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If You Have a Citibank Card, You Might Be Getting $200 Back

February 27, 2018, 4:34 am
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Citigroup recently announced that it would issue refunds to some 1.75 million credit cardholders who had been charged interest rates that were too high. The refunds will total $335 million, or an average of $190 per account.

Fixing the error was mandated by the CARD Act, legislation introduced almost a decade ago aimed at protecting bank customers, NBC News reported. Prior to the CARD Act’s implementation, a customer unlucky enough to miss a payment could be saddled with a much higher penalty APR for an indefinite — and often long — duration.

Financial watchdogs say this story has a happy ending, but they worry that the White House's open hostility to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could diminish enforcement and erode compliance in future cases.

The Bureau’s current director, Mick Mulvaney, appointed by President Donald Trump, has made no secret of his desire to make the agency he leads less powerful. “We do worry that if the cop is no longer on the beat, then companies would have less incentive to be careful about what they’re doing and take aggressive steps to fix problems,” said Lauren Saunders, associate director at the National Consumer Law Center.



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Here's How to Get Free IHOP Pancakes Tuesday

February 27, 2018, 4:22 am
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Grab your fork and knife!

Tuesday is National Pancake Day at IHOP. Diners can enjoy a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. at participating locations. In exchange, customers will be asked to consider making a donation to give to local children's hospital and health organizations to help kids battling critical illnesses.

Since 2006, IHOP has raised close to $30 million for community charities. This year's goal is to raise $5 million, according to the IHOP website.

Check here to look up the closest IHOP. Offer is only valid for dine-in customers.




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Melania Trump Cuts Ties With Aide Whose Company Made $26M on Inauguration

February 27, 2018, 7:55 am
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First lady Melania Trump cut ties with a senior adviser whose company was paid nearly $26 million by President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, the first lady’s office confirmed to NBC News.

Trump “severed the gratuitous services contract” with Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a spokeswoman said.

The move comes after reports that the inaugural committee led by Donald Trump's friend Tom Barrack paid a company called WIS Media Partners $25.8 million for "event production services."

Wolkoff, a former fashion executive and event planner best known for planning the Met Gala, founded the firm a month before President Trump's inauguration, The New York Times reported.



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Cigarette-Smoking Man Ducks Under NYC Subway, Dances Away

February 27, 2018, 9:02 am
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A cigarette-smoking man was caught on camera crouched underneath a subway as it pulled into the station on Monday, baffling onlookers.

In a video posted to Instagram, the man was caught on video jumping onto the tracks in front of a B train as it pulled into the station. 

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The unidentified man then stuck his arm through the space between the train and platform, cigarette still alight and in hand. 

The man appeared to be intoxicated, and after climbing back out of the tracks, danced his way across the platform as FDNY officials approached. 

The man who posted the video, Shon Mogharabi, told the New York Post he was sure the man had been struck by the train. 

“Right before the train hit him, he ducked under the platform. Everyone turned away, thinking he was dead. It was terrible,” Mogharabi told the Post. 

According to the article, the man was taken to Bellevue Hospital but was not arrested.

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New Yorkers Freak Out Over Twins' Beatles Cover on Subway

February 27, 2018, 1:11 pm
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New Yorkers are freaking out about a pair of subway performers who sound eerily like the Beatles.

Matt Whitlock, a former music writer, tweeted a video Sunday of the buskers performing "She Loves You" at a 14th Street subway station.

"One thing you have to do today is watch this video of Amiri and Rahiem Taylor covering the Beatles -- they sound exactly like Lennon/McCartney and it gives me serious chills," Whitlock wrote. 


The video has been viewed more than 2 million times in less than two days, and retweeted over 41,000 times and liked 128,000 times. 

"This can't be real," one stunned viewer commented. "That's dead on point." 

"Creepy how they sound alike!" said another.

The resemblance was so uncanny that some doubted the performance was real. 

"Sounds dubbed," said one skeptic, to which the performers -- a band calling themselves Blac Rabbit -- jumped into the conversation to say, "Lol wish we had the tech to dub ourselves out there!" 


Identical twin brothers Amiri and Rahiem Taylor, from Bedford-Stuyvesant, say on their website that while they grew up surrounded by hip-hop, they had more exposure to pop, funk and soul from the '60s through the '80s. They taught themselves to play guitar and write songs based on the Beatles, learning from "arguably the greatest songwriting duo of all time," and the Taylor brothers now create what they call their own "psychedelic rock tunes."


They began busking to make some pocket money, and found a receptive audience on the subway with their Beatles covers. The brothers say they're continuing to perform on the subway while performing original music at venues across the city. 

Stephen King and Russell Crowe are among the celebrities who have retweeted Whitlock's video of Blac Rabbit. 



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These Are the 5 Best Beaches in the World, TripAdvisor Says

February 27, 2018, 11:24 am
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It's never too early to start thinking about hitting the beach -- especially if you're considering making a vacation of it.

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The Push to Start the Opioid Abuse Conversation Early

February 27, 2018, 10:36 am
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Starting the conversation about opioids early may be an aid toward preventing abuse. NBC10's Matt DeLucia talked to young men in recovery who believe a conversation about opioid addiction early in their lives could have helped.

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Woman Panhandles to Raise Funds for Pregnancy

February 27, 2018, 12:02 pm
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A woman in Utah has taken to the streets to try and raise money to have a baby. Jessica Gales has been married to her husband, Jared, for the past 13 years. They have also been trying to have a baby for about 13 years, with no luck. In her effort to save money for fertility treatments, she has two jobs and has now added a third: panhandling.



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Mom in Iconic Shooting Photo: Loesch's CPAC Comments 'Despicable'

February 27, 2018, 9:07 am
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The Florida mother whose anguish was captured in a now-iconic photograph from the Parkland school shooting called comments made by a National Rifle Association spokeswoman at a conservative gathering over the weekend  "despicable" and "vile."

Speaking to an audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington, D.C., NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch said journalists from the mainstream media "love mass shootings" because "crying white mothers are ratings gold."

"I’m not saying you love the tragedy, but you love the ratings. Crying white mothers are ratings gold," Loesch said. "And notice that I said ‘crying white mothers’ because there are thousands of grieving black mothers in Chicago every weekend. Where’s the CNN town hall for Chicago?"

Cathi Rush's two sons are enrolled at Majory Stoneman Douglas High School and survived the Feb 14. mass shooting that left 17 people dead. She described the moments surrounding the photo that depicted the panic and fear felt by hundreds of parents as they waited for answers outside the school. 

“We were just screaming and crying together. And I didn't know, I didn’t know about my children and I really hope that Dana from the NRA never has to experience that,” Rush told NBC 6.

She continued, "I mean, does she have no sympathy, no empathy at all. I truly believe that it's vile, it’s a wretched disgusting thing for her to say.”

Rush said she doesn't know whether Loesch's comments were about her photo because "there were lots of moms crying," but noted she hates that image because it forces her to relive the panic of not being able to find her sons every time she sees it.

She recalled racing to the high school when she learned about the shooting. Her 11th-grade son had evacuated but her younger son, who is ninth grade, was still inside the building. She later learned he had sheltered in place when they finally reunited several hours later.

Rush says both of her children will return to the school on Wednesday as classes resume for the first time since the mass shooting.



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Ex-Official Facing Child Porn Charges Will Remain Jailed

February 27, 2018, 2:20 pm
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A former top official in a Philadelphia suburb will remain jailed until his trial on child pornography charges.

A federal judge issued the order Monday, rejecting defense claims that 67-year-old Philip Ahr has begun to accept responsibility for his actions and sought treatment for what the lawyer described as a "mental defect."

Prosecutors scoffed at the suggestions and cited the hundreds of images of sexually abused children — some as young as infants — that were found on electronic devices Ahr used at home, at work and as president of the Radnor Township Board of Commissioners.

Authorities have said they began investigating Ahr last August after getting a tip a Yahoo Messenger account subscribed to Ahr was sharing child porn.



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7 States 'Compromised' by Russia Before Election: Officials

February 27, 2018, 5:55 pm
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The U.S. intelligence community developed substantial evidence that state websites or voter registration systems in seven states were compromised by Russian-backed covert operatives prior to the 2016 election — but never told the states involved, according to multiple U.S. officials.

Top-secret intelligence requested by President Barack Obama in his last weeks in office identified seven states where analysts — synthesizing months of work — had reason to believe Russian operatives had compromised state websites or databases.

Three senior intelligence officials told NBC News that the intelligence community believed the states as of January 2017 were Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Texas and Wisconsin.

The officials say systems in the seven states were compromised in a variety of ways, with some breaches more serious than others, from entry into state websites to penetration of actual voter registration databases.

NBC News reached out to all seven states that were compromised, as well as 14 additional states the Department of Homeland Security says were probed during the 2016 election.

To this day, six of the seven states deny they were breached, based on their own cyber investigations.



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Marines Fall Ill at Military Base in Va. After Opening Letter: Official

February 27, 2018, 6:42 pm
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Nearly a dozen people, including several Marines, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall fell ill Tuesday after they opened a suspicious letter containing an unknown substance. 

The letter was recieved about 3:30 p.m. in Henderson Hall, which Arlington Fire officials described as an administrative building.

A gunnery sergeant opened a letter and showed it to a superior, a Pentagon official told NBC News.

Eleven people began to feel ill, and the building was evacuated. Three of those people were taken to a hospital in stable condition, officials said in a press release.

The Marines affected reported itchy hands and face and bloody noses, a Marine official said. It is unclear how many people suffered from those symptoms.

A large number of police and medics responded to the Northern Virginia military base, which is near the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery. The FBI, Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and local hazardous material teams cleared the building with base police.

The NCIS and FBI are conducting a joint investigation, according to a press release.

Information was not available immediately on what the unknown substance could be.

Stay with News4 for more details on this developing story.



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Jared Kushner's Security Clearance Downgraded

February 27, 2018, 2:11 pm
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Margate Firefighter in Prescription Fraud Case Heads to Court

February 27, 2018, 5:11 pm
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When NBC10 learned prescription drug costs quadrupled in just one year for a group of South Jersey workers, it raised big questions about what was going on. NBC10's Ted Greenberg has new information on how the case could impact public safety as well as the Margate firefighter who is heading to court.

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Woman Crashes After Man Threatens Her With Bat, Chases Her

February 27, 2018, 6:10 pm
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A South Jersey woman is grateful to be alive after she says a driver threatened her with a baseball bat and chased after her leading to her crashing her vehicle.

Tamika, who did not want to reveal her last name, told NBC10 she left her Mount Laurel, New Jersey home and was headed to work at Wawa the morning of February 16. She was driving on Ark Road when she encountered another driver.

“He was in front of me braking his brakes three or four times so I beeped my horn at him,” she said. “He did something in his rearview mirror which triggered me.”

Tamika said she returned the hand gesture. Then the man got out of his car and started waving a black baseball bat at her.

“I didn’t know if he was going to hit my windows or hit me," she said.

Tamika drove off and called 911. She says the man got back into his car and began following her.

“The lady on the phone with me was saying to be calm, stay calm,” Tamika said. “I wasn’t calm. I was scared this man was definitely chasing me and racing me in his car.”

Frightened, Tamika lost control of her red Impala and struck a tree. She said she doesn’t remember how fast she was driving but her car ended up split in half with the back end landing across the street and the front end landing about 50 yards from the place of impact. 

“I wasn’t to the point that I blacked out,” she said. “I saw him look at me and kept on going.”

Tamika was airlifted to the Cooper Medical Center where she spent two days being treated for a concussion, broken heel and cuts to her head and face.

“I want to be able to drive but it’s going to definitely take a while,” she said while in tears.

Police say the suspect drove off. Police later obtained a surveillance photo of the man’s light grey or silver 4-door sedan. Investigators were not able to get the vehicle’s tag number but say the car has a noticeable softball size dent over the passenger side rear tire.

They also released a sketch of the suspect.

Tamika told NBC10 she doesn’t want revenge, only justice.

“You’re going to get yours period,” she said. “You doing what you did was wrong. I had angels watching me. Watching over me. I could honestly say that.”

If you have any information on the suspect or vehicle, please call Medford Police.


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New Technology Helps People Dealing With Tattoo Regret

February 27, 2018, 5:56 pm
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Many times, people don't think before they "ink". NBC10's Cydney Long tells us about the new technology that can erase regretful tattoos.

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Got Old Parking Tickets? Philly Offers Amnesty

February 27, 2018, 5:47 pm
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Have some very long overdue Philadelphia parking tickets?

Relief is coming.

City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell announced the city's parking amnesty program Tuesday.

Anyone with unpaid parking tickets from before 2013, can sign up to have their debt forgiven. The amnesty program also offers vehicle owners a 70-percent discount for towing and storage fees from 2014 or earlier.

The savings from Philadelphia Parking Authority debt collection come with some caveats:

  • All tickets from 2013 to 2017 must be paid in full or a 24-month payment plan with 10 percent down must be agreed to before a person can apply for amnesty for the older tickets and fines.
  • Anyone without outstanding tickets from the past five years can pay a $50 fee to enroll in amnesty and will be forgiven of all violations prior to 2013.
  • Anyone with outstanding towing and storage fees must pay 30 percent of the fees in full to have the remaining 70 percent forgiven.
  • Any tows from the past three years aren’t covered by the program.
  • The amnesty applicant must stay with the payment plan to remain in the program, otherwise he or she will be right back in debt.

Enrollment for the program begins online Thursday and last through the end of April. As of Tuesday afternoon the Parking Amnesty website wasn’t active.



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Popular Delaware Family Restaurant Closes Its Doors

February 27, 2018, 5:41 pm
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A longtime restaurant in Delaware is closing its doors after 38 years. NBC10's Delaware Bureau reporter Tim Furlong tells us that nearby construction contributed to the Chesdel Restaurant's closure.

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1 Dead in West Philadelphia House Fire

February 27, 2018, 7:21 pm
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One person died in a house fire at a West Philadelphia home.

The fire started at a home on the 5300 block of Race Street Tuesday night. Firefighters were able to place the flames under control.

One person was found dead inside the home. Officials have not yet released the victim’s identity.

The fire was one of two that occurred in West Philadelphia Tuesday night.

Another fire started on the 100 block of South 50th Street. Two people were injured during that fire and taken to the hospital. Officials have not yet revealed their conditions.



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Officers Save Man From Fire, Find Out He Started It: Police

February 27, 2018, 9:41 pm
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Bodycam footage was released Tuesday showing two Philadelphia police officers rescuing a man from a house fire last year. It turns out however that the man they rescued was the person responsible for the fire, according to investigators.

On March 29, 2017 at 5 p.m., Officers Eugene Donahue and Nicholas Harper responded to a radio call for a fire with people trapped inside on the 1900 block of North 17th Street. When they arrived they noticed heavy smoke coming from the second floor of the property which belonged to the Philadelphia Housing Authority and was occupied by people in wheelchairs.

Bodycam footage shows the two officers going into the property and finding a man, identified by police as Henry Flowers, 47, in the stairway of the second floor. The officers then carried Flowers to safety.

Flowers and the two officers all suffered smoke inhalation and were treated at Hahnemann Hospital. After further investigation, police determined that Flowers was the person who started the fire and he was later charged with arson.

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