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Courts & Law

State Police salute in Johnstown. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Policing

Pennsylvania State Police loosens ban on trooper arm tattoos

Before Wednesday's announcement, troopers could have tattoos, as long as they were not visible to the public.

5 years ago

Maureen Faulkner is the wife of the deceased Daniel Faulkner who was gunned down on 1300 block of Locust street in Philadelphia on December of 1981. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Policing

Senior judge to review widow’s petition in Mumia Abu-Jamal case

A senior judge will review whether the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office should step down from the latest appeal of former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal.

5 years ago

A YouTube compilation of skull breaker challenge videos. This is not the video involved in the New Jersey case. (YouTube)
Kids
New Jersey

N.J. middle schoolers charged with assault in TikTok ‘skull breaker challenge’

Footage of the viral “challenge” has circulated widely on TikTok and resulted in reports of serious injury around the world.

5 years ago

A man was arrested after more than an hour evading numerous police cruisers in Northeast Philadelphia. (NBC10)
Policing
NBC10

Police ID pantless, shirtless suspect in wild ambulance chase through Philly

A man who stole an ambulance and was shot three times while leading police on a wild chase through Philly was identified and is in critical condition, according to investigato

5 years ago

The NAACP has filed suit on behalf of Robert Holbrook (left) and other currently and formerly incarcerated people whose Census numbers apply to the community where they are incarcerated rather than where they live. Holbrook spoke during a press conference at City Hall, accompanied by Philadelphia NAACP President Rodney Muhammad (right). (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Former prisoners sue to end ‘prison gerrymandering’ in Pa.

People in Pa. prisons are counted as residents of where they're incarcerated instead of where they lived, leading to shifts in political power. Can a new lawsuit change that?

Air Date: March 2, 2020

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National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Jewish Museum files for bankruptcy

Philadelphia’s National Museum of American Jewish History was never able to pay down the cost of its building.

5 years ago

A demonstrator celebrated outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 after the court voted to uphold key tax subsidies that are part of the Affordable Care Act. But federal taxes and other measures designed to pay for the health care the ACA provides have not fared as well. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Health Care
Public Health

Supreme Court will decide the fate of Obamacare

The court said it would hear an appeal by 20 mainly Democratic states of a lower-court ruling that declared part of the statute unconstitutional and cast a cloud over the rest

5 years ago

The latest lawsuits allege that new video evidence shows the driver restraining more children with tape, or threatening to do so, on at least 9 occasions. (Courtesy of Penn Center for Mental Health)
PlanPhilly
Kids
Philadelphia

Four more parents sue in incidents of children duct-taped in preschool van

The latest lawsuits allege that new video evidence shows the driver restraining more children with tape, or threatening to do so, on at least 9 occasions.

5 years ago

Charges were withdrawn against five men accused of shooting at a neighborhood vigil in Pittsburgh 4 1/2 years ago. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Pennsylvania
Religion

Charges against 5 withdrawn in 2015 shooting at vigil

Prosecutors in western Pennsylvania have withdrawn charges against five men charged in a shooting at a neighborhood vigil in Pittsburgh 4 1/2 years ago.

5 years ago

U.S. Supreme Court (Jarek Tuszynski/ Wikimedia Commons)
History
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

5 Philly cases that made it to the U.S. Supreme Court — and their impact on the nation

The current dispute over Catholic foster parents could set precedent.

5 years ago

Matt Denn discusses how to influence fellow legislators with first-term Sen. Laura Sturgeon. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Kids

Some heavy hitters aim to increase funding for Del. programs helping at-risk kids

One leader is former Attorney General Matt Denn, who said the idea is to generate a grassroots movement to influence lawmakers.

5 years ago

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Criminal Justice
New Jersey

N.J. robbery suspect compared to ‘The Shining’ killer at trial alleges prosecutorial misconduct

Two judges noted that the defense attorney objected to the prosecutor’s comments about “The Shining” and that the trial judge sustained the objection.

5 years ago

A sinkhole on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County revealed part of the Mariner East 1 pipeline. The sinkhole was caused by construction of the Mariner East 2 line, which cuts through unstable limestone. (Rosemary Fuller/Provided)
Energy
Environment
Infrastructure
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco to pay $200,000 fine, must increase oversight following investigation of aging Mariner East 1 pipeline

Public Utility Commission approves settlement, calls for 'remaining life' study

5 years ago

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Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

City Council to hold hearings on potential ‘dizziness, headache, nausea and impairment’ caused by Mosquito devices

Four other councilmembers joined Helen Gym to sponsor the resolution.

5 years ago

The NAACP has filed suit on behalf of Robert Holbrook (left) and other currently and formerly incarcerated people whose Census numbers apply to the community where they are incarcerated rather than where they live. Holbrook spoke during a press conference at City Hall, accompanied by Philadelphia NAACP President Rodney Muhammad (right). (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Government Accountability

NAACP suing Pennsylvania to stop ‘prison gerrymandering’

They say the state should count people as residents of the counties where they lived before being arrested, not of the counties where they’re serving their sentences.

5 years ago

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