GE announced Monday that it will stop making its coiled compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for the U.S. market and switch to LED lamps by the end of 2016.

LED light bulbs are brighter, use less energy and last longer. They do not use dangerous chemicals such as mercury to generate power like CFLs do. However, LEDs are the most expensive type of bulb.

“These LED lightbulbs are starting to replicate what the electrical filament has done for over 100 years — providing that look and warm ambience that people are used to,” GE Lighting chief operating officer John Strainic said in the announcement. “The time for LED is now.”

Compact fluorescents were the first big energy-saving option but they no longer meet government standards for energy efficiency. 

Amtrak officials have determined a rock struck one of its trains in Philadelphia -- not a bullet.

The Acela Express was headed to New York City from Washington with 201 passengers aboard on Sunday night when the rock cracked a window.

Amtrak spokesman Craig Schultz says no one was injured, in large part, because of reinforced safety glass used on all Northeast Corridor trains.

Investigators don't know if someone threw the rock at the train.

The train stopped at Metropark in New Jersey so inspectors could check the damage.

The incident occurred near where an Amtrak train derailed in May, killing eight people and injuring more than 200.

Philadelphia Police put a high school on lockdown Tuesday morning after a school officer had his loaded weapon possibly stolen from his car.

Students and staff at the Kensington Urban and Business High Schools at Coral and Cumberland streets were placed on lockdown around 10:30 a.m. as police investigated the school.

It wasn’t immediately clear when the gun went missing, said police The officer, however, believed it was taken, said investigators.

As SkyForce10 hovered overhead a short time later, you could see police vehicles parked on the sidewalk outside the school that serves grades 9 to 12.

The Philadelphia School District didn't comment on the investigation outside of saying that police were on the scene.

The lockdown was lifted after noon but it wasn't clear if the weapon turned up.

No injuries were reported and no word if anyone will face charges.

What's the best watering hole with a tasty menu and some Irish flair in you area?

Buzzfeed recently published a list of all of the best Irish bars in each state based on Yelp ratings, and, lucky for the Philadelphia region, Pennsylvania’s No. 1 Irish bar is right at home in the City of Brotherly Love.

For Pennsylvania, Bill Murphy’s Irish Saloon was voted the best. The pub is located at 3333 Conrad Street in Philadelphia.

“Locals refer to us as ‘The Saloonery.’ Older folk call us ‘The Green Door Bar.’ We're often simply referred to as ‘Murphy's.’ Whatever name ya fancy, we'd love to welcome you to Billy Murphy's Irish Saloon!” the eatery wrote on their Facebook page.

In New Jersey, you can go to the best Irish bar in the state and also have quick access to the beach. Buzzfeed says the best Irish pub in New Jersey is Anglesea Pub, located at 116 E. 1st Ave in Wildwood.

“Since your grandparents have been coming down the shore Ye Olde Anglesea Pub has been around,” the pub wrote on their Facebook page. “Featuring great food, great people and the "pub feeling" you can only get from an Irishmen like Sean McMullan!”

As for Delaware, Sheridan’s Irish Pub came in on top. The pub is located at 42 West Commerce Street in Smyrna.

Kiss Goodbye to That Snow
Hope you’ve been enjoying our recent warm-up. There’s almost no snow left on the ground in Philadelphia, and even the Lehigh Valley which saw more than 30 inches of snow fall from the blizzard was down to half a foot of snow Tuesday.

That will all be gone by Thursday. That’s a potentially big flooding problem, and we’ll talk more about that in a moment.

Welcome to the Torch
We’re back on the warm side of the El Niño pattern, similar to our December weather. The forecast for 50s and 60s extends all the way to Maine. On Wednesday, we don’t just think we’re going to break records, we should smash them. Perhaps, most interestingly, as the rain falls on Wednesday, we’re not going to cool down very much. It could very well be 60 and raining late Wednesday night.

Let’s Talk Flooding
Our rain totals on Wednesday will not be particularly large. We’re looking at somewhere in the half-inch to 1-1/2-inch range throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. However, when you combine that rain with the melting and melted snow, it’s not difficult for the rivers to start rising. Now is a very good time to make sure you’re drains and gutters are not clogged, as well, as it is possible to see some localized street flooding.

In terms of flooding, here’s a look at how much rain we’re expecting versus how much it would take for there to be flooding:

As of now, most of our rivers are forecasted to be close to flood stage, but not above it. One exception is the Schuylkill in Norristown, which is expected to crest nearly one foot above flood stage. That could cause flooding problems in West Conshohocken and West Norriton.

An incident in downtown Philadelphia's posh Rittenhouse Square section in which police thought an unconscious woman may have been abducted Monday evening is now being investigated as a domestic dispute, police sources tell NBC10.

Police on Monday said that an unidentified man and woman argued on Walnut Street near 20th about 6:30 p.m. Monday and that the argument turned physical and the man may have knocked the woman unconscious before placing her into a minivan and driving away.

Police said from the outset that they believed the woman knew the man, but they initially did not reveal any details on their relationship. A source on Tuesday said that investigators have reason to believe the man was the woman's boyfriend and that the fight and ensuing attack on the woman were domestic-related.

The woman is not believed to be missing, but police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident. No criminal charges have been filed.

With drug-overdose deaths surpassing car crashes in the number of Americans they kill every year, the Obama Administration on Tuesday announced an additional $1.1 billion in funding to address the opioid epidemic that federal officials say is tearing apart families and destroying communities across the nation.

Opiates and heroin are the focus of the new funding, provided for in Obama's fiscal year 2017 budget proposal, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that opioids -- prescription painkillers and heroin -- were to blame for 28,648 deaths in 2014. The CDC also found a drastic increase in heroin-related deaths and an increase in deaths involving synthetic opioids, including the highly potent painkiller fentanyl, according to a White House news release.

If approved, the additional $1.1 billion in funding to fight opioid addiction in the U.S. would go to fund a "two-pronged approach" to end the epidemic, federal officials said. Primarily, $1 billion in mandatory funding over two years would expand access to treatment for opioid-addicted people. Of that billion, $920 million would support agreements with individual states to increase access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction, allocating funds to states based on the severity of the epidemic locally. Another $50 million in funding would go to support about 700 substance-abuse treatment providers across the country in areas most in need of services, while $30 million more would go to evaluate how effective current treatment programs are and identify ways to improve them.

In the second prong, $500 million -- which federal authorities said is an increase of more than $90 million from funds allocated previously -- would go toward Department of Justice and Health and Human Services initiatives to expand addiction and overdose prevention strategies, increase availability of medication-assisted treatment programs, expand availability of overdose-reversal drug naloxone (Narcan) and support law-enforcement initiatives aimed at reducing the supply of heroin and other opiates.

The budget also includes a provision for a pilot program for doctors to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid addiction treatment, in another measure to increase access to and availability of treatment.

"The President has made clear that addressing the opioid epidemic is critical in his administration," Michael Botticelli, director of National Drug Control Policy, said during a news media call on Tuesday. Both Botticelli and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said they believe the issue has bipartisan support and are hopeful that the funding will be approved.

"Opioid abuse and overdose has hurt families across this nation, rich and poor, black and white," Burwell said during the media call. "My home state of Virginia has felt the cost."

Botticelli said though the country has seen dramatic increases in overdose deaths related to heroin and other opioids, some progress has been made in reducing prescription drug misuse among young adults, but added "clearly we have substantial work to do."

He said the rash of deadly overdoses and the appearances of fentanyl, which is responsible for many deaths, increased the sense of urgency.

"This underscores that we need to take more action," Botticelli said. "We have made some progress, but we need to more, particularly as it relates to access to treatment."

In Philadelphia alone, the Mayor's Office of Addiction Services estimates that 122,000 to 150,000 people are in need of some type of drug or alcohol treatment.

The top drug of choice among users in Philadelphia, according to the Office of Addiction Services, is heroin, and in the first half of 2015 alone, there were 241 heroin-related overdose deaths in the city. Compared with 2013, 2014 saw a 30 percent increase in heroin-overdose deaths, according to city statistics.

A missing baby and toddler were found safe and their mother is in custody, according to police.

Javaughn Ossario, 1, and Kenya Ossario, 3, were reported missing in Camden Monday night. The children were last seen with their mother Kenya Garrett.

On Tuesday police told NBC10 both children were found safe while Garrett was taken into custody and questioned. Charges against her are pending.

The search is on for a car that police say struck a woman and two children as they crossed the street in South Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon.

The car, described by police as an older-model red Honda Accord, was last seen traveling east on Dickinson Street from Broad, police said. Police say the female driver struck the woman, her 6-year-old daughter and her infant daughter as they crossed the street about 12:50 p.m. but did not stop.

"It doesn't appear, at this time, with the information that I have, that the car slowed down and stopped," said Philadelphia Police Captain Drew Techner. "Instead the car fled eastbound on Dickinson Street from Broad Street."

Christopher Tereo, who works near the scene of the crash, told NBC10 he witnessed the aftermath.

"I actually heard the young girl screaming and crying," Tereo said. "I saw the mom. She was lying on the ground. She was unconscious and I saw them holding the baby. It was pretty disturbing." 

All three victims were taken to Hahnemann University Hospital. There was no immediate word on their conditions though police believe all three will survive.

Detectives are checking for surveillance video of the incident. Anyone with information on the vehicle should call 9-1-1 or 215-685-3180.

Secure credit card information was compromised at 8 restaurant locations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey during a massive data breach at Landry's restaurants and Golden Nugget Casinos nationwide.

Landry's released a list of restaurants that were affected at different times during one or both of the following periods, according to the company: May 4, 2014 through March 15, 2015 and from May 5, 2015 through December 3, 2015.

The investigation into the security breach began in December after receiving reports of suspicious activity on customers’ cards that had been used at their establishments, according to the announcement.

Findings showed that hackers were able to install a program on payment card processing devices at certain restaurants, food and beverage outlets, spas, entertainment destinations, and managed properties.

“The program was designed to search for data from the magnetic stripe of payment cards that had been swiped (cardholder name, card number, expiration date and internal verification code) as the data was being routed through affected systems,” the company spokesperson wrote.

Landry's says heightened security measures have since been implemented to prevent similar situations happening in the future. Card owners that used a payment card at one of their affected locations during the periods of the breach will be mailed a letter or sent an e-mail with more information.

“If you used a payment card at an affected location during its at-risk window, we recommend that you remain vigilant to the possibility of fraud by reviewing your payment card statements for any unauthorized activity,” the company asked. “You should immediately report any unauthorized charges to your card issuer because payment card rules generally provide that cardholders are not responsible for unauthorized charges reported in a timely manner.”

Landry’s and Golden Nugget asks any customers with further questions to call (877) 238-2151 (U.S. and Canada), Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm EST.

The list of New Jersey and Pennsylvania area restaurants reported to be affected during the corresponding time frames are below, with additional establishments nationwide available on their website:

Pennsylvania restaurants in the Philadelphia-area affected:

• Chart House in Philadelphia, PA: 5/8/2014 to 3/14/2015; 5/8/2015 to 11/19/2015
   
• McCormick & Schmick’s in Philadelphia, PA: 5/9/2014 to 3/14/2015; 5/8/2015 to 12/3/2015
   
• Morton’s in Philadelphia, PA: 5/8/2015 to 12/3/2015

New Jersey restaurants in the area affected:

• Vic & Anthony’s in Atlantic City, NJ: 5/5/2015 to 12/3/2015
   
• Rainforest Café in Atlantic City, NJ: 5/8/2015 to 12/3/2015
   
• Golden Nugget in Atlantic City, NJ:  5/4/2014 to 12/3/2015
   
• Big Fish Seafood Bistro in Princeton, NJ: 5/6/2014 to 3/14/2015; 5/8/2015 to 11/23/2015
   
• McCormick & Schmick’s in Bridgewater, NJ: 5/5/2014 to 3/14/2015; 5/5/2015 to 12/3/201 and Cherry Hill, NJ: 5/31/2014*

R&B and Pop superstar Usher will headline this year’s Roots Picnic in Philadelphia.

The lineup was revealed Tuesday for the 9th annual concert which will take place at the Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing on June 4.

Aside from Usher, who will be backed by the legendary Roots crew, DMX, Willow Smith, Future, Leon Bridges, Migos, Jidenna and Cheltenham Township native Lil Dicky are also among the scheduled performers.

CLICK HERE for the full lineup. Tickets are set to go on sale this Friday at noon.
 

A New Jersey man is facing murder charges in three slayings over the weekend in Newark, including the shooting death of the mother of his two children, authorities say. 

Jeffrey Holland was arrested Monday night in connection with the slayings of 23-year-old Ashley Jones, 27-year-old Jarrell Marshall and 21-year-old Taniquah Rouse, Essex County prosecutor officials say. 

Authorities allege that he shot and killed killed Jones and Marshall Saturday night at her home on Clinton Place, gunning down the mother and man just steps away from her three children, ages 1, 3, and 4. Authorities say that Holland fathered the youngest and eldest children.

Afterward, authorities say that he abandoned the three children in the home. They were uninjured, but were taken to University Hospital and later placed in the care of family members and the state Department of Child Protection and Permanency. 

Authorities say that Jones or Marshall had a restraining order against Holland at the time of her death.

The man also allegedly killed Rouse, at her home on Stratford Place on Friday night. Authorities say that she was found dead in the bathtub by a family friend and died from compressions to her neck.

The woman's 5-month-old child was found in a closet in the home. 

Rouse and Holland's relationship was unclear. 

Holland has been charged with multiple crimes, including three counts of murder, four counts of child endangerment, weapons charges and multiple other crimes. 

Attorney information for Holland wasn't immediately available.

Ohio police are searching for a missing teen, Patricia Rose Davis.

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio has reason to believe Davis is working in the Philadelphia area as an event planner under a fictitious name.

Davis was last seen in Columbus, Ohio on February 20th, 2014.

When she went missing, Davis was 17 years old, 5’4” and 123lbs.

Davis had blonde hair and blue eyes at the time of her disappearance.

Police asked for help in the Philadelphia area where they believe she may be. Anyone who knows the whereabouts of Davis was urged to call police.
 

Police are searching for a man who they say tried to lure a middle school student in Perkasie, Pennsylvania Tuesday afternoon.

Police say the unidentified man approached the student who was walking in the Walker’s Acres development at the intersection of N. Main and Callowhill streets at 3:15 p.m.

The suspect motioned for the student to come over to his vehicle but the student didn’t respond, police said. The man then left the area.

The suspect is described as a white male in his 20s driving an older gray or tan sedan. Police also say a brown and white dog was inside the man’s vehicle.

If you have any information on the incident, please call Perkasie Police at 215-257-6876.

Police are searching for a man who allegedly exposed himself to a woman at the University of Pennsylvania Monday night.

A 19-year-old woman told police she was walking on the 3700 block of Locust Walk on Penn’s campus when she spotted an unidentified man walking toward her with his genitals exposed. The woman alerted campus police who searched the area but did not find him.

The suspect is described as a thin African American man in his late 20s standing between 6-foot-2 and 6-foot-4. He was wearing all black clothing and a grey knit hat, police said.

If you have any information on the incident, please call Philadelphia Police.
 

The company that runs Atlantic City's boardwalk tram cars has been fined $40,000 for not collecting a luxury tax and is now charging patrons an extra 18 cents to ride.

The Press of Atlantic City reports B&B Parking was audited by the state of New Jersey in November after failing to collect the 9 percent state luxury tax for months.

Tim Boland, manager of B&B's trams, says the service began charging customers the tax last Friday.

The company is barred by city law from raising its rates to cover the luxury tax. That means riders either need to hand over 18 cents, or drivers need to carry coins and count out 82 cents of change.