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Public Safety

U.S.Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon speaks from a podium at Jerome Brown Playground
Politics & Policy

Philly reps. urge Congress to pass bill to put $1B to help solve murders, care for victims

The press conference calling for the federal funding drew an uninvited guest: the mother of a 15-year-old who was killed just feet from where the politicians were speaking.

4 years ago

(6abc)
Community

Don’t approach lab monkey missing after Montour County crash, people told

State troopers urged people Saturday not to look for or capture the monkey after a crash the day before on a state highway near an Interstate 80 exit in Montour County.

4 years ago

Water main break in Kensington on Jan. 18, 2022. (6abc)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Busted water mains flood Philly streets as city fails to hit pipe replacement goals

Philadelphia Water Department officials defended a 2018 rate increase by saying it would help the city meet water main replacement goals.

4 years ago

Members of Temple University's football team and Philadelphia firefighters volunteered on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to install smoke alarms in North Philly
PlanPhilly
Community

After tragic fire, firefighters and Temple football players teamed up to install smoke alarms

The Valiants of Philadelphia, a fraternal society of Black and Latino firefighters in Pennsylvania, helped organize the safety effort.

4 years ago

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Gino’s Ristorante & Pizzeria is shut until further notice. (6abc)
Health

Gino’s Ristorante & Pizzeria can reopen following Montco hepatitis A investigation

Ten confirmed cases were linked to a November exposure to the virus, typically spread through poor hygiene. Three people died.

4 years ago

Teddy bears are placed outside the North 23rd Street rowhouse
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly’s first legislative response to deadly Fairmount fire is a proposed tax credit for landlords

Philadelphia officials have publicly mourned the loss of life but said nothing concrete about changes to fire safety policy before now.

4 years ago

2nd amendment protest
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania Senate moves forward a measure targeting local gun laws

Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to veto the bill.

4 years ago

The former Pope Benedict XVI, seen here in 2010, did not intervene in four cases of sexual abuse when he was the archbishop of Munich and Freising, according to a law firm's new report. The inquiry was commissioned by the archdiocese. (Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Pope Benedict XVI failed to stop sex abuse when he was an archbishop, law firm says

Pope Benedict XVI failed to take action in four instances — including two that resulted in legal charges — while he was the archbishop of Munich and Freising.

4 years ago

Signs about the project adorn lampposts on the 100 block of South 13th Street.
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

14 streetlight sensors are collecting data on a Center City block as part of a ‘smart cities’ pilot

Use of the tech elsewhere has raised some privacy concerns. Philly officials say in this case, the data is highly anonymized.

4 years ago

A front view of a snow plow
Weather
6abc

Messy morning commute in Philly region ahead of snow

The Delaware Valley is under a Winter Weather Advisory until either 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. Thursday, depending on the county.

4 years ago

crime scene
Community

Police commissioner: 2022 brings the ‘same troubling trends’ for crime in Philly

After a record-setting year for the number of people murdered, Philadelphia police officials said the city is still on a similar course in 2022.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
Courts & Law

Mass. man who sent threatening emails to Police Commissioner Outlaw gets prison time

In June 2020, Peter Fratus sent two emails to Outlaw’s official email, amid nationwide protests against police brutality and the murder of George Floyd.

4 years ago

An aerial view of flooding in Kensington.
Community
6abc

Water main break causes flooding in Kensington

Officials say there is no word on the size of the break at this time.

4 years ago

A deer peers through the woods, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Health

Pennsylvania testing deer in Bucks County for PFAS

The testing comes after the Pennsylvania Game Commission discovered high levels of PFAS in fish living in the Neshaminy Creek basin.

4 years ago

Two people comfort one another at a funeral service
Community

‘The family of Philadelphia’ came out to mourn 12 family members killed in Fairmount fire

Three sisters — Rosalee McDonald, Virginia Thomas, and Quinsha White — and nine of their children died in the blaze.

4 years ago

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