The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history is stretching to Philadelphia, where local employees are feeling the pinch. See how some businesses are trying to help.
The owner of a West Philadelphia ShopRite is blaming the city’s soda tax for his store’s impending closure. However, the city maintains that the owner hasn’t presented any evidence that the tax, which targets distributors and not businesses, is what’s causing his shop to shutter.
Rochelle Bilal is part of what’s shaping up to be one of the most historic elections in Philadelphia as one of two women have announced their candidacy for the top job at the Philadelphia Sheriff's Office. Bilal, who spent 27 years in the Philadelphia Police Department and 15 years as the secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, says she wants to be sheriff so she can help reform the agency and transform it into one that represents the people of the city.
How well do New Orleans Saints fans know Philadelphia? NBC10's Keith Jones put them to the test while doing a bit of trolling.
A driver crashed into an entrance of the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, deputies said Sunday.
Troy H. McDonald, 51, of South Hackensack, struck the northwest administrative entrance on Friday afternoon, according to the Bergen County Sheriff's Office.
The area of the jail where inmates are held wasn't affected, deputies said.
McDonald was charged with causing damage to the building, burglary and criminal mischief. He was treated for injuries but was expected to survive.
No one inside the jail was hurt.
Monday marks Day 24 of the partial government shutdown. About 800,000 federal employees have missed a paycheck since the shutdown began. Those employees include TSA workers and traffic controllers. Nationwide, some TSA employees called out sick on Sunday, and a terminal had to be closed at George Bush International Airport in Houston due to a shortage of security workers.
Philadelphia Police say that the SUV that hit The Hub At 31 Brewerytown condos at 31st and Jefferson streets in Brewerytown was stolen. The driver was taken to the hospital and is expected to be charged.
A Trump Administration rule that would allow more employers to opt out of covering birth control from women will not take effect on Monday as scheduled. The rules would let employers claim exemption for religious or moral reasons. Delaware is one of the 13 states that sued to have the rule stopped.
A swarm of police officers have responded to reports of an active shooter at a UPS mail sorting facility in Logan Township, New Jersey, Monday morning.
Officers descended on the large warehouse on Birch Creek Road before 9:30 a.m.
There has been no word about what happened inside the facility or whether there are any injuries.
Local police would not respond to requests for comment.
UPS said it was assisting local law enforcement with the incident and called it an an "active shooter situation."
The UPS facility is surrounded by other facilities including Home Depot, Amazon and CEVA Logistics warehouses. Workers at some of those facilities told NBC10 they were told by police to go into lockdown procedures.
Logan Township School District schools are on a "modified lockdown," which means all exterior doors and classroom doors are locked, but teachers continue to hold class.
They said all students and staff are safe.
Drivers should avoid the area. Center Square Road was closed between Interstate 295 and Route 130 due to the police activity.
UPS uses its regional mail innovations facilities, like the one in Logan Township, to sort and verify mail before it reaches its destination, they say on their website.
NBC10 has crews headed to the scene and will continue to update this breaking story on air and in the NBC10 app.
A state police investigator was on the stand Monday morning at the start of the second week in the murder trial of a man accused of killing a Temple University student and trying to hide her body.
Jenna Burleigh was killed in August 2017. The state detective described finding her contorted, naked body inside a blue bin in a small metal shed.
That shed is on a wooded property owned by defendant Josh Hupperterz's grandparents in rural Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
After a step-by-step account of the property, shown through photographs taken as evidence, photos of Burleigh’s body inside the tub showed the beaten, bloody state in which police found her.
Hupperterz has already pleaded guilty to abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence for moving Burleigh's body to his grandparents' house. But he has pleaded not guilty to murder and using an instrument of a crime.
His defense attorneys have claimed that his roommate is the real killer.
The trial is expected to continue for at least a few more days, with forensics experts and the Philadelphia medical examiner also testifying. It remains unknown if Hupperterz will take the stand in his own defense.
Friday, his claim that the roommate did it led to a tense morning of cross examination.
Prosecutors have said that Hupperterz - after having oral, vaginal and anal intercourse with Burleigh - took “her down to the ground and strangled her, naked, on the kitchen floor.”
Hupperterz punched the film student 38 times, broke a cereal bowl over her head, stabbed her repeatedly after wrestling a knife from her, then strangled her so severely that he broke her larynx, accoridng to Assistant District Attorney Jason Grenell.
Hupperterz's roommate of one month, Jack Miley, testified that he slept through the alleged murder and awoke the following afternoon to find Hupperterz "sweating profusely and really nervous."
Miley is not charged with a crime.
Hupperterz's lawyer challenged Miley's testimony of a booze-fueled night that ended with Miley drunkenly asleep in his bed and Burleigh murdered in their North Philadelphia apartment.
”You can’t hear people screaming as if it’s a horror movie?” David Nenner, Hupperterz’s lawyer, asked Miley.
”No,” Miley answered, adding that a combination of booze, cannabis, Xanax and white noise from a floor fan prevented him from hearing Burleigh's cries.
Throughout much of Friday’s testimony, Hupperterz’s lawyer challenged Miley’s recollection, going through several pages of phone records showing that Miley and Hupperterz contacted each other after leaving Pub Webb and several times throughout the following afternoon. Miley said at least a few of the calls were to get the WiFi password for his sisters.
One of his sisters testified Friday that she sat in blood splattered on the living room futon. Blood was also found in the kitchen and bathroom and sprinkled on a broom, gauze and bits of broken ceramic, investigators said.
A corporal with Pennsylvania State Police also took the stand Friday, telling the jury that Hupperterz never mentioned Burleigh’s name during three hours of interrogation. He told officials that scratches on his neck were the result of rough sex with a woman named Vicky.
During questioning, Hupperterz appeared “calm and conversational,” according to state police, according to state police.
“It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. You stare at the phone waiting for the call,” Grenell said during his opening argument. “The Burleighs would never have that. They would never hear from their daughter again.”
Earlier in the week, Hupperterz’s cousin testified that he unknowingly helped transport Burleigh’s body out of the city in a blue tote bag.
The cousin, Erick Carlson, has not been charged in connection with the murder. The 30-year-old steel mill worker from Philadelphia said he found Hupperterz cleaning up blood in his apartment.
Hupperterz turned down a plea offer in December from the Philadelphia District Attorney's office, which had offered 30-to-60 years in prison in exchange for a guilty plea. Hupperterz could face up to life in prison if convicted at trial.
Correction (Jan. 14 2019, 3:20 p.m.): An earlier version of this article had an incorrect month for Burleigh's murder. She was killed in August 2017.
It was the crime that captivated Bucks County and the entire country. Now a killing spree that left four young men dead are headed to trial. The lawyer for one of the two suspects, Sean Kratz, argued that the only way his client would have a fair trial is if the jury was pulled from outside Bucks County.
The NBC10 Investigators conitnue to look at alleged mismanagement at Philadelphia's Animal Shelter. The city controller is also raising concerns over wasteful spending.
The government shutdown does not appear anywhere close to an end. On Monday, President Trump said he will never ever back down. NBC10 got some insight into just how tough a deal could be from political insiders who will get to vote on it.
A dredged up street, mud, and rocks. Neighbors have been dealing with these road blocks for months because of sewer work. So they called NBC10 Responds for help.
The government shutdown continues and local families are feeling the impact. We caught up with the wife of a member of the U.S. coast guard who has not been getting paid.
A Philadelphia animal shelter was forced to give three of their pets New Orleans-themed names after losing an NFL playoff bet to a Louisiana shelter.
The Morris Animal Refuge announced on Twitter Monday that they renamed their three pets "Sean Purrton," "Tchouppa" and "Nola."
The Refuge made a bet with the Louisiana SPCA prior to Sunday's divisional playoff game between the Eagles and Saints. The loser would have to give three of its own adoptable pets names associated with the winning shelter's city. The Eagles put a fight, jumping to a 14-0 lead before ultimately falling to the Saints 20 to 14.
While the Morris Animal Refuge lost the bet, they may have found a workaround. They encouraged local residents to adopt the three pets and rename them something more Philly appropriate. As if you needed even more motivation to adopt a pet, saving local animals from having the names associated with the team that broke our hearts should be enough.
Restrictions and rhetoric surrounding the immigration debate are fueling fears of a doctor shortage. We take a look at the possible health impact.
The partial government shutdown is causing long lines and delays at some airports around the country. The TSA agents are working without pay and are calling out sick in record numbers. On Monday the numbers of TSA agents that called out sick nationally doubled since last year. TSA officials plan to move screening officers around the country to meet staffing shortages that cannot be address locally.
