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Aol.com Local authorities confirmed that former MLB pitcher Roy Halladay, 40,  has died after a plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday. During a press conference, police confirmed that one body had been recovered after a small, single-engine plane crashed off the coast of Florida. The plane was registered in Halladay’s name, and…

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????Instagram: Meek Mill By Anthony Izaguirre PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Rapper Meek Mill was sentenced to two to four years in prison on probation violations Monday by a Philadelphia judge who said the musician had wasted several chances to clean up his act following a 2009 gun and drug case. The sentence rounded out a roughly decade-long…

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Funeral arrangements are set for a teen gunned down in a double murder in South Philadelphia. Caleer Miller, 16, and Sal DiNubile, 16, were both shot and killed during an altercation between two groups of teenagers last Tuesday night. The viewing for Miller will be from 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturday…

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According to pacourts.us, all but magisterial district judges must be members of the Bar of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Judges are also subject to strict standards of conduct. Judicial elections occur in odd-numbered years. Justices and judges may serve an unlimited number of terms until they reach the mandatory retirement age of 75 and are…

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) –The City of Philadelphia announced Friday that the controversial statue of former Mayor Frank Rizzo will be moved. However, the new location has yet to be determined. The statue currently stands on the Thomas Paine Plaza in front of the Municipal Services building. The city said the decision came after 4,000 submissions came…

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I was invited by my friend, comedian J’vonne Pearson to the screening of “Where’s Daddy?”.  This documentary was shown at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Art’s Perelman Theater in center city Philadelphia. J’vonne is featured in this documentary, along with other single fathers and professionals.  It explores the challenges of African American single fatherhood…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  James “Jimmy” Tayoun Sr. and wife Dolores   phillyrecord.com “The Philadelphia Public Record” on Wednesday morning reported the death of the paper’s founder, executive editor, friend and mentor, James Tayoun, Sr., at the age of 87.  The Record will provide full coverage of his life and accomplishments in their next week’s paper. In…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Judge Brenda Diane Frazier-Clemons   Senior Pennsylvania Common Pleas Court Judge Brenda Frazier–Clemons died Monday, October 16, 2017, at the Vitas Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Philadelphia after a long illness. Brenda was born in Philadelphia, PA, the eldest child of the late Paris Luster and Mattie Laura Frazier.  The Frazier Family…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Knoxville College alumni (142 years of service as one of the oldest HBCU) Friends of Labor scholarship recipients. (Photo courtesy: LECET)   The Friends of Labor Committee of Laborers’ Local 332 held its 31st Annual Charity Dinner last weekend. The event is an opportunity to recognize those that perform outstanding and meaningful community service and…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  From the left: Sofiya Ballin, Sandra Clark, Sarah Lomax Reese, Aundrea Cline -Thomas, Errin Haines-Whack, PABJ president Melony Roy, Haniyyah Sharpe-Brown and Bumi Fernandez.   By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie Women representing all aspects of the media were honored at the 12th Annual Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists (PABJ) Awards Ceremony and Scholarship Gala…

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