Going to the pool is a staple of summer fun, but dangerous bacteria may already be in the water and that chemical smell could be a first sign of water that could make you sick.

No matter the weather, germs are always lurking, especially in public places. Doctors says to make sure precautions are made to protect from sickness.

Crews rescued a person who fell 12 feet into a pit at Royal Green metal recycling plant in Ontelaunee Township, Berks County Wednesday morning. The person was trapped by a conveyor belt and it took just about two hours to get that person out. The extent of the victim's injuries wasn't clear.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner joined a growing chorus of residents who want the city to cease sharing arrest information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Calls to end ICE access to the Preliminary Arraignment Reporting System, or PARS, have grown in recent days as dozens of protesters continue to camp outside city hall.

“Let me be crystal clear: I will absolutely be a ‘no’ vote,” Krasner said Wednesday morning. “Quite frankly, cooperating with ICE at this time makes our city less safe because it makes undocumented individuals fearful of coming forward to report crimes or testify in criminal cases. That’s simply unacceptable.”

Currently, immigration officials have access to country of origin and Social Security data after an arrest is made. But that contract is scheduled to end on Aug. 31. The city, district attorney’s office and the First Judicial District must decide before then whether to renew.

That deadline has galvanized ICE opponents, who, in addition to ending the PARS contract, would like to see the entire agency dissolved.

“Right now, the city is collaborating with ICE to allow them to run unchecked,” protest organizer Anlin Wang said.

Wang is suing a Philadelphia police officer for allegedly using excessive force against him last week during an anti-ICE protest, he told NBC10. The officer struck Wang in the back of his head before “stomping” on his glasses, he said.

Krasner, a progressive who has not shied away from controversy since taking office in January, would like to see a better relationship develop between law enforcement agencies and Philadelphia’s growing immigrant communities.

“It creates a whole category of victims … because American criminals know that they could rob these people, they can hurt these people, they can rape these people, and there will be fear and the witnesses will not come forward,” he said. “What [President Donald] Trump is doing is setting us all back.”

Where Mayor Jim Kenney stands on PARS remains less clear. He attended a meeting earlier this week with Vamos Juntos, an immigrant advocacy group who has worked closely with protesters. He also sued the Trump administration last year over withholding federal grant funds in retaliation for Philadelphia’s sanctuary city policy. Kenney has also spoken openly about immigrants’ contribution to the city and country.

But he has not made a public decision on PARS.

“He was deeply saddened by how many members of our community are forced to live in fear,” the mayor’s office said in a statement after the meeting.

Immigration advocates bristle at the idea that Kenney might backtrack on his promise to keep Philadelphia a sanctuary.

“Playing these games … is political theater,” protest organizer Deborah Rose said.

While ICE’s reach in Philadelphia continues to hang in the balance, a new POLITICO poll suggests Americans might not be as divided on the agency. Only 25 percent of voters support abolishing ICE compared to 54 percent who think it should remain in place, according to the poll.

California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris is among those voices calling for an end to ICE, which was created under President George W. Bush after the Sept. 11 attacks. Harris will join Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey later this week in Philadelphia. Casey is up for reelection and facing staunch conservative U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, who, as former mayor of Hazleton, rose to infamy by attempting to make English the official language of that city.

Your weekend travels through Philadelphia just got a lot more difficult thanks to the next phase of a construction project along Lincoln Drive.

Beginning Friday at 9 p.m., the busy Philadelphia roadway will close for the weekend for drainage improvements, and to install a new storm sewer.

The road will re-open no later than Monday at 6 a.m. This weekend schedule will repeat for the remaining three weekends in July, Philadelphia Streets Commissioner Carlton Williams said.

During the window of construction, motorists will be detoured between Ridge and Wissahickon avenues. Expect delays during busy hours of travel when using alternate routes like Walnut Lane and Henry Avenue.

This announcement comes as the newest phase of the Lincoln Drive Restoration Project. As of now, the City expects the project to continue through December 2019.

America’s First Animal shelter is celebrating summer with this special event. Jack Griffin, the shelter director of Women’s Humane Society speaks with NBC10’s Rosemary Connors about the “Hot Dogs And Cool Cats” event.

Tired of overcrowded cabins on SEPTA’s Regional Rail? The transit agency is looking to improve efficiency and capacity with the introduction of 15 new locomotives.

On Wednesday, SEPTA executives gathered with Siemans representatives to introduce the inaugural service operation of the new ACS-64 locomotives. The new additions will allow SEPTA to expand upon its current fleet while replacing eight of their aging trains.

The last AEM-7 model locomotives in the country will be shut down thanks to this upgrade.

SEPTA’s new vehicles are designed to improve reliability and increase service availability.

"SEPTA’s Regional Rail Ridership has grown by more than 50 percent over the last 15 years," SEPTA General Manager Jeffrey Knueppel said in a press release. "The addition of these new Siemens ACS-64 locomotives is critical for SEPTA to expand capacity and meet the needs of our riders."

The purchase of the new trains are thanks to Pennsylvania’s transportation funding bill, Act 89.

"Without Act 89, long-needed fleet upgrades like this simply would not be possible," SEPTA Board Chairman Pasquale Deon Sr. said. "These are the types of projects that keep people, goods and services moving and are critical to the growth and economic vitality of the region and the state."

Similar locomotives available in other regions have reduced delay incidents by 25 percent, and reduced delay times by 30 percent.

For more information about these improvements, visit SEPTA’s website.

The Super Bowl champs are two weeks away from officially beginning their title defense and fans wanting to get an early glimpse of the Philadelphia Eagles during training camp this year will need a ticket.

The Eagles are opening up a couple of their training camp practices at Lincoln Financial Field to the public but, for the first time, you must reserve your ticket ahead of time if you want to get an up-close sneak peek of the newest draft picks and stars like Carson Wentz and Malcolm Jenkins.

The open public practices at the Linc are Sunday, Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. (Military Appreciation Night) and Saturday, Aug. 11 at 10 a.m. (Family Day). Besides seeing the Doug Pederson’s team in person, there will be plenty of freebies including alumni autographs, face painting and parking, the Eagles said.

“I want to see you guys out there,” Pederson said in a brief video posted to the team’s Twitter page.

Fans who want to attend will need to reserve free tickets on Ticketmaster.com on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 18. There will also be opportunities to support the Eagles Autism Challenge.

The Eagles begin their title defense as training camp opens later this month. The first practice at the NovaCare Complex in South Philadelphia will be Thursday, July 26. Some select season ticket members, charitable organizations and corporate partners will be invited to the closed practices, the team said.

The first home preseason game at the Linc is sandwiched between the open practices when the Birds take on the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, Aug. 9.

A car collided with a big rig along one of South Jersey’s busiest roads Wednesday afternoon leaving the rear of the tractor-trailer hanging over an overpass and the car wedged under the trailer.

The vehicles collided around 1 p.m. along Route 42 southbound in Bellmawr, New Jersey. The very rear of the trailer was left hanging over the Timber Creek Overpass near Exit 14.

No word yet on injuries.

Traffic backed up as only a lane or two of traffic was able to get by the scene.

In an attempt to further the long-held relations with the United States, Tunisia has appointed its newest diplomatic representative right here in Philadelphia.

At the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Jerry Sorkin received his official credentials to the Consular Corps Association of Philadelphia as Tunisia’s Honorary Consul. His impressive career includes relations with Tunisia spanning nearly four decades.

Sorkin received both undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. He returned to Philadelphia in 2016 after living in Tunisia for more than six years.

Along with professional projects on cultural tourism, he served as the Director for an academic program in Tunisia with George Washington University’s School of Tourism Studies.

"With his appointment, the momentum will only build. Tunisia and the US will reap the benefits of his efforts," Faycal Gouia, the Tunisian Ambassador to Washington, said.

While the Philadelphia area does not have a large Tunisian population, the move is seen as an opportunity to grow Tunisia's presence in one of the United States' largest cities.

The Republic of Tunisia is now the 55th foreign country in the Consular Corps Association of Philadelphia.

Where will they film the new season of 'Jersey Shore?' We take a look at a home the producers of the hit MTV show checked out that was ultimately not chosen.

A Philadelphia mother is speaking out after her 6-year-old son walked home alone from his summer camp Tuesday.

“I walked home to go home and my mom wasn’t there,” Dennis Hollis told NBC10. “She found me already. I was missing.”

Hollis’ mother Latrice Evans told NBC10 she was running late to pick up her son at the Inspiring Minds Summer Enrichment Camp at Clymer Elementary School. When she arrived the doors were locked and the camp staff had left.

“I’m starting to panic right away because I’m like, ‘Well, where’s my son?’ You know, no one called me to say, ‘Well he’s not here’ or ‘Where are you,’” Evans said.

Evans then called police who canvassed her neighborhood. Unbeknownst to Evans, her son was walking to their house unsupervised.

“The lights were going red to green so I walked,” Hollis said.

The boy told NBC10 it was the first time he’s ever walked home by himself.

“He’s home looking for me. I’m at the school looking for him,” Evans said.

Police eventually found Hollis walking home, unharmed.

“They called the officer who I was with, who helped me and she told me that around 5:45 that they found him walking the street by himself,” Evans said.

Andrea Garner, the head of the Inspiring Minds Nonprofit Program, told NBC10 safety is the camp’s top priority.

“We separated our walkers from our pickup people into a different room so that there’s no way that any pickup people who are to get picked up by their families can get mixed up with the walkers at all,” Garner said.

It’s unclear how the boy managed to leave the camp alone. Garner told NBC10 it was the first time something like that has ever happened at Inspiring Minds and insists it will be the last.

“This was definitely an unfortunate and isolated incident,” she said.

While Inspiring Minds uses Clymer Elementary as its facility, the school is not involved in the camp’s daily operations.

Philadelphia's first immediate treatment facility for people suffering from opioid addiction opened Wednesday, NorthEast Treatment Centers (NET) Centers and the City of Philadelphia announced.  

The opioid treatment unit, Access Point, becomes NET Centers' first around-the-clock facility aimed at saving more lives from the harmful effects of opioid addiction. Access Point is seen as another step toward fighting Philadelphia's battle with the opioid epidemic.

Access Point is located in NET’s building at 5th and Spring Garden streets in Northern Liberties. The unit also helps people with mental healthcare, fostercare, and child welfare services. 

NET is one of the largest behavioral health and social services agencies in the Greater Philadelphia region and state of Delaware. 

A Lehigh Valley woman hopes a billboard on Route 22 will help save her life.

Elizabeth Shafer of Northampton County was placed on the national transplant list after dealing with kidney issues for 35 years.

Her kidneys are failing rapidly however, and the wait for a donor organ could be up to six years.

“My kidney function is about 12 [percent], so it’s getting a lot worse,” Shafer said. “I probably won’t last four more years at the rate I’m going. The list is long and people are dying every day.”

Fortunately, Shafer received a gift from a stranger that may help save her life.

Jason Wilson, co-owner of Tri-Outdoor Inc., a billboard company, put up a sign on Route 22 that encourages drivers to “help save a life.” The billboard then directs people to visit Shafer’s Facebook page, Kidney for Lizzy.

Before Wilson’s company put up the billboard, Shafer didn’t think she would be able to find a kidney in time.

“It meant that I have a chance to live, there is hope. I didn’t have hope before,” Shafer said.

While Wilson has never met Shafer, he believes that helping others is the right thing to do.

“If you can just help one [person] and pass it along and pay it forward, do it,” Wilson said.

Shafer hopes the billboard will help her find a donor so that she can spend more time with her two kids and seven grandchildren.

“They are my life that’s all I live for are those kids,” Shafer said. “I’m not ready to go so I will do what I have to do. I’ll fight as hard as I can to live another day.”

A New Jersey police officer and another man have been indicted in a January assault at a Boston pizza shop that left a Boston College hockey player with serious injuries.

Prosecutors said indictments were returned Tuesday charging Daniel Hunt, 27, of Barrington, New Jersey, with assault and battery and Ian Salerno, 29, of Philadelphia, with aggravated assault and battery in connection with the 2 a.m. assault at a Domino's Pizza shop on Boylston Street on Jan. 19.

The victim, 24-year-old Kevin Lohan, at the time a Chestnut Hill resident, was at the restaurant with a separate group. He is a cousin of Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan and played for the BC men's hockey team.

Kevin Lohan's girlfriend told police that they were standing in line when a group of about six to eight people started pushing in line.

Hunt, an off-duty Haddon Heights, New Jersey police officer, confronted and allegedly pushed the victim, starting a physical altercation. As members of both groups attempted to break up the fight, Salerno allegedly came up behind Lohan and punched him in the jaw, knocking him to the floor.

Hunt and Salerno then allegedly fled the scene.

Boston police used security camera footage and a receipt from a nearby bar where Hunt, Salerno and others had been drinking prior to the altercation, along with photos from social media, witness statements and other evidence, to identify Hunt and Salerno.

Lohan was taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he underwent surgery. As a result of the blow, his jaw had to be wired shut for three weeks and permanent metal plates were implanted in his jaw and cheek.

Hunt and Salerno are scheduled to be arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court on Aug. 1.

A Ventnor City, New Jersey woman is accused of murdering her mother and grandmother at a Jersey Shore boardwalk condominium.

Heather Barbera, 41, is charged with murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose (nightstick) and robbery.

Barbera's mother, Michelle Gordon, 67, and grandmother, Elaine Rosen, 87, were both found dead Sunday morning inside the Vassar Square Condominiums on 4800 Boardwalk in Ventnor City, New Jersey.

Investigators determined both victims died from multiple blunt impact injuries and their deaths were ruled a homicide.

Police say Barbera killed her mother and grandmother and then took a bus to New York City. She was identified Wednesday afternoon at the Midtown Manhattan Port Authority on 42nd St. and 9th Ave. and was taken into custody by NYPD officers.

Barbera remains in custody in New York City pending extradition to New Jersey.

A 76-year-old mystery was solved on July 4th when divers from the US expedition team RV Explorer identified a recently discovered shipwreck as the remains of the D/S Octavian, a Norwegian Freighter that went missing in 1942.

The wreck, which lies 70 miles off the coast of Cape May, was identified when divers recovered an Engine and Boiler builder’s plaque. Its identity was confirmed by Jorgan Johannassan from the Maritime Museum in Oslo, Norway.

The Octavian was headed from Galveston, Texas to St. John, New Brunswick in Canada when it vanished on Jan. 17, 1942, leaving 16 Norwegian crew members and one Canadian crew member presumed dead.

For years, historians believed that the ship was sunk by the German submarine U-203. They cited the U-203 deck logs, which indicated that an unidentified ship was sunk on Jan.17, 1942 off of Nova Scotia.

The location, however, does not make sense for the ship's path. Nova Scotia is north of St. Johns, New Brunswick and the Octavian would have had no reason to veer from its course, officials from the Cape May Research Vessel Explorer said.

Once the remains of the ship were identified, officials concluded that the Octavian was instead sunk by the German submarine U-123. The deck logs of the submarine indicated that it sunk an unidentified freight ship in the location of the Octavian on Jan. 17, 1942, before going to Cape Hetteras where it demolished four more ships and damaged a fifth.

Officials hope the identification of the ship will help bring closure to the families of the sailors.

A man died after he fled a traffic stop and then jumped into a creek Wednesday night in Philadelphia, according to police. 

Police say the 29-year-old man was driving a commercial vehicle on the Lincoln Drive off-ramp to Ridge Avenue at 7:10 p.m. It's illegal for commercial vehicles to use that ramp, according to officials.

An officer pulled the driver over, ran his information and determined he had a warrant in New Jersey for resisting arrest and eluding police. As the officer walked back to the vehicle, the man got out and jumped into the Wissahickon Creek, officials said.

The water was about 12 feet deep, police said. Divers with the police marine unit went into the water, found the man's body and pulled him out. He was pronounced dead by medics at the scene at 8:20 p.m.

Police have not yet revealed the man’s identity.

At least one person is dead and traffic is backed up for miles following a crash on I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia.

The crash happened Wednesday night in the northbound lanes of I-95 near Bridge Street. A vehicle overturned and at least one person was taken to the hospital where he or she was later pronounced dead.

Officials have not yet released the victim's identity.

I-95 northbound is currently shut down at the location of the crash. Traffic is being diverted at the Allegheny Avenue exit.