Just last month, the "World Health Organization" formally designated compulsive video game playing as a new mental health condition. We found many families dealing with the issue.

Two parents are accused of murdering their 4-month-old son at a Burlington County, New Jersey, motel.

William Herring, 42, and Brianna Brochhausen, 22, both of Mahwah, New Jersey, are both charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

Investigators say Herring and Brochhausen were with their 4-month-old son Hunter at the Hilltop Motel on the 100 block of Route 68 in Springfield Township back on Feb. 14. The parents were frustrated because Hunter would not stop crying and they decided to put him on “time out,” according to police.

Investigators say the parents positioned Hunter’s stomach on the bed and covered his head and entire body with a comforter. The parents then went outside to smoke cigarettes and returned to the room about 10 minutes later where they discovered Hunter was not breathing and unresponsive, according to police.

The baby was taken to Virtua Hospital in Mount Holly before being transferred to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
The baby died on March 3 after life support was removed. The Medical Examiner determined he died from “complications of suffocation” and his death was ruled a homicide.

“The thoughtless actions of these individuals ended up costing a defenseless 4-month-old infant his life,” Col. Callahan, the New Jersey State Police Superintendent, said. “I commend the detectives of our Homicide South Unit and Criminal Investigation Office for their commitment and dedication to finding justice for Baby Hunter.”

Herring and Brochhausen were taken into custody Monday by New Jersey State police.

The Made in America festival will have to find a new home after this year. A spokesperson for the city told NBC10 this will be the two-day concert's last year on the Ben Franklin Parkway and they are working with producers to find alternative locations.

It was supposed to be a new start for Rashaun Washington.

The New Jersey father of two struggled with addiction and had moved out of a halfway home just four months ago, Washington’s dad, Reginald Miller, told NBC10 Tuesday afternoon. He struggled to find a job while also attempting to reconnect with his 11-year-old and 13-year-old kids, Miller said.

But on Saturday, Washington, 37, died during a confrontation with Vineland police. Witnesses recorded the encounter.

Miller has watched the death of his son several times. He became so enraged by one viewing that he punched his back door and fractured a finger.

The blessing, he said, is the recorded evidence of what happened that day.

 “The curse is the kids, the grandkids, the cousins, nieces, nephews - you can’t let them see that. You can traumatize his kids for the rest of their lives,” Miller said.

Video footage of the encounter shows police officers yelling at a shirtless man who appeared to be pacing back and forth in front of a house. They instructed him to back down, but Washington was agitated and did not cooperate. At least one rifle was pointed at him during the confrontation, according to the video.

Soon, shots rang out and Washington dropped to the ground. A police dog lunged at Washington. Miller said the dog bit his son’s face as he died.

“There’s all these officers and everybody’s got guns pointed at him. They got high-powered assault rifles. They got a dog barking at him and he’s got nothing in his hand but a water bottle and a T-shirt,” Miller said. “He had to feel threatened with everybody pointing everything at him.”

Washington’s death is under investigation. The police officer who discharged his weapon is on paid administrative leave per departmental policy, according to the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office.

Peter Alfinito with the Burlington County Fraternal Order of Police watched the video with NBC10 and said responding officers faced too much uncertainty during their encounter with Washington.

"Two minutes is a lifetime when you are with someone ... who is not cooperating," he said.

But Miller’s grief is not assuaged. He wants to know why police didn’t use other means to subdue his son.

“Why did he have to die in that matter? None of that had to happen,” Miller said.

Washington “was no angel,” Miller admitted. He had previously been arrested for drugs and did not have a close relationship with his kids. Still, “he was a jokester,” Miller said.

“His thing was laughter,” he added. “Everything about him was making somebody else laugh.”

Responding police officers would not have known that.

“They’re doing their No. 1 job - protecting society,” Alfinito said. “Is he on drugs, does he have a mental problem, is he wanted for homicide?”

All of those variables might have flashed through the minds of police as they encountered Washington.

Still, Miller insisted, things could have ended differently.

“This is not the answer. Shooting people down is not the answer,” he said. “I want justice.”

Washington’s death comes one month after 17-year-old Antwon Rose was killed by Pittsburgh police. The shooting sparked protests even as the officer was charged with homicide.

Rose’s death and now Washington’s fuels a distrust of police among black and brown communities, Miller said. Two years ago, he feared for his own life after being pulled over during a routine traffic stop. Miller threw his hands out of the window and hesitated to even reach into a pocket for his wallet, he said.

“There is a real fear of cops that, no matter what, I’m done,” Miller said. “I don’t want to see a cop dead, but I don’t want to see my son dead.”

Two fishermen off the coast of Sea Isle City, New Jersey, took an unexpected detour Monday morning to free an entangled leatherback sea turtle from a commercial fishing buoy.

Michael Betsch and Matt Kiel, both of Philadelphia, rescued the turtle after setting out to sea about 7 a.m.

"Our destination was Sea Isle Ridge for some shark fishing. It’s not something we do generally because we have a smaller 21-foot boat, but it was a nice day,” Betsch said.

The two boaters were cruising around 30 miles per hour when they noticed an animal struggling at the surface of the water near a buoy used to mark a commercial fishing trap.

"We thought it was a baby whale. We had already passed the buoy, but we made a U-turn to go check it out. Even at 20 feet away we still thought it was a baby whale," Betsch said.

As they came upon it, they noticed it was a leatherback sea turtle that had wrapped itself on the trap line twice around the neck and twice around the flipper. Betsch didn’t hesitate to begin a rescue mission.

“It was at least 5 feet long," Betsch said of the turtle's size. "I could barely get my fingers under the rope in order to cut it off. When I pulled on the rope, the turtle started freaking out and lifted its flipper. There’s no chance the turtle would’ve gotten out, and I’m surprised it got itself so caught in the line."

The entire procedure took around three minutes, and the turtle swam away upon being freed from the buoy.

Leatherback sea turtles are classified as vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and are threatened by egg collection and pollution, the group says.

After the backlash from both Democrats and Republicans on President Donald Trump’s comments during the summit with Russian President Vladmir Putin, Trump is now saying that he misspoke when he seemed to undermine the American intelligence community.

An investigation is underway after human remains were found in a suitcase in Southwest Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon.

A passerby made the grisly discovery around 4:15 p.m. on the 2700 block of Ruby Terrace at the Bartram Village housing development.

Detectives say a manager and housing police noticed a strong odor and saw maggots coming from a 2-foot-by-2-foot suitcase. They then discovered the remains of an unidentified woman inside.

Police say the suitcase was within feet of several neighbors and children who live in the development.

"It's a horrifying discovery for everybody involved here," Philadelphia Police Lt. John Walker said. "From the people living here to the officers arriving here and dealing with the situation."

Investigators are working to identify the victim and determined a cause of death. They are also looking at surveillance video to see if any cameras captured anyone leaving the suitcase at the location. 

If you have any information, please contact Philadelphia police.

A woman allegedly tricked a family in New Jersey into thinking she was dying of brain cancer, and in such convincing fashion that the generous family took care of her for more than a month.

Kiley White, who detectives in Egg Harbor Township allege to have pulled a similar fraud in Pittsburgh and South Jersey, was charged with theft by deception and harassment for allegedly taking advantage of Linda and Steve Evans.

"All night long, she would be moaning and groaning and I would be massaging her legs," Linda Evans said in an interview. "Every day was just like she has one more day to live."

Police believe it was all a hoax.

White, 26, met the Evans through a mutual friend in early June. The couple said they took her in because White said she had no safe place to spend her final days due to a traumatic family history. 

"It was all lies — all lies. And I just want this girl exposed," Linda Evans said.

White stayed with the Evans family for about five straight weeks.

Nearly every day White would leave the house to supposedly visit a hospital in Philadelphia. But the Evans now believe she was babysitting and working at a local restaurant instead.

White pulled off a complicated lie, police allege.

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"During the investigation, Egg Harbor Township police discovered that Ms. White pretended to be other individuals as well, including her own hospice nurse," Detective Sgt. Cherie Burgan said in a statement.

The Evans showed purported text messages from White's "nurse" that provided medical instructions.

"It's just amazing that someone could come up with that elaborate of a story and have verifications along the way," Steve Evans said.

The family went to police after their relatives got suspicious and discovered a similar scheme in the Pittsburgh area.

Burgan confirmed that the alleged Egg Harbor incident isn't believed to be White's first foray into such deception.

"It has been documented that White has used similar tactics on other occasions in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey, but she has never been charged with a crime," Burgan said. "On each occasion, she has preyed on the sympathy and compassion of others, receiving services and goods from those victims whom she scammed."

After being charged July 12 with theft by deception and harassment, White was issued a summons for a future court date.

NBC10 tried to get comment from White at a Galloway Township home where she's now staying.

"I don't have any comments," White said through a window.

The Evans said they spent close to $1,000 on White but the alleged fraud also had an emotional cost. 

"I was shaken, totally shaken to my core," Linda Evans said, her voice breaking. "Because here I loved on a girl that never existed and gave everything."

Evans added: "She needs help — she needs serious help."

A Philadelphia Labor Day weekend tradition is on the move.

The Made in America Festival will no longer be held on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway after this September’s two-day concert featuring Philly’s own Meek Mill, Nicki Minaj, Post Malone, Zedd and others.

Philadelphia hopes to find another location within the City of Brotherly Love for the festival, which has brought artists from Beyoncé to Jay-Z to Kanye West to Coldplay to Nine Inch Nails, along with tens of thousands of concertgoers, to the Parkway since its first iteration in 2012.

"We are discussing the festival’s future and alternative locations with the producers," Philadelphia communications director Deana Gamble said to NBC10. "We look forward to continuing a partnership."

The festival was seen as a way to draw more people to Philadelphia, instead of the shore or mountains, for Labor Day weekend. But, people living along the Parkway complained about parking and road restrictions put in place for the annual festival.

Budweiser pulled out as a title sponsor before this year’s concert. Festival organizers Roc Nation and Live Nation have yet to reveal future plans.

A pit bull has become a four-legged hero credited with saving a family of four after a house fire started in New Jersey.

It all started in the early hours of Monday. Jeremy Brown, 22, and his family were sleeping after throwing a birthday party for his 2-year-old nephew.

As Brown was sleeping on the second floor of a house in Beachwood, Zeus, his pit bull rescue, started barking. When he woke up and opened the door of his bedroom, he saw smoke coming from the guest bedroom across the hall. Realizing the house was on fire, he quickly alerted his girlfriend and his parents.

"He was just going crazy and eventually I woke up," he said.

Zeus, who is about 5 years old, managed to alert his human family of the blaze before the smoke detectors went off.

Thanks to Zeus’ quick thinking, all four adults, two cats and another pet dog living in the house managed to escape safely.

Zeus’ heroic act is even more incredible since the pooch had a pre-existing leg injury — a torn ACL — for which he is still awaiting treatment.

"The fact that he jumped off my bed, he really pushed himself," Brown said, explaining that Zeus went out of his way to make sure the family was alerted even though he was suffering an injury that made jumping not an easy task.

Because of the fire, Brown, who was saving up for Zeus' surgery, is now unsure when Zeus will be able to get the necessary procedure, which brings with it medical costs in the thousands of dollars.

According to Beachwood Fire Chief Roger Hull, the town’s volunteer fire department received a call reporting a house fire at around 2 a.m. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke coming from the front of the two-and-a-half story wood frame house.

It took firefighters about 20 minutes to extinguish the fire which was in a second floor bedroom at the front of the house.

Brown and Zeus visited the Beachwood Volunteer Fire Department Monday night to thank them and the Pine Beach Fire Department for holding the fire to just one room and for the job well done.

The cause of the blaze is still under investigation although a working theory is that an extension cord used to power a portable air conditioning unit may be to blame.

While Brown and his family will have to live elsewhere for about 6 to 8 months while the family's home is fixed from the water and fire damage it sustained, Brown says he is lucky to have Zeus and hopes his story leads to society thinking differently about pit bulls.

"It just seems that some people are scared of these animals and call them bred killers, but that's not really true," he said, adding that it is not fair how they are sometimes treated.

"They are saviors, protectors more than anything," he said. "They are companion dogs and very loyal....Zeus is the greatest dog to me."

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 have reserved 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 needed to reserve free tickets on Ticketmaster.com. The tickets went on sale on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 18, and were all gone by 11:30 a.m. There are also 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.

Getter’s Island on the Delaware River in Easton, Pennsylvania, is on the market. There are rumors that the island is still haunted by Charles Getter murdered his wife on it in the early 1800’s.

Smoke could be seen rising from a North Philadelphia high-rise Wednesday morning.

Firefighters could be seen on the roof of the Apartments @ 1220 along North Broad Street near West Stiles Street just before 11 a.m.

There was some smoke appearing to come from a chimney at the top of the building before firefighters arrived.

No word yet on any injuries or what caught fire.

Fire trucks blocked North Broad Street as firefighters responded.

Contractors found a man’s body wrapped in plastic inside a Philadelphia home Wednesday morning.

The grisly discovery was made around 9:40 a.m. in a bedroom of a home along the 1900 block of Mount Vernon Street in the city’s Spring Garden neighborhood, Philadelphia police said.

Medics pronounced the 47-year-old man dead at the scene.

No word yet on how the man died.

No phone call, no meeting, no notice. That’s how rapper Jay-Z says the City of Philadelphia acted when it decided to end the rapper’s annual Made in America festival on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

“We are disappointed that the Mayor of the City of Philadelphia would evict us from the heart of the city, through a media outlet, without a sit-down meeting, notice, dialogue or proper communication,” Jay-Z, who founded the Labor Day weekend festival, wrote in an op-ed for the Philadelphia Inquirer posted online Wednesday.

“It signifies zero appreciation for what Made in America has built alongside the phenomenal citizens of this city,” Jay-Z wrote.

The annual festival, which has drawn acts from Pearl Jam to Rihanna to Jay-Z’s wife Beyoncé to the Parkway for Labor Day weekend since 2012, is lauded by concertgoers but seen as a nuisance by some residents and drivers annoyed by road closures and parking restrictions.

The entrepreneur and rapper says that MIA serves as “a multi-cultural platform that represents strength, freedom of speech and perseverance for artists and music lovers.”

Despite the good vibes and tourism dollars generated by the festival, Jay-Z says that Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration has been trying to end the Parkway party.

“In fact, this administration immediately greeted us with a legal letter trying to stop the 2018 event,” Jay-Z said.

The 2018 festival, featuring Meek Mill, Nicki Minaj, Post Malone, Zedd and others is still set to take place on the Parkway.

Jay-Z points out that MIA is one of the only minority-owned festivals, with an economic impact of $102.8 million since its founding in 2012 -- not to mention paying $3.4 million in rent to the city. Former Mayor Michael Nutter was in charge when the festival began; Kenney inherited the festival when he took office in 2016.

“We consider this stance a failure on the Mayor’s part,” Jay-Z said. “Is this an accurate representation of how he and his administration treat partners that economically benefit his city? Do they regularly reject minority-owned businesses that want to continue to thrive and grow alongside his city’s people?”

NBC10 has reached out to Kenney’s office for a response to Jay-Z’s remarks. They said they were preparing a response.

The city made a brief statement to NBC10 Tuesday night saying the 2018 edition of the festival this September would be the last on the Parkway and that they would like to keep the festival in the city, but at another location.

Besides the millions Jay-Z says his festival raised for the City of Brotherly Love, he also says founders have been philanthropic, donating nearly $3 million to the United Way of Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey and encouraging social action.

"How does an administration, merely discard an event that generates millions in income and employs the city’s people as if we are disposable now that we have served our purpose? The city is right, in one respect, the first Made in America festival took place when there was a great need for tourism,” Jay-Z said in the op-ed. “By their admission, the festival first started as a ‘unique attraction to the City on an otherwise quiet Labor Day weekend. Over the years, tourism has grown overall.’ Our question is, ‘How do you think that tourism grew, Mayor Kenney?’”

Jay-Z, whose Roc Nation along with Live Nation, put on the concert said they would discuss future options and “handle accordingly.”

While fireworks are legal in Pennsylvania, some people are confused about when and where they can set them off.

A woman whose air conditioner stopped working in May contacted NBC10 Responds after a company didn't honor her 10-year warranty.

Philadelphia and its surrounding counties always have something going on!

Here's the top (and affordable) choices of what to do this weekend in Philadelphia and South Jersey. 

July 20-22

What: University City Dining Days

It’s 10 days of prix-fixed meal specials at participating restaurants in University City.

Where: Various restaurants

When: July 12 through July 22

Cost: Three-course meals can run from $15 to $35

What: Friday Night Fireworks in Wildwood

Grab a blanket or a beach chair and head to the beach to watch this awesome fireworks display every Friday through the summer.

Where: Pine Avenue and the Beach, Wildwood

When: Friday, July 20, at 10 p.m.

Cost: Free

What: Movies at the Mann: Star Wars: A New Hope

Watch the movie outside while listening to The Philadelphia Orchestra accompany the movie live.

Where: Mann Center for the Performing Arts

When: Friday, July 20

Cost: $25 and up

What: The British Invasion Years

This live concert pays tribute to the 1960s pop and rock era.

Where: Cape May Convention Hall, 714 Beach Avenue, Cape May, NJ

When: Friday, July 20 at 8 p.m.

Cost: Varies

What: Lancaster Avenue Jazz Festival

Families can enjoy the up-and-coming jazz musicians in the park while strolling the children’s village, artisan vendors and delicious food trucks. Tim Warfield will headline.

Where: Saunders Park, 3827 Powelton Avenue

When: Saturday, July 21 at noon (Rain date: July 22)

Cost: Free

What: Food Truck Frenzy

Live music, hayrides, pony rides, face painting and food trucks! Lots and lots of food trucks will be at this first ever festival at Linvilla Orchards. Just a few of the trucks in attendance will be Dump-N-Roll, Plum Pit, Roasty Toasty, the Tot Cart, Mama’s Meatballs, Cupcake Carnivale and more! Families can pick their own fruits and vegetables too.

When: Saturday, July 21 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Raindate: July 22)

Where: Linvilla Orchards

Cost: Varies

What: Outdoor Movie Screenings in Philadelphia: Hugo

When: Saturday, July 21, 10 minutes before sunset

Where: Trolley Car Diner

Cost: Free

What: Cape May County 4-H Fair

This family-friendly event has livestock and horse exhibits, food vendors, a children’s petting zoo, livestock auctions and more.

Where: 4-H Fairgrounds, 355 Court House, Cape May Court House, NJ

When: July 19-21

Cost: Free

What: Railroad Days

Enjoy railroad history, model and toy trains and displays and much more at this two-day festival.

Where: Historic Cold Spring Village, 720 Route 9 S, Cape May, NJ

When: July 21-22

Cost: Free

Service has been restored as far as Wilmington on on SEPTA's Wilmington/Newark regional rail line, as of 5 p.m.

However, trains are still not traveling beyond that, SEPTA said.

Just before Wednesday's rush hour began, all service on the line -- which also serves Philadelphia suburbs including Darby and Chester -- had been suspended.

SEPTA said the disruption was due to Amtrak signal issues.

That same line suffered month-long schedule changes this year. On May 2 a freight train carrying crushed stone derailed on it, which required emergency repairs that lasted into June.

Stay with NBC10 on air and online for more on this developing story.