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????NBC10 NBC10–A 3-year-old boy is fighting for his life after he was shot in the head by a 6-year-old boy inside a home in the Tioga section of Philadelphia Saturday afternoon, according to police. The shooting occurred inside a home on the 3600 block of N. 18th Street at 3:04 p.m. Police say a 6-year-old…

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Photo: @abaskerville10 NBC10–Two police officers were injured while several protesters were arrested during a demonstration outside the International Association of Chiefs of Police convention in Center City Saturday afternoon. Dozens of protesters first gathered on Arch and 12th streets near the Pennsylvania Convention Center around noon where the conference is taking place. During the conference,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  State Rep. Donna Bullock, Thurgood Marshall NAACP Justice awardee Baltimore State Attorney Marilyn Mosby,  State Rep. Joanna McClinton, and Phila. Branch NAACP president Min. Rodney Muhammad.   (Photo: Robert Mendelsohn) By Patricia Gilliam Clifford The Philadelphia Branch NAACP hosted its 2017 awards gala on October 13th at First District Plaza in West Philadelphia. “ We…

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3rd Floor Media needed special equipment to convert phone calls that would enable us to record them for a potential new client.  So, we turned to Steven Slade, President of TeleCaaS for the solution.  TeleCaaS had already installed our state of the art phone system that allows us to seamlessly answer, transfer and conference calls…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Sheriff Williams speaks to officers before they depart for Puerto Rico to aid in relief efforts.   An inspector, sergeant and two Deputy Sheriff Officers are currently deployed in Puerto Rico in the town of Rio Piedras to assist in getting supplies to those in desperate need after the devastation of Hurricane Maria….

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Derrick Davis   By Kharisma McIlwaine There are musicals that have stood the test of time and will be classics forever. Among those musicals is “The Phantom of The Opera.” The Broadway musical, initially created in 1986, features a score by world-renowned composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and characters that audiences continue to fall…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake  (Photo by Leona Dixon)   The 7th Annual FunTimes Magazine Gala and Award Ceremony honored three community leaders and accepted donations for the publication’s internship program, at the Saturday October 14, 2017, the Courtyard at the Marriott on City Line Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, was awarded the…

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By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie CNN News commentator and author Van Jones was the latest in the Free Library of Philadelphia’s author’s series to discuss his new book, “Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together” last Thursday. As someone who spends a lot of time in Washington, D.C., Jones was happy…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Dionne Warwick  (Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com)   The Board of the Marian Anderson Award announced last week that Jerry Blavat, iconic Philadelphia disc jockey and producer, and long-time friend of Dionne Warwick, will host the November 14th Award Gala Concert at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. The Gala Concert will…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Kristen Welker, White House NBC News correspondent and keynote speaker   At this weekend’s Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists Awards Ceremony, the progress of women in media will be on full display.   By Denise Clay Once upon a time, women in media, especially women of color, weren’t all that prevalent in the…

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