iradiophilly | News - Flight Delayed at PHL, Samsung Phone; Cosby in Court Pre-Trial Hearing; Eagles Josh Huff Arrested

Streaming Radio for Philadelphia
More Music. Fewer Interruptions. Just what you want to hear.

FOLLOW:

News
Talk about what's in the news


The Post

Flight Delayed at PHL, Samsung Phone; Cosby in Court Pre-Trial Hearing; Eagles Josh Huff Arrested

by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/01/16 5:42 pm | updated: 11/01/16 5:42 pm

An American Airlines flight was delayed at Philadelphia International Airport on Tuesday after there was a report that a banned phone was on board. Passengers aboard Flight #2051 from Philly to Miami were taken off the plane and re-screened. The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone is banned on all U.S. flights and has been recalled by Samsung because the risk of explosion and fire. No phone was found and the passengers were allowed to re-board. The flight was delayed approximately 2 hours. It was originally supposed to take off at 10 a.m. The Note 7 has caused fires on planes before. Most recently on October 6th, a passenger's recall replacement Note 7 started to smoke just before takeoff on a Southwest flight from Louisville to Baltimore.

79-year-old entertainer Bill Cosby is back in court today in Montgomery County for a series of pre-trial motions in connection to sex assault charges brought against the comedian. The prosecution wants the judge to allow 13 other woman to testify that they were similarly assaulted by Cosby to establish a signature pattern and history of attacks. The defense argues the women's stories are inconsistent, unreliable, and influenced by the media. The defense is asking the judge to thrown out a 2005 civil deposition given regarding the case because a former DA promised never to prosecute. In another motion they are asking for the case to be dismissed entirely because Cosby's rights have been violated for taking so long to prosecute. Four days have been set aside this week to hear these motions.

4,700 SEPTA workers from the Transit Workers Union Local 234 went on strike at the stroke of midnight Tuesday despite daylong contract negotiations with SEPTA officials. Parties for both sides met at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel in Center City all day Monday. The strike will affect some 400,000 SEPTA bus, trolley, and subway riders. The Regional Rail and Suburban routes are not affected.

The Philadelphia Parking Authority has modified rates and parking enforcement during the strike. http://www.philapark.org/2016/10/philadelphia-parking-authority-septa-strike-operations-plan/

SEPTA has announced it's contingency plans on their website: http://www.septa.org/service/interruption/2016-guide.html

Sports
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver/kick returner Josh Huff was arrested Tuesday morning. He was pulled over for speeding on the Walt Whitman Bridge. He was in possession of marijuana and a gun. The Camden County Prosecutor's office is investigating.

Villanova Basketball is ranked #4 on the preseason AP poll

Sixers at Magic 7pm

Weather
This afternoon, Partly Cloudy, temperatures in the upper 50s in Center City

TOP STORIES

(0) responses

Welcome to iradiophilly! Philadelphia's Internet Radio Community

Welcome! Start listening now for FREE! The music is always on, so choose a radio station and click to listen. You can find fun Events around Philly and you can list yours on our Events page FREE. We will also promote cool Philly shows, events and fundraisers on the air FREE. There are also great opportunities to become a sponsor or advertise. iRadioPhilly supports the Philadelphia music and arts scene. If you are a local musician or performer, send us your stuff. We will play it on our BYO radio station, Philadelphia's Local Stage. We're designing the radio stations and iradiophilly to reflect Philadelphia's music tastes, so we'll want your input. We're glad you're here. Invite your friends.

FOLLOW:

Site Design by Bananaland | Built by quadpain media