Padua Academy principal Cindy Mann was back on the job at the Wilmington Catholic school after parents and students fought for her reinstatement. 

A Philadelphia student found out he was accepted into the University of Pennsylvania. Check out the great reaction from him and his family.

The clock is ticking to re-launch a roller coaster in Ocean City, NJ, before people flock to the shore for the summer season.

Crews at Playland's Castaway Cove, an amusement park located on the Ocean City boardwalk, are in the final stages of replacing all 1,200 feet of track on the Gale Force roller coaster.

The GaleForce opened just last year, but maintenance staffers and riders noticed that the high-speed ride was a bit too bumpy, due to tiny ridges in the tracks.

"There was never a safety issue to the customer," Brian Hartley of Playland's Castaway Cove said. "Never anything to worry about that way. Just more about the overall enjoyment of the ride itself."

The original tracks were manufactured in Italy, but the new ones were made by a different vendor located in Utah.

It isn't uncommon for roller coasters to receive track replacements. In 2016, the Great Nor'Easter roller coaster, located in Wildwoods' Morey's Pier amusement park, had its entire 2,100 foot track replaced to create a smoother ride.

This wasnt GaleForce's first issue, though. The roller coaster was opened about a year later than expected due to manufacturing problems.

"It's been a long project, unfortunately," Jason Benoit of Playland's Castaway Cove said.

The amusement park doesn't have to foot the bill for renovations though, because the roller coaster's designer is paying for the track redo.

"They are absorbing the entire cost of the project from the track itself to the crews that are putting it up," Hartley said.

Sadly, GaleForce isn't expected to be up and running for the park's opening this weekend. The park's centerpiece attraction is expected to open in early May.

President Trump is strongly condemning what he called an "atrocious" chemical weapons attack in Syria. The president says it's an issue of humanity and those involved will be dealt with accordingly. He also says a decision will be made soon. University of Delaware professor Dr. Muqtedar Khan speaks on the situation.

NBC10 Responds wants you to check your mailbox for a yellow envelope. It’s all part of our effort to help erase medical debt.

After weeks of rallies and marches there are mayor developments in the gun debate in Pennsylvania. Discussions began on firearms restrictions in the state.

Police are searching for a thief accused of stealing a donation jar for an autism charity from a local restaurant.

A 12-year-old boy and his older brother were arrested after they allegedly threatened their neighbors while holding loaded weapons, including an AR-15, in the middle of the street in the Bridesburg section of Philadelphia.

The incident took place Saturday around 6:30 p.m. on the 2200 block of Kennedy Street. Michael Mitchell, 19, and his 12-year-old brother had gotten into a fight with people who lived across the street from them, investigators said.

Mitchell allegedly walked across the street with a loaded handgun and told his younger brother to grab an AR-15. The boy went inside and grabbed the loaded gun and then walked back outside and aimed at the neighbors, officials said. Police were called to the scene. Mitchell and his brother were both arrested and taken into custody.

Mitchell is charged with violation of the uniform firearms act-no license, criminal conspiracy, terroristic threats, corruption of minors and other related offenses.

“Something simple that should’ve probably been a fist fight is now turned to guns and that obviously concerns all of us,” said Philadelphia Police Lieutenant Dennis Rosenbaum.

Police say Mitchell legally owned the AR-15 his younger brother was holding. The handgun Mitchell was carrying belonged to his mother however, according to investigators. Neither Mitchell nor his brother had a criminal record prior to Friday’s incident, officials said.

Neighbors are fighting to keep the Pottstown YMCA open. The facility is set to leave its location which would be a real blow to those who live nearby.

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12-Year-Old Boy, Brother Threaten Neighbors with AR-15: A 12-year-old boy and his older brother were arrested after they allegedly threatened their neighbors while holding loaded weapons, including an AR-15, in the middle of the street in the Bridesburg section of Philadelphia. The incident took place Saturday around 6:30 p.m. on the 2200 block of Kennedy Street. Michael Mitchell, 19, and his 12-year-old brother had gotten into a fight with people who lived across the street from them, investigators said. Mitchell allegedly walked across the street with a loaded handgun and told his younger brother to grab an AR-15. The boy went inside and grabbed the loaded gun and then walked back outside and aimed at the neighbors, officials said. Police were called to the scene. Mitchell and his brother were both arrested and taken into custody. Mitchell is charged with violation of the uniform firearms act-no license, criminal conspiracy, terroristic threats, corruption of minors and other related offenses. Police say Mitchell legally owned the AR-15 his younger brother was holding. The handgun Mitchell was carrying belonged to his mother however, according to investigators. Neither Mitchell nor his brother had a criminal record prior to Friday’s incident, officials said.

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Race Underway to Relaunch Jersey Roller Coaster: The race is underway to relaunch a roller coaster in Ocean City, NJ, before people flock to the shore for the summer season. Crews at Playland's Castaway Cove, an amusement park located on the Ocean City boardwalk, are in the final stages of replacing all 1,200 feet of track on the Gale Force roller coaster. The GaleForce opened just last year, but maintenance staffers and riders noticed that the high-speed ride was a bit too bumpy, due to tiny ridges in the tracks. "There was never a safety issue to the customer," Brian Hartley of Playland's Castaway Cove said. "Never anything to worry about that way. Just more about the overall enjoyment of the ride itself." The original tracks were manufactured in Italy, but the new ones were made by a different vendor located in Utah. It isn't uncommon for roller coasters to receive track replacements. In 2016, the Great Nor'Easter roller coaster, located in Wildwoods' Morey's Pier amusement park, had its entire 2,100 foot track replaced to create a smoother ride.

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Topless Protester Accused of Rushing Cosby Was on His Show in '90s: A topless protester with "Women's Lives Matter" written on her body jumped a barricade and got within a few feet of Bill Cosby on Monday as the comedian walked into a suburban Philadelphia courthouse for the start of his sexual assault retrial. "Protesting Bill Cosby was important for us because he is a man who has been disempowering Women's bodies for decades and in being naked today, I was symbolically taking back the ownership of all the victims’ bodies and redefining it as a political tool as opposed to a sexual object," Nicolle Rochelle wrote in a released statement. Rochelle, 38, was charged with disorderly conduct for darting in front of Cosby. Rochelle appeared a few times on The Cosby Show in the early 1990s, according to her IMDB page.  "When I was 12 years old I did recur on the Cosby show but regardless of whether I had been on the show or not, I would have been there today protesting on behalf of Femen and for the rights of women worldwide," Rochelle wrote in a released statement.

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Trump Blasts Mueller Probe After Raid on Personal Attorney: The special counsel's Russia investigation is not only a political witch hunt but "an attack on our country," President Donald Trump complained Monday, exhibiting mounting concern about the yearlong probe after federal authorities raided the offices of his personal attorney. "We'll see," he said, when asked if he might fire special counsel Robert Mueller. Trump let loose after federal agents pierced the protective bubble around him, seizing records from the offices of longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen, on topics including a $130,000 payment made to a porn actress who says she had sex with Trump more than a decade ago. Cohen has been an ardent defender in Trump's business, personal and political affairs for more than a decade — Cohen claims to have used a personal home equity loan to pay the adult film actress, known as Stormy Daniels — and the probe's expansion into the president's inner circle left Trump fuming. He unleashed his sharpest invective to date against the sweeping investigation, calling the Monday search "a disgrace." "It's an attack on our country in a true sense," he said, flanked by the nation's top military brass, who watched the scene stone-faced. "It's an attack on what we all stand for." The president didn't bat away the idea of firing Mueller, saying people have advised him to take that action: "Why don't I just fire Mueller? Well, I think it's a disgrace what's going on — we'll see what happens." He said the raid in New York marked a "whole new level of unfairness" by Mueller and his team.

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Several girls were forced to jump for their lives when a blaze at a New Jersey restaurant spread to the dance studio above, footage posted online shows.

A video posted to YouTube Monday shows the children making harrowing escapes as the flames that engulfed the Edgewater building that houses the Beyoglu hookah lounge raged into their second-floor studio. 

In the 40-second clip, a few of the children can be seen climbing down the ladder -- which doesn't reach the balcony where they are all standing --  as a group of police and workers watch from the parking lot below.

But when the ladder tips over, several of the children leap off the balcony as the men yell "jump!" The clip ends with several of the kids piled on the ground, many walking away from the scene without apparent major injuries.

"Just gotta get the girls out, couldn't do it quick enough," said Edgewater police Sgt. James Dalton, recounting the rescue.

None of the girls were seriously hurt, according to Edgewater Mayor Michael Joseph McPartland.

"It was one of the bravest things I've ever seen," said McPartland.

The flames at the building, which also contained a car was and auto body shop, had been knocked down by Monday evening. Smoke from the fire could be seen as far as upper Manhattan at the height of the blaze.

The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear.

A shooter stood over a young father and went through the bleeding man’s pockets, leaving just change on the Philadelphia sidewalk before making his escape.

The 21-year-old victim, known by family and friends as “Diddy,” had just wrapped up playing video games at a friend’s house and had called his mother to let her know he was on the day home when a gunman shot him around 1:30 a.m. along the 4800 block of N 5th Street in the Olney neighborhood.

A bullet struck Diddy in the back. He was rushed to Einstein Medical Center in critical condition, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.

The victim managed to text his mother on the way to the hospital, family said.

Witnesses told investigators that the shooter stood over Diddy and emptied his pockets.

“The shooter was seen leaning over the victim’s body and reaching into his pockets,” Small said.

Police found coins on the sidewalk. It wasn’t clear what the robber took.

Diddy was just four blocks from his house, family told NBC10. He has a 2-year-old daughter.

"He's a good, funny, loving person... That's why I don't understand what happened, how it happened," the victim's brother Rafiq Parker said.

April 10 is Equal Pay Day. The date represents when women will finally have earned what men did in the previous year. The National Partnership for Women and Families conducted a study that revealed exactly how much the wage gap impacts women in the tri-state area.

A tractor-trailer crashed off an overpass and spilled its load of kegs onto Interstate 95 in Bucks County Tuesday morning, Pennsylvania State Police said.

The wreck around 9:05 a.m. left debris including kegs and wooden pallets on part of the northbound lanes and shoulder near Woodhaven Road (Route 63) and onto a road at the Cornwells Heights Park and Ride. It appeared the truck fell off a ramp that goes from I-95 southbound to the access road for the park and ride.

The truck driver was helped out of the cab, county dispatchers said. Harleysville, Pennsylvania-based Oak Ridge Transport Inc. told NBC10 that the driver is in critical but stable condition.

A red sedan with front end damage also wound up backward on the highway. State police weren't sure if that car was struck by a keg, the truck or crashed as the driver tried to avoid the scene.

One lane squeezed by on the inner shoulder as crews responded to the scene. The roadway was finally reopened shortly before 11 a.m. as clean-up efforts continued.

A tow truck was called in to upright the truck. Crews, some using brooms, pushed the debris off the roads. They threw some of the mess into a large dumpster.

It was unclear what caused the truck to drop off the overpass or where it was going at the time.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for free Ben & Jerry's ice cream! 

The Vermont-based ice cream chain is celebrating its annual Free Cone Day event on Tuesday.

Customers can get a free scoop of their favorite flavor from noon to 8 p.m. at participating locations. And if after enjoying a Cherry Garcia cone your taste buds yearn for some Phish Food, just get back in line for another free cone. "Over and over again. We're not counting. Really, go for it," the company said on its website.

But, plan on waiting, shortly afternoon, the line outside the Ben & Jerry's on Sansom Street near Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square was already up the block.

The first Free Cone Day was in 1979 — one year after co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield launched the company in a renovated gas station in Burlington. The tradition has since expanded globally, and Ben & Jerry's says it will hand out more than 1 million free scoops this Tuesday.

Click here to find a participating Ben & Jerry's location near you.

Laura Fields spoke about the Delaware Valley Fields Foundation and the upcoming American Whiskey Convention, which will support local farmers.

Holy mackerel, er, um, tuna!

A retired Army general from Delaware nabbed a trophy fish so big no mantle could hold it, according to officials in North Carolina.

Ret. Gen. Scott Chambers, of Townsend, reeled in a 877-pound bluefin tuna March 17, according to North Carolina state officials Tuesday.

For those of us who don't normally frequent online fishing forums, in layman's terms: That's a big, freaking fish. It shattered the previous state record for a bluefin tuna by 72 pounds.

Here's the details for all the angler aficionados out there, courtesy of the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries:

"He caught the fish using trolling dead bait on 130-pound line test on a 130 Shimano rod and reel, aboard the charter boat A-Salt Weapon fishing out of Pirates Cove Marina in Manteo."

Chambers caught the tuna off Oregon Inlet, which was the location of the previous state record held since 2011.

The general fought the fish for two and a half hours, officials said.

The "all-tackle" world record for a bluefin is 1,496 pounds. It was caught in 1979 off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Looking for a caffeine fix? Wawa is giving coffee away to celebrate the convenience store chain's anniversary while spotlighting its future.

Customers can stop by any of the hundreds of area Wawa locations Thursday and get a free any-size coffee for "Wawa Day."

Wawa expects to hand out about 2 million cups o' Joe. They are also giving away "ultra-rare weekender duffle" bags recycled from last summer's Hoagiefest billboards to people who retweet them.

The company says "Wawa Day" is a way to "toast the community." 

The big celebration in the region will be at 22nd and South streets in Philadelphia where Mayor Jim Kenney will join Wawa CEO Chris Gheysens and others (including mascot Wally Goose) to cut the ribbon on Wawa's newest store.

At the South Street store grand opening, Wawa will announce plans for more Center City stores including revealing details on "a historic, one-of-a-kind store" in the Independence Mall area.  

The idea of Wawa Day came about four years ago to celebrate the company's half-a-century legacy but also to promote the Wawa Foundation with a goal of donating $50 million to support causes around health, hunger and everyday heroes. Wawa will celebrate reaching its goal with six in-store celebrations in the six states (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Florida) it serves and a check presentation to the Special Olympics.

The celebration comes just days before the chain's 54th anniversary. Grahame Wood established the original outlet in Folsom, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 1964. The company now has 793 stores with the opening of the Philly store and two recent Florida locations.

The Wawa freebies will keep coming. Earlier this week, it was announced that Pitbull will headline the free Wawa Welcome America July 4th concert on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.

Tap here to find a Wawa location near you. 

Montgomery County seniors partied like it was 1945 at their own senior prom Saturday.