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Crime tape is seen in the area of a shooting in Philly
Courts & Law

As National Victims Rights Week kicks off, Philadelphia’s gun violence shows no sign of slowing down

As Philadelphia marks National Crime Victims Rights Week with a series of events, the city’s gun violence shows no signs of abating.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Delayed hearing will keep man acquitted of murder in jail until at least mid-May

Sentencing for misdemeanor convictions against Tyquan Atkinson has been delayed, keeping the 22-year-old behind bars.

4 years ago

Elon Musk (Kiichiro Sato/AP)
Community

Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44B and will privatize company

Billionaire Elon Musk has reached an agreement to acquire Twitter for approximately $44 billion, the company said.

4 years ago

In this April 6, 2022 photo provided by Texas state Rep. Jeff Leach, Texas death row inmate Melissa Lucio, dressed in white, leads a group of seven Texas lawmakers in prayer in a room at the Mountain View Unit in Gatesville, Texas.
Courts & Law

Melissa Lucio faces execution. What to know about her case

Nearly half of the jurors who sentenced a woman to die for the 2007 death of her child have called for her upcoming execution to be halted and for her to get a new trial.

4 years ago

Former President Donald Trump speaks during his Save America rally
Courts & Law

Judge finds Trump in contempt in legal fight with New York AG

Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump to pay a fine of $10,000 per day.

4 years ago

Philadelphia's Central High School is visible, a red-brick building sitting on top of a green hill.
Keystone Crossroads
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Philly’s historic Central High gets its first woman, Black president

Katharine Davis, 34, is named to lead Central, Philadelphia’s oldest high school, which was all male from 1836 to 1983.

4 years ago

Johnny Depp testifies in the courtroom
Courts & Law

Depp recording warns of ‘bloodbath’ if arguments escalate

Heard's attorneys concluded their cross-examination of the actor Monday as he took the stand for a fourth day of testimony.

4 years ago

Simone Leigh, in red, stands in front of her
Arts & Entertainment

Female artists dominate the Venice Biennale for 1st time

For the first time in its 127-year history, the world’s oldest and most important contemporary art fair features a majority of female and gender non-conforming artists.

4 years ago

This still frame from Metropolitan Police Department body worn camera video shows Thomas Webster, in red jacket, at a barricade line at on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Courts & Law

Jurors reject array of defenses at Capitol riot trials

So far, all three juries to decide a Capitol riot case convicted each defendant of all charges.

4 years ago

A view of the State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa., with a cloudy sky in the background.
Keystone Crossroads
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Study at issue in Pa. school funding case revised to show low-income students get less

Researchers acknowledged Monday that an analysis used by Pa. officials to argue that the state’s funding system doesn’t shortchange low-income students was flawed.

4 years ago

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on a warehouse amid Russian bombardments in Kharkiv
Community

Russia hits rail, fuel facilities in attacks deep in Ukraine

As both sides in the 2-month-old war brace for what could be a grinding battle in the country’s eastern industrial heartland, top American officials pledged more help.

4 years ago

A Ukrainian serviceman walks on a destroyed Russian fighting vehicle in Bucha
Politics & Policy

U.S. promises more Ukraine aid, Biden announces veteran envoy

The trip by Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was the highest-level American visit to Kyiv since Russia invaded in late February.

4 years ago

U.S, Rep. Donald Norcross announces his intention to introduce legislation to curb gas prices and stop price gouging by oil companies during a press conference in Camden. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Norcross’ plan to go after big oil to lower gas prices and why it might not work

Norcross wants to suspend the federal gas tax while going after big oil profits to discourage price gouging. But there’s no gouging happening, said one analyst.

4 years ago

A closeup of City Hall
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Judge to decide if man acquitted in murder of police inspector’s son should stay in jail

Tyquan Atkinson has remained in jail since being cleared of murder, with a judge set to decide on sentencing for additional charges filed by DA’s office.

4 years ago

Four chickens look at the camera from behind a fence.
Community

How backyard chicken owners are protecting their flocks from the deadly avian flu outbreak

Backyard chicken owners in Pennsylvania are taking extra precautions to protect their birds, which they see as pets, from getting infected from the deadly avian flu.

4 years ago

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