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Philadelphia city councilmember and Chair of the Children and Youth Committee Helen Gym joined city leaders in asking for at least 50 million dollars in the city budget to keep recreational centers open later and provide counseling and jobs for young people as part of the Youth Powered Anti-Violence Agenda, announced at a press conference at Hawthorne Recreation Center in South Philadelphia on June 1, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

‘We have no time to waste’: City lawmakers call for more funding for anti-violence efforts

A group of city lawmakers is asking the Kenney administration to spend at least $50 million on anti-violence efforts designed to keep young people safe from gun violence.

4 years ago

Community

6ABC

1 dead after car crashes into Bucks Co. senior rehabilitation center

Authorities say a car slammed into an outside wall of the administration building of the Langhorne Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center on the 300 block of Manor Avenue.

4 years ago

Assistant Director of Transportation Ken Divers, who leads the vulnerable population task force at SEPTA, walks on the platform at Somerset Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

PlanPhilly

Urban Planning

SEPTA launches pilot plan to reduce deadly falls and jumps onto tracks

The authority plans to install galvanized steel barriers along the length of the platforms at Somerset Station on the Market-Frankford Line to pilot the idea.

4 years ago

Police take photos at the scene of a shooting outside a banquet hall, with evidence markers seen on the ground

Community

Police: 2 dead, 20+ injured in Florida banquet hall shooting

The banquet hall had been rented out for a concert. Police say three people got out of an SUV and opened fire into a crowd outside with assault rifles and handguns.

4 years ago

Community

Billy Penn

What we know about the fire truck that careened into a North Philly building

Police are still investigating what happened, as L&I works to avoid a collapse.

4 years ago

Senate Republicans have blocked a plan to establish an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The proposal would have created a body modeled on the one established to investigate the 9/11 attacks. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

NPR

Politics & Policy

Senate Republicans block plan for independent commission on Jan. 6 Capitol Riot

The bipartisan measure, approved by the House, failed to win enough votes to overcome a GOP filibuster. The plan called for an independent body styled on one after 9/11.

4 years ago

In this screengrab posted by an online account that's been identifying people present at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, state Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Adams), highlighted in a yellow box, appears to walk with a group of demonstrators parallel to the east steps of the Capitol building. (Screenshot)

Politics & Policy

Pa. Sen. Doug Mastriano unlikely to face consequences over newly-released Jan. 6 videos

Several social media accounts that are reviewing videos to try to identify people at the Capitol that day said they identified Mastriano in both videos based on his clothing.

4 years ago

Community

6ABC

4 firefighters, civilian injured after fire truck crashes through building in North Philadelphia

Four firefighters were onboard the truck at the time of the crash. Officials say all four were injured and two of them had to be pulled from the emergency vehicle.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw addresses the press

Community

Violence interrupters, police will try to keep the peace over Memorial Day weekend

Staffers with the city’s Community Crisis Intervention Program will be poised to respond to potentially violent conflicts in an effort to prevent shootings.

4 years ago

Cumberland County Prosecutor, joined by Gov. Phil Murphy

Courts & Law

One arrest made in South Jersey mass shooting with more expected

Law enforcement in Cumberland County say they anticipate more arrests from Saturday’s mass shooting in Fairfield Township.

4 years ago

DA Krasner provides update on suspect accused of multiple sexual assaults. (DAO)

Courts & Law

Philly DA to charge 28-year-old with rape and robbery following string of sexual assaults

Police arrested Kevin Bennett in Indianapolis on Saturday after he allegedly raped three women in Philadelphia. He is suspected of sexual assault in eight states.

4 years ago