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Philly’s ‘scrappy’ politics key to defense in Johnny Doc, Henon corruption trial

Federal prosecutors allege Bobby Henon and Johnny Dougherty broke the law. Their lawyers say they were just fighting the good fight.

4 years ago

Hacker
Courts & Law

Got a fake profile? It’s not just you. Cyber scammers have been busy during the pandemic

Cyberattacks and fraud scams are on the rise nationwide, including the Philadelphia region, during the pandemic. But there are some things we can do to prevent them.

4 years ago

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The Philadelphia Police Department is asking more homeowners and business owners to register their security cameras and share footage. (NewsWorks photo, file)
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Politics & Policy

More cameras with a better view coming to secure rec centers and playgrounds in Philly

Philadelphia City Council wants to spend $1.8 million on camera systems designed to reduce gun violence at rec centers.

4 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner addresses the media at a press conference
Courts & Law

Krasner recaps a ‘very rough’ week of gun violence in Philly

After some recent improvement in gun homicide numbers, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner says this past week was “very rough.”

4 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney speaks
Community

As Philly surpasses 400 murders, grassroots prevention groups still looking for help

The city reached the grim milestone, despite a recent dip in shootings and much-touted state and city grants for community organizations working to prevent the violence.

4 years ago

Jet Blue plane
NPR
Community

A passenger attempted to rush the cockpit in a violent incident on a JetBlue flight

The passenger reportedly ran to the front of the plane about 45 minutes before touching down in San Juan and yelled for crew members to shoot him.

4 years ago

Kimberly Kamara and her husband Kesselle, pictured with Council member Kenyatta Johnson, lost their 23-year-old son Niam Johnson-Tate to gun violence in 2017. (Aaron Moselle, WHYY)
Community

‘Please put the guns down’: Families of murder victims call for peace outside City Hall

“Please put the guns down. Start loving on one another,” pleaded Cheryl Pedro during the Call For Justice rally organized by City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson.

4 years ago

Billy Penn reporter Layla A. Jones (moderator) and panelists Valencia 'Coach V' Peterson, Laura Vega, and Mustafa Clement (Danya Henninger / Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

Philadelphia youth anti-violence efforts lack coordination at city level, panelists say

Panelists at a community conversation push for more coordination from the city.

4 years ago

File photo: A group of kids from the Southwest Philadelphia Healthnastics program, ages 3-18, held signs at a protest demanding the Kenney administration do more to address gun violence in the city on Aug. 4, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Radio Times
Community

Preventing gun violence with focused deterrence

Homicides and fatal shootings in Chester, PA have been cut in half since October 2020. How on earth did they do it?

Air Date: September 24, 2021 10:00 am

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People embrace as police respond to the scene of a shooting at a Kroger's grocery store in Collierville, Tenn., on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021
NPR
Courts & Law

13 people were shot, 1 killed, at a Tennessee Kroger store. The suspect is dead

The suspected shooter died of what investigators believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the police chief says. No motive has been given.

4 years ago

Memorial to missing and murdered Indigenous women in St. Paul, Minn. (UniversalImagesGroup/Universal Images Group via Getty_
NPR
Courts & Law

Media fascination with the Petito mystery looks like racism to some Native Americans

Since the year 2000, Indigenous people have made up 21% of homicides in Wyoming, even though only three percent of the population is Indigenous.

4 years ago

United States District Court for the District of Delaware
Community

Former Delaware pastor to pay daughter $1.5 million in sexual abuse case

Two years after he was sued for allegedly sexually abusing his daughter, a federal jury ordered former Delaware minister Ronald Cohen to pay $1.5 million in damages.

4 years ago

Police tape blocks off the scene of a mass shooting in Philly
Community

At least 6 people shot, 1 man killed in Philadelphia’s Fern Rock neighborhood

At least six people were shot in the Fern Rock section of North Philadelphia near Broad Street and Chew Avenue on Monday afternoon, multiple news outlets report.

4 years ago

An image from security footage shows alleged suspects in the fatal beating
Community
6abc

Suspect in deadly Pat’s King of Steaks beating turns himself in, arrest warrants issued for 2 others

Authorities say Osvaldo "Willie" Pedraza and Victor Pedraza are both wanted on charges of murder in the fatal beating.

4 years ago

Officers search for missing person of interest in Florida
Community

Search resumes for man whose girlfriend disappeared on trip

Dozens of law enforcement officers have started a second day of searching in a vast wildlife area near Florida’s Gulf Coast for a 23-year-old man, a person of interest.

4 years ago

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