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Families of Parkland shooting victims settle lawsuit with DOJ for about $130 million

Families of more than a dozen victims of the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Fla., have reached a settlement with the Justice Department to resolve their lawsuit.

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FILE PHOTO: Officers at the Cumberland County Prison walk the halls, Thursday, April 3, 2003, in Carlisle, Pa. (Carolyn Kaster / AP Photo)
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Coroner says prisoner at SCI Camp Hill died by suicide

A prisoners' rights advocate notes, this is the fourth prisoner death in Pa. in the past eight days.

4 years ago

Roger Stone, left, and Alex Jones hold a press conference before attending a House Judiciary Committee hearing in 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Roger Stone, Alex Jones among new subpoenas issued by Jan. 6 panel

The committee said the subpoenas are focused on the planning and financing of Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 rallies in Washington, D.C., the subsequent march and deadly riot.

4 years ago

Volunteers wearing balloons lead Philadelphia's 100th Thanksgiving Day Parade. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
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After Wisconsin tragedy, Philly police are confident in their Thanksgiving Parade safety plan

After police say a man intentionally plowed through a crowd of holiday parade marchers in Wisconsin, Philly law enforcement say Thursday’s Thanksgiving event will be safe.

4 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner wipes his eyes after speaking about the shooting of a pregnant woman over the weekend. (Tom Mac Donald/WHYY)
Crime
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Philadelphia

‘Extremely disturbing’: Philly approaches 500 people murdered in 2021

Philadelphia’s District Attorney said he is worried police do not have enough resources to solve and investigate a historic number of murders.

4 years ago

A family photo hangs on a wall in the dining room
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
Spotlight PA

What you need to know about the killing of Christian Hall by Pennsylvania State Police

Nearly a year after his death, Hall's parents are calling for a new investigation.

4 years ago

Deputy Attorney General Mark Denney
Delaware
Policing
Social Justice

Del. expands mandatory investigations of police use of force in cases of serious injury

A special division of the Attorney General’s Office was previously only required to investigate use of deadly force by police.

4 years ago

State Senator Art Haywood (Commonwealth Media Services)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Policing
Spotlight PA

Who investigates police killings in Pennsylvania, and why there are few checks and balances

Elected district attorneys who work closely with police decide whether officers should be charged and rarely refer cases to the state attorney general.

4 years ago

KENOSHA, WISCONSIN - NOVEMBER 08: Gaige Grosskreutz watches video as he testifies about being shot in the right arm during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 8, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rittenhouse shot three demonstrators, killing two of them, during a night of unrest that erupted in Kenosha after a police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back while police attempted to arrest him in August 2020. Rittenhouse, from Antioch, Illinois, was 17 at the time of the shooting and armed with an assault rifle. He faces counts of felony homicide and felony attempted homicide. (Photo by Mark Hertzberg-Pool/Getty Images)
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National

What we know about the 3 men who were shot by Kyle Rittenhouse

4 years ago

A demonstrator raises her fist while marching on the street during a protest against the Kyle Rittenhouse not-guilty verdict near the Barclays Center in New York on November 19, 2021. (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR

Kyle Rittenhouse verdict prompts protests in several cities

Activists opposed to the jury's acquittal gathered in several cities across the country, including Chicago, New York, and Oakland. Authorities in Portland declared a riot.

4 years ago

 A pickup truck with a Confederate flag-themed decal is parked outside the Reception and Medical Center, the state's prison hospital where new inmates are processed, in Lake Butler, Fla., Friday, April 16, 2021.  (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Incarceration
National
Race & Ethnicity

White supremacist prison guards work with impunity in Fla.

According to public documents and interviews with a dozen prisoners and employees in the Florida prison system, guards openly tout associations with white supremacist groups.

4 years ago

Kyle Rittenhouse enters the courtroom to hear the verdicts in his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. Rittenhouse has been acquitted of all charges after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the nation’s debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice. The jury came back with its verdict afer close to 3 1/2 days of deliberation
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
National

Philadelphians grieve Rittenhouse verdict — and share thoughts on fixing a ‘broken’ system

Go to jury duty and vote for judges. That’s the advice Andre D. Carroll offered his fellow Black Americans after a jury found Rittenhouse not guilty.

4 years ago

Kyle Rittenhouse, center, enters the courtroom with his attorneys Mark Richards, left, and Corey Chirafisi for a meeting called by Judge Bruce Schroeder at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021.  (Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool)
Criminal Justice
National

Kyle Rittenhouse cleared of all charges in Kenosha shootings

Kyle Rittenhouse has been acquitted of all charges after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings.

4 years ago

SEPTA police said the suspects involved in a violent assault involving students on the Broad Street Line are multiple charges, including ethnic intimidation. (6abc)
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Public Spaces
Transportation

Philly DA files charges against teens for attack of Asian students on SEPTA train

Philadelphia’s District Attorney filed charges against four teens, a day after a racist attack against Asian high school students on the Broad Street Line.

4 years ago

Sheneen McClain stands at the site where her son Elijah was killed after an interaction with Aurora Police officers and paramedics resulted in the 23-year-old being restrained, choked and given a sedative on August 24, 2019. (Aaron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability
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Policing

Aurora, Colo., will pay a $15 million settlement over the death of Elijah McClain

The 23-year-old Black massage therapist died days after an encounter with police in August 2019.

4 years ago

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