Philadelphia News

Mumia Abu-Jamal moved into general prison population

By theGrio

12:32 PM on 01/29/2012

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal has been moved into the general prison population for the first time since his arrest in a Philadelphia police officer's murder three decades ago...
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Abortion doc charged with 8 counts of murder sets detention hearing

By theGrio

7:59 AM on 01/23/2012

PHILADELPHIA - Attorneys for a local doctor accused of performing illegal abortions in his West Philadelphia clinic are scheduled to be in court on Monday...
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Philadephia mayor: Slain 14-year-olds' 'little butts' should have been in bed

By theGrio

2:50 PM on 01/13/2012

A source told NBC Philadelphia that Axel Barreto confessed to firing shots on the car, killing three teenagers inside. He was apprehended Wednesday night in a Bensalem, Pa., motel...
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Philadelphia infant found alive in box

By theGrio

2:48 PM on 12/22/2011

PHILADELPHIA - A newborn baby girl was found outside of a North Philadelphia daycare Wednesday morning. According to reports, she was found in a box, wrapped in a blanket and robe, outside the Rainbow Daycare...
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Teen locked in school for nine hours reunites with family

By theGrio

8:55 AM on 12/16/2011

PHILADELPHIA - Thirteen-year-old David Fields was reunited with his family early Friday morning after being locked inside Roosevelt Middle School for about nine hours Thursday...
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Philly 'house of horrors' abortion clinic: Wife of doc pleads guilty

By theGrio

12:51 PM on 12/13/2011

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The wife of a Philadelphia doctor has admitted performing illegal abortions at a filthy clinic that authorities describe as a 'house of horrors'...
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Mumia off death row: Disappointed but still determined

By theGrio

5:33 PM on 12/12/2011

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal said he was surprised and somewhat disappointed that he did not get a new sentencing hearing in the racially charged murder case..
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Widow OKs no death penalty for Mumia Abu-Jamal

By theGrio

10:16 AM on 12/08/2011

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Maureen Faulkner waited nearly 30 years for her husband's murderer to be executed. But following a seemingly endless cycle of legal appeals, she said she realized it would never happen...
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DA dropping death penalty against Mumia Abu-Jamal

By theGrio

11:22 AM on 12/07/2011

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The district attorney announced Wednesday that prosecutors will no longer pursue the death penalty against former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal...
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Philly DA plans Mumia Abu-Jamal news conference

By theGrio

9:24 AM on 12/07/2011

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has scheduled a news conference to discuss the future of the death penalty case against Mumia Abu-Jamal...
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Cosby recalls baseball youth: 'I wasn't any good'

By theGrio

3:41 PM on 12/06/2011

(AP) - Bill Cosby played football at Temple, ran track for the Owls and still attends their basketball games. But baseball? Not so much while growing up at the Richard Allen projects in Philadelphia...
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Philly rapper Tommy Hill shot, killed

By theGrio

9:06 AM on 12/05/2011

PHILADELPHIA - The Inquirer reports that John Wilson, better known as Tommy Hill, a member of the RAM Squad, died two days later...
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Network aimed at black audience debuts in Philly

By theGrio

3:27 PM on 12/01/2011

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The nation's first free broadcast network, Bounce TV, aimed at African-American audiences is now on the air in Philadelphia, the nation's fourth-largest media market...
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200+ arrested at Occupy Los Angeles, 50 in Philly

By theGrio

9:25 AM on 11/30/2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police in Los Angeles and Philadelphia moved in on Occupy Wall Street encampments under darkness in an effort to clear out some of the longest-lasting protest sites...
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A statue for 'Rocky' but not for Joe Frazier?

By Dwayne McClary

9:56 AM on 11/17/2011

OPINION - Since Smokin'Joe Frazier died of liver cancer on November 7th, there's been a push for him to be honored by his hometown with a statue...
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Philly non-profit mistaken for controversial 'Second Mile' charity

By theGrio

3:17 PM on 11/16/2011

PHILADELPHIA - Second Mile Center is a West Philadelphia thrift store that is mistakenly being related to Jerry Sandusky's Second Mile Charity...
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Former heavyweight champ Frazier remembered in SC

By theGrio

11:15 AM on 11/16/2011

BEAUFORT, South Carolina (AP) - The world knew him as heavyweight champion Smokin' Joe, but Joe Frazier was simply called 'Billy Boy' by family and friends in his hometown...
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Philadelphia's lack of respect for Joe Frazier hits below the belt

By theGrio

3:57 PM on 11/15/2011

They all came, the great and the small. Bus drivers, lawyers, doctors and boxers...
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Slideshow: Top US cities for blacks to do business

By Tamy Cozier

11:59 AM on 11/15/2011

SLIDESHOW - On November 9, the National Urban League Policy Institute released its State of Urban Business report on minority business development...
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How Smokin' Joe Frazier fought unfair 'Uncle Tom' slurs

By Dwayne McClary

8:32 AM on 11/08/2011

OPINION - The lingering after effect of being called 'Uncle Tom,' 'white people's champion,' 'ignorant,' 'gorilla,' and 'ugly' by Ali were more damaging than any single punch thrown...
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