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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia Gun Violence Task Force provided details on an investigation into shootings in Southwest Philadelphia on April 15, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Crime
Gun Violence
Policing

Philly police arrest nine men in connection to series of retaliatory shootings

Authorities say the shootings were fueled by a feud between two rival gangs.

5 years ago

Pam Africa speaks at a protest outside the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.
Criminal Justice
Health Care
Incarceration
Philadelphia

‘We are here to save a life’: Mumia Abu-Jamal to undergo heart surgery; supporters call for his release

Abu-Jamal complained of chest pain while on a walk at SCI-Mahanoy in Schuylkill County and was taken to the prison infirmary.

5 years ago

A hearing will be held at 1 p.m. about whether Capriglione can take office as a Newport town commissioner. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Government Accountability
Politics

Delaware judge prevents convicted ex-police chief from taking town council seat

Michael Capriglione was elected despite lying about crashing his police cruiser into another police vehicle in 2018, then having video surveillance tape erased.

5 years ago

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Law enforcement officers clear an area of demonstrators during a protest over Sunday's fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright
Black Lives Matter
National
Policing

Ex-Minnesota police officer faces hearing in fatal shooting of Daunte Wright

Kim Potter, who quit her job on the Brooklyn Center force two days after Daunte Wright's death, was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter.

5 years ago

Visitors view a memorial to George Floyd as a new addition commemorating Daunte Wright is displayed outside Cup Foods
Black Lives Matter
National
Policing

Defense rests in Derek Chauvin murder trial; ex-officer won’t testify

Chauvin, 45, is charged with murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death after his arrest on suspicion of passing a counterfeit $20 at a neighborhood market.

5 years ago

Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PUC judge orders Sunoco to improve its public safety guidance, and pipeline safety, on Mariner East project

Plaintiffs wanted the lines shut down, but a judge declined to halt the operation.

5 years ago

A police officer drives in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Policing

2 Philly police officers arrested for alleged obstruction, perjury

Sgt. Michael Kennedy, 49, was federally indicted on making false statements to the FBI, obstruction and conspiracy. Officer James Saxton was charged with perjury.

5 years ago

The exterior of George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County
Incarceration
Pennsylvania

Delco takes first ‘physical step’ toward deprivatizing George W. Hill Correctional Facility

The county’s Jail Oversight Board is seeking proposals for medical, food, maintenance, and commissary services for the now privately run prison.

5 years ago

In this March 30, 2021, file photo, young minors lie inside a pod at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in Donna, Texas. (Dario Lopez-Mills/AP Photo)
Immigration
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Pennsylvania

Unaccompanied children from border arrive in Pennsylvania

The children landed Tuesday night at Erie International Airport and were screened by a physician, dentist and nurse, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania State Police vehicle
Gender
Pennsylvania
Policing

Pa. State Police to alter fitness standards that kept out women

The police agency also has agreed to make it a priority to hire as many as 65 women who were affected by the prior fitness standards for entry-level trooper positions.

5 years ago

Courtney Ross hugs Katie Wright
Black Lives Matter
National
Policing

Defense’s expert blames George Floyd’s death on heart rhythm problem

The defense began presenting its case on Tuesday after the prosecution rested following 11 days of testimony and a mountain of video evidence.

5 years ago

Demonstrators take cover from crowd-dispersal munitions from police outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department to protest the shooting death of Daunte Wright, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Black Lives Matter
National
Policing

Minnesota cop will be charged in shooting of Black motorist

Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon resigned Tuesday, two days after Potter shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright.

5 years ago

Delaware County District Attorney, Jack Stollsteimer (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Addiction
Criminal Justice
Policing

Delco makes police a resource for those seeking addiction treatment

Delaware County is the 8th in the state to join a program launched in Western Pa. by AG Shapiro in 2018. It’s the first county to do so in the Philly suburbs.

5 years ago

Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, (center) is shown visiting Kabul, Afghanistan in January 2020. The Biden administration said it plans to complete a draw down of U.S. troops in the country by Sept. 11. Lolita Baldor/AP
NPR
International
Military

Biden administration says it will withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11

A senior official said that all U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the attacks that prompted America's involvement in its longest war.

5 years ago

Defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, defendant and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, and Nelson's assistant Amy Voss, back, introduce themselves to potential jurors
Black Lives Matter
National
Policing

Defense begins case against ex-cop in George Floyd’s death

The prosecution rested its case Tuesday after 11 days of testimony and a mountain of video evidence.

5 years ago

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