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Tracey Gordon (Provided/The Philadelphia Tribune)
PlanPhilly
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Philly’s iconoclastic Register of Wills has an idea for reducing crime without police

Philadelphia Register of Wills Tracey Gordon believes the city could reduce crime by reducing the number of homes without a clear legal owner.

5 years ago

Protesters have been outside prosecutor Mark Denney's house three times in recent weeks. (Courtesy of Keandra Ray)
Black Lives Matter
Delaware

Protests at Delaware prosecutor’s house went beyond free speech, says attorney general

Delaware’s AG tried to block demonstrators from continuing protests at the home of prosecutor Mark Denney, who had been leading the investigation into a fatal police shooting.

5 years ago

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Attorney General Merrick Garland announces a lawsuit to block the enforcement of new Texas law that bans most abortions at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021
Government
Health Care
Law
Medicine
National
Public Health

Justice Dept. sues Texas over state’s new abortion law

The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution."

5 years ago

Activists supporting the decriminalization of abortion in Mexico march in Guadalajara, Mexico, on September 28, 2019. Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion. (Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Gender
Public Health
Social Justice

Mexico’s Supreme Court has voted to decriminalize abortion

Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion as a crime, a landmark ruling that clears the way for the legalization of abortion.

5 years ago

A mourner kneels beside 26 teddy bears
NPR
Gun Violence
Social Justice

Remington subpoenas the school records of children slain at Sandy Hook

The families' lead attorney said there was "no explanation" for the decision by Remington to seek the records.

5 years ago

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Radio Times
Politics

The Texas abortion law and the future of reproductive rights

We discuss the restrictive Texas abortion law that the Supreme Court refused to block and the impact that it will have on women and reproductive rights.

Air Date: September 3, 2021 10:00 am

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A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, stripping women of the right to an abortion in most cases in the nation's second-largest state. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
Gender
Public Health
Social Justice

The Supreme Court heads toward reversing abortion rights

The Supreme Court's conservative majority tossed a legal bomb into the abortion debate late Wednesday night.

5 years ago

In this March 4, 2020, file photo, abortion rights demonstrators rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington. Among abortion-rights activists, (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Delaware
Government
Health Care
Law
National
Politics
Public Health

Delaware abortion rights advocates pledge to double down support after Texas passes restrictions

Delaware Democrats say they’ll fight harder to keep abortion legal in the First State after a new Texas law effectively bans the procedure after six weeks.

5 years ago

NPR
Gun Violence
Public Safety

You can now carry a handgun in Texas without a license, training or background check

Gun rights advocates lauded the new state law — called "constitutional carry" by supporters — for removing what they considered an unfair burden on gun owners.

5 years ago

The death of Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed while jogging in February, 2020, prompted renewed calls for Georgia to pass a hate crimes law. Gov. Brian Kemp signed House Bill 426 on Friday, giving the state its first hate crime law in 16 years. (Stephen B. Morton/AP Photo)
Black Lives Matter
Policing
Social Justice

Ex-prosecutor indicted for misconduct in Ahmaud Arbery death

Former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson was indicted on charges of violating her oath of office and hindering a law enforcement officer.

5 years ago

(6ABC)
Crime
Gun Violence
Law
Pennsylvania
Policing
Public Safety

Delaware County DA: ‘High probability’ that police gunfire killed 8-year-old girl at football game

Jack Stollsteimer said there is a "high probability" that responsive gunfire from police officers is what killed an 8-year-old girl after a Friday night football game.

5 years ago

A Philadelphia police cruiser is parked between Arch and Market streets in West Philadelphia
Crime
Gun Violence
Policing

Philly beefing up police presence for Labor Day weekend, Made in America

Philly is bringing in officers from days off, and is adding special patrols and undercover officers in the crowd at the Made in America concert.

5 years ago

Kevin Mincey (right) comforts Rachel Briggs (left) as she speaks at a press conference
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Federal lawsuit accuses Chester Twp., police of civil rights violations in arrests of Black residents for loitering

Filed in federal court, the lawsuit says the 2019 arrests of seven people for loitering outside their homes violates 1st, 4th, and 14th Amendment rights.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, a man walks past a display showing an image of Elijah McClain outside Laugh Factory during a candlelight vigil for McClain in Los Angeles.   Colorado’s attorney general said Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 that a grand jury indicted three officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was put in a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative two years ago in suburban Denver. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Black Lives Matter
Policing
Social Justice

Officers, paramedics charged in Elijah McClain’s 2019 death

The 23-year-old’s death gained widespread attention during last year’s protests against racial injustice and police brutality following the killing of George Floyd.

5 years ago

Former Philadelphia Police Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna (center) is seen striking a protester with a baton during a protest.
Philadelphia
Policing

Judge reinstates simple assault charge against ex-Philly police officer

Bologna was arrested in June 2020 after video circulated widely showing him hitting a 21-year-old Temple Student in the head with a baton during a protest.

5 years ago

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