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Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Youth groups are skirting background check law intended to protect children from abuse

Five years after the law took effect, there are signs it isn’t working as intended, and organizations are able to skirt the rules and face few, if any, consequences.

6 years ago

PFAS are toxic chemicals commonly found in clothing and non-stick cookware like teflon. (Wallace McKelvey/PennLive)
Health

Bucks-Montco group joins nationwide petition to designate PFAS as hazardous waste

The petition demands that EPA designate the chemicals under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, to ensure strict storage, transfer and disposal.

6 years ago

The Pa. attorney general's office seal is posted at the Safe2Say Something crisis center Jan. 13, 2020. (Brett Sholtis/WITF)
Health

One year in, Pa. crisis center to stop school violence has fielded 40,000 tips

The partnership between Sandy Hook Promise and the state Attorney General's office aims to prevent mass shootings and help children dealing with problems.

6 years ago

Kosher market shooting
Courts & Law

Authorities: Kosher store shooters planned attack for months

State and federal authorities say David Anderson and Francine Graham were fueled by hatred of Jews and law enforcement that they expressed in notes and online postings.

6 years ago

(Jana Shea/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Community

Around 1k without power at the Shore amid gusty winds

Around a thousand electric customers are without power at the Jersey Shore Sunday morning amid gusty winds.

6 years ago

Men who lost their homes in a 6.4 magnitude earthquake stand inside a baseball stadium that has been opened to residents amid aftershocks and power outages, in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico.   (Carlos Giusti/AP Photo)
Community

Magnitude 5.9 shock rocks quake-stunned Puerto Rico

A magnitude 5.9 quake shook Puerto Rico on Saturday, causing further damage along the island’s southern coast, where previous recent quakes have toppled homes and schools.

6 years ago

A Puerto Rican flag waves on top of a pile of rubble as debris is removed from a main road in Guánica. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Scores of people in Puerto Rico remain without shelter, power days after 6.4 quake

Thousands of people in Puerto Rico still don't have permanent shelter three days after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake walloped the Caribbean island.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Police are responding to an active shooter situation in the Frankford neighborhood. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Gunman dead after shootout with police in Frankford

Pennsylvania state parole officers were serving the man a warrant for his arrest for violations of his parole.

6 years ago

Repairs have been made to the Newark Planned Parenthood office near the University of Delaware campus following a Molotov cocktail attack on January 3. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Molotov cocktail explodes at Delaware Planned Parenthood office

A Middletown man was arrested on charges of tossing an incendiary device outside the clinic near the University of Delaware in Newark.

6 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney speaks after he is sworn in to his second term. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney

This hour, Mayor Kenney sits down with Marty to reflect on his last term and to discuss his plans for his second.

Air Date: January 7, 2020 10:00 am

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A collapsed building with car crushed underneath, following an earthquake in Yauco, Puerto Rico, Tuesday Jan. 7, 2020.  All the occupants of the home are reported to be uninjured.  A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico, the largest in a series of quakes in recent days, and caused heavy damage in some areas.  (J. Miguel Santiago Twitter via AP)
Community

Puerto Rico hit by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake amid seismic activity

The quake was followed by a series of strong aftershocks, part of a 10-day series of temblors spawned by the grinding of tectonic plates along three faults beneath southern PR

6 years ago

Exelon Corporation Three Mile Island nuclear generating station Unit 1 cooling towers in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, PA. (Dan Gleiter/PennLive)
Community
PA Post

Three Mile Island wants to end siren tests, radiation monitoring as part of reduced emergency planning role

If the request is granted, the 10-mile evacuation zone surrounding TMI would cease to exist.

6 years ago

SEPTA Regional Rail (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Regional Rail train strikes car in the first SEPTA collision of 2020

The non-fatal collision was the ninth at a SEPTA grade-crossing since 2016.

6 years ago

Summerdale neighborhood crime scene (SkyForce / NBC10)
Courts & Law
NBC10

Woman Shot, Killed in NE Philly Home, Bringing Murder Total to 356 for 2019

The shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. in the 5600 block of Frontenac St. in the Summerdale section.

6 years ago

Area responders worked together at Central Dauphin East High School during an active shooter drill simulation. (Courtesy of PennLive)
Education
PA Post

Pa.’s Safe Schools Report provides plenty of numbers, but critics question their accuracy

Under the Safe Schools Act, the state’s Department of Education relies on the local school district to report infractions to the state.

6 years ago

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