UPPER DARBY, Pa. (CBS) — A shooting at a Delaware County cemetery has left one person injured. Police are now trying to confirm if the incident is in retaliation for a shooting that, they say, happened in Philadelphia just days ago. Chopper 3 showed the aftermath of what was a frenetic burial for a recent gunshot victim at the Friends Southwestern Burial Ground. READ MORE: WATCH LIVE: Philadelphia Officials To Provide COVID-19 Vaccination Program Update Police say two suspects on foot started shooting into the mourners, striking two people that they know of around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, sending one to surgery. An investigation into whether the shooting is retaliatory is active. “The investigation is open, but the funeral here today was from a shooting victim in the city from a few days ago and there was a shooting here today because of it,” Upper Darby Police Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt said. St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church sits just across the street. Father Gregory Gilbert has seen his share of violence at this cemetery. He says there was a shooting just a month ago in front of the church and has been begging the cemetery for over two years to have a police presence for the funerals of gunshot victims. READ MORE: Sixers' Matisse Thybulle Receives Special Birthday Mural In Fishtown “This is 100% predictable because of the refusal of the people operating the cemetery to have large funerals and especially funerals for shooting victims monitored by the police,” Gilbert said. During the scramble to get out of the cemetery, two cars were involved in a minor accident as well. Police say there is only one exit out of the cemetery and they’re confident security cameras will reveal the two suspects who fled on foot from the shooting. “We are working with the cemetery and the director here to make sure that we’re notified that there is a burial so if that there is a large crowd — and mainly because of the traffic here in this street, to be ...
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‘The Whole Front Exploded,’ 2 Hurt As Car Crashes Into Boston Home
BOSTON (CBS) – Two people were hurt when a car slammed into the front of a house in Boston and the homeowner said it’s the sixth time that’s happened. Pauline Glynn said she and a friend were watching TV in her home on Poplar Street late Thursday night when she heard a “terrible noise.” A car hit her neighbor’s car and then crashed into her front door, just two feet from her head. READ MORE: 12-Year-Old Creates Self-Care Workshop For Students Struggling During Pandemic “I heard the crash and the whole front exploded, it just took off the whole front of the house, glass went flying everywhere,” Glynn told reporters Friday morning. “The whole house is open and the car is in there spinning the wheels.” Glynn and her friend were not hurt. She said they were both “very lucky.” The fire department said the two people in the car were taken to the hospital, but there is no word yet on their conditions. It’s not known what caused the crash. “Everything got thrown all over the place. Glass all over the place,” Glynn said. “The front door’s gone. Now I don’t have to paint it this spring.” READ MORE: Governor Charlie Baker, Wife In Florida Following Death In Family But she does have to find a new place to stay until the house can be repaired. The car hit the house on Poplar Street before landing upside down in the yard. (WBZ-TV) Glynn said two cars hit the home when her parents owned it years ago and four more have crashed there since she’s owned it. “It’s like a raceway,” she said of the street. “I would like the city to do something.” But she has no plans to leave. MORE NEWS: 476 At Massachusetts Schools Test Positive For COVID-19 In Last Week “I’ve been here my whole life, I’m not going nowhere.” ...
GOP Sen. Kennedy: Only Way to Improve Pelosi Coronavirus Bill ‘Is with a Shredder’
During an appearance on Fox News on Wednesday, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) railed against the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief legislation passed by the House days earlier. Kennedy speculated on ways it could be improved and said one tool would be a shredder. “Look at President Biden’s $2 trillion coronavirus bill,” he said. “He gives money to people in his bill who are in our country illegally. Well, that’s obviously an incentive to people to come here illegally and a disincentive to people to follow the rules. And if I couldn’t say a word about the coronavirus bill.” “President Biden, because we’re going to be taking it up tomorrow – – President Biden said in putting together the bill, he said we want you, us, the Republicans halfway,” Kennedy continued. “If that’s the case, he’s a damn poor judge of distance. He has rejected everything we’ve proposed. This bill is dreadful. The only way I know how to improve it is with a shredder. It’s not even a coronavirus bill. Calling this a coronavirus bill is like calling Harvey Weinstein a feminist.” “It’s chock full of spending, pouring billions of dollars to states and local governments that have seen their revenues go up, billions of dollars to pension programs, billions of dollars to schools with no requirement that they open,” he added. “It’s an orgy of pork, and using a so-called coronavirus bill as an excuse to fund pork is my natural disaster. It is.” Follow Jeff Poor on Twitter @jeff_poor ...
476 At Massachusetts Schools Test Positive For COVID-19 In Last Week
BOSTON (CBS) – There have been 476 new COVID-19 cases among students and staff in Massachusetts schools in the last week, according to the latest data from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Districts, collaboratives and special education schools reported 343 cases among students and 133 among staff members between February 25 and March 3. Both of those numbers are down from last week . READ MORE: 2 Hurt After Car Crashes Into Boston Home Overnight Schools are not required to report positive cases to the state. Since September 24th, when the weekly release of data started, 7,157 students and 4,800 staff have tested positive. READ MORE: Coronavirus In Massachusetts: Today's Developments The weekly report released every Thursday shows the number of positive cases for students who are in hybrid or in-person models. It does not include students in remote-only programs. Overall, the state estimates there are about 450,000 students and 75,000 staff in Massachusetts public schools. MORE NEWS: To Do List: Boston Benefit Concert, Cooking Class, Farmers Market For the district breakdown on coronavirus cases, visit the DESE website . ...
Heinz Field COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Adding More Appointments; AHN, Dick’s Sporting Goods Team Up For Clinic
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Heinz Field COVID-19 vaccine clinic will be offering more appointments. READ MORE: Pittsburgh Weather: Chillier Temperatures And Sunshine Start The Weekend Giant Eagle announced that it’s extending the clinic after “an overwhelmingly positive response.” Additional appointments will be made available through Giant Eagle’s online scheduling tool. These appointments will be for March 8 through March 9, and they’ll be available Friday afternoon. Giant Eagle says more appointments may be added as vaccine is received. WATCH: KDKA’s Lindsay Ward Provides The Latest On Your Day Pittsburgh READ MORE: 'Back To Work PA:' Wolf Administration Releases Proposal To Deal With Pandemic Job Losses The clinic kicked off this week. Giant Eagle said more than 4,000 people will get the shot between Tuesday and Friday. It’s for people in Pennsylvania’s Phase 1A. Appointments can be made here . Allegheny Health Network and Dick’s Sporting Goods are also setting up a mass coronavirus vaccination site to vaccinate more than 5,000 people in Phase 1A. Appointments have already been filled for Friday’s clinic, which is at the company’s corporate office in Coraopolis. No walk-ins will be accepted. MORE NEWS: Pittsburgh Police Investigating Woman Found Dead Inside Her Home According to a release, the clinic is the “largest, single-day COVID-19 vaccination clinic to date in the greater western Pennsylvania region.” ...
