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'Race' Premiers in Philadelphia

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Vai Sikahema spoke with, Gina Hemphill-Strachan, the granddaughter of Olympic Athlete Jesse Owens at the premier of the movie, Race. The movie highlights Owen's life during the 30's.

Falling Generator Kills 2 in NJ

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Two workers were killed when a generator fell on them at a construction site in New Jersey Thursday morning, officials said.

The five-ton generator fell on the workers at the site -- a future fire station -- after a strap on the crane lowering it snapped, according to officials with the Morris County Prosecutor's Office.

One worker was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other was taken to the hospital, where he died hours later, officials said.

Chopper 4 footage from the scene showed the generator on the ground near a crane, which remained on the ground for much of the afternoon.

Inspectors from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration were called to the site.

The Morris County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the accident. 



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Warm Weekend on the Way

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Cold weather will last through Friday but a big warm-up will come over the weekend.

Recent Weather Recipe for Potholes

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NBC10’s Doug Shimell has the details on what experts are saying about the growing amount of potholes in our area.

D.A. 'Pushing Back' on LeSean McCoy Arrest Warrant: Sources

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More than a week after the Philadelphia Police Department completed its investigation, the District Attorney’s office is “pushing back” against issuing an arrest warrant for LeSean McCoy for his alleged involvement in a bar brawl with off-duty police officers, law enforcement officials told CSNPhilly.com on Thursday.

According to law enforcement officials, tension between the District Attorney’s office and PPD has risen over the last few days because of the delay in charging McCoy and three other men for their alleged role in a fight at Recess Lounge in Old City early on the morning of Feb. 7. Sources told CSNPhilly.com that the D.A.’s office is hesitant to issue warrants because it has questions about the conduct of the officers that evening, including that the officers did not call 9-1-1 during the incident and whether they were drinking to excess.

A spokesman for the District Attorney refuted a report by The Buffalo News and said no press conference is scheduled in the immediate future. The spokesman also said there would be no announcement on warrants Thursday.

On Wednesday, one of McCoy’s lawyers, Dennis Cogan, told the Buffalo News that his client is innocent.

“I’m here to say and I’m telling you that McCoy did nothing wrong, nothing wrong,” Cogan said. “And he was sober. The questions will have to be asked about the conditions of other people.”

FOP president John McNesby could not be reached for comment.

According to police reports, officers Darnell Jessie, Roland Butler and Sergeant Daniel Ayers purchased four bottles of champagne that evening. At some point, the incident reports state that a member of McCoy’s group, former Pitt football player Tamarcus Porter, got in an argument with Butler over the ownership of one of the bottles. That sparked a fight between the officers and McCoy, Porter, former NFL running back Curtis Brinkley and a friend, Christopher Henderson.

During the ensuing altercation, according to a report, Butler was knocked to the ground and “punched, kicked and stomped about his body and head multiple times.” Butler transported himself to Delaware County Memorial Hospital, where he was treated for a laceration to his right eye, a broken nose, broken ribs and a sprained thumb. Jessie was admitted to Hahnemann Hospital, where he received stitches over his left eye and treatment for a possible skull fracture. Ayers was uninjured but filed a police report two days after the alleged altercation.



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Del. Woman Stabbed to Death: Police

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NBC10 Tim Furlong has breaking details about a woman who was stabbed in a domestic incident, according to police. Police said they have a person of interest, but no suspect in custody.

Upper Darby House Fire

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Firefighters battled heavy flames at a home along Overhill Road in Upper Darby. There was no word on any injuries sustained in this fire.

Man Sues After Arm Broken By NJ Officers: Lawyer

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Burlington City Police are being sued for using excessive force after video surfaced showing the arrest of a 60-year-old man back in 2014.

Pope, Trump Have War of Words

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NBC10's George Spencer breaks down the war of words between Donald Trump and Pope Francis with the help of a local expert in theology.

Well-Dressed Robbers Steal Woman's Wallet With Dad's Dog Tags Inside

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When a pair of well-dressed robbers targeted a Montgomery County woman in a Whole Foods, they stole more than just her wallet. Now, Theresa Delgaiso hopes to recover her father's dog tags that were in the stolen wallet.

Ex-Player Sues Over Bullying Claim

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A former high school baseball player from New Jersey is suing his previous coach and school district for allegedly creating a culture of bullying. It comes after other former students say they tried to get the administration's attention about the matter. 

David DeFranco, who graduated from Columbia High School last June, filed his suit last week against his former school, baseball coaches and the South Orange-Maplewood school district.

Other former players and parents say they have long been complaining about coach Joe Fischetti. Grainy video shown to NBC 4 New York Thursday shows the coach speaking aggressively to his team last year: "Don't question about why I do what I do, that's horse----."

Randy Nathan, whose son, Alex, is a former player, said the administration investigated Fischetti and found six instances when Alex was bullied or harassed. It's not clear what, if any, consqeuences Fischetti faced after the probe, as officials cited a private personnel matter. 

Nathan said Alex started as a junior, but was cut as a senior when his father spoke up for others making bullying claims. The effects on his son have been noticeable.

"He's an angry kid; it's taking a long time. He, even to this day, he has some challenges from his transition as a freshman in college," said Nathan. "It's very sad."

DeFranco's lawsuit makes similar claims about Fischetti. It says he was cut from the baseball team his senior season because he complained about a bullying problem the previous year.

He was only allowed back on the team after he suggested to school officials he was cut for this reason, and that coaches made sexist, racist and demeaning comments to the baseball team players, the suit states. Four coaches even allegedly cornered DeFranco to interrogate him about his complaints. 

School and district officials didn't step in, despite his and other players' complaints, the lawsuit adds. 

The problem, DeFranco alleges, continued this year, evidenced by a sign posted in the school's locker room that singles out "losers" who "complain." 

"It's ridiculous how frequently the board was on notice and did nothing," Jeffrey Youngman, an attorney representing DeFranco, told NJ.com.

The allegations of bullying came to a head at a school board meeting last year. But the coach, who won a championship last year, had his defenders at the same meeting. 

"They were my teachers on the baseball field. They helped me through experience on the baseball field and off the baseball field," one former student said.

While Nathan has been frustrated by the more-than-yearlong investigation, the school system has athletic reforms on next Monday's agenda. Officials say they've since taken steps to fully comply with a 2011 law passed in order to curtail harassment and bullying.

"Over the last few months, the Board has drafted several policy changes that impact our athletic programs including on Athletic Department and Coaches, Sportsmanship, Athletic Code of Conduct, and Volunteer Athletic Coaches," district spokeswoman Suzanne Turner said.

"The health, safety and wellbeing of all of our students — whether in the classroom, or on the field of play — is our highest priority," she added.

But Nathan is not convinced.

"They don't care about respect, they don't care about character," he said. "What they care about is winning, and becacuse they think they know how to win, they're going to do whatever they can to destroy kids." 

The coach and his staff declined to speak to NBC 4 New York, and a school spokesman said Fischetti's status this year is a personnel matter. 



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Camper Fire at Cracker Barrel

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SkyForce10 was over the scene of a scorched recreational vehicle parked next to a Cracker Barrel in Downington Thursday night. No injuries were reported.

Small Quake Rattles NJ Town

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A small earthquake shook a New Jersey community Thursday evening, prompting concerned residents to call 911. 

The U.S. Geological Survey confirms a shallow 1.6-magnitude earthquake was measured in Butler in Morris County. The epicenter was next door in Bloomindale, but Butler police got most of the calls. 

Butler police said it was flooded with over 1,000 calls and online messages.

In one call, provided exclusively to NBC 4 New York, a dispatcher reference the rush of calls about the rumble.

"My house shook like crazy in Butler," the caller said. 

"Yep, so did everybody else's," the dispatcher replied. "We're trying to find out what it is, ma'am." 

Another caller asked the dispatcher to call her back when police found out what caused the rumble.

"Um, ma'am honestly, I have 100,00 calls I've been dealing with all night," the dispatcher replied. 

Not quite that many, but there were a lot. 

Ricardo Rico was at his home in Butler when he felt his house shake. He said he wasn't sure what the rumble was at first. 

"I wasn't scared because we've had little earthquakes like this before. But I was like, 'What is this?' I honestly thought my upstairs neighbor fell and I was worried." 

Rico said he was nervous until he got on Facebook and saw his friends talking about the earthquake. 

No damage was reported. 

Any earthquake with a magnitude of 1.0 to 3.0 is lowest in the scale of Modified Mercalli Intensity, according to the USGS: it's typically not felt except by a very few under especially favorable conditions. 

It may have been felt more widely in this case because the earthquake was so shallow — the epicenter was about a mile underground on the Ramapo Fault, according to the Morris County sheriff. 

Seismologists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory say that the tectonic plate bordered by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is moving an inch a year toward New York and New Jersey. The pressure has resulted in five small earthquakes across the tri-state in little more than a year.

Last month, tri-state residents reported feeling rumbles that were later determined to be sonic booms caused by naval aircraft testing over the Atlantic Ocean. Those were not seismic. 



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Woman Sets Up Man for Violent Home Invasion: Police

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Welcoming a woman a man thought he could trust into his home led to a violent robbery with a baseball bat.

That’s how Philadelphia Police described an early morning attack along the 1800 block of Cambria Street in the Kensington section of the city that left a man beaten, battered and robbed.

The 41-year-old victim was inside his home when a woman he thought he knew knocked on the door around 1:25 a.m. and asked to use the phone. She entered and left the door unlocked behind her, said police.

About one minute later, two men – one armed with a gun, the other a bat – entered the home through the unlocked door and began to attack him. As the victim struggled to grab the gun, he became aware that his friend was in on it, said police.

"To his surprise the female that he was with started scratching him in the face and that's when he realized that the female obviously had something to do with this," said Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small.

"It's pretty obvious that the female set up this 41-year-old-victim," said Small.

The attackers ransacked the home, turning over furniture, before getting away with cash from a water jar and a couple video game consoles, said investigators.

The victim managed to walk to a waiting ambulance for treatment for bruising, swelling and cuts to his face.

He told investigators he knew the woman, who is in her 20s, from the neighborhood, said Small.

Police hoped surveillance cameras would help them track down all three suspects.



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Philadelphians Get a Look at Jesse Owens' Movie 'Race'

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NBC10 was there as the story of Olympic legend Jesse Owens came to life for people in Center City Thursday night.

Friday Marks Drone Registration Deadline

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Owners of unmanned aircraft systems have until Friday evening to register their drones with the Federal Aviation Administration or face hefty fines if they fly outdoors.

The federal agency began the registration program last year on Dec. 21. The registry will close at 10:59 p.m. CT on Feb. 19. According to the FAA, drone operators who don’t register their devices could face civil penalties of up to $27,500 and criminal penalties of up to $250,000 or imprisonment for up to three years. 

Registration applies to drones weighing between .55 and 55 pounds that were purchased before Dec. 21, 2015. Aircrafts weighing more than 55 pounds cannot use the FAA's Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) registry and must register using the Aircraft Registry process.

Drones that were bought after the Dec. 21 date should be registered before their first flight outdoors. Registration costs $5 and can be completed online here. The fee will be waived for 30 days after the law goes into effect.

FAA Administrator Micheal Huerta said more than 325,000 people have registered their drones as of Feb. 8, the latest figures reported by the federal agency. That number surpasses the 320,000 piloted aircraft registered with the FAA.

The surging popularity of remote-controlled aircraft, which are flooding airspace already packed with passenger planes, have raised concerns over midair collisions. But some aviation experts doubt the new rule will help increase safety for unmanned aircraft.

"In my opinion, the bottom line of registering these drones is almost useless," said aviation consultant Denny Kelly. "It's a start and a step in the right direction."

HobbyTown USA's Tony White, who has been flying UAVs for decades said he thinks FAA registration is the first step toward licensing and certification, even for recreational drone users.

"We are in the period of transition," he said. "This is just like when airplanes were brand new."    



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Jackknifed Big Rig Blocks I-95 Lanes

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A jackknifed tractor-trailer was involved in a crash that shut down most of I-95 northbound at Packer Avenue in South Philadelphia.

Firefighters Battle Smoky Warehouse Blaze

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Heavy smoke poured from a vehicle repair garage in Delaware Friday morning.

Firefighters battled the blaze at the former Cirillo Brother’s warehouse, which was currently being used to repair vehicles, along Bay West Boulevard in New Castle around 8 a.m., said the state fire marshal's office.

No injuries were reported.

The cause of the blaze wasn’t immediately clear. It took firefighters from multiple companies to bring the blaze under control.



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Gov. Chris Christie Seeks Federal Aid for Flooding Victims

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is calling on the federal government to make it easier for New Jersey rseidents to get federal loans for repairs from last month's winter storm.

Car Slams Into Pole in West Philly

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A driver struck a pole at Girard Avenue and 57th Street in West Philly Friday morning. Two vehicles were involved, and only minor injuries were reported.
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