So, again, encouraging people to take their seats. Good evening, everyone. My name is kai bird, im the new executive director of the Leon Levy Center for biography which is celebrating its tenth year now all due to shelby white and the leon levy foundation. And i want to advertise, first of all, our new alliance with bio. This is our first sort of jointlysponsored event with them, but we are also, courtesy of will swift here the president of bio, we are also going to be doing, cosponsoring their great annual conference on biography next may. And that will also be happening here at cuny. Should be a great event with over 200 biographers. I also want to advertise and put out the word, we have a december 15th deadline for our new, our annual fellowship, and there are four fellowships given out every year of 65,000 a pop for aspiring biographers. So if you know of people who are aspiring, please encourage them to apply. And finally, i just, you know, im really thrilled that were able to do
A local school is on lockdown. Police are searching Parkway Northwest High School in the german town section of philadelphia. After two students reportedly brought guns into the building and action news learn that both students are now in custody. And just a few minutes ago two students were brought out of the school in handcuffs and put into the back of a police van. The rest of the students are said to be safe. Once again, police are searching Northwest High School for possible weapons, its unclear if they found anything so far. We are following the story, stay with action news and 6abc. Com for the latest information on this breaking news story. It is wane afternoon, good afternoon im Rick Williams and Alicia Vitarelli is in for sara bloomquist. We are following the search for the gunman responsible for a driveby shooting that left two 13yearolds in the hospital. The young teens were among those shot in north philadelphia last night. Jeanette reyes is live with the latest on the inv
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Monitoring. He was convicted of fondling a woman in dementia in wayne. Chad pradelli was in the courtroom today when spinglers sentence was read. You have the details. Reporter yes, you said it. Spingler was sentenced to two years probation and 60 days of house arrest. The commonwealth asked for 23 months behind bars and he apologized saying i committed a tremendous error. It was his motherinlaw who lived in a nursing home caught fondling her chest once not twice. And was doing it for shock value because his motherinlaw who has dementia stopped recognizing him. And he took into consideration his longterm commitment to his motherinlaw. Who he took care of since 2007 and that he visited daily. The judge also said he took into consideration the review about the sexual offenders review board who found spingler not to be a violent sexual predator and at low risk for recidivism. A review of the criminal complain is disturbing currently the board of commissioners is working to remove ahr from
Expected Global Temperatures the temperature increases to one and a half degrees celsius or less. I dont bring you a special report from fiji one of the many Pacific Islands that have already been hit hard by rising sea levels also on the program. A huge leak of documents shows how big corporations on the supervision of that money in tax havens will find out whos been implicated in the socalled paradise pythons. Are looking to weiss in toronto folks be going to the ball in ethiopia but a writer has found his her own Publishing Company to launch a series of childrens books with home grown stories. On the head of a bun just like his video assistant referee system has been replaced and its accusations that he inappropriately influenced matches. Im phil gayle welcome to the program. The dangerous effects of Global Warming on Pacific Islands Takes Center Stage as fiji opens the un conference on Climate Change in germany it builds on twenty fifteenths Paris Climate Accord which aims to reduc