Former USA Gymnastics doctor, Larry Nassar, is facing some of the women who accused him of sexually asaulting them when they were children.

NBC10's Randy Gyllenhaal is in West Chester, Pennsylvania as snow falls Wednesday morning.

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Armed Robbers Shoot Man Trying to Protect Kids in Barbershop: A father of two is fighting for his life after he was shot while trying to protect three children from two gunmen during a robbery at a North Philadelphia barbershop. Jalil Frazier, 28, was inside the Harris Hair Styling Barbershop on the 2900 block of North 22nd Street Thursday at 9 p.m. when two unidentified men walked in. Police say the two men were armed with guns and tried to rob the shop. With three children inside the shop at the time, Frazier tried to thwart the robbery and began fighting one of the suspects. The suspect then shot Frazier multiple times in his right leg and chest. Surveillance video shows Frazier falling outside the shop moments after the shooting while a second man fights one of the robbers. Both robbers then ran off, fleeing south on 22nd Street and then west on the 2200 block of West Cambria Street. Surveillance video shows the two suspects being dropped off and picked up on the 2200 block of West Cambria Street by a blue, four door sedan of unknown make and model. Frazier was taken to Temple University Hospital where he is in critical but stable condition.

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Gunman Shoots Boy, Teen Brother: A gunman shot a boy and his teen brother in West Philadelphia Tuesday night. The 12-year-old boy and his 15-year-old brother were on the 6000 block of Ludlow Street at 7:44 p.m. when an unidentified gunman opened fire. The boy was shot once in the left side of the neck while his older brother was shot once in the right hand, once in the left arm and once in the chest. The brothers were taken to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where they are both in stable condition. Police say the brothers may have been targeted by a group of other children they were feuding with at school though this has not yet been confirmed.

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Suspect in Slaying Said Student Was Hitting on Him: The parents of a 19-year-old University of Pennsylvania student killed and buried in a California park said Tuesday that the killing may have been a hate crime against their gay son. The family statement came after a search warrant affidavit obtained by a newspaper revealed that Samuel Lincoln Woodward, 20, the high school friend arrested on suspicion of killing Blaze Bernstein, told investigators that Bernstein had kissed him and he had pushed him away before they went to the park. As he described the kiss, Woodward clenched his jaw and his fists, saying "he wanted to tell Blaze to get off of him," investigators wrote in the affidavit obtained by the Orange County Register. "Our son was a beautiful gentle soul who we loved more than anything," Gideon Bernstein and Jeanne Pepper Bernstein. "We were proud of everything he did and who he was. He had nothing to hide. We are in  solidarity with our son and the LGBTQ community.” The couple added, "If it is determined that this was a hate crime, we will cry not only for our son, but for LGBTQ people everywhere that live in fear or who have been victims of hate crime.” Bernstein was then stabbed more than 20 times and buried in a shallow grave at the park, the Register and the Los Angeles Times reported. Woodward was arrested Friday on suspicion of homicide after DNA evidence linked him to the death of Bernstein, Orange County Undersheriff Don Barnes said. The two knew each other from high school, he said.

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Disgraced Sports Doctor Faces Dozens of His Assault Victims: One after one, gymnasts and other victims of a disgraced former sports doctor stepped forward in a Michigan courtroom Tuesday to recount the sexual abuse and emotional trauma he inflicted on them as children, including one who warned that girls eventually "grow into strong women that return to destroy your world.” Nearly 100 victims are expected to address the court during the four-day sentencing hearing for 54-year-old Larry Nassar. Many cried as they told their stories on the hearing's first day, and some requested anonymity. Others unleashed. "I testified to let the world know that you are a repulsive liar and those 'treatments' were pathetically veiled sexual abuse," victim Kyle Stephens said to Nassar, who often bowed his head and closed his eyes or looked away as she and others spoke.

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NBC10's Vai Sikahema introduces us to this week Wednesday’s Child, 13-year-old Angel. Angel's smile can melt your heart and a forever family would melt his heart. Call 1-866-DO-ADOPT to adopt any Wednesday's Child.

NBC10's Matt DeLucia has the ruler out to measure the snowfall in Allentown, Pennsylvania Wednesday morning.

How much snow has fallen in your neighborhood?

The National Weather Service has put out its measurements of how much snow has fallen (in inches) during a system that moved through Tuesday into Wednesday. Note: These totals could be updated throughout the day. Refresh this page for updates. 

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia County

• Philadelphia International Airport - Trace

Berks County

• Fleetwood - 3.1
• Hamburg - 6
• Mertztown - 2.5
• Mohrsville - 3.4
• Sinking Spring - 4.5

Bucks County

• Doylestown - 0.6
• Langhorne - 0.7
• Morrisville - 1.3
• Perkasie - 1.6
• Sellersville - 2
• West Rockhill Township - 2.8

Chester County

• Berwyn - 1
• Coatesville - 1.5
• East Nantmeal - 1.8
• Glenmoore - 0.9
• New London - 1.3
• Phoenixville - 1.6
• Pughtown - 1.9

Lehigh County

• Allentown - 3.1
• Germansville - 5.4
• Lehigh Valley International Airport - 2.9
• New Tripoli - 4.2

Montgomery County

• Blue Bell - 1
• Conshohocken - 1
• Gerryville - 2
• Gilberstville - 2
• Graterford - 1.5
• Hatfield - 1.5
• Lansdale - 1.5
• Limerick - 2
• Montgomeryville - 2
• North Wales - 1

Northampton County

• Danielsville - 5
• Easton - 4
• Forks Township - 6
• Hellertown - 2.6
• Martins Creek - 4.8

Poconos

• Albrightsville - 7
• Blakeslee - 9
• Mount Pocono - 6.9
• Palmerton - 7
• Pocono Pines - 8
• Pocono Summit - 8
• Rossland - 7.8

New Jersey

Atlantic County

• Hammonton - 0.2

Burlington County

• Cinnaminson Township - 0.3
• Mount Holly - 1.3
• Mount Laurel - 1.2
• Tabernacle Township - 0.7

Cumberland County

• Seabrook - 0.5
• Vineland - 0.8

Gloucester County

• Mantua - 1.5
• Washington Township - 1.3

Mercer County

• Lawrence Township - 0.5
• Pennington - 1

Delaware

New Castle County

• Barksdale - 1
• Glasgow - 0.5
• Marshallton - 0.7
• New Castle County Airport - 0.1
• Newark - 1.3

Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, the hosts of American Ninja Warrior, talked with NBC10’s Denise Nakano about the next season of "American Ninja Warrior." As the NBC show continues to search America, they will return to Philadelphia with another heart-racing obstacle course with all new challenges.

A major New York-based camera maker is recalling nearly 300,000 power adapter wall plugs sold with digital cameras nationwide over concerns about a potential shock hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday.

Fujifilm, headquartered in Valhalla, issued the voluntary recall for 270,000 plugs sold in the U.S., along with 24,000 were sold in Canada, because the plugs can crack, break or detach and get stuck in the wall, the company said in a statement. They can also expose live electrical contacts, posing a shock hazard.

No injuries were reported in connection with the recalled products, which were sold with digital cameras in-store at retailers across the country and online at Amazon.com and other websites. The products were made in China. 

Specifically, the recall involves AC-5VF power adapter wall plugs sold with Fujifilm digital camera models XP90, XP95, XP120, XP125, X-A3 and X-A10. The digital cameras were sold in a variety of colors. The recalled wall plugs are black and are combined with a power adapter and USB cord that plugs into the adapter. Model number "AC-5VF" is printed on the back of the power adapter. The serial number is printed on the bottom of the camera or under the battery compartment lid. To check your serial number, click here.

The XP90 and XP95 were sold from June 2016 through January 2018, the XP120 and XP125 were sold from January 2017 through January 2018, the X-A3 was sold from October 2016 through January 2018, and the X-A10 was sold from February 2017 through January 2018. The digital cameras cost between $160 and $600 with the power adapter wall plugs.

Anyone who has a recalled power adapter wall plug should stop using it immediately and contact Fujifilm for a free replacement. Consumers can continue to charge the camera using the USB cable attached to a computer. For more information, call toll-free at 833-613-1200 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email productsafety@fujifilm.com or go to www.fujifilmusa.com and click on "Support & Contact."

“Welcome to the 21st Century,” Tony Iannelli, CEO and president of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, said as he ushered in the opening of Pennsylvania’s first medical marijuana dispensary Wednesday morning.

Located on an otherwise quiet street in Bethlehem, Keystone Canna Remedies looks like any other new business. There are no pot leaf signs or smelly odors lingering in the air. This is not a West Coast-style dispensary and everything about Keystone Canna Remedies points to the very professional nature of Pennsylvania’s nascent program.

Patients will walk into a spacious waiting room where security will check for proper identification and physician recommendations. Inside an adjoining area, patients can sit down with pharmacists in one of two private consultation rooms to discuss treatment options, ask questions and learn more about state regulations.

With a plan in place, patients will then visit the retail counter to choose from dozens of medications. Flower and edibles will not be available per Pennsylvania law, but patients can purchase vaporizers, cartridges, tinctures, oils and even lotions. They can also choose between products that contain THC – the psychoactive ingredient that gets people buzzed – and CBD – a purely medicinal compound that does not produce a high.

“Pennsylvania and the Department of Health has been doing it right,” said Victor Guadagnino Jr., who founded Keystone Canna Remedies alongside his father, Dr. Victor Guadagnino, and his aunt, Joan Guadagnino. “The state is setting the standard for how other states should implement medical marijuana programs.”

Native Brooklynites, the Guadagnino family chose Pennsylvania to kick off their cannabis business after seeing Gov. Tom Wolf’s commitment to getting the program off the ground quickly and without the kind of bureaucratic hiccups that plagued similar programs in New Jersey, Maryland and New York.

The elder Guadagnino is a cardiologist whose own father found relief from cancer in medical cannabis.

“It was very personal for all of us,” he said, adding that the family has a home in Bucks County and a business partner in the Lehigh Valley.

Keystone Canna Remedies’ opening comes at a precarious time for the marijuana industry. Earlier this month, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded an Obama-era directive that allowed states to decide their own marijuana laws.

Cannabis remains a Schedule I drug alongside heroin and LSD at the federal level.

Sessions’ move coincided with California becoming the nation’s largest state to welcome recreational use of marijuana at the beginning of the new year. California’s medical program has been in place since the mid-1990s.

But the Guadagnino family is not worried their business could go belly up if prosecutors chose to enforce federal drug laws. Wolf has signaled a willingness to continue the state’s program despite Sessions warning, and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts introduced a bipartisan bill to protect state marijuana laws from federal scrutiny.

“We believe that the state will protect us,” Victor Guadagnino Jr. said. “I’m not worried because we’re focused on getting the patients access. When people can see the benefits cannabis can have, I think there is going to be a lot of change at the national level.”

One of those patients is former Philadelphia Flyers left winger and current Lehigh Valley resident Riley Cote, who uses medical pot to recover from years on the ice. Known as a brawler, Cote racked up more than 50 penalties during his time in Philadelphia. He often woke up swollen and bruised, and retired from the sport at the age of 28 after undergoing multiple surgeries.

To manage the pain, doctors prescribed him pills.

“I’ve seen the dark side of opioids – what they do to the spirit and the mind for athletes and all people,” he said. “I don’t want to go down that path.”

In cannabis, Cote found a sustainable and holistic approach to health.

“It’s a very positive plant,” he said. “We have to bring it out of the darkness and into the light. We just have to get over ourselves and our belief systems and change the way we think.”

Keystone Canna Remedies is now open to the public for consultations and educational workshops only. The dispensary will begin selling medication in February. 

We're still four days away from the NFC Championship game, but now is the time for Philadelphia Eagles fans to plan for big parties. NBC10's Lauren Mayk spoke to a few local businesses that are already prepping for the game day rush.

The Eagles Road to Victory bus is back and ready to help Eagles fans show their support for the Birds!

NBC10 has teamed up with AAA and NBC Sports Philadelphia to help get fans ready for the game with the Eagles' "Road to Victory" bus tour through Pennsylvania and New Jersey. (Follow the bus' journey on Twitter - @Road2VictoryBus.)

The double-decker bus is wrapped in Eagles colors. Fans can write messages on the side of the bus and grab some free Eagles swag and cheer cards. It’s a good way to get pumped up ahead of the do-or-die battle of the birds.

Catch Eagles fever (and the bus) at these stops (times are subject to change):

Thursday:

11 a.m. -- Urban Outfitters and Philadelphia Navy Yard, 4701 Intrepid Ave., Philadelphia

1 p.m. -- AAA, 5233 W Baltimore Ave., Clifton Heights

2:30 p.m. -- Raymour and Flanigan, 65 Baltimore Pike, Springfield

3:15 p.m. -- Springfield Mall, 1250 Baltimore Pike, Springfield

5 p.m. -- Chickie's and Pete's, 1526 Packer Ave., Philadelphia

Friday:

11 a.m. -- Rittenhouse Square

12:30 p.m. -- Temple University Liacouras Center, 1776 N Broad St., Philadelphia

1:30 p.m. -- University City 

3:30 p.m. -- Schuylkill River Dog Park, S. 25th and Spruce streets, Philadelphia

5 p.m. -- Xfinity Live, 1100 Pattison Ave, Philadelphia

Saturday:

10 a.m. -- Elmwood Park Zoo, 1661 Harding Blvd., Norristown

11:30 a.m. -- King of Prussia Town Center, 155 Village Drive, King of Prussia

2 p.m. -- Villanova University

4:30 p.m. -- Suburban Square, Coulter and Anderson avenues, Ardmore

Sunday:

Pre-Game --  Xfinity Live, 1100 Pattison Ave, Philadelphia

Hundreds of illicit massage parlors in our area are involved in human trafficking, according to a new report.

Polaris, a non-profit group based in Washington, DC that tracks modern day slavery, released a 100 page report on human trafficking in illicit massage businesses. The report states that more than 9,000 illicit massage parlors, which are actually fronts for human trafficking, are operating in the United States and creating a total revenue of approximately $2.5 billion a year. Of the 9,000 businesses, 700 are operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, according to the report.

“Typically, they come in from Flushing, New York and Philadelphia is a main stopping point for the trafficking to occur,” said Rochelle Keyhan, Director of Disruption Strategies at Polaris. 

Keyhan says Philadelphia is one of the big cities where traffickers operate with impunity at the expense of human suffering.

“Our willingness to buy that narrative that it’s not really a problem and that it’s not really happening, is why it’s happening,” Keyhan said. “And that’s why it’s been happening in Philadelphia for decades.”

Police say approximately 100 illicit massage businesses operate throughout Philadelphia.

“I’ve been a cop for 30 years and I had no clue,” said Philadelphia Police Lieutenant Gary Ferguson. “No idea that human trafficking and prostitution was this big a problem in Philadelphia.”

NBC10 cameras were there in November when undercover officers with the Philly Police Vice Unit cracked down on illicit massage businesses in the city’s Rittenhouse and Chinatown neighborhoods.

“This is Philadelphia’s version of a red light district,” said Philadelphia Police Sergeant Joseph Lanciano.

During the undercover operation that NBC10 witnessed, officers arrested two women working at a massage parlor on Ludlow Street and charged them with prostitution. One of the women allegedly solicited an officer for a sex act. Only a few hours later, police arrested another woman for prostitution at a massage business on the 900 block of Arch Street after she allegedly propositioned an officer only two minutes into his visit.

“We’ve been here several times and we sent a decoy and we sent an officer in and he got solicited for $160,” Lieutenant Ferguson said.

While NBC10 spotted several men at the illicit massage parlors, members of Polaris say the women, who are likely victims of sex-trafficking, are often the only ones arrested during undercover operations. Polaris also says the businesses typically get shutdown for code violations before reopening under a different name and with different women.

“If we have over 300 arrests on this block, there may  be 20 who are repeated offenders,” Sergeant Lanciano said. “They’re constantly bringing in new women here to work.”

Polaris said they found a review on a buyer subscription website called Rubmaps that showed evidence that the same business on Ludlow was back in operation only a few weeks after the arrests and once again providing sex-related services.

“A lot of the women don’t realize what they’re coming here to do,” Keyhan said. “And they’re typically coerced into doing it.”

If you want to report human trafficking in your area, call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888. You can also view Polaris’ full report here.

It’s the latest version of an age-old scheme. One person invests $150, recruits 14 other people into the group and then walks away with $1,200.

Each member of the group works their way to the big prize by recruiting more members, and so on. Sound familiar?

“This is a classic pyramid scheme, and we’ve been seeing pyramid schemes for centuries,” Rob D’Ovidio, associate professor of criminology and justice studies at Drexel University, told NBC10.

The difference with this particular scheme is that it relies on social media and other popular smartphone apps. Participants are paid via Venmo or Paypal and recruit members using Instagram and Facebook.

“It’s a lot simpler nowadays than in the past where I had to send out physical letters to people to get involved,” D’Ovidio said.

A similar pyramid scheme was making the rounds on Snapchat at the end of last year. This one required participants to send a one-time joining fee using Snapcash. In theory, they would earn money when newer users sign on, but there was no actual guarantee and no goods or services were being exchanged other than paying into the scam.

The holidays were an especially popular time for these types of schemes, according to the Better Business Bureau.

“One seasonal scam that has returned this year is a gift exchange that's actually a pyramid scheme. Look out for this con on Facebook, Instagram and other social sites,” the bureau warned on its website.

Like other social media scams, this one showed up on Facebook and Instagram feeds. It invitesd people into a gift exchange and asked them to spend $10 on a gift for a stranger. They would then receive as many as 36 gifts back.

“The scheme relies on constantly recruiting new participants, making it mathematically impossible to sustain,” the bureau said.

So what’s the harm in all this?

“It is not legal in the U.S.,” D’Ovidio said. “Its illegal to operate a pyramid scheme.”

The U.S. Postal Service considers this gambling. If caught, your social media account could be removed and the user could face fines.

To avoid the scheme altogether, the Better Business Bureau recommends taking the following steps:

• Don't take the bait. If it sounds too good or outlandish to be true, it's probably a scam. 
• Be careful of shortened links. Scammers use link-shortening services to disguise malicious links. 
• Don't trust your friends' taste online. It might not actually be them "liking" or sharing scam links to photos. 
• Report suspicious links to the site. Whether on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, report any suspicious posts or activity to the site by going to their help link.

Zulfi Hoxha's mother told NBC10 from her home in Margate, New Jersey, that she last talked to him about a year ago. Hoxha, according to the federal court documents, joined ISIS in Syria in 2015. He is now a senior commander.

A viewer says he was watching TV when it suddenly stopped working. He thought a simple call to the company would fix it, but when it didn't he called Harry Hairston and NBC10 Responds.

We're all chanting the Eagle's Fight Song, but how did it become the team's anthem? NBC10's Tim Furlong takes us behind the history of the song we all love.

Congress is running out of time to avoid a government shutdown. They must reach a deal by the end of Friday but some Democrats say they won't support any deal that doesn't help "the dreamers." NBC10's Drew Smith has the details and takes a look at a local demonstration.

Water main breaks have flooded several Philadelphia neighborhoods within the last month. NBC10's Brandon Hudson shows us how Philadelphia Water Department is dealing with the issues.

What would you do to see the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game? NBC10's Aaron Baskerville talks to one die hard fan who managed to get a ticket as well as another fan who's willing to go through extreme measures to see his beloved Birds.

Two masked gunmen walked into a North Philadelphia store and fired at point blank range on a customer who was eating inside, shooting him more than 20 times.

Police say the 22-year-old victim was inside a store on the 3300 block of North 6th Street around 7 p.m. Wednesday and was eating a sandwich while sitting on a milk crate. The man was the only customer inside at the time. Three employees were also in the store.

As the man was eating, two masked men walked into the store, took out their weapons and began shooting at him, striking him several times in the head, neck, chest, abdomen and legs. 

“They went right up to this individual, point blank range, and fired over 20 shots,” Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said. “We found over 20 spent shell casings in very close proximity. Most were just inches away from where the victim’s body was laying.”

The gunmen then ran through the front door and fled on foot in an unknown direction.

The victim, who lived about a block away from the store, was taken to Temple University Hospital by responding police officers and was pronounced dead at 7:27 p.m.

Employees told police the victim often frequented the store. Police have no motive at this time but say the gunmen didn’t rob the victim or any of the employees.

“It appears that these shooters targeted this 22-year-old male,” Chief Inspector Small said. 

Homicide detectives interviewed the three employees who witnessed the shooting and are also trying to retrieve any possible surveillance video. The store has both interior and exterior cameras.

If you have any information on the shooting, please call Philadelphia Police.