A man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run vehicle in Hockessin, Delaware Sunday night.

The unidentified man was walking on Lancaster Pike in the area of Ace Memorial Drive around 9:30 p.m. when he was struck by a vehicle which fled the scene. The man later died from his injuries.

Lancaster Pike is currently closed in both directions at the scene of the crash. Police have not yet released a description of the hit-and-run vehicle.

If you have any information on the incident, please call Troop 6, at 302-633-5000.
 

At least one person was hurt after two separate accidents involving several vehicles occurred only minutes apart on I-95 northbound in Philadelphia.

Both crashes, one of which involved a motorcycle, occurred a few hundred feet apart near the Cottman Avenue exit on I-95 Sunday. At least one person was hurt in one of the crashes and taken to the hospital. Officials have not yet revealed his or her condition.

Traffic is still getting by slowly at the location of the crash.

This story is developing. Check back for updates.

Two teenagers are in the hospital following a drive-by shooting in Philadelphia Sunday.

The 15-year-old boy and 17-year-old boy were on 31st and Tasker streets at 5:55 p.m. when at least two masked gunmen drove by in a white sedan and opened fire, police said.

Surveillance video captured the teens fleeing as the sedan sped off. The 15-year-old was struck once in the left abdomen and once in the right foot while the 17-year-old was struck in the left calf and left arm. Police say one of the victims ran inside a nearby home and collapsed to the ground.

The 15-year-old was taken to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where he is currently in critical condition. The 17-year-old was taken to the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where he is in stable condition.

No arrests have been made. Police have not yet released a description of the suspects.

When you are born on Feb. 29, you are a "leapling," and you only get to celebrate your birthday every four years. So when your day does finally roll around, you probably want to celebrate. A lot.  

This year, many companies are going out of their way to help with the celebration. And, in some cases, you don't even have to be a leapling to get a treat.

But first, why do we have leap year? Mostly to stay in line with the Earth's movement around the sun, according to history.com, and that requires the addition of 24 hours to the Julian Calendar every four years.

But don't worry about history. Go ahead and enjoy a dessert and a margarita. Here are some of the deals to look for on Monday. 
 

• Great American Cookies giving one free Individually Yours Cookie Cake to people with a Feb. 29 birthday.

• Hat retailer Lids will give free shipping on orders of $50 or more on Feb. 29.

• Legal Sea Foods is slated to sell two one-pound lobsters with two sides for $29.

• Margarita's Mexican Restaurant is offering fried ice cream and a Leap Year Margarita for $2.29.

• Athletic clothier Foot Locker is offering 15 percent off purchases of $70 or more on Leap Day

• Hard Rock Cafe has a "Leaplings Eat Free" menu with six entree choices.

• McAlister's Deli will give you a free freshly baked cookie.

• Olive Garden is doing a free dessert giveaway via a Facebook promo.

• Villa Italian Kitchen will give you a free slice of pizza, with valid ID.

• For those out West, Dog Haus is offering a free upgrade from a single to a double burger 

• Arby's will have a vegetarian menu for Feb. 29 only.  

• Urban Outfitters is having a $29 and below sale. 

• Travelocity will give discounts of up to 30% on hotels until Feb. 29. Save 29% when you book select hotels worldwide through the Expedia mobile app on Feb. 29.

• Leap into savings with a sale on hair products at Folica.com. Through 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on Feb. 29, use code LEAPYEAR16 to get 25% off Solia, Theorie, Nth Degree and AbsoluteHeat products or 30% off Sedu products.

• Pizza Hut is giving a free personal pizza to Leap Day babies on Monday.

• Get a dozen original glazed doughnuts from Krispy Kreme for $2.29 with the purchase of any dozen regularly priced doughnuts at participating locations.

• On Feb. 29, save 29% when you book select hotels worldwide through the Expedia mobile app.

A crash closed a busy Delaware County road during the Monday morning commute.

The crash along Route 352 southbound near High Meadow Drive in Media, Pennsylvania involved two vehicles and closed the roadway around 6:15 a.m.

Soon after the wreck, SkyForce10 hovered over the scene as Pennsylvania State Police block traffic as crews worked to clear the vehicles.

No word yet on injuries.

Traffic sporadically got by in the other direction as police investigated. After about 45 minutes, the crash was moved off to the side of the roadway as traffic began to flow again.

Do you ride SEPTA to work, the store or just to get around Philadelphia?

Riders in Philly take advantage of the city’s Top 10 transit system of buses, trolleys, trains and subways, according to a Smart Asset study of “The Best Cities for Public Transportation.”

The study – that looked at commute times, amount of people using public transit and the income of people using mass transit into account – listed Philly as the ninth-best city for mass transit usage.

“Roughly 171,000 workers in the city of Philadelphia use public transportation, the fourth largest number of any U.S. city,” said the study. “…The various types of trains account for more than 290,000 rides on a typical weekday, while buses and trolley buses move about 490,000.”

Philly places just behind Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (No. 8) and Jersey City, New Jersey (No. 7) in the study where Washington, D.C. came out on top.

The study found that Philadelphians take around 30 minutes to commute by car while they spend 44 minutes on transit and that only 27 percent of the population use public transit.

The study didn't mention transit options like SEPTA and PATCO by name.

Fast food chain Subway is taking its first step toward making its meats antibiotic free, according to CNBC.

Subway will begin selling a rotisserie-style chicken sandwich on March 1 that is made of antibiotic-free, all white-meat chicken with no artificial color or flavor.

"We have always supported nutrition transparency, 100 percent of the time, and we've done our best to inform our customers of the nutrition values," said Lanette Kovachi, Subway's corporate dietitian. "For about 20 years now, we've put that information out there."

The restaurant plans to be antibiotic-free in the U.S. by 2025, citing customer demand for the ingredient overhaul. 

Two men and a woman caught on camera flagging down a cab in South Philadelphia earlier this month before police say they robbed and shot the driver are now facing charges in the incident.

Syheed Wilson, Kierston Carroll and Michael Jones, all 19, are each charged with aggravated assault, robbery, conspiracy, illegal gun possession, attempted theft and related offenses. Wilson and Carroll, who both live on Marston Street near Tasker -- around the corner from where the shooting and robbery took place --  were identified and arrested last week after detectives received a tip about them. Jones, of Windsor Street near 59th in Southwest Philadelphia, was captured on Saturday on Torresdale Avenue near Levick Street in Tacony.

Police say the trio flagged down a cab driver by Alex Destin, 38, about 3:15 a.m. Feb. 6 after leaving the Broad Street Line subway at Tasker-Morris. They asked Destin to drive them to 28th and Tasker, and when they arrived there, police said, Wilson and Jones both pulled out guns and demanded, "Give me all the money you got." Police said both men then fired shots at Destin, wounding him in the shoulder, before Destin crashed the cab and all three escaped.

They wound up not stealing anything from the driver, police said.

Destin, who spent a few days hospitalized for his injuries, recounted the harrowing moments he looked down the barrels of two guns in an interview with NBC10 earlier this month.

"The guy pointed a gun in my face, told me, 'Don't move,' and he shot me," Destin said.

"I have a lot of pain, but I say thank you, God, I still survived," he added.

Surveillance video from a deli near 24th and Morris streets, where the cab crashed after the shooting, shows a man waiting on two others at the corner five minutes after the crash and two minutes before police arrived at the scene. The trio captured on that video is believed to be the suspects.

Destin, who has a wife and four children, still had blood on his shoes, stitches above his eye and a bullet lodged in his arm at the time of his release from the hospital, when he spoke with NBC10.

"Thanks to God he's still alive," said Destin's sister-in-law Ginia at the time. "He's in pain but he's alive."

Wilson and Carroll both faced arraignment last week, and a judge held Wilson on $350,000 bail and Carroll on $150,000, court records show. Jones was arraigned Sunday and held on $750,000 bail. Wilson and Carroll are set to appear for preliminary hearings March 10, and Jones is scheduled to appear March 15. All three remain in custody at city jails, according to court documents.

Mayor Jim Kenney opposed the soda tax when former Mayor Michael Nutter introduced it. But now Kenney is on board with a tax on sugary beverages, according to multiple reports that say the controversial tax will be a part of the first budget proposal of his four-year term.

Details on the rate and structure of the tax are unknown, but both PhillyMag.com and Philly.com reported it will be part of Kenney's budget plan, set to be introduced to City Council and his constituents on Thursday.

When Nutter proposed the soda tax – twice during his eight years in office, Kenney was one of several City Council members opposed to the idea. At the time, Nutter cited the potential benefits to the health of city residents and the need to fill a budget gap – reasons likely to be resurfaced by Kenney who ran his campaign on implementing a universal pre-K program but never got into specifics on how it would be funded.

Along with opposition from some City Council members and the general public when the soda tax was considered in 2010 and 2011, beverage industry lobbyists and Teamsters worked against Nutter. Read more about the plan on PBJ.com.

For the latest business news check out PBJ.com.

A 60-year-old woman who recently returned from a trip is the first case of Zika virus in Philadelphia, health officials said Monday.

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health said the victim, a 60-year-old city resident, recently arrived home from a trip to the Caribbean. Officials said the woman was not admitted to the hospital for the infection and "is presently recovering without complications."

Zika, which usually causes only mild illness or no symptoms at all, is transmitted most commonly through mosquitoes, health officials said. The mosquito that most often transmits it is not indigenous to Philadelphia.

Officials are concerned about the virus because it can be spread from pregnant women to babies and can cause a birth defect of the brain.

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley advised that pregnant women "strongly consider" postponing or canceling travel to tropical areas where Zika is transmitted, including the Caribbean and South and Central America.

He said city residents who do travel to those areas should take precautions including staying inside or wearing long pants and long sleeves when outdoors and using insect repellent.

More information on Zika can be found on the state Health Department website here, or by calling the city Division of Disease Control at 215-685-6740.

A trio of armed, masked home invaders targeted a 21-year-old University of Delaware student at his home near the college’s Newark campus over the weekend, and the suspects remain at large, police said.

Police said Monday they believe the home invasion, which happened about 1:20 a.m. Saturday on the 200 block of East Main Street, was drug-related.

They said the victim told them he was at the house with two friends watching a movie when someone knocked on the door. When he answered the door, police said the student told them, a person outside immediately struck him in the face with a heavy object believed to have been a handgun, and that person and two others forced their way into the house. Once inside, the three robbers stole money, IDs, drugs and the victims’ cellphones, according to police.

The robbers were in the house about five minutes before they fled through the back door, police said. None of the victims suffered injuries severe enough to require medical attention.

The suspects are believed to be between 18 and 22 years old and wore hooded sweatshirts and bandannas over their faces at the time of the home invasion. Newark Police said that based on their preliminary investigation of the incident, they have reason to believe the student’s home was targeted and the robbery was drug-related. They did not specify what kind of drugs were stolen from the house.

Tipsters are asked to contact Det. Daniel Bystricky at 302-366-7100 ext. 3136 or Daniel.Bystricky@cj.state.de.us. Anyone with information can also send it via text by writing a message containing “302NPD” and the tip to TIP411, or call it in to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333.
 

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday nominated Superior Court Judge David Bauman for the state Supreme Court.

If his nomination is approved, Bauman will be the first Asian-American to serve as a judge in New Jersey’s highest court.

Christie announced the nomination at a 3 p.m. news conference, saying Bauman’s qualifications are “unquestioned,” and citing the judge’s unanimous approval for lifetime tenure on the state Superior Court in May.

Bauman, 59, currently presides in Superior Court in Monmouth County.

Former Gov. John Corzine first nominated Bauman to the state Superior Court in 2008.

Bauman’s credentials include service in the civil, criminal, family and general equity divisions of the state courts. He served four years in the United States Marine Corps and 12 years as a reservist. He is a 1986 graduate of Boston College Law School and a 1981 graduate of Columbia University.

Christie said his nomination of Bauman, a Republican, “preserves the tradition of partisan balance on the court,” and would bring its makeup to four Republicans, two Democrats and one independent. The tradition in New Jersey, Christie said, is that the governor does not have more than four members of his own party serving on the court.

The governor added that he hoped his choice of a judge who was unanimously approved for his Superior Court seat as recently as May would help to fill a six-year vacancy on the state Supreme Court, saying the state Senate is “playing politics” if it doesn’t approve Bauman’s nomination.

Christie refused to take any “off-topic” questions from reporters after his news conference announcing Bauman’s nomination and scolded any reporters who tried to ask him about anything other than Bauman.

Bauman thanked Christie for the nod and pledged to do “everything in my power to justify the honor” if his appointment to the Supreme Court is confirmed.
 

A man accused of robbing a Philadelphia 7-Eleven and Wawa also attacked a police lieutenant, according to officials.

Police say Chance Tarpy, 41, entered the 7-Eleven store on the 1400 block of Cottman Avenue at 2:26 a.m. Sunday. Tarpy, who was armed with a crowbar, approached a worker behind the register and demanded money, according to officials. Tarpy then allegedly stole $350 from the register, 19 cartons of Newport cigarettes and $10 from the worker before fleeing the scene on foot.

Tarpy then walked into the WAWA store on the 8100 block of Castor Avenue around 3:15 a.m., police said. Tarpy, who was once again armed with a crowbar, approached a worker behind the counter and took around $200 from the register as well as several cartons of Newport cigarettes before fleeing on foot, police said.

As Tarpy fled witnesses followed him in an attempt to stop him and told him they were calling the police, according to investigators. Witnesses told police they then saw Tarpy making his way toward a red SUV with a man inside on Loretto and Arthur streets. While the passenger door was open Tarpy did not go inside but instead continued to flee on foot while the SUV pulled away and sped off, according to police.

Responding officers reported the information on Tarpy to police radio. Around 4 a.m. a 7th District Lieutenant was surveying the area at Tustin Street and Summerdale Avenue when he spotted Tarpy, police said. The Lieutenant notified police radio and then stopped Tarpy who allegedly refused to comply. Police said a struggle ensued between the two men and Tarpy pushed and struck the lieutenant several times, causing him to fall to the ground and injure his right leg. Tarpy then fled the scene, according to officials.

Tarpy was finally apprehended on the 1800 block of Bergen Street, police said. He was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, robbery, theft, resisting arrest and other related offenses.

The officers recovered $350 from Tarpy, according to investigators. Police say the money was hidden in his pockets and shoes.

The lieutenant was taken to the hospital where he was treated and later released.

Crews battled a house fire in North Philadelphia.

The fire started at a home on the 2100 block of Tioga Street Monday evening. Firefighters eventually brought the flames under control. No injuries have been reported. Police continue to investigate the cause.