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26-Year-Old Maryland Woman Charged in Death of 92-Year-Old Roommate
A 26-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder after telling officers she killed her 92-year-old roommate, Montgomery County Police said Wednesday.
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Community Members Participate in Swim-A-Thon for Veterans in Kensington
Community members took a dip in the pool at the Shuttle Meadow Country Club in Kensington on Saturday for a good cause.
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Community Members Participate in Swim-A-Thon for Veterans in Kensington
Community members took a dip in the pool at the Shuttle Meadow Country Club in Kensington on Saturday for a good cause. Spearheading the second annual Swim-a-Thon for Veterans is Scoop for Troops, an organization founded by now 11-year-old Michael Ahern and his sister, 13-year-old Kara. It’s all with the goal to raise money to support critically injured veterans. ...
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Man Under Car Crushed to Death as Jack Slips
A man was crushed to death in Philadelphia when a car fell on top of him after the jack propping up the vehicle slipped.
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NH Father Strangles Aggressive Coyote to Death After It Attacks Toddler Son
Police in Kensington, New Hampshire have advised the public to keep their pets and children inside after they say a coyote attacked a woman Monday morning.
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Police Chase ATV Rider Wanted in Connection to Deadly Shooting in North Philadelphia
A man wanted in connection to a deadly shooting led police on a wild chase while riding on an ATV through several Philadelphia neighborhoods Tuesday night.
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Police Chase ATV Rider Wanted in Connection to Deadly Shooting in North Philadelphia
A man wanted in connection to a deadly shooting led police on a wild chase while riding on an ATV through several Philadelphia neighborhoods Tuesday night.
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‘That's Pretty Miraculous': Man Shot 15 Times Walks Into Philadelphia Emergency Room
Philadelphia police say a man who was shot 15 times walked into a hospital emergency room and is expected to survive.
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Feds Using Immigration Marriage Interviews as Trap, Lawsuit Says
Alyse and Elmer Sanchez were thrilled when they survived their “green card” interview, a crucial step in obtaining lawful status in the United States. She texted her family from the immigration office as relief washed over her: The officer had agreed that their marriage is legitimate. Moments later, Elmer was in shackles, detained pending deportation to his native Honduras, leaving...
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Families, Staff React to Closing of Mooreland Hill School
Kate Dow spent here middle school years at Mooreland Hill School. After moving to Texas and graduating from college in the Boston area, she came back to Berlin to raise her own family and moved into the nearby Kensington neighborhood because she planned to send her three children to her alma mater. Her oldest son Henry was supposed to start...
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Experts: Mental Illness Not Main Driver of Mass Shootings
President Donald Trump’s focus on “mentally ill monsters” oversimplifies the role of mental illness in public mass shootings and downplays the ease with which Americans can get firearms, experts said. “Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun,” Trump said Monday , addressing weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio that killed 31 people.
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Young People Interested But Also Feeling Anxious Ahead of Election, Poll Says
Engaged? Check. Anxious? Check. With weeks to go until the November midterm elections, more young Americans are interested but, according to a new poll, they’re also feeling more anxious about the results. A poll released Wednesday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and MTV found that more young people now say they are feeling anxious about the...
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Kensington Community Kicks Off the Season of Giving With Charity Football Game
As sure as you can be that the Lions and Cowboys will take the football field each Thanksgiving, you can be confident so will the kids of Kensington and Berlin.
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Suspect in 1975 Slayings of Sisters Pleads Guilty
A 60-year-old man pleaded guilty in the killing of two young sisters from Maryland Tuesday and was sentenced to two 48-year prison terms, more than four decades after the girls vanished during a trip to a local shopping mall.
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UK Police: Corporate Manslaughter Possible in Tower Fire
British police said Thursday they have “reasonable grounds” to suspect that local authorities may have committed corporate manslaughter in a deadly high-rise fire in London. The Metropolitan Police force said it has officially informed the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, which owns the Grenfell Tower public housing block, and the management group the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Association...
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‘Anarchists' Damage High-End Cars, Newly Developed Properties in Philly, Leave Behind Anti-Gentrification Message
Two people were charged after a large group of vandals who police described as “anarchists” damaged high-end cars and newly developed buildings and left behind an anti-gentrification message in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood Monday night.
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Big Fire Damages Old Berlin Train Station
Fire broke out early this morning at the old Amtrak train station at 51 Depot Road in the Kensington part of Berlin and trains by bypass the station until further notice.
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Canadian Cops Make the Sound of Nickelback 1 More Reason Not to Drive Drunk
In a post on Facebook, a small town police page reveals how they plan to punish drunk drivers — with Nickelback. The Kensington Police Service of Prince Edward Island posted a picture of the Canadian rock group’s 2001 LP Silver Side Up, threatening to open it in the event of arresting drunk drivers. “Know that the Kensington Police Service will...
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Man Charged in Shooting Death of 4-Year-Old Daughter: Police
A man has been charged in the shooting death of his own daughter.
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Father, Limo Driver Shot, Killed During Robbery
A limo driver was shot and killed during a robbery in West Philadelphia Saturday night.