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Policing

Chief Robert Tracy, of the Wilmington Police Department holds a press conference on October 18, 2017. (WHYY)
Courts & Law

Gunman suspected of killing three, wounding three others caught in Delaware

After a multistate manhunt, police have captured the 37-year-old man suspected of shooting five former co-workers in Maryland and then a sixth person in Wilmington, Delaware.

8 years ago

A person holds a stethoscope to the chest of a man in an orange prison jumpsuit
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania near the bottom for prison health care spending, Delaware near top

State-by-state analysis of spending on prison health care shows Pennsylvania near the bottom.

8 years ago

yellow police crime scene tape with a blurred police car in the background.
Courts & Law

Police search for a car with Delaware plates following Maryland office park shooting

A manhunt is underway for 37-year-old Radee Labeeb Prince, who was considered armed and dangerous.

8 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee (YouTube screenshot)
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Politics & Policy

Watch: Attorney General Jeff Sessions testify before Senate Judiciary Committee

All nine Democrats on the committee recently sent Sessions a letter essentially informing him that they expected him not to broadly assert executive privilege.

8 years ago

police car under the el kensington
Courts & Law

To serve ... and endanger? Philly police blunder puts woman on rapist's radar

Police missteps in handling drunk citizens can be costly — and catastrophic — for residents, the city of Philadelphia's bottom line, and the public's trust.

8 years ago

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Pennsylvania State Police vehicle
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Racial inequity of pot arrests spurs ACLU call for legalizing drug in Pa.

In 2016, African-Americans were eight times more likely to be arrested for possessing marijuana than their white counterparts, despite using the drug at similar rates.

8 years ago

Alissa Parker, whose daughter Emilie died in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, talks about ways to improve school safety during a conference in Drexel Hill. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

At Delco ‘Safe Schools’ event, lessons from Sandy Hook shooting

A woman who lost her daughter in the Connecticut elementary school massacre still steels herself to tell the story. She does so to help others prepare for the next tragedy.

8 years ago

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Community

Delaware police officer attacked by pit bulls

Two pit bulls were put down after attacking a New Castle County police officer responding to a burglary call.

8 years ago

yellow police crime scene tape with a blurred police car in the background.
Community

Temple University student killed by police after car crashes

Cariann Hithon of Bowie, Maryland, crashed into several cars Sunday evening as people watched from sidewalk cafes in the tourist district known as South Beach.

8 years ago

Bill Ciancaglini of South Philadelphia
Community

Philadelphia attorney recounts chaos of Vegas mass shooting

A Philadelphia attorney vacationing in Las Vegas found himself running for his life Sunday night, when a gunman began mowing down concert-goers in a mass shooting.

8 years ago

A woman passes crosses set up to honor those killed during the mass shooting in Las Vegas.
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

The Second Amendment shouldn’t be king

As Monday mornings often go, I woke up after one too many "snoozes" of my alarm clock. Still half-asleep, I opened Facebook. Two words were everywhere: Las Vegas.

8 years ago

Sen. Joe Pennacchio stands in a suit at a mic
Courts & Law

N.J. lawmaker aims to prevent, rectify wrongful convictions

State Sen. Joe Pennacchio, a Republican from Morris County, said 27 people in New Jersey have been exonerated since 1989 after an average of 10 years behind bars.

8 years ago

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele announces a drug bust in which authorities seized a kilogram of the deadly opioid fentanyl.
Courts & Law

Major fentanyl bust marks Montco’s designation as heavy drug-trafficking area

"Enough fentanyl to kill half the population of Montgomery County" was confiscated during a drug bust at a Cheltenham shopping center, county officials said Tuesday.

8 years ago

Oil and gas industry executives gathered Wednesday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh for the annual Shale Insight conference. (MEGAN HARRIS / WESA)
StateImpact
Courts & Law

Police say they don’t want to clash with pipeline protesters

Natural gas infrastructure has been the target of organized demonstrations since the Marcellus Shale boom began a decade ago.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Police Department headquarters at 7th and Race streets. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Judge upholds releasing names of Philly cops involved in shootings within 72 hours

Common Pleas Court Judge Daniel Anders has decided that city officials can continue releasing the names of officers in police-involved sh ...

8 years ago

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