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Gun Violence

Rev. Al Sharpton, left, president of the National Action Network (NAN), and Mayor Eric Adams, right, stand next to Sybrina Fulton, center, the mother of Trayvon Martin, as she address a rally commemorating the 10th anniversary of her son’s killing, Saturday Feb. 26, 2022, at NAN’s Harlem headquarters in New York. “Today is a bittersweet day,” said Fulton, who with her family created the Trayvon Martin Foundation to raise awareness of gun violence
Community

Trayvon Martin’s mother: ‘Don’t give up’ fight for justice

Sybrina Fulton attended Saturday's meeting of the National Action Network, the civil rights organization founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton in New York City.

5 years ago

File photo: This Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, file photo shows the Las Vegas skyline.  (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Community

14 shot at Vegas hookah parlor; 1 dead and 2 critically hurt

Las Vegas police say 14 people were shot before dawn at a hookah parlor and that one man died and two people suffered critical injuries.

5 years ago

(6abc)
Politics & Policy
6abc

Bullet pierces window of Philadelphia Police Internal Affairs building late Friday night

Police say a bullet pierced the window of Internal Affairs, nobody inside was injured.

5 years ago

A memorial on 60th Street in West Philadelphia
Politics & Policy

Philly outreach effort hopes to target gun violence hotspots

The collaboration between city, state, and community leaders hopes to educate residents about what resources are available to address and prevent gun violence.

5 years ago

Philadelphia police homicide Captain Jason speaks at a press conference
Courts & Law

Philly police arrest man accused in series of carjackings and pair of murders

Jonathan Akubo has been arrested and charged with multiple carjackings and two murders after police traced back a car allegedly used in the crimes.

5 years ago

Zara Johnson, 6, smiles for the news cameras outside the opening of The Teen Safe Space on North Broad Street in Philadelphia, on February 21, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Photo essay: The Teen Safe Space opens in North Philly

Community rejoices at the opening of a teen haven, offering tutoring, creative outlets, and a chill space.

5 years ago

Lee Horton and Dennis
Community
Billy Penn

Freed after wrongful convictions, the Horton brothers want to stop Philly gun violence

They've been trying to get officials to discuss their anti-violence plan, but realize “it may feel a little uncomfortable to defer to the ideas of prisoners for solutions.”

5 years ago

Philadelphia skyline
Courts & Law

Feds charge two Philly men in string of armed robberies at Latino businesses

The pair hit five businesses in the Feltonville and Juniata sections between Nov. 21 and Dec. 6. One business was robbed twice in two days.

5 years ago

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., on Jan. 10, 2022. On Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced legislation aimed at letting private citizens file lawsuits to enforce a ban on assault weapons. The bill is modeled after a Texas law that lets private citizens enforce a ban on abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected
Politics & Policy

California bill would allow citizens to enforce weapons ban

A California bill would allow private citizens to go after gun makers in the same way Texas allows them to target abortion providers.

5 years ago

In this screen grab from video, former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter listens during a sentencing hearing Feb. 18, 2022 at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Potter, who said she confused her Taser and her handgun before shooting Wright during a traffic stop, was convicted of first- and second-degree manslaughter in Wright
Courts & Law

Judge sentences cop who killed Daunte Wright to 2 years

The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright has been sentenced to two years in prison.

5 years ago

Attorney General Kathy Jennings (at microphone) says straw purchases are a prevalent menace. (State of Delaware)
Courts & Law

‘Real evil of straw purchases’ revealed in Delaware firearms cases

Delaware prosecutors say guns obtained illegally via straw purchases include one woman who bought her boyfriend a gun used in a Dover murder.

5 years ago

(From left) Randi McGinn, Brian Panish and Jesse Creed, attorneys for the family of the late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, take part in a news conference alongside portraits of Hutchins and her family, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Los Angeles. The family of Hutchins is suing Alec Baldwin and the movie producers of “Rust” for wrongful death, the attorneys said Tuesday
Courts & Law

Alec Baldwin sued by family of cinematographer killed on ‘Rust’ set

Lawyers for Halyna Hutchins' family announced a lawsuit filed in the name of Hutchins’ husband, Matthew Hutchins, and their son at a Los Angeles news conference Tuesday.

5 years ago

A mourner kneels beside 26 teddy bears
Courts & Law

Sandy Hook families settle for $73M with gun maker Remington

The families and a survivor of the shooting sued Remington in 2015, saying the company should have never sold such a dangerous weapon to the public.

5 years ago

A general view of the Pennsylvania Judicial Center
Courts & Law

Court rules against Philadelphia lost gun reporting law

One of the judges says the decision is legally correct but warns it also puts people’s lives at risk.

5 years ago

Sadiq Sellers leans against a fence in Philly
Community

Humanity behind the headlines: Black men on surviving in Philly

On the heels of Philly’s most violent year in decades, Tyler Campbell spoke to fellow Black men about the city’s gun violence crisis, survival, and kinship.

5 years ago

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