Public Safety
After Sri Lanka attacks, Islamist group blamed and victims named
Sri Lankans mourned the deaths of nearly 300 people who were caught in Easter Sunday's coordinated church and hotel bombings.
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Easter Sunday bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka
More than 200c people were killed and hundreds more hospitalized with injuries from eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside of Sri Lanka's capital.
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20 years on, the background check system continues to miss dangerous gun buyers
With critical shortcomings in the system, mass shootings continue happening in the U.S.
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County courts grapple with rollout of Pa.’s new rules for firearms in domestic abuse cases
Anyone subject to a final protection from abuse order after a contested hearing must turn over their firearms within 24 hours.
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Young woman ‘infatuated’ with Columbine is found dead
Denver-area schools will be closed Wednesday as authorities search for a young Florida woman who flew to the city and bought a gun after becoming "infatuated" with Columbine.
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Spring is sidewalk season in Philly but watch your step — those cracks aren’t getting fixed
Spring is prime time for sidewalks. Here’s why Philly’s walkways won’t see many fixes this strolling season.
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Columbine survivors send kids to schools altered by attack
The emotional toll of the shooting that killed 12 classmates and a teacher has been amplified by fears about their own kids' safety.
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Massive fire engulfs beloved Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Firefighters continue working as massive blaze in brought under control at the French capital's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral.
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NRA has history of advising gun-rights groups outside U.S.
The recent revelation that NRA representatives had met with Australian politicians to discuss talking points after a mass shooting generated outrage from politicians.
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Suit filed over gun controls inspired by Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Gun rights groups sued Tuesday to block Pittsburgh from enforcing firearms legislation passed after a mass shooting at a synagogue.
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Wilmington shuts down corner market after six people shot outside
Bill’s Deli Market has been cited repeatedly for health and other violations. But Sunday’s violence led police to shut down the corner store temporarily.
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Coast Guard: Mariners beware in South Jersey Intracoastal Waterway
The U.S. Coast Guard is urging mariners to exercise caution while transiting the Intracoastal Waterway between Barnegat and Cape May.
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Six shot as gunfire erupts at Wilmington corner
Gun violence has dropped considerably in Wilmington, once dubbed “Murder Town USA” by Newsweek. But with six shot Sunday in one blaze of gunfire, many are concerned.
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State revokes licenses of Glen Mills Schools amid abuse probes
State officials have revoked licenses for the oldest reform school in the country amid multiple state probes into allegations of child abuse at the Pennsylvania campus.
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This week: "ghost gun" ban in New Jersey, handling sexual harassment in Philadelphia City government, the effect of breaking up the heroin encampments on the opioid crisis.
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