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FILE - This photo, taken in New York on July 5, 2023, show the logo for Meta's new app Threads, right, and that of Twitter. In a cease-and-desist letter earlier this week, Twitter threatened legal action against Instagram parent company Meta over the new text-based app, Threads. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Studio 2

Threads vs. Twitter, CROWN Act, Philly Goes to Wimbledon

Threads, the new social media app that is aiming to take on Twitter, launched last week. What can we expect from Mark Zuckerberg's latest social media venture?

Air Date: July 12, 2023 12:00 pm

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Daniel Penny in handcuffs
Courts & Law

Grand jury indicts Daniel Penny in chokehold death of New York City subway rider Jordan Neely

If convicted, Penny could face years in prison.

2 years ago

Protesters take over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Courts & Law

Three years after George Floyd, activists push for racial equity and police accountability

Activists say the energy and purpose of the George Floyd protests continue to fuel social justice fights three years later.

2 years ago

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Lakeisha Lee placed flowers at the base of a monument honoring her late sister Brittany Clardy Thursday, May 26, in Saint Paul. Clardy went missing more than a decade ago and was found murdered.
(Dana Ferguson/MPR News)
NPR
Courts & Law

The first office for missing and murdered Black women and girls set for Minnesota

Illinois and Wisconsin have followed Minnesota in implementing task forces to look into disparities around violence against Black women and girls.

2 years ago

large protest in the street
Courts & Law

On the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, reckoning with police violence remains in limbo

Now, three years since Floyd’s murder, proponents of federal actions still await signs of change.

2 years ago

Protesters sitting in the street, blocking a prison transport bus
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Here’s what happened to everyone arrested during the 2020 protests in Philadelphia

Some serious offenders got federal prison sentences, while a new diversionary program saw positive results.

2 years ago

Protesters face off with police during a demonstration on I-676 in Philadelphia on June 1, 2020
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Mistrial declared: What you need to know about the former Philly SWAT officer seen pepper-spraying protestors

A hung jury ended the trial, the first of a Philadelphia law enforcement officer involved in police operations during the 2020 protests.

3 years ago

Protester holding a picture of Fanta Bility
Courts & Law

Former Sharon Hill officers get house arrest for Fanta Bility’s shooting death

The ex-officers have been sentenced to five years of probation — the first 11 months of it on house arrest.

3 years ago

In this May 31, 2020 file photo, visitors make silent visits to organic memorial featuring a mural of George Floyd, near the spot where he died while in police custody, in Minneapolis
Courts & Law

Ex-officer Thao convicted of aiding George Floyd’s killing

Tou Thao was last of the four former officers facing judgment in Floyd’s killing.

3 years ago

This 1955 file photo shows Carolyn Bryant. Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died Tuesday night, April 25, in hospice care in Louisiana, according to a death report filed Thursday, April 27, 2023, in Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office in Louisiana. She was 88
Community

Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies

According to a death report filed Thursday in Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office in Louisiana, Donham died Tuesday night in Westlake, Louisiana.

3 years ago

A ground mural depicting a portrait of Breonna Taylor is seen at Chambers Park in Annapolis, Md., on July 6, 2020. (Julio Cortez/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Louisville officer who killed Breonna Taylor hired by police force in nearby county

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office, only an hour from Louisville, recently hired former Louisville police officer Myles Cosgrove, who shot and killed Breonna Taylor in 2020.

3 years ago

A police officer drives past the house Monday, April 17, 2023, where 16-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot Thursday when he went to the wrong house to pick up his younger brothers in Kansas City, Mo
Community

Man charged in shooting of Black teen at his front door

The prosecuting attorney said at a news conference that Andrew Lester shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, who is recovering at home after being released from the hospital on Sunday.

3 years ago

Police car with siren flashing.
Courts & Law

Philly changed traffic stop laws to try to protect Black drivers. Memphis is following suit

Memphis has approved its own version of the Driving Equality Act, a Philly law that changes which vehicle offenses can be the primary reason for pulling a driver over.

3 years ago

Smoke from burning police cars rises over protesters at Broad Street and JFK Boulevard. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Man gets 5 years after police car set afire in 2020 protests

U.S. District Chief Judge Juan R. Sánchez imposed a 61-month term on obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder and firearms counts.

3 years ago

The exterior of Starboard restaurant
Courts & Law

Latest lawsuit against Dewey Beach police claims abusive policies made man’s 2022 shooting death ‘inevitable’

The lawsuit reiterated claims that Dewey has longstanding “policies, customs, and practices” that condone excessive force by its officers.

3 years ago

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