The Philadelphia Phillies is honoring one of their own on Mother's Day Sunday. A courageous employee in a very tough fight against cancer.

Why did the snapping turtle cross the road? I guess we’ll never know.

What we do know is that Sgt. Robell from Hamilton Township Police Department jumped to the rescue to escort the creature across the busy street. Instead of picking it up and risking his own fingers, or shooting it and killing it, Sgt. Robell grabbed another tool to help in his rescue effort.

Usually used to calm crowds, Robell used his shield to angle the snapper as best he could and as quickly as possible out of harms way.

The snapping turtle attempted to take a couple bites at Robell, but his shield protected him from the vicious snaps. This precarious situation was posted on the Township of Hamilton Police Department's Facebook page Tuesday evening, and it has gained popularity with hundreds of reactions and shares.

It’s not every day you see a snapping turtle meet a police shield in the middle of a road, so thankfully Sgt. Robell's dashcam was able to catch this moment.

Scammers are posing as employees of Apple to trick you into handing over your money. One viewers says she fell for the trap and wants to warn others.

If you ever wanted to explore Philadelphia's Fairmount Park from tree level, you'll soon have the chance.

The new Treetop Quest Philly high ropes course will open May 12 and features trails up to 60 feet above the forest floor, 65 treetop ropes courses and 17 zip lines, environmental-education signage, and two courses: one for children under the age of five, and the second for people ages 10 and older.

Over the years proposals for the course had been close to approval, but were rejected due to concerns about how the facility could impact trees and wildlife in the area. Last year the proposal was finally inked and contracted by the Georgia-based company Treetop Quest.  

Tickets range from $17 to $51 and can be purchased both in person and online.

Revenue generated from the course will also help the city, according to a partnership between Treetop Quest and Philadelphia’s Department of Parks and Recreation. Of the $500,000 used to build the course $20,000 will go to city coffers, in addition to four percent of the facility’s annual revenue for the next 10 years.

Malcolm Jenkins, inspired by Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner's election victory last year, is expanding his activism to district attorney races in California.

The star safety on the Super Bowl-champion Eagles told NBC10 in an interview that his appearance moderating public discussions in Sacramento Thursday and in Oakland Friday are the initial stops of what will become a prolonged effort to highlight how important district attorneys are to criminal justice reform.

"Everyone in this reform battle is realizing this is a place where we can quickly see change," Jenkins said by phone from Oakland. "In California, DAs are being elected in Oakland, San Diego and Sacramento. This is an opportunity to start here and push that reform across the country. We’ve seen the fruits of that in Philadelphia.”

Jenkins has long been one of the most socially-minded players in the NFL. He became part of the protests across the league last year that involved many players kneeling during the national anthem. He did not kneel, but he and a few other Eagles raised clenched fists while the anthem played before games.

He then took a leading role in forming The Players Coalition, which is working with NFL team owners to push — and fund —social justice reform. One of their main efforts includes combating police brutality against minorities.

The Players Coalition is the organizing group behind the candidates' events in Sacramento and Oakland, he said. Jenkins is vice president of the coalition. Former Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Anquan Boldin is president.

"When Larry Krasner was up for election, one of the things we did was around raising awareness about what your DA does and how much the public knows that," Jenkins said. "What Krasner has done is encouraging and can be repeated in other areas."

"It's important that the public knows about these races and what matters to them," he said.

Krasner is arguably the most progressive top prosecutor in Philadelphia's history. During the election campaign in 2017, he promised to reduce incarceration levels, to fight corruption by bringing transparency to his office and to battle injustice by ending cash bail for low-level offenders. His first few months in office have been highlighted by bail reform and the high-profile decision to side with Meek Mill's release on a probation violation.

Only one of the two candidates in the Sacramento race showed up Thursday. Noah Phillips, who is challenging current District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert in the June 5 election, talked for 90 minutes with Jenkins and the public in the city's Oak Park neighborhood.

Schubert, according to reports, was in Southern California on official business, a spokesman said.

Phillips has something in common with Krasner. He recently received a large influx of cash from billionaire George Soros, who has been injecting funding in support of progressive candidates across the country. Krasner was one of the biggest benefactors.

The California Justice & Public Safety PAC, which began spending heavily on DA's races throughout the state, has spent $278,000 on Phillips, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle this week.

Much of that money has come in the last several days, the Chronicle reported. The Soros-funded PAC has spent some $500,000 across California, buying airtime and mailers in contested DA races, according to the news site.

Phillips is viewed as the progressive challenger to Schubert, mimicking the outsider reformist rise of Krasner last year.

Krasner gained the momentum needed to separate himself from a crowded field of candidates in large part due to some $1.5 million in support from the Soros-backed Philadelphia Justice & Public Safety PAC.

Jenkins said he has never met Soros.

But the football star's interests certainly align with the billionaire liberal's activism.

Like Soros, Jenkins has his sights set on district attorney races across the country.

"Sacramento is the very first one," Jenkins said. "We will track these races throughout the year and hold some other events in other places too."

It's a special happy hour. Members of a Bucks County police department asked volunteers to get drunk so they can hone skills in spotting DUI drivers.

A man in Michigan believes he captured the image of an angel on his security camera. He says it appears to be hovering over his truck.

Jack Griffin and Cathy Malkemes of the Women's Humane Society brought along Oakley to discuss their upcoming Spring a Shelter Pet Event and how you can adopt a pet looking for a forever home.

A teenager died Friday night from gunshot wounds she suffered in a shooting that also injured two other young people on a West Philadelphia street, police said Saturday.

Sandrea Williams, 17, was found wounded in the neck and back and lying on the ground along Simpson Street in a neighborhood north of Cobbs Creek about 10:30 p.m. Two others, another 17-year-old and a 15-year-old also were struck. They are recovering at a nearby hospital.

Williams was killed on the same block she lived, police said.

No arrests were immediately made.

The teenagers were among 12 victims on an especially violent night in Philadelphia. All of the shootings, nine separate incidents in total, occurred between 7 p.m. Friday night and 10 a.m.

Check back for more information on this breaking news story as details become known.

The weather has cleared up in time for the start of the Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta Saturday afternoon. Saturday's races will push the athletes to their limit.

A cyclist was struck and killed by an SUV in the Spring Garden section of Philadelphia Saturday night.

The 34-year-old man was riding his bike on 10th and Spring Garden streets at 7:40 p.m. when he was struck by a Mitsubishi SUV.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene by responding medics at 7:55 p.m. and the driver of the SUV remained at the scene. No arrests were made.

Thousands of people are on the parkway this morning preparing for the annual Susan G. Komen Race For the Cure.

Sunday will start with early morning showers and then turn cloudy and cool near 60 with spotty showers possible throughout the day and rain developing Sunday night. NBC10 First Alert meteorologist Krystal Klei has your forecast.

NBC10 will have complete coverage of Tuesday's primary election. More than 80 candidates are throwing their hats in the ring in hopes of advancing to the November general election.

The race kicked off with breast cancers walking down the stairs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Sunday morning. 

Three candidates are seeking the Republican nomination in Tuesday's primary election to run for Pennsylvania governor.

Commercial litigation attorney Laura Ellsworth, former health care systems consultant Paul Mango and state Sen. Scott Wagner want to contest the re-election campaign of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf. Here's a look at where they stand on some key issues:

ABORTION RIGHTS

All three said they oppose abortion rights and support legislation vetoed by Wolf last year. The bill banned elective abortions after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, compared with 24 weeks in current law. It kept in place exceptions under current law for when a mother's life or well-being is at risk, but it did not add exceptions for rape, incest or fetal abnormalities.

Opponents said the bill effectively outlawed the most common method of second-trimester abortion. The bill's sponsor disputed that.

Wagner supports a "heartbeat bill" pending in the state Legislature that would ban abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, usually at around six weeks of pregnancy. Mango's campaign says he hasn't reviewed the final legislation, but believes life begins at conception and would support legislation "advancing life."

Ellsworth says the bill is unconstitutional — a federal appeals court has blocked similar laws in Arkansas and North Dakota — but she believes life begins at conception and would work to support anti-abortion legislation that would hold up better in courts.

BUDGETING

Wagner would institute a private-sector concept called "zero-based budgeting" in state government that he said he expects will reduce costs by $1.5 billion to $4 billion.

Mango would work to reduce the state workforce to 50,000 or 55,000 employees. The number of employees under the governor's jurisdiction is currently about 72,800, according to the governor's office. Mango also said he would end the diversion of hundreds of millions of dollars in highway construction funds to underwrite state police costs.

Ellsworth would eliminate a system in which state agencies support themselves through regulatory fines and task every agency with reducing expenses 3 percent every year.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Mango opposes limits on campaign finance. Ellsworth supports limits on campaign donations and Wagner is open to the idea.

DEATH PENALTY

All three support the death penalty and would sign death warrants. Ellsworth's campaign said she supports the death penalty in situations in which it has a deterrent effect. Mango's campaign said he would sign a death warrant for those who commit the most heinous crimes.

Wagner said he would pursue a mandatory death penalty for any school shooter who kills someone, although legal analysts said laws like that have been unconstitutional for decades.

ECONOMY

All three said they would seek to address the need for skilled labor through Pennsylvania's schools and colleges and to reduce taxes and government regulation.

Ellsworth said she would create a 10-year business plan, with input from the private sector, to guide budgeting and economic development. She also would ask the state's big pension systems to invest in Pennsylvania's economic development programs.

Mango said he would travel aggressively beyond Pennsylvania's borders to attract business to the state.

ETHICS

Wagner supports banning former lawmakers from lobbying and prohibiting lobbyists from doing campaign work for politicians.

Mango supports "pay-to-play" legislation limiting political contributions from government contractors. Mango also would prohibit lobbyists from doing campaign work for politicians, prohibit elected officials or their businesses from winning government contracts and double a "revolving door" lobbying ban to two years and expand it to cover all state government entities.

Ellsworth would impose a "no nepotism" rule for lobbyists.

GUN VIOLENCE

None of the three supports more restrictions on gun ownership or gun sales or an expansion of background checks. Mango and Wagner oppose an expansion of background checks on gun purchases, although Ellsworth said she supports "more universal background checks" to adequately capture adjudicated instances of mental illness and dangerous conduct. Mango said the state needs to add resources to screen, diagnose and treat mental illness to ensure people who sufferers don't have access to guns.

All three support legislation that passed unanimously in the state Senate last month to force people with a domestic violence conviction or restraining order against them to more quickly forfeit their firearms.

LABOR UNIONS

Wagner and Ellsworth support "right to work" legislation, a measure that would prohibit labor unions from collecting dues from employees who refuse to join the union or pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment. Mango said he would not support a blanket "right to work" law and would exempt unions representing private-sector trades, firefighters and police.

LGBT RIGHTS

Wagner and Ellsworth support current legislation in Pennsylvania that's designed to bar discrimination in employment, public accommodation and housing because of someone's sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. Mango said that he opposes discrimination but that the legislation would compromise religious freedom of conscience and the privacy and security of children in public bathrooms and school locker rooms, claims the bill's backers say are baseless.

MARIJUANA

None of the three supports the full legalization of marijuana. All three support Pennsylvania's 2016 legalization of medical marijuana.

MEDICAID

None of the three would end Pennsylvania's 3-year-old expansion of Medicaid's income guidelines under former President Barack Obama's federal health care law.

All three said that the program must become more efficient and that they would seek a federal waiver to institute a work requirement for able-bodied adults on Medicaid and possibly other changes. Mango also would seek a federal waiver to establish a high-risk pool for the sickest enrollees and health savings-style accounts for others.

MINIMUM WAGE

Mango and Ellsworth oppose raising it from the current federal minimum of $7.25. Wagner said he would support raising it to around $9.50 an hour.

OPIOID EPIDEMIC

Wagner would seek to reinstate mandatory minimum sentences for drug dealers, limit the number of pills in opioid prescriptions and increase state funding to lengthen in-patient addiction treatment stays.

Ellsworth supports training more narcotics agents in the Pennsylvania State Police and taking a "two-strikes" approach that would require someone revived with naloxone twice to enter an in-patient treatment program.

Mango would seek to reinstate mandatory minimum sentences for drug dealers and organize communities into task forces, but said the state should focus resources on prevention, not treatment.

PENSIONS

Mango and Wagner said they support a move to a full 401(k)-style benefit for new state government and public school employees, rather than the traditional pension benefit or a hybrid.

Wagner would push to fire pension system investment managers over lackluster returns. Ellsworth would privatize the state-controlled wine and liquor store system and use the proceeds to help pay down the pension debt. Mango would lower obligations by reducing employee ranks through early buyouts and attrition and by fighting the abuse of voluntary overtime.

PROPERTY TAXES

Mango and Wagner each support the elimination of school property taxes under the design of current legislation that would raise rates on Pennsylvania's personal income tax and sales tax to make up for disappearing property tax revenue.

Ellsworth opposes eliminating property taxes, saying it would destroy local control over school funding and destabilize school finances. Ellsworth says property taxes should be frozen for people who have paid them for 35 years.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

All three support expanding taxpayer-funded options for public school alternatives, including legislation to create taxpayer-funded "education savings accounts" that divert state aid for public schools into accounts that parents can use for tuition at private or parochial schools.

Mango and Wagner said they are not inclined to devote more money to public schools. Mango said he would invest more in education if there's proof it would improve student achievement or it would drive more students into skilled labor professions.

Ellsworth said that Pennsylvania's school funding system is not fair or adequate, and that making public schools compete for money with public school alternatives is holding back achievement.

REDISTRICTING

Ellsworth supports the creation of an independent redistricting panel. Mango and Wagner support the current system in which state lawmakers draw legislative and congressional districts every 10 years.

TAXES

None of the three gave an explicit pledge not to raise taxes or fees, but all three say they intend to avoid it. All three want to cut Pennsylvania's 9.99 percent corporate net income tax rate.

Ellsworth supports providing local governments more taxing options so that property taxes don't have to be the primary funding source.

TAX RETURNS

All three declined to release a copy of their tax return.

TRUMP

Wagner and Mango said they support President Donald Trump and would campaign with him. Ellsworth said she supports Trump's tax-cutting legislation and appointment of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Wagner and Mango said they voted for Trump; Ellsworth said she voted for Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

An investigation is underway after fliers from a Ku Klux Klan chapter were found in driveways in a Montgomery County community. 

The leaflets from the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were found Saturday morning outside homes in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.

“Blacks are taking over your TOWN as you read this, but if you don’t want to fight for yourself at least fight for your children’s future,” the pamphlet reads.

The pamphlet also contains contact information for a KKK national hotline and radio show.

One resident said the fliers were placed inside plastic bags with candy hearts in them.

The Loyal White Knights of the KKK is a white supremacist group that describes themselves as a “non-violent pro-white civil rights movement.”

Members of the group attended the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. The group has reportedly left recruitment fliers on cars and in mailboxes in neighborhoods across the country, including towns in Pennsylvania.

KKK fliers with racist and anti-Semitic messages were also found in Upper Dublin, Pennsylvania and Cinnaminson, New Jersey last year.

An investigation is underway after a sign on I-95 was hacked twice with a vulgar message.

The words “Delco Suck JS D*** DC” were spotted on a portable variable message sign on I-95 southbound in Delaware County just before Exit 8 for Ridley Park on Sunday.

A spokesperson for PennDOT told NBC10 they were made aware of the message around 10 a.m. and dispatched the Delaware County Maintenance Unit to reset the sign. 

After being reset however, the sign was once again hacked with the same message. A crew then returned to the sign and powered it off.

Photos of the message circulated on social media.

"We are looking into the matter," a PennDOT spokesperson told NBC10. "It is not our sign and the contractor operates the sign within their construction zone." 

A day-long celebration to honor mom. Friends and family came together Sunday to give back to the women who gave them everything.