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Delaware will buy back bump stocks and trigger cranks after making possession of the gun accessories illegal earlier this year. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)

Politics & Policy

Delaware’s bump stock ban to take effect after buyback events

The buyback events are set for Saturday, Nov. 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Nov. 7, from 4 to 8 p.m.

7 years ago

Stars of David with the names of those killed in a deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue, stand in front of the synagogue in Pittsburgh, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018.

The Why

Community

Tending the Tree of Life

The recent mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh left us grappling for answers. Why here? Why now? These are big questions with no easy answers. Where do we go from here?

Air Date: October 31, 2018

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Mourners gather outside Rodef Shalom Congregation before the funeral services for brothers Cecil and David Rosenthal, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, in Pittsburgh. The brothers were killed in the mass shooting Saturday at the Tree of Life Synagogue. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)

Community

Cecil and David Rosenthal, ‘the boys,’ remembered as fixtures of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community

Many people at the service were Jewish, and many were not.

7 years ago

Law enforcement officials gather outside a U.S. post office facility after reports that a suspicious package was found in Atlanta, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Courts & Law

FBI says suspicious parcel was addressed to CNN in Atlanta

Bomb squads were called to a post office in Atlanta on Monday about a suspicious package sent to CNN, investigators said Monday

7 years ago

Radio Times

Politics & Policy

The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Guests: Nancy Baron-Baer, Emile Bruneau, Christian Picciolini Eleven people were killed and six injured when a gu ...

Air Date: October 29, 2018 10:00 am

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This photo shows some of Stars of David with names of those killed at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in Saturday's shooting, at a memorial outside the synagogue. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Community

Suspect due in court as harrowing synagogue tales emerge

As Barry Werber walked into the Tree of Life Synagogue, he passed a cart carrying glassware and whiskey meant for the baby-naming ceremony scheduled at Dor Hadash

7 years ago

Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and Senate Appropriations Chair Pat Browne, both Republicans, tell reporters that the Senate hasn’t been able to produce a version of SB 261 that the House will support. Senate Democrats are now using the bill’s failure to pass as fodder to attack vulnerable members of the Senate GOP Caucus. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)

Politics & Policy

Pa. Senate Dems are using a stalled sex abuse bill in campaign ads. Will it help them?

The new commercial is running in competitive districts in suburban Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Community

Philly-area synagogues grapple with safety in the aftermath of Pittsburgh shooting

The shooting comes amid a rise in anti-Semitic incidents across the U.S.

7 years ago

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Community

Scientists say Gab, social network with Philly ties, is an incubator of hate

The suspected gunman in Saturday’s shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue frequently posted anti-Semitic comments on the social media site Gab, which is headquartered in Philly.

7 years ago