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Police vehicles are parked at Roxborough High School
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
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Suspect wanted in deadly shooting near Roxborough High School turns self in

Philadelphia police have taken another suspect into custody following the deadly shooting near Roxborough High School last month.

3 years ago

Anomie Fatale maneuvers around the closed sidewalk at the intersection of Port Royal and Henry avenues. The construction blocked her only safe route to the CVS near her home. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Public Spaces
Streets & Roads

Philly will build or fix 10,000 curb cuts under settlement with disabled residents

The settlement filed Friday requires the city to build thousands of curb cuts over 15 years. It must be approved by a federal court.

3 years ago

Tape cordons off the area around the scene where multiple people were shot near a high school in Philadelphia
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

Philadelphia police ID 4th suspect in shooting near Roxborough High School; currently at large

A $45,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest or conviction of the suspects.

3 years ago

Judges are seated in rows.
Business
Delaware
National

Meet the judge who tamed the Musk-Twitter trial

Keeping the case on track is Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick, who brings a no-nonsense approach as the first woman to lead Delaware's 230-year-old Court of Chancery.

3 years ago

(Al Drago/Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability

Supreme Court turns away Trump objections in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case

The U.S. Supreme Court for now has tossed out Trump's objections to the way the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals is handling the seizure of classified documents.

3 years ago

Parents, students and teachers rallied ahead of the Central Bucks School District’s vote to remove books perceived to have sexualized content from their libraries outside the district’s headquarters in Doylestown on July 26, 2022.
K-12
Kids
LGBTQ
Pennsylvania

Central Bucks asks ACLU to reveal the LGBTQ students behind its federal complaint. ACLU says they fear retaliation

Central Bucks says the anonymity of the ACLU complaint makes it impossible to “intervene.” ACLU says the district has ignored and disrespected those students.

3 years ago

Krasner speaks from the podium.
Elections
Philadelphia
Public Safety

After 2020 Election Day threats, Philly DA Krasner calls for election security reform

Krasner said that the 2020 election provided dramatic evidence of the serious threat against democracy in Philadelphia.

3 years ago

Investigators work the scene where multiple people were shot near a high school in Philadelphia
Gun Violence
Philadelphia

2nd suspect arrested in deadly Roxborough High School shooting: Police

On Wednesday, authorities announced Yaaseen Bivins, 21, was charged with murder and four counts of aggravated assault for the gunfire late last month.

3 years ago

Deputy Chief Vanore provides updates on the arrest of the alleged Roxborough High School shooter. (Sam Searles/WHYY)
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Man arrested in Roxborough HS shooting was sold ammo despite felon status, police say

Yaseen Bivens is charged with murder in the death of 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde after police found he purchased ammunition while a convicted felon.

3 years ago

Plaintiff William Sherlach, left, hugs attorney Josh Koskoff while plaintiff Nicole Hockley hugs attorney Chris Mattei following the jury verdict and reading of monetary damages in the Alex Jones defamation trial at Superior Court, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, in Waterbury, Conn. (Brian A. Pounds/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)
Gun Violence
Kids
Law

Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million for Sandy Hook lies

The verdict is the second big judgment against the Infowars host for claiming the massacre was staged. It came in a lawsuit filed by the relatives of eight victims.

3 years ago

(Mixed media by Tom Downing / WITF)
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Mental Health
Pennsylvania
Social Justice
WITF

In Pa. county jails, people with mental illness are routinely met with pepper spray and stun guns

A WITF investigation finds that corrections officers use physical force on people who may be unable to comply with orders due to a mental health condition.

3 years ago

Police vehicles are parked at Roxborough High School
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing

Arrest made in deadly Roxborough shooting

A suspect has been arrested in the deadly shooting near Roxborough High School, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office said.

3 years ago

A portrait of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith (left) in 1981 and 16 silk-screened images Andy Warhol later created using the photo as a reference. A Federal District Court judge found that Warhol's series is 'transformative' because it conveys a different message from the original, and thus is fair use. A Second Circuit Court of Appeals panel disagreed.
(Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States)
NPR
Visual Arts

The Supreme Court meets Andy Warhol, Prince and a case that could threaten creativity

However the Supreme Court rules, its decision will have rippling practical consequences.

3 years ago

Investigators work the scene where multiple people were shot including police officers when a SWAT team attempted to serve a homicide warrant in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing

3 officers injured, suspect killed in Philadelphia shooting

Three Philadelphia police officers were shot and wounded at a home and a suspect was killed early Wednesday when a SWAT team tried to arrest a man wanted on a homicide charge.

3 years ago

The exterior of Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Delco court temporarily stopping closure of Delaware County Memorial Hospital

The judge is ordering Crozer Health and its parent company to suspend “any actions materially altering the present operation” of DCMH while the court looks over the case.

3 years ago

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