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Ben Simmons had a triple-double with 13 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists and Joel Embiid had 30 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers past the Chicago Bulls 127-108 on Thursday night.

Philadelphia Police announced Thursday morning they had arrested and charged 33-year-old Nyishia Corbitt in connectionwith the death of 1-year-old Alina Barnes.

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A 33-year-old woman was charged Thursday in the death of a toddler whose body was found partially buried in an Olney park earlier this week, police said.Nyishia Corbitt is charged with murder, possessing an instrument of crime, falsifying reports, tampering with evidence, obstruction of justice and abuse of a corpse. Deputies Search for Wisconsin Girl Whose Parents Are Dead The baby, identified as 1-year-old Alina Diggs, was found buried in a shallow grave in Kemble Park. The park sits across from Central and Girls high schools.Diggs died from suffocation, according to Capt. John Ryan, head of the Philadelphia police homicide unit. Man Dies After Road Rage Incident at Montco Intersection Surveillance video from Oct. 9 showed Corbitt exiting an apartment building near 16th Street and Olney Avenue with Diggs. Police think the baby was already dead at the time, Ryan said. She took the young girl to a park across the street and then returned sometime later without her.Corbitt is the girlfriend of Diggs father, police said. They have two other children together. Corbitts mother is caring for those kids, Ryan said. Mom, 4 Adopted Kids Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide in Tenn. Diggs father has not been charged.Diggsmother, Brooke Barnes, is currently jailed in a Montgomery County on retail theft charges, police said.The girls grandmother, Pamela Butler, said Thursday that she was working become the babys legal guardian and had a court hearing scheduled for next week.My only grandbaby has been taken, Butler told NBC10s Drew Smith. Its a hard pill to swallow.Philadelphia police said Corbitt told her ownmother that Barnes was missing. The older woman then told officers, who used cadaver dogs to find the childs body earlier Oct. 16.Officers found the babys head partially above ground when they searched the park, police said. She was also fully clothed, wearing a bright pink shirt.Its terrible to see a child meet this kind of end, Ryan said.Police sources said evidence was recovered in an Olney apartment and in another location several blocks away from the crime scene.Butler said she asked to see Diggs this weekend, but that the girls father was evasive saying that the baby was in New York with his parents. Police believe the girl was already dead when that conversation took place.Theres no way you dont see your daughter for an entire week and you dont ask any questions, Butler said.The familys pastor visited the Brooks, the babys mother, in jail and told her about the murder, Butler said.I miss walking through the front door and shes sliding down the steps at the speed of lightning and these are things that you cant get back, but I do have the memories to hold onto, the grandmother said.CORRECTION Oct. 18, 2018, 8:47 p.m. ET: Philadelphia police initially said the toddlers name was Alicia Barnes. This story has been updated to correct her name to Alina Diggs.Photo Credit: Pamela Butler This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.

There was tons of fanfare at the Wells Fargo Center on Thursday as 76ers faithful welcomed the team back home for a new season.

The man whose car plunged into the Delaware River in Burlington City, killing his girlfriend, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years behind bars.

Meteorologist Cecily Tynan says a stronger cold front moves through this weekend, with even colder air.

The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation of child sexual abuse inside the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania.