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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

Today is Friday. It is December 14th. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning. In the news this morning, a woman was shot and killed in front of her two-day-old baby in the Logan section of the city police say.

Authorities reported to a shooting about 4 a.m. Friday inside the home of the 6,300 block of North Woodstock Street.

Arriving officers found the 24-year-old victim on the floor of a second-floor bedroom suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said the woman's two-day-old baby was a foot away in a crib in the bedroom during the shooting.

He said that the baby was not hurt, but police are searching for a suspect.

Terrible.

Freakant nightmare. Two days old. Gosh. A last-minute spat between the mayor's office and councilwoman Janie Blackwell has put the development

of a major 13-acre property in jeopardy.

Both sides are blaming each other with no clear sign of what happens next.

The former Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company building at 4601 market was originally supposed to be the police

department's new headquarters. But that plan was scratched as impractical. Mayor Jim Kenney's office

then worked on a deal with developer Ironstone to turn the building into a public health

campus. But yesterday, during a scheduled vote, Councilman Jenny Blackwell decided to put the

matter on hold. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said we're very disappointed.

I mean, we worked for quite some time to come up with this.

The mayor may be grossly disappointed, but I'm grossly disappointed, said Councilman Blackwell.

Councilwoman Blackwell blames the mayor's staff for not adequately explaining to her constituents during hearings how they would benefit from the

project through jobs and other opportunities. They came grossly unprepared, did not explain anything

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