Category: Philadelphia

Philadelphia School District Apologizes for Teacher Taping Mask to Student’s Face

A Philadelphia-area public school district has apologized after a photo of a teacher taping a mask to a student’s face went viral on social media. The image in question was first posted on Monday in Facebook group “North Penn Stronger Together.” It appears to show a teacher applying tape to a mask on the face…


School District Near Philadelphia Apologizes for Teacher Taping Mask to Student’s Face

A Philadelphia-area public school district has apologized after a photo of a teacher taping a mask to a student’s face went viral on social media. The image in question was first posted on Monday in Facebook group “North Penn Stronger Together.” It appears to show a teacher applying tape to a mask on the face…


Eagles GM Says QB Jalen Hurts Earned 2022 Starting Job

Eagles general manager Howie Roseman says Jalen Hurts did enough to remain Philadelphia’s starting quarterback entering 2022. “We talk about Jalen and the growth he had, really, a first-year starter, second-year player, leading this team to the playoffs, tremendously impressed by his work ethic, his leadership,” Roseman said at his season-ending press conference Wednesday. “Last…


3 Officers Charged in Shooting Death of 8-Year-Old Girl

PHILADELPHIA—Three police officers have been charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment after firing their weapons in the direction of a crowd of people exiting a high school football game outside of Philadelphia, killing an 8-year-old girl and injuring three people. A grand jury recommended the charges against the three Sharon Hill Police officers, Devon Smith,…


Caller at Helicopter Crash Site Told 911 Pilot Wasn’t Alert

UPPER DARBY, Pa.—A man at the scene of a medical helicopter crash outside Philadelphia this week told a dispatcher he was most concerned about the infant girl who survived, but that the pilot was the only passenger not alert after the wreck, according to a 911 call excerpt released Thursday. The unidentified caller described the…


Philadelphia Apartment Fire Started With Ignited Christmas Tree, Officials Say

A Christmas tree that was set on fire caused a blaze in a Philadelphia row house that killed a dozen people, including eight children, last week, the city’s top fire official said Tuesday, citing preliminary findings of an investigation. Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel, detailing early results from the probe, said seven smoke alarms were…


Medical Helicopter Crashes Near Church; All 4 Aboard Survive

UPPER DARBY, Pa.—A pilot crash landed a medical helicopter Tuesday without casualties in a residential area of suburban Philadelphia, miraculously avoiding a web of power lines and buildings as the aircraft fluttered, hit the street, and slid into bushes outside a church, authorities and a witness said. None of the four people on board, including…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (January 3)

Rescue crews are searching for two missing people from last week’s fire in Colorado, Dr. Fauci says the CDC may add a negative test to quarantine guidelines, and a shootout in Philadelphia leaves six people injured and one in critical condition.


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Jan. 3)

Rescue crews are searching for two missing people from last week’s fire in Colorado, Dr. Anthony Fauci says the CDC may add a negative test to quarantine guidelines, and a shootout in Philadelphia leaves six people injured and one in critical condition.


Over 65 Shots Fired on Busy Philadelphia Street; 6 Wounded

PHILADELPHIA—Six gunmen fired more than 65 rounds on a Philadelphia street, sending nighttime pedestrians on a busy block teeming with markets and restaurants scrambling for cover and injuring six people, at least one of them critically, police said Friday. Police responded around 11:30 p.m. Thursday in the Germantown neighborhood and found a 21-year-old woman shot…