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PA Woman Threatened To 'Blow Up' Courthouse, Assassinate Judge: DA PA Woman Threatened To 'Blow Up' Courthouse, Assassinate Judge: DA
PA Woman Threatened To 'Blow Up' Courthouse, Assassinate Judge: DA A 43-year-old woman is accused of making over 100 phony 911 calls and issuing more than a dozen threats to authorities involving bombs and assassinations, say prosecutors.  Valerie Joy Travis is charged with multiple felony counts of terroristic threats and related charges, said the District Attorney's Office on Monday, Aug. 14.  Investigators said that over a nine-month period, county dispatchers received 116 emergency phone calls from a number linked to Travis. None of the reported incidents were real, but each of them "required action by the Department of Emergency Communicatio…

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by Mac Bullock
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Police Close Philadelphia SEPTA Station Overnight Following Shooting Police Close Philadelphia SEPTA Station Overnight Following Shooting
Police Close Philadelphia SEPTA Station Overnight Following Shooting Police closed a Philadelphia SEPTA station overnight following a shooting, NBC Philadelphia reports. A person was shot at the Market-Frankford Line's 15th Street Station late Sunday night, across the street from Philadelphia City Hall, SEPTA officials told NBC. Eastbound subway trains bypassed the 15th Street Station while police investigated, SEPTA officials told NBC. The person was taken to a local hospital for treatment where their condition is unknown, SEPTA officials told NBC. The incident is under investigation. Click here for the full story by NBC Philadelphia.

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by Nicole Acosta