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Seeking the music of ‘Healing Tones’ within Philly prison
Philadelphia Orchestra musician in residence visits inmates to hear about their lives, experience their surroundings.
7 years ago
Listen 3:18Feds approve Pa. education plan that deemphasizes standardized testing
Now that US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has approved Pennsylvania’s 13-year education-improvement plan, state officials are working on rolling out some changes.
7 years ago
N.J. rolls out ads on safe traffic stops; critic calls campaign ‘victim-blaming’
Safe Stop aims to inform the public about traffic stop protocols, but a South Jersey social justice activist believes police should be held more accountable than motorists.
7 years ago
Listen 4:36Connecting prisoners with loved ones is this Philly woman’s business
Kristal Bush started her service, Bridging the Gap, in 2012. As a child, she went years without seeing her dad. Her mom didn’t have a car that could make it from Philly.
7 years ago
Listen 5:18Montco DA tries new technology to solve a cold crime
Authorities hunting for suspects in a gunpoint rape in a Norristown park have hit a dead end, so they're turning to a new technology to help jumpstart their investigation.
7 years ago
Update: South Jersey standoff ends, suspect found dead
Law enforcement did not fire any shots.
7 years ago
DEA launches ‘360 Strategy’ in South Jersey to fight opioid, heroin use
The program looks beyond law enforcement to prevent opioid distribution.
7 years ago
Black Lives Matter, family press Philly DA to release inmate they say is innocent
Eric Riddicks' mother says he wasn't the killer in a 1991 homicide. She delivered the paperwork she says proves his innocence to new top prosecutor, Larry Krasner.
7 years ago
New Jersey lifts prison ban on ‘The New Jim Crow,’ a popular book on mass incarceration
The New Jersey Department of Corrections has lifted a ban on the book “The New Jim Crow” at two of its prisons, following a complaint from the state chapter of the ACLU.
7 years ago
Listen 2:10Family demands answers after Philly man addicted to heroin dies hours after incarceration
Three-quarters of Philly's prison inmates have a history of substance addiction. Is the system equipped to help them?
7 years ago
Listen 4:42Grand jury calls for independent investigations of Pa. State Police officer-involved shootings
Report says Pennsylvania State Police standards for internal investigations of trooper-involved shootings are inconsistent and cause public distrust.
7 years ago
Number of murders in Camden hits 30-year low
One of the state’s most crime-ridden communities recorded a double-digit drop in murders in 2017.
7 years ago
Listen 1:54Philly police investigating after undercover cop fatally shoots unarmed driver
Cops stopped a driver whose car was wanted in connection with an unsolved murder. But the driver wasn't the murder suspect and was unarmed when a plainclothes cop shot him.
7 years ago
In three South Philly police districts, ‘focused deterrence’ cuts shooting rate by third
Pioneered in Boston in the 1990s, focused deterrence identifies people — often gang members or those involved in the drug trade — most likely to commit violent crimes.
7 years ago
Listen 2:33New Castle County to hire addiction coordinator
The New Castle County Police Department will use new grant money to hire a coordinator for its addiction treatment program
7 years ago