traffic from the game could swamp the surrounding area.

Check back for more details as they become known.



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Cold Weather Doesn't Stop Rocky Runners

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Despite the cold temperatures on Saturday, thousands of runners hit the Art Museum steps on Saturday morning for the annual Rocky Balboa Run. NBC10's Randy Gyllenhaal caught up with some runners to see how they were staying warm.

Veterans Day Celebrated Across the Region

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Saturday's cold temperatures didn't stop people across our region from honoring Veterans Day. NBC10's Drew Smith explains the memorials across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.

Museum Evacuated After Reported Bomb Threat

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A reported bomb threat led to the evacuation of a museum in the Old City section of Philadelphia.

Investigators say a man called the Philadelphia Police 6th District around 4:40 p.m. Saturday and claimed there was a bomb inside the Museum of the American Revolution on 101 S. 3rd Street. The caller also said the bomb would go off in eight minutes.

The entire building was evacuated and the Bomb Squad and K9 units responded to the scene. The building was eventually cleared without incident after no threats were found.

Police have not announced any arrests in connection to the initial call.

Bundle Up: Chilly Weather Sunday With Slight Weekday Warm Up

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Temperatures will be in the 40s with some clouds in the sky. NBC10's First Alert Weather meteorologist Krystal Klei has your accurate forecast.

Gunfire Erupts Outside Philly Club: 1 Dead, 2 Injured

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Gunfire erupted outside a popular Philadelphia nightclub early Sunday morning, killing one man and injuring two others, police said.

Just before 4 a.m. Sunday, a 37-year-old man was shot four times in the chest and back after a shootout turned deadly outside A Lounge Nightclub in Feltonville, police said. The victim was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead shortly after. 

Police said the victim was shot by a 27-year-old suspect, who, in turn, was shot twice by a nightclub security guard. The suspect was taken to a local hospital and is in stable condition. He is police custody.

A fourth man, 24, was shot twice in the neck. Police do not know if he was involved in the initial fight or if he was an innocent bystander.

At least three separate shootings have taken place in as many years at A Lounge, according to police. In 2011, former Mayor Michael Nutter threatened to shut down a nearby Feltonville Supper Club after nine people were shot in a single night. The club was eventually reopened, but violence continued to plague venues in the area.



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NJ High School Marching Band Wins Record 8th Championship

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A champion's welcome awaited West Deptford High School Eagles Marching Band.

Police cruisers and fire trucks were poised to welcome the 2017 Tournament of Bands Champions home with sirens bellowing and flashing lights celebrating the band's record-breaking win on Nov. 5.

The mayor, township committee and a crowd of their fans who didn't travel to the Atlantic Coast Championships in Hershey, Pennsylvania, waited in the high school parking lot.

But the band, winning their 8th consecutive championship title, was delayed big time — about seven hours.

By the time they crossed from Pennsylvania to New Jersey, the high school parking lot party had cleared out.

"We got stranded," Gabe Allen, 14, said later, laughing. The freshman bass drum player was still on a winner's high.

Their buses broke down, turning the two-hour trip home from Hershey into an odyssey transforming their yellow school buses into a roadside victory party on the curb of a Pennsylvania cemetery.

"Everyone was just happy and a weight was lifted off our shoulders," Gabe said. "One of the parents got us pizza, so that was cool."

Never in the 45-year history of the Tournament of Bands, the marching band championship sponsor, has a group won eight consecutive Atlantic Coast Championship titles, according to the organization's director, Jeffrey Dent.

Seven in a row has been done before, he said. Never eight.

"It's a huge accomplishment," Dent said.

His organization runs competitions in nine states, from New York to West Virginia.

"It's a very significant thing. It shows their commitment to quality and education," the TOB director noted.

West Deptford, which participated in the first Tournament of Bands competitions in 1973, entered the championship this weekend ranked No. 1 of 209 bands in its four-state division: New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Maryland.

An ACC win seemed like a lock, even in Sunday's unfavorable weather conditions.

But a dozen years ago, when the band was far less competitive, the high school band's director Tom Kershaw — known to his students as "TK" — couldn't see this coming.

"It was an evolution of the program from the time I got here," he remembered. "Slowly you grow roots. And little pieces start to grow. Then you have everything you need."

Creeping up to the band's first championship title in 2010, Kershaw started to see potential. His crew started bringing home second- and third-place trophies.

"We finally broke through in 2010, and we haven't let go since," he said.

Every year, his most experienced students graduate and a batch of green freshman join up. The training starts all over again. It's the support staff around the students that keep the organization focused, he said.

His staff are largely West Deptford alumni who learned his style when they were high schoolers. A strong parent group raising funds, moving and building props and keeping energy high for the musicians has been invaluable, Kershaw explained.

"When they join marching band, they don't know what they're getting into until they do it," Kershaw said, a little laugh punctuating the truth of his statement.

The rehearsal schedule is grueling. It begins in the summer, and lasts through the holidays. They rehearse three nights a week in the fall, then have short rehearsals all weekend before performing at home and away football games on Friday nights and at competitions on Saturdays and Sundays.

Despite the demand on students, attendance has never been a problem, Kershaw said.

"I don't have kids missing rehearsals. They know they're important and their contribution matters. It's important to them," he explained.

"The kids police the quality, and they demand excellence from each other."

Hours before a football game, the band takes over the halls of the empty high school. They split off into their respective sections and tuck into nooks throughout the campus to go over tricky sections of music before they perform on the home field. Saxophone players find a stairwell. The drum line buffers its boom by rehearsing outside in front of the building. Color guard picks a grassy area to polish rifle and flag tosses.

The extra time earned the 2017 champions additional awards, including best music, best woodwinds, second-place brass, second-place color guard and fourth-place percussion.

Their initiative and commitment also earns the band members Kershaw's pride and respect.

As four members of the band — the drum major, and three section captains — stood on the field waiting for the award announcement, Kershaw says the emotions started flowing. Every year it intensifies.

"It's not so much adrenaline. It's pride," he said.

"I watch them in amazement of what they achieved because I remember what they were doing in July and August."

The season flashed before Eric Mizner Jr., an eighth-grade sax player. He's a rookie. After a streak of wins since September, Eric, 13, remembered his first performance at a football game at Audubon High School.

"It was very bad," he said.

The phrase "never forget Audubon," helped keep him focused.

"It all came together, and all the hard work paid off," Eric said.



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How a Local University Helps Kids See Better

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Salus University hosted its annual "Looking Out For Kids" fundraiser, which helps to provide free vision screenings and eye glasses to children in the Philly area. NBC10's Rosemary Connors has the story.

Toomey: Roy Moore Should Step Aside Over Sex Allegations

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Republican Sen. Pat Toomey says Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore should drop out of the race following allegations he had sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl decades ago.

Speaking on NBC, Toomey says because the "accusations have more credibility than the denial, I think it would be best if Roy would just step aside." The Pennsylvania senator says Moore's primary opponent, Luther Strange, should be considered as a write-in candidate to run against him.

The Washington Post reported last week that the 70-year-old Moore had relationships with teenage girls while he was in his early 30s. Moore has vehemently denied the allegations.

Toomey didn't rule out the possibility that Senate Republicans might work to unseat Moore if he wins the special election against Democrat Doug Jones on Dec. 12.




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Prominent Chester County Democrat Dies in Rt. 202 Crash

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Friends and family are mourning a prominent Chester County Democrat who died in a fiery, multi-vehicle crash on Route 202 Saturday.

The crash occurred around 12:30 p.m. on Route 202 at S. Matlack Street in West Goshen Township. The accident involved nine vehicles, including a tractor trailer hauling frozen turkeys. The tractor trailer flipped onto its side and exploded into a ball of flames, with smoke that could be seen for miles.

One person, identified by police as 38-year-old Adam Harrison Swope of Malvern, Pennsylvania, died in the crash after the truck slammed into his car. Several other people suffered minor injuries.

Swope was chair of the Willistown/Malvern Democrats and executive assistant and campaign manager for Chester County Commissioner Kathi Cozzone, who is currently running for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.

In a statement posted on the Chester County Democratic Committee Facebook page, Cozzone wrote that she met Swope in 2005 when he became her campaign manager during her race for County Controller. She described Swope as “bright and kind and funny.”

“Outside of my husband, Adam knew me best,” Cozzone wrote. “He knew before I did how I would react or feel about a situation. He knew what I wanted to say and made it sound good. If you ever heard me give a great speech, rest assured Adam had a huge hand in it.”

Cozzone also described Swope's passions outside of politics.

"Adam was an eternal optimist who loved his parents, his Nana, cats, the Steelers, Game of Thrones, his fraternity, musicals, weird strategy games, Super Mario, Sunny in Philadelphia, the Daily Show and politics," she wrote. "Not necessarily in that order."

Swope's fraternity Sigma-Pi - Zeta Alpha Chapter wrote on their Facebook page that he was on his way to the West Chester University football team's PSAC Conference Title Game with a friend when the crash occurred.

"On a personal note, we all have lost a friend and Brother. Adam gave selflessly of his time and energy to the causes he believed in," they wrote. "We in Sigma Pi were fortunate because our Chapter was one of the causes he felt deeply about."

Swope was also a campaign manager for Andy Dinniman, who was just re-elected as State Senator for Pennsylvania's 19th District, as well as a regional field director for President Obama and an administrative analyst for Chester County.

Police continue to investigate the crash, which shut down a stretch of Route 202 for several hours. Anyone who witnessed the collision or has video or photographs is asked to contact the West Goshen Police Department traffic safety division at 610-696-7400 or email trafficsafety@westgoshen.org.



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Barber Who Gave Free Haircuts to Homeless Opens New Shop

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A local barber who gave free haircuts to the homeless is opening up his own barbershop in the Ogontz section of Philadelphia. NBC10's Lauren Mayk finds out how he'll continue to carry on the initiative in his new business.

NBC10 at Issue: 2017 Election Day Recap

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Democrats scored major victories during Election Day Tuesday. NBC10's Rosemary Connors has a recap from around the region and speaks to Democratic political insider Teresa Lundy as well as Republican political analyst Joe Watkins.



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Water Main Break Impacts Lower Makefield Homes

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A water main break is impacting several homes in the Lower Makefield and Yardley area of Bucks County.

The eight-inch main broke along Oxford Road between Oxford Valley Road and Lakeview Drive Sunday evening. Many homes in Yardley and Makefield Township have no water or low water pressure as a result.

Crews located the break and are working to fix it and restore service. Drivers are advised to avoid the area as the repairs continue.



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Woman Shot and Killed Inside Southwest Philadelphia Home

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A woman was shot and killed inside a Southwest Philadelphia home Sunday evening.

Police say the victim, who was between the ages of 19 and 21, was shot once in the head inside a home on the 6800 block of Dicks Avenue at 6:12 p.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene by medics.

An arrest has been made though police have not yet revealed the identities of the person in custody and the victim. They also have not said what led to the shooting.

Watch the 75-Foot Rockefeller Tree Get a Major Lift

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It's that time of year! The Rockefeller Tree arrived in midtown Manhattan on Saturday and was lifted into place in the Plaza by a giant crane.

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NJ Bar Hosts Fundraiser for Vets Instead of Airing NFL Games

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A New Jersey bar decided to take a stand and not show the NFL games Sunday and instead hold a fundraiser for veterans, NJ.com reports.

Woody’s Roadside Tavern in Farmingdale made the decision as a response to the ongoing protests by players during the national anthem, according to NJ.com.

One of the owners of the bar told NJ.com the idea stemmed from one of its regular customers, a Vietnam War vet, who didn’t like how some NFL players were taking a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality across the nation. Rob Johnson admitted to NJ.com that he knew his bar would likely lose money as a result of the blackout, but said sending a message was more important.

Green Beret Foundation and Special Forces Chapter 19 received about 20 percent of the food sales to donate to help military families, according to NJ.com.

In the past, President Donald Trump has spoken out against the protests. 

The bar is expected to go back to airing the games next week.



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Philly School Selection Deadline Arrives

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Families have until Monday afternoon to make a selection on what school their child will attend for the 2018-2019 school year. It impacts students from grades K to 12. NBC10's Pamela Osborne is outside school district headquarters with more on the families making important decisions.

Staying Safe Online Starts With Your Password

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Bank account information, personal dates and medical records are all things that are privately stored online. NBC10's Randy Gyllenhaal tells us what you are doing wrong (or right) with your password and the best combinations to keep hackers out when it comes to passwords.

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