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911 dispatch
Courts & Law
6abc

Bucks County’s 911 dispatch system up and running after 9-day outage from cyber attack

County officials say they have determined the ransomware group Akira was involved in the 911 communication center outage.

1 year ago

Person boarding a bus
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Gov. Shapiro is pitching more funding for Pa.’s struggling transit systems. Will the state Senate agree?

Transit systems across Pennsylvania are struggling with inflation, even as ridership rebounds from the pandemic. State lawmakers are struggling to agree on funding to help.

1 year ago

The exterior of a house in Levittown where a murder took place
Courts & Law

Man accused of beheading his father in Levittown home and posting gruesome video online

The YouTube video, more than 14 minutes long, showed Justin Mohn picking up the head and identifying his father by name.

1 year ago

Police on the scene at King Place in Philadelphia.
Courts & Law
6abc

Philly police officer wounded after bullet ricochets off ballistic vest while serving warrant

The team was serving seven warrants, according to PPD Commissioner Kevin Bethel.

1 year ago

Battleship New Jersey
Community

Battleship New Jersey headed to drydock, but still needs money to fund ‘once in a generation’ repairs

The storied ship has been on the waterfront for three decades. It’s due for about $10 million of work before returning to host visitors in Camden.

1 year ago

Tiana Sampson of the U.S. Attorney's Office clarifying the distinctions between hate, discrimination, and when an act crosses into a hate crime.
Community

As hate crimes rise, Delawareans join national ‘United Against Hate’ initiative for dialogue

“One of our main goals," said assistant U.S. attorney Tiana Sampson, "is to start building that trust."

1 year ago

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In a photo from 1953, boys puff out their chests for the photographer on Grant Street Beach. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Beach body: Cape May shows off its scrapbook of a historically Black beach

The Carroll Gallery at the Emlen Physick estate displays family photos of Grant Street Beach, the city’s once-segregated beach.

1 year ago

Listen 1:36
File photo: Chita Rivera arrives at the 72nd annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 10, 2018, in New York. Rivera, the dynamic dancer, singer and actress who garnered 10 Tony nominations, winning twice, in a long Broadway career that forged a path for Latina artists, died Tuesday. She was 91. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Arts & Entertainment

Chita Rivera, revered and pioneering Tony-winning dancer and singer, dies at 91

Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of “West Side Story.” In August 2009, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

1 year ago

File photo: An exhibit is shown at the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Community

Burned remnants of prized Jackie Robinson statue found after theft from public park in Kansas

Authorities say fire crews found the burned bronze remnants of a prized statue of Jackie Robinson that was stolen last week from a public park in Kansas.

1 year ago

File photo: Tesla CEO Elon Musk waves as he arrives at the annual political festival Atreju, organized by the Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy political party, in Rome, Dec. 16, 2023.
Courts & Law

Elon Musk cannot keep Tesla pay package worth more than $55 billion, Delaware judge rules

The ruling in a Delaware court Tuesday comes five years after a shareholder lawsuit targeted the Tesla and the company's directors.

1 year ago

Philadelphia Flyers' goaltender Carter Hart in action during an NHL hockey game against the Colorado Avalanche, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, in Philadelphia.
Courts & Law

Flyers’ goaltender Carter Hart among NHL players charged with sexual assault in a 2018 case in Canada, their lawyers say

Lawyers representing Hart, McLeod and Dube say each player has been charged by police in London, Ontario.

1 year ago

An artist rendering of the new domed indoor sports complex at Cape May Airport
Urban Planning

A domed indoor sports complex is coming to Cape May Airport

The Delaware River and Bay Authority Commission approved plans for an 80,000-square-foot domed indoor sports complex.

1 year ago

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Chester City Hall at East 4th Street and Avenue of the States. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Pa. Supreme Court grants receiver ability to strip Chester city officials of administrative power, ‘whether they like it or not’

With the City of Chester facing bankruptcy, the state's top court has given the receiver more power to save it, even if it means bypassing the will of local elected officials.

1 year ago

Listen 0:55
Close-up of Gov. Shapiro speaking
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania’s governor to push for millions in funds for economic development in budget

Shapiro has been eyeing such a strategy since last year, when he told legislators during his inaugural budget address that he was “sick and tired of losing to other states.”

1 year ago

Holtec International building
Courts & Law

Holtec will pay $5 million to avoid prosecution in N.J. tax credit case

The Florida-based company was at the center of a tax credit controversy in the Garden State.

1 year ago

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