Public Safety
‘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.
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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.
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New Jersey and federal officials answer questions on how to get relief from Ida
Gov. Phil Murphy said this month’s storms were the worst natural disaster to hit the Garden State since Superstorm Sandy.
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NPR
Tens of thousands of Black women vanish each year. This website tells their stories
Tens of thousands of Black girls and women go missing every year. Last year, that figure was nearly 100,000. Yet their cases hardly ever grab national headlines.
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New Jersey weighs expanding flood buyback program after Ida
New Jersey’s top environmental regulator said its floodplain property buyback program “definitely needs expansion” to help mitigate the effects of climate change.
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Philadelphia-area universities ask for vaccination or testing compliance
117 Penn State University students were recently temporarily suspended for missing COVID-19 tests.
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Wolf urges community groups to apply for anti-violence grants
The state of Pennsylvania has $30 million to spend on anti-violence programs, and this time around community groups are targeted for the money.
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PECO sets up $250K storm recovery fund for Pa. communities affected by Ida
The company will provide $100,000 to the American Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania and Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia for essential needs.
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Family of 10-year-old fatally shot at S. Jersey football game is suing the district, NJSIAA
The family of Micah “Dew” Tennant is suing the Pleasantville Board of Education and NJSIAA for not addressing the “dangerous condition” at the high school stadium.
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Wilmington rowhome fire traps residents inside, injures firefighter
Neighbors say officers were urging an upstairs resident to break a window and try to jump.
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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.
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Philly DA’s office running out of city funding to help relocate witnesses
Krasner says Philadelphia’s high homicide rate is resulting in big spending for witness and victim relocation.
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Disaster recovery centers open in Montco, Delco to help with damage from Hurricane Ida
Residents reeling from the impacts of Hurricane Ida can now get help applying for federal and state aid in their own communities.
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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.
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Trenton art project hopes to share the potential and the full story of residents lost to violence
The Potential Project will use public art and a mobile app to honor people lost to homicide in New Jersey’s capital city through the eyes of the people closest to them.
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