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Legislation to create a new position for a special prosecutor to handle crimes within 500 yards of any SEPTA property passed through the general assembly and was signed into law

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Tyre Nichols’ parents and a Gen-Z abortion rights activist are on the guest list.

Imagine if Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney had to get up each year and deliver his version of the State of the Union address.

The veteran driver says he could never have imagined what would happen just feet in front of his bus two Wednesdays ago and how that chance encounter would lead him to Washington, D.C.

Chris DeShields, a SEPTA bus driver on Route 5, was invited to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday night by Rep. Brendan Boyle after he stopped a carjacking in Fishtown by using his bus to scare off would-be robbers on Jan. 25.

SEPTA's Chris DeShields' valor outside of his normal driving duties will be rewarded with a seat at Biden's "State of the Union" speech.

SEPTA bus driver, Chris DeShields -- who intervened to help a woman who was being carjacked -- will be a special guest at the State of the Union Address.

A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. bus driver stopped an ongoing carjacking with his 40-foot long bus on January 30.