
Aaron Moselle covers housing and community development for WHYY’s PlanPhilly, filing stories for both radio and web. He’s a city native and calls South Philadelphia home.
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Police investigating ‘hateful and racist’ vandalism in Chinatown, South Philly
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Philly DA candidates debate over how to handle gun violence epidemic, cash bail
During a forum hosted by the Philadelphia Bar Association, three candidates debated how they would deal with the city’s historic gun violence crisis.
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Days after a young man was murdered on prison grounds, Philadelphia’s union for city correctional officers is calling on Prisons Commissioner Blanche Carney to resign.
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Philly civil rights attorneys seek to end stop-and-frisk for ‘quality of life’ offenses
A new court filing seeks to order Philly police to end the practice of stop-and-frisks premised on “quality of life” issues.
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Pa. coronavirus update: Suburban counties jointly decry plan for single PEMA vaccine site
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Philadelphia man fatally shot on prison grounds shortly after being released
Twenty-year-old Rodney Hargrove was killed roughly an hour after he left Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility.
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Philly could set new record for homicides, officials say during first gun violence briefing
The Kenney administration held its first long-promised public briefing on the city’s gun violence epidemic. Here’s what happened.
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Philly police monitoring social media in effort to prevent retaliatory shootings
Anti-violence activists have mixed feelings about the effort, with some skeptical that police understand communities well enough to know what they’re seeing.
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Listen 5:24Two Philly women charged in ‘horrific’ beating death of 2-year-old
Two Philadelphia women are facing murder charges for allegedly beating a two-year-old girl to death in the Tacony section of the city.
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N.J. coronavirus update: Restaurants, gyms, salons can soon operate at 50% capacity
The increased capacity limits at restaurants, gyms, and salons start next Friday, March 19.
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