Breaking News: Police Officer Faces Murder and Multiple Charges in Fatal Shooting of Eddie Irizarry

The Philadelphia district attorney has charged a police officer with murder in the fatal shooting of Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop. The officer, Mark Dial, was captured firing six shots into Irizarry’s car through the rolled-up driver’s side window just seconds after exiting his police vehicle. Before shooting, an unidentified voice is heard threatening …

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Philadelphia Police Officer Faces Murder Charges in Controversial Shooting of Eddie Irizarry

Philadelphia’s district attorney has charged a police officer with murder in the death of a man he shot multiple times during a traffic stop last month. District Attorney Larry Krasner on Friday announced various charges against Philadelphia Police Department’s Mark Dial, accusing him of not only murder but aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another …

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12-Year-Old Boy Fatally Assaulted and Disposed in a Waste Receptacle

A 12-year-old boy named Hezekiah “Hezzy” Bernard was found dead in a dumpster in West Philadelphia. He had been shot in the head and wrapped in plastic. Hezekiah was under the care of the Department of Human Services at the time of his death, according to WHYY. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that he had …

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Head of Philadelphia’s Center City District condemns Back-to-Work Barometer

Landlords in New York City aren’t the only ones frustrated with Kastle Systems’ Back-to-Work Barometer, which claims to track physical office occupancy. The President/CEO of Philadelphia’s Center City business improvement district, Paul R. Levy, expressed his anger over a recent Wall Street Journal article that labeled downtown Philly as “one of the emptiest office districts …

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Teen Bomb-Maker Posed ‘Serious Threat to All Individuals’

A 17-year-old individual, described as an “aspiring terrorist,” is now facing multiple state felony charges in Pennsylvania. According to officials, the teen was found to be communicating with a foreign terrorist group while also constructing a weapon of mass destruction. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner expressed his concern over the teen’s activities, stating that they …

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Interest Rate Hikes Likely to Cease, According to Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker

Patrick Harker at Jackson Hole, Wyoming David A. Grogan | CNBC Philadelphia Federal Reserve President, Patrick Harker, suggested on Tuesday that the central bank may have reached the end of its current cycle of interest rate hikes. A voting member of the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), Harker acknowledged progress in fighting …

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