
Public Safety
Philadelphia police and residents join together for National Night Out
Police spread out across Philadelphia to join with residents for National Night Out events with the goal of fighting crime.
4 years ago
Listen 1:28‘Gotta walk through violence’: What it means to commute to school after a deadly summer
Young people are changing their travel routines and asking for help traveling around the city as the gun violence epidemic shatters their sense of safety.
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Listen 2:56Bearing caskets, Philadelphians converge at City Hall to demand action against gun violence
The message directed at Mayor Jim Kenney was a simple one: Do more to address shootings, which predominantly affect communities of color, or get out of the way.
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9 tornadoes confirmed in Pa., N.J. during storms
Thursday's storm resulted in nine tornadoes across Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the National Weather Service confirmed.
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Burlington County residents, businesses now eligible for July 12 storm aid
County residents and businesses can now apply for federal disaster loans from the Small Business Administration.
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Across federal workforce, people with disabilities see need for more representation
Four years ago, the government set a benchmark calling for every agency to commit to having no less than 12% of its employees made up of people with disabilities.
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Businesses and residents reeling in aftermath of tornadoes, floods
There were a dozen or so injuries reported around the Bensalem area after the tornadoes. Hopewell Township in Mercer County was also among the hardest hit in N.J.
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Parents are asking TikTok for access to the videos their kids are watching
Tragedies have led a group of parents to call on TikTok to let them see all the videos accessed by their children, to keep abreast of the dangers.
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AccuWeather Alert: Tornado Watch issued for Philadelphia region
An AccuWeather Alert is in place for today as strong thunderstorms are expected to move through the region this afternoon through this evening.
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Philly moving forward with grants program to fund community groups in anti-violence fight
Philadelphia is planning to add $20 million to anti-violence efforts, targeting small groups who have not received funding in the past.
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Weeks after SEPTA extends private security contract, a guard beat a man at a turnstile
The violence occurred soon after SEPTA extended its $1.5 million contract with Allied Universal to keep security guards stationed along the Market-Frankford Line.
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‘This is how I’m going to die’: Police officers testify on Jan. 6 insurrection
The four officers gave emotional, occasionally angry, accounts of the attack, in which they were beaten and verbally abused as the mob of Trump’ supporters overwhelmed them.
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Rhode Island legalized supervised injection sites. Will we follow suit? And, Marc Zumoff joins us to discuss his decision to retire and the NBA draft. Plus, zoo vaccinations?
Air Date: July 26, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:15California’s largest fire torches homes as blazes lash West
More than 85 large wildfires were burning around the country, most of them in Western states, and they had burned over 1.4 million acres.
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East Norriton, Whitpain, Whitemarsh, Springfield, Cheltenham, and Abington Townships were most impacted by the storm.
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