Police searched for "Superman" after reviewing surveillance video that showed him trying to break into a South Philadelphia barber shop last month, but to no avail.

Now they're asking for the public's help identifying the suspect, who was caught on surveillance video wearing a Superman sweatshirt when he tried to break into the shop on the 2600 block of South Sartain St. on early on the morning of April 27, police said.

"Superman" can be seen removing the shop's front door locks, but he couldn't get into the building and eventually ran from the scene, according to officials.

Police are asking for anyone with information on the suspect's identity to contact 911.

He was last seen wearing a black Superman sweatshirt with his hood up, blue jeans and white sneakers, authorities said.

Police asked for the public's help identifying two men believed to be responsible for ATM skimming in Brick Township, New Jersey.

The men were captured on surveillance video over the weekend. One of the men placed the skimming device on the ATM at the Ocean First Bank on Chambers Bridge Rd. during the day while the second returned later that night to remove the device, police ssaid.

The man who visited the ATM during the day may have been wearing a disguise, according to officials.

Anyone who recognizes the men in the pictures is asked to contact the Brick Twp. Detective Bureau at 731-262-1120.

A big rig driver severely burned when his tanker truck overturned and burst into flames on the New Jersey Turnpike Tuesday has died, authorities say.

The truck driver, identified as 57-year-old Carlos Vinciguerra-Gomez, was airlifted to an area hospital after the crash near exchange 11 in Woodbridge, and died Wednesday morning, about 20 hours after the fiery accident, according to the New Jersey State Police. His family was by his bedside.

New Jersey State Police say the driver failed to negotiate the curve at the exit "for unknown reasons." He was the only person in the truck at the time of the crash. 

Chopper 4 footage from the scene showed dark plumes of smoke emanating from the crash site Tuesday afternoon. The truck, which was carrying gasoline, appeared to have been heavily damaged and portions of the ground nearby were ablaze.

The flames were extinguished about 40 minutes after the crash, but 200 feet of the roadway were so badly damaged that a portion of the turnpike will need to be repaved, according to New Jersey Turnpike spokesman Tom Feeney. Crews worked overnight to make the repairs.

The crash remains under investigation.  

An NFL linebacker accused of distributing racy photos of a woman in violation of a revenge porn law can't enter a pretrial diversion program that would allow for any conviction to be wiped from his record, a judge ruled Wednesday. 

Jermaine Cunningham, a free agent who was with the New York Jets last year, is charged with invasion of privacy, unlawful weapons transport and possession of hollow-point bullets. The 26-year-old pleaded not guilty in January and now has a week decide whether to plead guilty to the charges or go to trial.

Authorities say the charges against Cunningham stem from a domestic violence incident at a Summit residence on Dec. 29. A prosecutor's spokesman says a loaded handgun was found in Cunningham's car.

His lawyer, Tony Fusco, requested that Cunningham be allowed to enter the pretrial intervention program. Union County Judge John Triarsi denied the request, which prosecutors had also opposed.

Fusco said Cunningham "regrets a few things." He previously said he expected Cunningham to be exonerated on all charges.

On Wednesday, Fusco said the photos of the woman weren't fully nude and were sent only to friends, not widely online. He also stressed that the invasion of privacy charge doesn't fall under domestic violence statutes.

"In my opinion, it's kind of like something you do and then as soon as you do it, you realize it shouldn't have been done," he said of the pictures. "There's nothing that I would say would be shocking to anybody. But there's an allegation that it may have been improper."

Cunningham attended Wednesday's hearing but didn't speak during the brief proceeding or outside court.

Former Baltimore Ravens star running back Ray Rice was allowed to enter a pretrial intervention program in New Jersey after he was caught on camera assaulting his then-fiancee last year. That case led to questions about the use of the program and whether Rice received preferential treatment, something that the prosecutor in that case denied.

The case against Cunningham comes amid a national push to punish jilted lovers and others who distribute racy photos.

The decade-old New Jersey law being used to prosecute Cunningham was the first of its kind in the country, and 16 more states have since passed laws, including 14 in the past two years. At least 10 other legislatures are considering revenge porn laws.

Federal legislation is also expected to be introduced this year, even as some detractors of the laws warn that advocates are overreaching into territory that could be protected as First Amendment expression.

The movement to criminalize an action that can lead to lost jobs and ruined lives gained steam as cellphone cameras and online social networks eased the way for sharing anything from the mundane to the most personal.

Can illness really influence or even change your taste buds?

If your spinach tastes especially bitter when you’re sick, a recent study by Philadelphia researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center says your immune system may be at fault.

The center confirmed to NBC10 that patients suffering from infections, diseases and autoimmune disorders are especially sensitive to bitter flavors.

Sick people tend to produce more of the regulatory protein tumor necrosis factor or TNF, which is released by the immune system to help fight off inflammation due to an illness or disease. The protein is also responsible for increasing sensitivity to taste, making food extra bitter and far less appetizing, according to researchers.

“This protein is highly produced when people are sick and is involved in creating greater sensitivity to food taste,” lead researcher Dr. Hong Wang  said. “What makes the food taste bitter are certain chemicals in the food,” she explained.

Unlike previous studies published, Wang’s research showed that the release of TNF and bad taste is not due soley to connections in the brain.

“Previous studies show that people usually blame taste on changes in the brain,” Wang said. “But our study shows it’s not just the brain. It’s also involved with your taste buds.”

During the experiment, researchers observed that mice incapable of producing TNF were less sensitive to bitter-tasting compounds in food as opposed to mice who produced the protein regularly.

But inhibiting or completely eliminating the immune system protein may not be the best solution, Wang warned.

“We have to think about whether it is practical to use inhibitors to change our taste,” Wang said. “But we need more studies to determine that.”

Wang advised to look out for heightened sensitivity to bitterness during illness to help determine what foods cause that that taste.

“At this point, our goal is to raise awareness of bitter taste in sick people so we can think more about foods they can eat so they will be less averse to them and more palatable,” Wang said.

What Philadelphians are doing in the restroom is being recognized.

The City of Brotherly Love has officially topped the list as America’s best recycling bathroom city, beating its top two competitors New York and San Francisco, according to the online survey Unilever Recycling Index.

The nationwide survey, conducted by consumer goods company Unilever, found that more than half of the city's residents recycle their empty bathroom and beauty products.

The City of Brotherly Love came out on top with 52 percent of residents reported recycling, according to the survey. New York took second place with San Francisco following its lead.

Atlanta had the worst bathroom recycling score with only 23 percent of residents reported recycling their empty shampoo bottles. 

The survey also found that parents and men are more likely to recycle bathroom goods and empty bottles in comparison to their counterparts. 

The average nationwide statistic shows Americans are more likely to get a drink, charge their phones or answer a phone call than toss their empty bathroom products in the recycling bin. 

A work van struck two boys crossing a Philadelphia street with their mother Wednesday afternoon leaving a 2-year-old critically hurt, said Philadelphia Police.

Officers quickly rushed to N Broad Street near Wyoming Avenue in the Logan section of the city after the van struck the 2- and 4-year-old boys around 1:15 p.m. The boys, another child and their mother were crossing in the middle of the street at the time, said police.

After the crash, witnesses said they saw the youngest boy's mother performing CPR on him.

Police said private cars rushed the children to Albert Einstein Medical Center. The boys were then transported to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children where doctors treated the 2-year-old for head injuries that left him in critical condition and treated the 4-year-old for a broken leg that left him in stable condition, said police.

As SkyForce10 hovered overhead, officers could be seen blocking off all the southbound lanes of Broad Street. A maroon Jenkintown Building Services window cleaning van could also be seen partially on the sidewalk within the taped off area.

The cause of the crash remained under investigation Tuesday evening.

"I heard a bang and saw a mother on top of her little boy," said one witness.

Jenkintown Building Supply said they didn't have a comment about the crash. Police said they didn't expect to charge the driver since he remained on scene.

A pipe burst along a Montgomery County road Wednesday afternoon sending a geyser of water at least 20 feet into the air.

The water spewed higher than the utility poles along Ashbourne Road between Rolling Green and Waltham Road in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania shortly before 1 p.m.

Montgomery County dispatchers estimated the geyser, which could be seen by people at the nearby Cheltenham Center for the Arts, reached 20 to 30 feet high.

The break occurred in an 8-inch cement distribution main, said Aqua America. The water continued to spew as Aqua crews made their way toward the scene. Crews finally stopped the water around 2:30 p.m., said Aqua.

No injuries were reported.

Aqua didn't know what caused the pipe, which was placed in 1904, to burst but they did say that the water shot so high into the air because the size of the hole was so small. Around 10 home were without water service until at least 8 p.m. Crews hoped to have the hole filled by midnight, said Aqua.

Aqua spent $2.73 million repairing the aging infrastructure of Cheltenham Township last year. None of the repairs, however, were made on Ashbourne.

LeSean McCoy and Stephen A. Smith share plenty in common. Both like sports. Both used to work in Philly. Both are now employed in the state of New York.

These two lightning rods of the sports world are also of the same belief that Eagles coach Chip Kelly has hang-ups about African American football players.

In a recent interview with ESPN The Magazine, McCoy said his relationship with Kelly “was never really great” and correlated the departures of himself and other former star Eagles black players with their race.

“You see how fast he got rid of all the good players,” said McCoy, whom Kelly traded to Buffalo for linebacker Kick Alonso in March, at the start of the new league year. “Especially all the good black players. He got rid of them the fastest. That's the truth. There's a reason. ... It's hard to explain with him. But there's a reason he got rid of all the black players — the good ones — like that.”

Asked how many other players shared his sentiment, McCoy said, “People have heard it.”

“Other players have talked about it,” he added. “But that's one of the things where you don't even care no more. I'm on a new team, ready to play. So it's nothing to do with Chip. I have no hatred toward him, nothing to say negative about him. When he got [to Philadelphia], I didn't know what to expect. When he let DeSean go last year, I was like: 'C'mon. DeSean Jackson?' So it is what it is.”

(Nope, nothing negative to say — except a passive/aggressive accusation that race factored into Kelly’s roster rebuild.)

McCoy’s remarks mirror comments made by Smith, the co-star of ESPN’s First Take and radio talk-show host on ESPN’s New York affiliate, 98.7. Appearing on First Take in March, Smith said Kelly’s personnel decisions left “a few brothas feeling uncomfortable” and noted that white wide receiver Riley Cooper, who was once disciplined for using a racial slur, received an extension.

“I’m always in Philly,” Smith had said, “and I’m telling you right now you got people walking the streets and ... you got brothas walking the streets going like, ‘What’s up with Chip? I don’t understand this.’ I’m gonna repeat this. Gone: LeSean McCoy, Jeremy Maclin, ya know, DeSean Jackson. Staying: Riley Cooper.”

Tra Thomas, the former Eagles left tackle who was an assistant on Kelly’s staff last year, made similar comments in a March interview with WTXF FOX-29. Thomas said “things you’ve heard in the locker room from some different players is that ... they feel there is a hint of racism [behind Kelly’s personnel moves].”

McCoy’s observation that Kelly booted black players off the team “fastest” isn’t entirely accurate. The first two players nixed from the roster this offseason were tight end James Casey and right guard Todd Herremans, neither of whom are African American.

Casey and Herremans were released in February. Bills coach Rex Ryan has said conversations between Kelly and the Bills took place in March.

Also, of the team’s 11 free-agent signings since March 9, only three are not of African-American descent — wideout Jeff Maehl and quarterbacks Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow. Five of the six college prospects drafted by Kelly last week are black, including the first five.

It should also be noted that Kelly traded away Nick Foles, a white quarterback who went 14-4 under Kelly and won the 2013 Pro Bowl MVP, and gave free-agent corner Byron Maxwell, who has never made a Pro Bowl, a contract with the fourth-highest value among all NFL corners behind Pro Bowlers Darrelle Revis, Patrick Peterson and Joe Haden.

Also, and McCoy didn’t say this exactly, but Jeremy Maclin’s exit via free agency shouldn’t be intertwined with McCoy’s and Jackson’s departures. First, Maclin had already signed a one-year extension last season after turning down a multi-year offer. Second, Maclin’s decision to leave for Kansas City was the receiver’s personal preference. Kelly tried to retain Maclin but lost a bidding war to former Eagles coach Andy Reid, who drafted Maclin.

At the owners' meetings in March, Kelly said he was "disappointed" by Thomas' comments. He added that he didn't discuss the accusations with anyone on the team and has never in his coaching career been approached by a player who expressed concerns about race factoring into his decisions.

"I don’t ever look at the color of any player," Kelly said.

The Eagles declined to comment to ESPN The Magazine about McCoy’s quotes.

Eagles fans will have a chance to share their thoughts and feelings about McCoy on Dec. 13, when he returns to the Linc with the Bills.

“I do love the Eagles' fans,” McCoy told the magazine. “I have nothing but great memories there, so I'm excited to go back. I'm sure that they'll show me some love. I have nothing but love for that city.”

Gunfire rang out near two Delaware County schools Wednesday afternoon leaving a Chester High School student hurt.

The 16-year-old left school early on his own accord before being shot just blocks away at W 10th Street and Concord Avenue -- about four blocks away -- around 1:30 p.m., said the Chester Upland School District.

Someone fired three rounds at the boy as he walked out of an alley, said Chester Police. A bullet struck the boy in the thigh.

Medics took the boy to Crozer Chester Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, said the district.

The boy didn't cooperate with the investigation but his mother worked with police trying to figure out what happened.

The shooting took place between the Science & Discovery (STEM) and Chester high schools. Both schools were temporarily placed on lockdown after the shooting, said the district.

Both schools were then dismissed at 2:30 as normal.

The district wished the boy a speedy recovery.

It was a lucky day for Kentucky. The horse was rescued after being buried in a mud pit for nearly four hours Saturday.

The 31-year-old horse was running from one field to another when he fell into mud near a stream at the Merrie Medo Farms in Kent County, Delaware. After struggling for nearly two hours to rescue him on their own, the farm owners called the Clayton Fire Company around 4:50 p.m. for help.

“When I got there, all you could see was the horse's head and rear was sticking out of the mud and water,” Fire Chief Alex Carrow said.

“That was pretty much all you could see.”

After several unsuccessful attempts to rescue Kentucky, fire crews reached out to Kent County Special Operations Team and McKinney’s Towing Company for additional manpower. 

“We realized it was more than we could handle so we called the county’s special operations team to get more equipment,” Carrow said.

More than 35 emergency responders and locals took part in the rescue mission. They used large straps designed to tow vehicles in order to pull Kentucky out of the mud pit.  

“We lifted his front legs up and there were about 12 guys lifting Kentucky off the ground,” Carrow explained.

Kentucky was later evaluated by a veterinarian who said the horse was in good shape following his daylong ordeal, according to Carrow. 

A man fell to his death from the Tropicana Casino Hotel in Atlantic City Boardwalk Wednesday afternoon.

The deadly fall took place behind the boardwalk-front casino around 3:30 p.m., said Atlantic City Police.

The Tropicana said the man fell from the rear of the property near Tony’s Baltimore Grill along S Iowa Avenue near Atlantic Avenue.

Investigators said the death appeared to be a suicide.

Atlantic City Police investigated the incident to find out what caused the man to fall. They originally said it was a woman, not man, who fell.

SUICIDE PREVENTION: The National Suicide Prevention Hotline (1-800-273-8255) is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The finish line was just yards from her grasp. But the heavy gear strapped to Army Capt. Sarah Cudd's back was too much for her legs to carry after a nearly 12 mile trek at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst last month.

Cudd drops to the dirt. "I never lost consciousness. I was just very weak," she said.

She isn't out, though — not if her fellow soldiers have a say. 

"You can do it. You got this. Get up," they shout at her.

It works.

With the help of her rifle, she slowly rises to her feet and trudges, using uneasy legs, another couple yards. White tape signaling the end to the Field Medical Test is within grasp and along with it an elite Expert Field Medical Badge.

The shouts grow in number and volume with each step Cudd takes. Her pace quickens toward the line. The gear shifts sending her shoulder toward the ground, but she keeps moving forward over the line to a personal victory.

The end to Cudd's 10 day journey on April 27, which base officials said was only completed by 20 percent of the people who sign up, was recorded and posted to YouTube. It's now gone viral as an inspiring testament to a soldier's strength.

"I like endurance sports anyway, so from my perspective, I don't think I quite reached the limit, but I was very close," she said.

Cudd, who is based at Fort Knox in Kentucky, was given an intravenous fluids in a medical tent after finishing the test as a precaution.

The captain was left wiped from the exercise and rested for a few days following it, but made off without injury and proud of her accomplishment.

Noxious fumes from a New Jersey garage fire landed nearly a dozen firefighters in the hospital Wednesday afternoon.

The two-alarm blaze engulfed two garages along the 2000 block of Broad Street in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, around 2:40 p.m., said Hamilton Township Police.

When fire crews arrived, they found cars burning inside the garages, said firefighters. The blaze then spread to a shed that contained chlorine for pools.

The chemical released fumes that caused 11 firefighters – including one chief – and a bystander to suffer non-life-threatening respiratory issues, said police. The injured firefighters were treated in stable condition at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and St. Francis Medical Center.

Hours after the fire began, hazmat and fire officials remained on the scene.

No one was home when the fire broke out. The Mercer County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the cause.

A Bucks County, Pennsylvania middle school has sent out an alert to parents after officials say a student poked a number of children at random with a finger stick needle.

The incident happened at Franklin D. Roosevelt Middle School in Bristol Township on Wednesday.

The middle schooler got the needle from a finger stick test kit used to measure blood glucose levels for those with diabetes, Bristol Township School District Superintendent Dr. Sam Lee said in a statement. He then poked other students throughout the day.

Lee said most of the kids didn't even realize they had been pricked by the needle and that most of the poking took place in crowded situations.

One student reported having their skin broken by the needle.

The district is working with the Bucks County Health Department to investigate the incident, but officials believe no one is in imminent danger. They did advise parents to contact their physician as a precaution if they're concerned.

The student who poked his classmates and the one who provided the needle have been disciplined, officials said.