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PITTSBURGH - A truck driver who expressed hated of Jews was convicted Friday of barging into a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find, killing 11 congregants in an act of antisemitic terror for which he could be sentenced to die.The guilty verdict was a foregone conclusion after Robert Bowers’ own lawyers conceded at the trial’s outset that he attacked and killed worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S.

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PHILADELPHIA - Emergency crews rescued a worker who became trapped in a trench after it collapsed in Philadelphia. Officials say rescue crews with the Philadelphia Fire Department responded to N American Street in the North Philadelphia section of the city just before 8 a.m.

BALA CYNWYD, Pa. - Investigators in Montgomery County are investigating a double shooting that left two men injured. According to authorities, officers with the Lower Merion Police Department responded to the 200 block of Asaphs Road in Bala Cynwyd shortly after 9 p.m.

Cessna aircraft, which he operated on June 9th, his 14th birthday, for his first solo-manned flight out of Brampton Flight Centre and Flying Club. Distler isn’t eligible to drive, but he can man a vehicle thousands of feet off the ground — and comfortably.The age to fly an aircraft solo in Canada is 14, and there’s training required before you can eventually take off.

TORONTO - A bus carrying seniors to a casino collided with a semi-trailer truck at a highway intersection in a rural part of the Canadian province of Manitoba Thursday, killing 15 people and injuring 10 more, police said.Rob Hill, Commanding Officer of the Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said the bus was carrying 25 people and authorities in Manitoba were deploying all their resources to the scene. Ten people were taken to hospitals.TV broadcasters aired images of what looked like a large van or bus smoldering in a ditch near a transport truck with a smashed engine on a road.

PHILADELPHIA - Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department's Shooting Investigation Group are working to find a suspect who they say shot a man twice early Friday morning. According to Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small, the shooting took place on the 300 block of S 40th Street just after 1 a.m. Officials say officers responded to the street and found a 33-year-old man lying on the ground with two gunshot wounds to his abdomen. He was rushed to Presbyterian Hospital, where he is in critical condition going in and out of consciousness, Small says. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESAuthorities say three spent shell casings were discovered on the sidewalk a few feet from the victim. Police have not arrested the shooter but believe he is a male who fled south on foot with a woman, according to investigators. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

WASHINGTON - A manhunt continues for the gunmen who shot and killed a pregnant woman in Washington, D.C. Thursday while she sat in a parked car.Authorities say the shooting happened around 11:20 a.m. in the 300 block of 37th Street in the southeast.  D.C. Police Assistant Chief of Patrol Services, Andre Wright, said the woman and man were in a parked vehicle when a white sedan pulled up and two armed men jumped out.

BENSALEM, Pa. - A teenage girl in Bucks County has been charged with making threats against a high school teacher because she was upset about a grade she received. Police say they were made aware of a threat towards a teacher at Bensalem Township High School on Wednesday. Following a brief investigation, police say they discovered that a 15-year-old student was responsible for the threat, and was upset over a grade. MORE HEADLINES: Police say they quickly determined that the teacher was not in any immediate danger and that the student did not have access to any weapons.The Bucks County District Attorney’s Officer approved a terroristic threats charge against the teen. 

methamphetamine have been seized in Metro Vancouver, cached in 419 canola oil jugs bound for export to Australia.The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) made four separate busts between December and the end of May, one of which was the agency’s “single largest methamphetamine seizure to date,” according to Metro Vancouver District Pacific Region director Rahul Coelho.“During the examinations, officers noticed anomalies in these shipments,” Coelho said in a Tuesday press conference.“Our officers used a wide range of detection tools and technology for assistance. That includes x-ray imaging and detector dogs.”Five Australian citizens have been arrested in connection with the operation, as well as one American citizen.The first seizure took place on Dec.

FRANKFORD - A man was critically injured after he was shot in the leg on a SEPTA train near the Arrott Transportation Center.The shooting happened Thursday afternoon, about 3:15, at 4700 Frankford Avenue, very near the SEPTA Arrott Transportation Center, officials said. The gunfire was on the westbound Market-Frankford Line, officials said.The 27-year-old man was rushed to Temple University Hospital where he was listed in critical condition.Police an active investigation is underway and a weapon was found.

PHILADELPHIA - Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department are working to learn more about a violent shooting that left one person critically injured. Authorities say the shooting erupted on the 400 block of W Lehigh Avenue on Tuesday night at 11:04 p.m. According to officials, a 26-year-old man was shot in the groin, buttocks and once in each thigh. He was transported to Temple Hospital by police, where he was placed in critical condition, authorities say.MORE LOCAL HEADLINESAccording to police, no arrests have been made and no weapons have been recovered. This is a developing story.

Shalaya Porter, 18, was last seen Monday, June 5 on the 4600 block of Fairmount Avenue. PHILADELPHIA - A search is unfolding in Philadelphia for a missing teenage girl who police say vanished without a trace more than a week ago. Shalaya Porter, 18, was last seen June 5 on the 4600 block of Fairmount Avenue, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Porter is described as five-foot-six, 120 pounds with brown eyes and black hair with a nose piercing.

View of Neuschwanstein from the Marienbrücke. (Frank Rumpenhorst/picture alliance via Getty Images)BERLIN - An American man has been arrested over the death of one U.S.

PHILADELPHIA - A recreation center in Philadelphia has been renamed in honor of a Parks and Recreation employee killed outside the facility last year. The Mill Creek Rec Center has been renamed the Tiffany Fletcher Rec Center to remember the slain Parks and Rec worker. Fletcher, a then 41-year-old mother of three, was fatally shot when she was caught in the crossfire of a shootout near the rec center in September.  Related According to authorities, the victim was a Mill Creek Rec Center employee and was working at the time of the shooting.She was remembered by many in the community as a hard-working employee who always wanted to help others. RELATED: 'I'm just devastated': More than 100 turn out to honor Parks and Rec employee shot and killedThe family of Tiffany Fletcher, the Philadelphia Parks and Recreation employee fatally shot outside of the Mill Creek Recreation Center, spoke publicly to thank the community for their support and plead for justice.In honor of Fletcher and the name change, the city will hold a renaming ceremony on Wednesday at 1 p.m. 

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia native and educator is on a mission to cultivate young leaders in STEM who look like her."One of my board members said this organization is a letter to my younger self," said Atiyah Harmon. "I was a math student, pretty strong, but I didn’t see a trajectory for what you would do if you loved math outside of being an accountant.

PHILADELPHIA - The parents of a young man who was shot and killed by Pennsylvania State Police on Interstate 95 during a chaotic car meet-up earlier this month opened up about the night they lost their son. Police say 18-year-old Anthony Allegrini Jr. was on I-95 during a car meet-up where vehicles were doing doughnuts and burnouts in the middle of the highway in the early morning hours of June 4. "It's not what we would have advised him to do, we’ve always tried to instill in him right from wrong," Jennifer Allegrini, Anthony's mother, told FOX 29. Officers responded to a stretch of highway rear Penn's Landing around 3:30 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA - Members of the Philadelphia Police Department's Shooting Investigation Group are investigating a double shooting that left two men injured early Thursday morning. According to police, the incident happened on W Indiana Avenue just after 12:15 a.m. Officials say a 48-year-old man was shot once in the right thigh.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - A man and a woman are hospitalized and police say they are both being held as prisoners after a shooting in North Philadelphia.The double shooting happened on the 2200 block of Cecil B. Moore Avenue Wednesday afternoon, just after 2:30, officials said.A 33-year-old man was shot in his leg and taken to Temple University Hospital in a private vehicle.

PHILADELPHIA - A gunfight erupted between a Philadelphia police officer and 18-year-old motorist on a scooter, who is now in custody a week later.Nakeem Wilson is accused of opening fire on an off-duty officer driving his personal vehicle on the 7600 Ridge Avenue.Police say Wilson was recklessly riding a scooter when he drove along the officer, who rolled down his window to show his uniform.An argument ensued before the suspect drew a firearm from his waistband and shot at the officer, according to authorities.RELATED COVERAGE: Off-duty officer returns fire after gunshot hit vehicle in Roxborough: policeThe officer then returned fire, shooting towards the suspect several times.He lost control of his scooter, fell off and fled the scene.

PHILADELPHIA - Temple University is set to honor the first campus police officer killed in the line of duty with a street renaming. Investigators say the 31-year-old officer was on patrol alone on February 18 on the 1700 block of Montgomery Avenue when he saw three young people wearing masks and dark clothes. Authorities say he attempted to investigate their activity due to a rise in robberies in the area. Officials say Fitzgerald radioed dispatchers that he was in a foot chase with the three individuals.

PHILADELPHIA - Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department are searching for a suspect who they say shot at a police officer on Thursday morning. According to authorities, the shooting erupted on the 800 block of E Allegheny Avenue in the Kensington section of the city. Officials say the officer was not injured and did not shoot back. The suspect was last seen in an alleyway, authorities say. SKYFOX flew over the area on Thursday morning, where a large police presence could be seen. SKYFOX flew over a Kensington street, where a large police response could be spotted.

FRANKFORD - A man has been shot on a SEPTA train near the Arrott Transportation Center.The shooting happened Thursday afternoon, just after 3, at 4700 Frankford Avenue, very near the SEPTA Arrott Transportation Center, officials said. The gunfire was on the westbound Market-Frankford Line, officials said.The man was rushed to a nearby hospital.

The White Bird Grade on US Highway 95 going north from the Salmon River Canyon in central Idaho. (Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) RIGGINS, Idaho - The Idaho County Sheriffs' Office believe a teenaged driver fell asleep at the wheel before ther car went off a cliff and crashed into a river below, killing everyone in the vehicle including her father and younger siblings. The county coroner listed the victims as Calvin "CJ" Miller, age 36; Dakota Miller, age 17; Jack Miller, age 10; and Delihia Miller, age 8, all of Spokane, Washington. Authorities said the family was heading from Spokane to a vacation destination, but were reported missing June 10 after they were overdue for their arrival. RELATED: Fisherman finds vehicle overturned in river with family of 4 dead insideHours later, a fisherman located an upside-down Toyota Prius in the Salmon River in Riggins, Iadho, with the family deceased inside. According to the accident report, deputies believe Dakota was fatigued as she drove from Spokane to Council, Idaho, and "fell asleep" behind the wheel. UNITED STATES - 2017/05/18: View of the Salmon River and a barn near Riggins, Idaho, USA.

PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating after another school-aged teenager was shot in Philadelphia, adding to the growing list of city students impacted by the city's gun violence crisis. Officials say the incident took place on the 6100 block of Vine Street just after 10 p.m. on Tuesday night. According to authorities, the teen, who was riding a mountain bike, was shot in the right forearm.He was transported to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia by police and placed in stable condition, officials say. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESThe scene was held, but no weapons were recovered and no suspects are in custody, per police. This is a developing story.

PHILADELPHIA - A rideshare driver on route taking a passenger through North Philadelphia was shot and severely injured on Wednesday night, authorities say. According to police, the incident happened just after 11 p.m. in the area of Broad Street and Lehigh Avenue. Officials say when officers arrived on scene, they saw the vehicle, a Honda CRV, that jumped the curb and struck a utility pole. A 34-year-old driver was slumped in the driver's seat with a gunshot wound to the head, law enforcement officials said. Police investigate scene of crash involving rideshare driver shot in the area of Broad Street and Lehigh Avenue.  MORE LOCAL HEADLINESThe driver was transported to Temple University Hospital, where he is in extremely critical condition, according to authorities. Chief Inspector Scott Small told FOX 29 the rideshare driver was going westbound on the 1300 block of Lehigh Avenue after picking up an 18-year-old female passenger a few blocks away. Officials say the passenger told detectives she heard about five or six gunshots before the vehicle's windshield broke, causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle, jump the curb and crash. According to investigators, at least one bullet went through the driver's rear headrest. Small says the passenger is extremely lucky she was not also struck by gunfire. Police say six spent shell casings were discovered on scene. Investigators do not know if the rideshare driver was targeted or was struck by stray gunfire, Small says. Police are investigating after a rideshare driver was shot while driving as passenger in North Philadelphia, authorities say.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A 22-year-old woman in upstate New York was killed in a hit-and-run by an alleged drunk driver, who she had previously refused to ride with, according to authorities. Madison Faltisco, 22, was walking along Route 57 in the town of Clay, a suburb of Syracuse, on the evening of June 8 when she was struck and killed by a vehicle, allegedly driven by a 23-year-old Joshua Schiano, according to Onondaga County Sheriff’s spokesperson Thomas Newton.Schiano has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, second-degree vehicular manslaughter, and leaving the scene of a fatal accident, court records show. The grim details of the case unfolded hours after Faltisco was struck. Faltisco and Schiano were co-workers at Smokey Bone's in Clay, according to Newton. The two were at a local bar and Faltisco’s friends told detectives that she had earlier refused a ride from Schiano, according to officials.Around 10:40 p.m.

OLNEY - A 30-year-old woman is in critical condition and her 2-year-old daughter was shot in both legs after a shooting in Olney.The shooting happened on the 100 block of East Albanus Street Wednesday night, just after 8:15.Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said the little girl was shot in both legs. She was taken to Einstein Medical Center and is listed as stable.MORE HEADLINES:The mom was shot in the head, back and chest.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities are searching for a group of young men who they say have stolen several rental cars off the lots of major car rental companies at Philadelphia International Airport. Investigators say the pattern of thefts began in January, when groups of two-to-six people would sneak onto the rental car lots that are often protected by fences, gates, or barriers. Police believe the suspects have several methods of stealing the rental cars, including simply using the keys that were left inside the vehicles by some of the car rental companies.When the rental companies enhanced their security due to the thefts, police say group restored to threatening the parking lot attendant at gunpoint to open the exit gate. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESA video shared by the Philadelphia Police Department shows several vehicles lined up at the exit booth, when the driver of the first vehicle demands the gate to be opened at gunpoint.Four vehicles are seen on video driving through the open gate. Police estimate the suspects to be between 16 and 22-years-old, often wearing dark clothing and face masks.Anyone with information of the suspects or the thefts is asked to contact the Philadelphia Police Department's Major Crimes Unit.

WILMINGTON, Del. - Two Wilmington, Delaware, teenagers have been arrested and charged after a police chase involving a stolen car, authorities say. According to Delaware State Police, on Tuesday morning before 1:30 a.m., troopers saw a silver 2022 Toyota Highlander with Florida plates enter the parking lot of the Budget Inn on Memorial Drive in New Castle. Officials say the car was reported stolen out of the Wilmington area. Troopers saw the stolen car leave the parking lot of the Budget Inn before traveling westbound on Memorial Drive, authorities say. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESAccording to officials, the vehicle did not stop when a trooper attempted to conduct a traffic stop. The car continued toward Rt. 13, where it traveled northbound and lost control, striking a fence on South Heald Street, police say. Two juveniles got out of the car in an attempt to flee but were quickly taken into custody, the agency says. The driver of the stolen car was identified as a 14-year-old and was charged with disregarding a police officer signal, resisting arrest, receiving stolen property, reckless driving, driving without a license and related charges, according to authorities.

EMPORIUM, Pa. - A female suspect has been taken into custody in a shooting in the district attorney's office in a rural central Pennsylvania county, state police said Wednesday.Troopers were called at about 3 p.m. Wednesday to the Cameron County district attorney's office in Emporium, state police said.Police said the victim is believed to have sustained non-life-threatening injuries, and the shooting "appears to be an isolated incident" although the circumstances are being investigated.Police said a woman who left in a vehicle after the shooting was later taken into custody.

FILE - A morgue in Madrid, Spain. (Comunidad de Madrid - Handout/Getty Images)Six people have been charged for allegedly stealing and selling body parts from both the Harvard Medical School’s mortuary and another mortuary in Arkansas, according to a Department of Justice news release. "Today, the United States Attorney has announced charges against several individuals who used the United States mail to ship stolen human remains," said Christopher Nielsen, the inspector in charge of the Philadelphia Division of the Postal Inspection Service.

ARDMORE, Pa. - A man is dead after police say he was stabbed during a bar fight in Lower Merion over the weekend. Officers from the Lower Merion Police Department were called to the intersection of Cricket Avenue and Cricket Terrace early Saturday morning for reports of a stabbing. A 31-year-old man who police say was suffering from multiple stab wounds was taken to Lankenau Hospital where he died around 2:30 a.m. According to investigators, the stabbing happened during an altercation at a nearby bar. No arrests were reported immediately following the deadly stabbing, but police say they have identified the people involved. 

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a driver on Interstate 95 was killed Monday night when piece of metal hit their vehicle and broke through the windshield. Pennsylvania State Police said the fatal crash happened around 4 p.m.

Daniel Shannon booking photo (SC Dept. of Corrections) COLUMBIA, S.C. - A South Carolina prisoner serving a life sentence for murder orchestrated killing a man he thought robbed a drug runner for a methamphetamine ring the inmate was running from behind bars, federal prosecutors said.Daniel Allen Shannon was sentenced to life in federal prison earlier this month for the killing, but the only way he will end up in federal custody is if he is released from his life-without-parole sentence in state court from a 2001 murder.Shannon ran his drug ring from prison using contraband cellphones.

Stellantis is recalling more than 354,000 Jeeps worldwide because the rear coil springs can fall off while they’re being driven.The recall covers certain 2022 and 2023 Grand Cherokee and 2021 to 2023 Grand Cherokee L SUVs.The company says in documents posted Tuesday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the springs may have been installed incorrectly in production.

Former Philadelphia Police officer Darren Kardos, arrested in assault of woman during 2020 racial protest. PHILADELPHIA - A former Philadelphia police officer has been found not guilty by a municipal court judge after being accused of beating a woman in front of her toddler in 2020.Prosecutors argued that 42-year-old Darren Kardos hit Rakia Young in the face with a baton in October 2020 as her 2-year-old son sat in the backseat.The incident occurred as protests erupted across the city just hours after Philadelphia police officers fatally shot Walter Wallace Jr. RELATED COVERAGE: Woman speaks out after fired Philadelphia officer is charged with assault during unrest in 2020Young was in the car with her son and 16-year-old nephew when they were both beaten with batons.Video captured the terrifying moments officers swarmed her car, broke windows and pulled them from the vehicle. Officer Kardos was fired in relation to the encounter, and later charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, possession of an instrument of crime, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.RELATED COVERAGE: Prosecutors refile charges against Philadelphia officer in 2020 protest arrest after judge dismisses caseA judge dismissed the case last month, but prosecutors quickly refiled the charges.On Monday, Kardos was acquitted of all charges in connection to the case.

LOCKPORT, N.Y. - A passenger thrown from a boat that flipped over with 29 people aboard during a tour of a dimly lit cavern system said he fought to breathe in the chilly water under the capsized craft.The flat-bottomed boat carrying local hospitality workers capsized Monday during a tour of a historic underground water tunnel off the Erie Canal in the western New York City of Lockport, killing one person."By the time I realized what happened, the boat was on top of me and I couldn’t find any air pockets or anything. And I’m just trying to, like, breathe because I’m underwater," survivor Daniel Morrissette told ABC's "Good Morning America" in an interview aired Tuesday.

BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. - Three kids were found alone in a hotel room littered with drugs and a loaded handgun magazine after police say their father left them in the middle of the night.An arrest warrant has been issued for 35-year-old Juan Vega Figueroa in Bensalem, Bucks County.He is accused of fleeing the Red Roof Inn on Street Road after hitting his 15-year-old daughter in the head with a beer bottle during an argument.

Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series Everwood and the movie Hair, died Monday after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said. He was 71.

A Denver Police Department vehicle is pictured at the scene of a shooting reported in Denver, Colorado, early on June 13, 2023. (Credit: KCNC/NNS) DENVER - Nine people were injured in a shooting early Tuesday in Denver an area where basketball fans had been celebrating the Nuggets first NBA title win, police said, and a suspect was taken into custody.The shooting happened about 12:30 a.m.

FILE - Treat Williams as Lenny Ross. (Photo by John Paul Filo/CBS via Getty Images) DORSET, Vt. - Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series "Everwood" and the movie "Hair," died Monday after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said.

fentanyl overdose less than a week before the appointment.“Some people say the system is simply broken. But the truth is, the system we need doesn’t even exist,” she said.The Diamond family, well known for their philanthropy around the province, is donating $20 million towards a new model for addictions treatment based out of Vancouver’s St.

police lights (FOX 9)PHILADELPHIA - A young woman was killed in Philadelphia's East Germantown neighborhood on Monday after police say someone shot her in the head. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 500 block of East Duval Street just before 4:30 p.m.