WMMR hosts Preston & Steve kicked off their annual Camp Out for Hunger at XFINITY Live! on Monday. NBC10's Bill Henley and Vai Sikahema dropped by to play some games and help raise food and money for Philabundance. WMMR will be camped out in South Philadelphia for five days, collecting non-perishable food items.
A blizzard paralized parts of the Midwest, leaving hundreds of thousands of people left in the dark. PECO is sending employees and contractors to northern Illinois to assist power crews in restoring electricity.
Ultra-marathon runner and attorney, Paul Peter, is raising money for Manor College in Jenkintown one step at a time. He will run on a treadmill for 12 hours in hopes to inspire people to donate for student scholarships on #GivingTuesday.
#GivingTuesday is in full affect, as the country gears up for a full day devoted to charitable causes. The United Way of Bucks County is focused on giving gifts to children that organizations usually bypass, ages 12 to 17. You can give, advocate, or volunteer to the charity.
A pair in New Jersey is facing human trafficking charges after allegedly holding a woman captive and forcing her into prostitution, prosecutors say.
Tyrone T. Washington, 33, and Shameka M. Lambert, 28, were arrested Nov. 24, by Edgewater police, and, subsequently, charged with human trafficking and endangering the welfare of a child following an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.
On Saturday, the Edgewater Police Department received a report that a woman was being forced into prostitution by Washington, prosecutors say.
Allegedly, a subsequent probe revealed that the victim has been held against her will in Edgewater by Washington for about 12 days.
Prosecutors also allege that during this time a child was living with Washington and Lambert in the same residence where the victim was being held.
Attorney information for Washington and Lambert was not immediately known.
The pair is scheduled to appear in court in Hackensack Wednesday.
Two puppies rescued from deplorable conditions earlier this month are now ready to find new homes. The dogs named Clyde and Milo are up for adoption at the Atlantic County Canine.
A township employee was shot to death Tuesday morning inside a municipal building in the Poconos region of northeastern Pennsylvania, according to state police.
Mike Tripus, 65, was found dead inside the building after state police responded to a report of gunfire inside the Paradise Township municipal building on Paradise Valley Road, police said.
The suspect was identified as David Green, 72, of Swiftwater, according to police. He was arrested at the building and taken into custody.
No motive was immediately given. Police are investigating the shooting as a homicide.
Paradise is about 100 north of Philadelphia. Tripus lived in Stroudsburg.
He was building code official and sewer enforcement officer for Paradise, according to the township's phone directory.
Detectives searched through Green's home on Sugarbush Road for evidence. Neighbors told NBC10 he had just moved to the home over the summer.
"Shock. Disbelief. Sadness. Just tragic," Green's neighbor, Bobbi Snyder, said.
Snyder described Green as a kind and generous neighbor.
"He came for dinner several times," she said. "When it snowed he had a new snow blower and he came and blew the snow off our driveway for us. Always friendly."
Snyder said Green had been working on his home for months and she believed he was having trouble obtaining permits from the township.
"I know there's been difficulties with getting permits for anybody that's trying to build anything in here," she said. "It's been very hard to do that with the township."
Paradise Township is about 20 miles north of Ross Township, where a gunman opened fire at a Board of Supervisors' meeting in 2013, killing three.
For 60 years, football players from St. Dorothy and St. Bernadette grade schools took to the gridiron on Thanksgiving Day for a special game. This year was no exception, despite the frigid temps.
New Jersey moved closer to legalizing cannabis Monday after a nearly four-hour hearing.
If approved, the legislation would move to the floor of the state Senate and Assembly. A voting session is scheduled for later this month.
The Garden State would join 10 other states and the District of Columbia if it legalizes recreational cannabis. More than 30 states, including Pennsylvania and New Jersey, already have medical programs.
With legalization looking more and more likely, here’s what you need to know about the proposed bill.
Who can smoke pot legally under the proposed legislation?
Senate Bill 2703 would make recreational cannabis legal for adults 21 years and older. It would prohibit adults from buying and giving pot to anyone under the legal age, including children with medical conditions. Those patients would need permits under the state’s medicinal program.
Where can you buy it?
Adults will need to find designated retailers to buy their legal pot. These dispensaries must hold a state-issued Class 4 Marijuana license. Different permits will be required for growers, wholesalers and testing facilities.
How much can I buy?
Individuals can purchase up to 1 ounce or less of marijuana, 16 ounces of marijuana-infused products in solid form, 72 ounces in liquid form and 7 grams of cannabis concentrate.
Can I smoke in public?
Sorry, no.
When can I buy pot legally in New Jersey?
The bill is not a done deal, which means there is no hard launch date for implementation. The bill will now advance to the floors of the state Senate and General Assembly for final voting. If it passes in both houses, Gov. Phil Murphy must sign it into law. He has been a strong advocate for legalizing recreational cannabis and is expected to approve the bill once it arrives on his desk. A voting session is scheduled for later this month.
How much will it cost?
As is often the case, taxing legal cannabis remains a sticking point in New Jersey. An early version of the bill called for a graduated tax that could eventually top out at 25 percent for purchases. A newer version called for just 12 percent tax but allowed for municipalities to apply for up to a 2 percent additional tax on cannabis. Lawmakers will likely battle over taxation during the next vote.
I have a previous arrest. Will my record be expunged?
Yes! The bill calls for expediting expungements for people with cannabis-related criminal backgrounds.
What happens to the medical cannabis program?
A separate bill under consideration, dubbed Jake’s Law after a 7-year-old who died of brain cancer, would expand the current program and allow for more growers and dispensaries. Patients would be allowed to buy up to 2.5 ounces a month from January to July. After July, patients could purchase up to 3 ounces per month. People in hospice care would have no limits.
I live in a different state. Can I buy pot in New Jersey and travel home with it?
While it might be tempting to cross the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, pick up some weed and bring it back to Pennsylvania or Delaware, don’t do it. Crossing state lines remains illegal even in regions where multiple states have legalized recreational pot. Thank the federal government for that one - cannabis is still considered a Schedule 1 drug by the DEA and, therefore, crossing borders with the plant can get you locked up.
There is one caveat, however. Patients registered under a different state’s medical cannabis program will be allowed to travel outside state lines with cannabis.
Can I grow my own plant?
Strangely enough, the answer is no for now. New Jersey would become the second state, next to Washington, to prohibit people from growing their owns plants.
What about edibles, tinctures, oils, etc.?
Yep, those would all be included in the proposed legislation.
A man and woman are in the hospital after they were both shot by a gunman while sitting inside a car in South Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon.
The 22-year-old man and 22-year-old woman were inside a black Mazda 6 traveling on the 1900 block of Carpenter Street at 2:56 p.m. when a gunman opened fire.
The man was shot eight times throughout his body while the woman was shot once in the right elbow. Both victims were taken to Jefferson Hospital. The man is in critical condition while the woman is stable.
No arrests have been made and a weapon has not been recovered. Police continue to investigate.
The Democrat in a Bucks County state Senate contest is conceding in a race where she says she trails the six-term Republican incumbent by 74 votes.
Democrat Tina Davis said in a statement Tuesday that she's ending her campaign against Republican Sen. Robert Tomlinson. He represents the Sixth Senate District, serving parts of southeastern Bucks County.
Davis made the announcement a day after a judge rejected her lawsuit to order Bucks County officials to count more than 200 absentee ballots received after the legal deadline of Nov. 2.
With Tomlinson's victory, Republicans will hold a 29-21 majority in Pennsylvania's Senate after losing five seats in the Nov. 6 election.
Davis will still return to Harrisburg, since she also ran successfully for a fifth term in her state House seat.
After the spending sprees on Black Friday and Cyber Monday it's time to give back with Giving Tuesday! NBC10 spoke with local volunteers who look forward to reaping the benefits of others' generosity.
Police are searching for a suspect who they say is breaking into homes and vehicles in Haddonfield, New Jersey.
A new fight is bubbling up in the debate over Philadelphia’s beverage tax. Nearly two years after it went into effect -- some of the city's black clergy leaders say they want changes. NBC10 sat down with them.
A topic we often see complaints about: home warranties. NBC10 Responds discusses the steps you can take to save the most money in the long-run.
A teen was arrested in the home invasion murder of a woman in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
Aaron Joseph Taylor, 18, was charged with second and third-degree murder, robbery, conspiracy and possessing an instrument of crime. A 17-year-old suspect is also charged with robbery and conspiracy.
Police say Taylor and the 17-year-old entered Sylvia Williams' home along North Washington Street in Pottstown back on Nov. 18. The two suspects entered the house while a repairman was changing the front door lock, according to investigators.
Officials say the two teens were trying to rob the home. At some point, Taylor shot Williams, according to police. Williams, 38, was later found dead in her second-floor bedroom after police responded to a security alarm at the house.
Taylor was arraigned Tuesday. His bail was denied and he was remanded to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 7.
Officials continue to investigate the incident. Anyone with information about the killing is asked to call Pottstown police at 610-970-6570 or county detectives at 610-278-3368. You can also text a tip using the code MONTCOPA in the STOPit! app.
Two premature babies who contracted a bacterial infection at a New Jersey hospital in the throes of an outbreak, died last week, officials say.
It is the third death of a premature baby in Newark's University Hospital after the Department of Health became aware that the hospital had an outbreak of the bacteria A. baumannii in its neonatal intensive care unit.
The department says that, while the babies were infected with A. baumannii, it may not have been what killed them, as they also suffered from other medical conditions due to being born premature.
Four babies have been infected in total at the hospital, officials say.
At the end of September, a premature baby who had been cared for at the hospital and had the bacteria died after being transferred to another facility, and before the Department's notification of problems in the NICU, health officials say. Another baby was effectively treated for the bacteria and was discharged last month.
No new infections have been confirmed since October.
The department issued the news about the deaths of the other two babies Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into the outbreak of A. baumannii in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of University Hospital.
It said it was on-site at the hospital Tuesday to investigate the facility's internal processes around reporting deaths amid ongoing outbreaks. The department said as of Monday, the hospital's own infection control program was not aware of the most recent deaths when contacted.
A University Hospital spokesperson on Tuesday said the hospital has "continue[d] to reinforce proper procedures and protocols with our team."
"We have worked diligently since the Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria was discovered in our neonatal intensive care unit to control the outbreak, and there have been no new cases in the NICU since October," the spokesperson said.
A water main break flooded homes in the Bridesburg section of Philadelphia. We take a look at how the city responded.
A wind advisory has been issued for Wednesday. The wind gusts will make it feel 10 degrees colder than it really is. The wind gust will go up to 40 mph, which can force your Christmas decorations off of your homes.
Surveillance video captured thieves stealing a delivery driver's vehicle in Philadelphia. Now that driver is speaking out as police search for the suspects.
