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O ne of the two police officers wounded during Friday's shooting rampage in West Philadelphia has been discharged from the hospital, and relatives are hopeful the other will also be released soon. University of Pennsylvania officer Eddie Miller was released from Penn Presbyterian Medical Center on Sunday after being treated for gunshot wounds to his hip and ankle. Philadelphia Police Sgt. Sylvia Young, who was shot six times by the same gunman, remains in stable condition. "They are both very lucky," said John McNesby, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 5. "I just can't understand the reckless disregard or disrespect for law enforcement. I've never seen it at such a level as it is today." Read more |
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Authorities are trying to determine if there are any connections between several explosive devices found in New Jersey and New York over the weekend. In New Jersey, a pipe bomb exploded along route of the Seaside Semper Five race on Saturday and explosive devices were found Sunday near a North Jersey train station. And in New York, an explosion went off in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood Saturday. Authorities said the Seaside Park and Manhattan devices didn't appear to be related, and there was no immediate word whether the Elizabeth train station devices were similar to those used in either of the other incidents. Read more
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Poland's president attended a solemn Mass at a Bucks County shrine and the dedication of a marker recognizing the oppression of political dissidents during Communist rule. During Andrzej Duda's visit to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, a ceremony was held commemorating the "victims and martyrs of Communism," said Deborah Majka, honorary consul of Poland in Philadelphia. Duda, elected in 2015, is the first Polish president to pay respects at the religious center. Read more |
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Philadelphia is recording homicides at its fastest pace since 2012. So far in 2016, killings are up by about 8 percent from last year. "It's one of the things that keeps you up at night," Police Commissioner Richard Ross said. Police and criminologists have no clear explanation for the homicide upticks in Philadelphia and elsewhere, though there are a range of theories, including urban crime's unpredictable and cyclical nature, unsolved cases fueling more violence and the "Ferguson Effect." Read more |
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Testimony begins today in the trial over the George Washington Bridge lane closures scandal, one of the most highly anticipated criminal trials in recent New Jersey history. Prosecutors will try to prove that former top aides to Gov. Chris Christie committed felonies by causing days of gridlock in a 2013 political-payback scheme. On trial are Bridget Anne Kelly, Christie's former deputy chief of staff, and Bill Baroni, a former top Christie appointee at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. And the trial may answer the question that's been looming since the scandal erupted in early 2014: What did Christie know and when did he know it? There's "as much interest in what other names or what other people are going to be mentioned in this trial as there is in the attention being paid to the two defendants," said Carl Golden, a former press secretary for two New Jersey Republican governors. Read more |
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