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Harvey Weinstein leaves New York court, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, in New York. The disgraced movie mogul faces allegations of rape and sexual assault. Jury selection begins this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Harvey Weinstein indicted on new sex crimes charges in LA

The Hollywood mogul has been charged with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents over a two-day period in 2013.

6 years ago

The site of an explosion of the Energy Transfer Partners Revolution Pipeline, Center Township, Beaver County. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

State levels record $30M fine against pipeline company responsible for Beaver County blast

Agreement lifts permit freeze for Energy Transfer's Mariner East

6 years ago

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf delivers his budget address for the 2019-20 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Economy
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Despite GOP’s attempts to compromise, Wolf says he’s not abandoning overtime plan

The governor wants to require that time-and-a-half be paid to anyone who makes $45,000 or less and works more than 40 hours in a week.

6 years ago

Summerdale neighborhood crime scene (SkyForce / NBC10)
Philadelphia
Public Safety
NBC10

Woman Shot, Killed in NE Philly Home, Bringing Murder Total to 356 for 2019

The shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. in the 5600 block of Frontenac St. in the Summerdale section.

6 years ago

Philadelphia police monitor a protest in August 2017 KRISTON JAE BETHEL
Philadelphia
Policing
Billy Penn

New PPD chief sparred with demonstrators in Portland. How will she handle Philly’s protest culture?

Incoming Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw says she won’t tolerate violence “under the guise” of free speech.

6 years ago

Danielle Outlaw is introduced by Mayor Jim Kenney as the new Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Experiment

A call for change is bringing Police Commissioner Outlaw to Philly. Now it’s time to move forward

A summer of protests called for changes to Philly police. Mayor Kenney did hear those calls and the selection of Danielle Outlaw as the police commissioner is a result.

6 years ago

Danielle Outlaw is introduced by Mayor Jim Kenney as the new Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department, on Monday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Policing
Billy Penn

‘There has to be a clear policy’: Philly’s new top cop pledges to fight crime and boost accountability

Incoming PPD Commissioner Danielle Outlaw made quite an impression at City Hall.

6 years ago

In this Aug. 5, 2019, photo, Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw poses for a photo in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)
Philadelphia
Policing
Billy Penn

5 things to know about Danielle Outlaw, Philly’s new police commissioner

6 years ago

A menorah is installed outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in preparation for a celebration service at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. A gunman shot and killed 11 people while they worshipped Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 at the temple. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Lawyers fight death penalty for synagogue shooting suspect

Lawyers for the suspect in the synagogue shooting that killed 11 people in Pittsburgh have challenged the potential death sentence as unconstitutional.

6 years ago

 (Photo courtesy of Wawa)
Business
NBC 10

Wawa Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit After Data Breach

6 years ago

The number of Wilmington shootings rose in 2019 from a year earlier but were far below the record bloodshed of 2017. (WHYY file)
Criminal Justice
Delaware

Shootings and homicides rise in Wilmington in 2019

Gun violence in the city has ticked up over the previous year, but it's not even close to the record-setting carnage Wilmington saw in 2017.

6 years ago

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In this Dec. 3, 2019, photo, Mohammed Hafar checks the arrivals road while waiting for his daughter Jana Hafar's flight at JFK Airport in New York. Mohammed Hafar was part of a federal lawsuit filed in August of this year over the travel ban waiver process. “Every time I speak to her, she ask, ‘When are they going to give me the visa?'
Immigration
Travel

To overcome travel ban, some Americans taking cases to court

Some Americans separated from loved ones by the Trump administration's travel ban have gone as far as suing the government in federal court.

6 years ago

Nancy Glynn of Manchester, N.H., with her son Hunter. Glynn works for several non-profits, including MomsRising, a group that advocates for paid parental leave and other policies. (Nancy Glynn via AP)
Income Inequality
National

Most US workers still pay price of no paid parental leave

Nancy Glynn could not afford a funeral for her newborn son who died after a premature birth.

6 years ago

Pedestrians walking across the street from the Twitter office building in San Francisco. (Jeff Chiu/AP Photo)
Politics
Technology

Twitter, Facebook ban fake users; some had AI-created photos

Twitter has identified and removed accounts it says were part of a coordinated effort by Saudi government and individuals to advance the country's geopolitical interest.

6 years ago

The Pennsylvania Judicial Center in Harrisburg
Elections
Pennsylvania

Republicans’ judicial election amendment would make Pennsylvania an outlier

House Republicans have voted to elect appellate court judges in regional, partisan elections. Only two other states use similar methods.

6 years ago

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