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The two-alarm fire started just before 4 a.m. Thursday at Oakwood Gardens Apartments on Main Street, near Church Road and Memorial Park in Lansdale.

Officials say 14 people were forced from their homes. They were taken to nearby Lansdale Catholic High School.

The high school posted on social media that it was closing for the day to help those displaced by the fire. The school is operating on a "flexible instruction day" so students can learn without going to school.

Officials say eight apartment units were damaged in the fire, but fortunately, no one was hurt.

Investigators believe it may have been caused by faulty electrical wires.

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Philadelphia police have arrested a driver they say hit and critically injured a pedestrian in Northeast Philly and then drove away.

It happened around 5:45 Wednesday night in Wissinoming.

Police say a 2008 Chevy Silverado was going south on Torresdale Avenue and making a right onto Devereaux Avenue when it hit a 30-year-old man who was crossing Torresdale.

The driver took off, but witnesses were able to give police a description of the car.

Officers took the suspect into custody outside his house. Charges are pending.

The victim is in critical condition.

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One man has died in a fire in a house in North Philadelphia.

It happened around 5:15 a.m. near North 12th and Huntingdon streets.

Assistant Fire Chief Daniel McCarty says the man who died owns the house.

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New Jersey and New York are suing the Trump Administration over funding for the Gateway Tunnel Project, an underground rail tunnel between New Jersey and New York City.

The White House froze $16 billion late last year.

With no money to pay for the project, construction is set to stop on Friday without court intervention.

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill says this is a political stunt that is playing with the lives of workers and could cost the states billions for a project already approved by Congress.

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A nonprofit advocacy group is teaching people how to document Immigration and Customs Enforcement or other federal agents.

KYWs Vik Raghupathi reports.

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If the U.S. is charging foreign visitors a visa fee, don't be surprised to be charged one when you visit that country. Travel editor Peter Greenberg explains.

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If you’re from Philadelphia, maybe you just call it “The Art Museum..."

But the Philadelphia Museum of Art has reversed its rebrand, which it made back in the fall.

KYWs Vik Raghupathi has more.

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18-year-old Gavin McKenna is charged with felony aggravated assault.

Investigators in State College say it happened on January 31st, after an outdoor hockey game at Beaver Stadium.

The man needed surgery, and his jaw has been wired shut.

It's not clear what led to the fight.

McKenna could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of the felony charge.

He was expected to be the top pick in this summer's NHL draft.

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The city is trying to beef up the salt supply following last week’s winter storm.

But there’s been a delay after barges carrying 21,000 tons got stuck because of all the ice in the Delaware River.

KYW's Tim Jimenez has more from Fairless Hills, Bucks County.

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"That's not my signature" --- That, from a judge, was a clue to investigators that 'something was up' in the race for Pennsylvania Auditor General.

The Chester County DA has now filed charges against a Philadelphia woman, accusing her of filing fraudulent nominating petitions.

40-year-old Mariel Kornblith-Martin had served as campaign manager for Lehigh County Controller Mark Pinsley.

The Democrat lost in the 2024 primary for Auditor General.

But authorities say they found many forged signatures on the petitions that got his name on the ballot.

Among them, the Inquirer reports: a judge, two Coatesville City Council members, and a West Goshen Township supervisor.

Kornblith-Martin is out on bail and awaiting a preliminary hearing later this month.

Pinsley is not charged. He's now running for Congress in the Lehigh Valley.

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