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LaShanda Anderson, 36, of Philadelphia was killed by a Deptford, New Jersey, police officer in June. Authorities say she attempted to drive into the officer, but the attorney representing her family disputes that claim. (Facebook)
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

Grand jury clears South Jersey officer in fatal shooting of Philly woman

Civil rights lawyer Stanley King said firing shots was an abuse of power.

7 years ago

(Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Politics
Transportation
PlanPhilly

Judge could force SEPTA to end ban on political ads

A fed. judge may force SEPTA to scale back its effort to keep politically charged advertisements off its bus shelters and vehicles when he issues a decision later this month

7 years ago

Delaware Attorney General Matt Denn has issued a broad subpoena seeking Catholic Diocese of Wilmington records on possible sexual abuse by priest in recent decades. (WHYY, file)
Delaware
Public Safety
Religion

Delaware launches widespread probe into possible sex abuse by priests

The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington comprises 56 parishes, 18 missions and 36 schools in Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore.

7 years ago

This undated Pennsylvania Department of Transportation photo shows Robert Bowers, the suspect in the deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation via AP)
National
Public Safety
Religion

Pittsburgh synagogue suspect pleads not guilty

Robert Bowers, 46, was arraigned one day after a grand jury issued a 44-count indictment.

7 years ago

In this Oct. 28, 2018, file photo a Pittsburgh Police officer walks past the Tree of Life Synagogue and a memorial of flowers and stars in Pittsburgh in remembrance of those killed and injured when a shooter opened fire during services Saturday at the synagogue. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo, File)
Media
Public Safety
Technology

Law enforcement faces dilemma in assessing online threats

"We can go out on Twitter and there are loads of people saying insane stuff, but how do you know which is the one person?"

7 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross discusses an officer-involved shooting on Dec. 27 that left an East Germantown man dead. Officer Eric Ruch, who fired the single shot, will be fired from the force. (Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing

Philly firing officer who fatally shot unarmed East Germantown man

Top Philadelphia police officials say a 10-year veteran of the force will be fired for violating department policy in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man.

7 years ago

Downed power lines and a battered road is what superstorm Sandy left behind as people walk off the flooded Seaside Heights island, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Down the Shore
Law
New Jersey

N.J. charges 4 secondary homeowners with Sandy fraud

New Jersey authorities announced Wednesday criminal charges against four more people for allegedly filing fraudulent federal Superstorm Sandy relief fund applications.

7 years ago

Sandra Day O'Connor in a 1950 Stanford University yearbook photo and William Rehnquist in a 1948 Stanford University yearbook photo. (Associated Press)
NPR
History

O’Connor, Rehnquist and a supreme marriage proposal

Some personal secrets are so well-kept that even family and friends are oblivious.

7 years ago

State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown D-Philadelphia, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pennsylvania House lawmaker convicted of taking cash bribes

A Harrisburg jury found Philadelphia Democratic Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown guilty of bribery.

7 years ago

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Radio Times
Behavioral Health
Gender
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Medicine
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Transgender rights: #WontBeErased

Guests: Heath Fogg Davis, Leonore Carpenter, Nadia Dowshen The Trump administration is considering legally defini ...

Air Date: November 1, 2018 10:00 am

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Pallbearers carry the caskets of brothers Cecil Rosenthal, 59, and David Rosenthal, 54, on Tuesday in Pittsburgh, Pa. The brothers were among 11 killed in the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue last Saturday.
NPR
Public Safety

Pittsburgh shooting and other cases point to rise In domestic extremism

Three men are in custody, charged in three separate cases of domestic extremism last week.

7 years ago

Four people are charged with murder, kidnapping and other crimes in the February 2017 riot at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center. (WHYY)
Delaware

Delaware prison riot defendants challenge inmate witness

Royal 'Diamond' Downs recalled attacks on correctional officers and of inmates roaming the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in bloody clothes.

7 years ago

Michael White’s aunt leaves the Philadelphia courthouse Tuesday with activist Asa Khalif and family. Her nephew is facing third-degree murder charges in the stabbing death of Sean Schellenger in July. (Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Philly stabbing suspect held on 3rd-degree murder charge in case called racially tinged

A Philadelphia judge has approved a third-degree murder charge against a 21-year-old bike courier accused of fatally stabbing a real esta ...

7 years ago

The special counsel's office says it has referred an alleged scheme to make false claims against Robert Mueller to the FBI.
(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call,Inc.)
NPR
National
Politics

Mueller’s office notifies FBI of alleged scheme involving harassment claim

A spokesman for Mueller confirmed the referral on Tuesday in a statement.

7 years ago

A 12-member jury are deliberating charges against inmates allegedly involved in a prison riot (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware

Alleged ‘mastermind’ of Del. prison riot fires attorney; judge reschedules case

The man prosecutors call the "mastermind" of the Feb. 2017 deadly prison riot in Delaware has fired his attorney, and will be tried at a later date.

7 years ago

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