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Police vehicles are parked at Roxborough High School
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Five shooters launched targeted attack at Roxborough High, police say

A day after the shooting following a football scrimmage at Roxborough High, some students say they don’t want to go to class as police search for shooters.

3 years ago

(credit Kathryn Hollinrake)
Radio Times
Politics

Dahlia Lithwick on “Lady Justice” and Supreme Court’s legitimacy

Slate's Dahlia Lithwick on "Lady Justice," about the heroic women lawyers who fought for the rule of law during the Trump era and on the new Supreme Court term.

Air Date: September 28, 2022 10:00 am

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Former U.S. Rep. Michael J. ''Ozzie'' Myers.
Crime
Elections
Philadelphia

Convicted Abscam congressman from South Philly back in federal custody

Michael “Ozzie” Myers admitted to buying votes by paying off election officials to ring up additional support for his favored candidates.

3 years ago

A resident is pictured using a wheelchair inside a nursing home.
Health Care
Law
Philadelphia

Philly care home resident died with paper jammed in windpipe, lawsuit alleges

Cheryl Yewdall died five days after she was found face down with a large paper towel or disinfecting wipe in her windpipe.

3 years ago

A person appears on a screen above the Jan. 6 commission members who are seated at a table.
NPR
Criminal Justice
Law
National

In a big Jan. 6 case, Oath Keepers go on trial for seditious conspiracy

The founder of the Oath Keepers and four others individuals linked to the far-right, anti-government group go on trial Tuesday on seditious conspiracy and other charges stemmi

3 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson exits the federal courthouse with family on April 14, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Politics
Real Estate

Retrial for Philadelphia Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson set to begin this week

A federal judge declared a mistrial in April after a jury was unable to reach a verdict.

3 years ago

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A SEPTA bus approaches City Hall in a bus lane.
Policing
Streets & Roads
Transportation
6abc

‘Ticketing blitz’ will target drivers double-parked in Center City bus lanes

Drivers caught in bus lanes could be issued tickets anywhere from $51 for disobeying signs to $101 for blocking mass transit.

3 years ago

First Deputy Commissioner John Stanford called for the public to provide tips during Monday's press conference. (Cory Sharber / WHYY)
Crime
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

Police: Philly Wawa reports thousands in damages after being ransacked by roughly 100 juveniles

During a news conference Monday, police said they are reviewing surveillance video to determine who was involved.

3 years ago

People gather holding signs that read Charge the police. Rowhomes are visible in the background.
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Policing
Public Safety

Officers to face trial in girl’s death after Pa. high school football game

Three former police officers charged with killing a young girl when they fired 25 shots at a car will face trial on manslaughter charges.

3 years ago

File photo: In this Dec. 2, 2020, file photo, Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey answers a question during a news conference in Phoenix.  (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)
Government
Health Care
Law
National
Public Health

Arizona judge: State can enforce near-total abortion ban

Arizona can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been blocked for nearly 50 years, a judge ruled Friday, meaning clinics statew ...

3 years ago

File photo: An aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is pictured, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Government Accountability
National

Trump docs probe: Court lifts hold on Mar-a-Lago records

The court noted that Trump had presented no evidence that he had declassified the sensitive records.

3 years ago

The Confederate flag and monument at the Marvel Carriage Museum. (WHYY file)
Delaware
Government
Law
Race & Ethnicity

‘Just outlandish’: Council members violated Delaware law by reissuing check to museum that flies Confederate flag

“Through serial calls and actions,” three Georgetown officials spent “public money outside of public view,” the Attorney General’s Office ruled.

3 years ago

The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office (Angela Gervasi/Billy Penn)
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
6abc

Former Philadelphia police officer found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in 2017 shooting

Eric Ruch was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and possession of an instrument of crime in the death of Dennis Plowden Jr. following a car chase and crash in East German

3 years ago

Female inmates interact in their cell in this file photo. (Rick Bowmer/AP Photo, Pool)
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Philadelphia

Philly jails see increase in women who are incarcerated, move to consolidate population

Prison officials say the move is designed to maximize efficiency behind prison walls. They say it will also allow more women to have visitors.

3 years ago

Terrence Floyd, brother of George Floyd, waits to speak at a Get Out the Vote Rally outside the Brooklyn Museum, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Black Lives Matter
Policing
Social Justice

Ex-cop Lane gets 3 years in plea deal for aiding Floyd death

A former officer who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd was sentenced Wednesday to three years.

3 years ago

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