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Meek Mill joins Pa. officials in calling for changes to criminal justice system
The rapper joined Gov. Tom Wolf at the National Constitution Center to push for changes in everything from probation and parole policies to cash bail.
7 years ago
Wildwood to offer parking on the beach
The struggle that beachgoers endure to find a parking spot will become less of an issue in one Jersey Shore community this summer.
7 years ago
PUC safety officials recommend restart of Mariner East 1 after inspection
Safety inspectors are recommending that Sunoco’s Mariner East 1 pipeline be restarted.
7 years ago
After Philly Starbucks arrest, what does it mean to be black in a ‘white space’?
The arrests of two black men at a Philly Starbucks exposed a central business district that struggles to make everyone feel welcome.
7 years ago
Listen 5:53Philly honors fallen police officers, firefighters
The Philadelphia Police and Fire Departments honored those who died in the line of duty with a service Wednesday
7 years ago
Amtrak service between Philly, Washington slowly resuming after freight train derailment
Two cars from an 88-car train dumped loads of stone onto the tracks when they derailed late Wednesday. No injuries have been reported.
7 years ago
Bensalem mayor, public safety director send mixed signals on partnering with ICE
Under 287(g) agreements, ICE authorizes local police to do some of the work its agents usually do, such as verifying the immigration status of people they arrest.
7 years ago
Cambridge Analytica is shutting down after Facebook data controversy
Cambridge Analytica's U.K.-based parent firm, said the company had begun the process of filing for bankruptcy.
7 years ago
PETA urges name change for Delaware’s Slaughter Beach
What’s in a name? The Shakespearean question is once again being raised, this time in the small Delaware town called Slaughter Beach.
7 years ago
Bill requiring employers to offer paid sick time now law in New Jersey
The legislation has been in the works for years.
7 years ago
Black men arrested at Starbucks settle with the company
Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the city for a symbolic $1 each Wednesday.
7 years ago
NewsWorks Tonight, May 1, 2018
A Philadelphia court hosts a courtroom to help the city clear out a backlog of bench warrants. A Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia s ...
Air Date: May 1, 2018
Listen 20:30Promised ‘Safe Return,’ Philly residents flock to church to resolve bench warrants
Philadelphia Safe Return is underway at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cheltenham where it's hosting four courtrooms to help process the city’s backlog of bench warrants.
7 years ago
Listen 1:56Residents urge DEP to deny Mariner East pipeline construction changes; unions argue for approval
Nearly all of the 33 speakers at the two-hour hearing argued that the natural gas liquids pipeline represents a risk to public safety.
7 years ago
Bazooka among items seized during Shore drug raid
Police executing a search warrant in Cape May County made an unusual discovery: a bazooka used by the United States military.
7 years ago