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Public Safety

Banderas y cruces en un monumento improvisado cerca de la escena de un tiroteo masivo en un complejo comercial el martes 6 de agosto de 2019 en El Paso, Texas.(AP Photo/John Locher)
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Como inmigrante ​de​ ​Méxic​o​, El Paso me asustó, pero no permitiré​ que me ​​silencie

Los asesinatos en El Paso y Gilroy me han horrorizado. Pero no permitiré que mi miedo me silencie, lo utilice para resistir y luchar contra la supremacía blanca.

7 years ago

Police remain on the scene after a gunman was apprehended following a standoff Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, in Philadelphia. A gunman who opened fire on police Wednesday as they were serving a drug warrant in Philadelphia, wounding several officers and triggering a standoff that extended into the night, is in police custody, authorities said. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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7-hour North Philly standoff ends without fatalities: Suspect surrenders, hostages free

The suspected gunman who allegedly opened fire on police officers in Philadelphia’s Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood is in custody

7 years ago

Leslie Slingsby, executive director of Mission Kids, sits on her sons bed with his Boy Scouts of America uniform and handbook at her Collegeville, Pa. home on August 14, 2019. Slingsby's nonprofit works on behalf of Montgomery County to investigate claims of child abuse and advocates for child protection around the world. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Community

Safe to join Boy Scouts? Some parents say policy upgrades help prevent abuse

To ensure their kids’ safety, some parents have set up their own protocols. Others say Boy Scouts of America has put in its own protective policies.

7 years ago

A fatal four-car crash outside Dewey Beach on Saturday was one of three serious accidents last weekend. (Delaware Department of Transportation)
Community

Three horrific crashes at Delaware beaches last weekend renew safety calls

A driver died in a crash, a pedestrian was fatally struck by a state trooper’s vehicle and a bicyclist suffered head trauma on a six-mile stretch of Delaware beach highway.

7 years ago

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A July 2013 thunderstorm over Ocean Grove, NJ. (Chris Spiegel/BlurRevision.com)
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Tornadoes possible at the Jersey Shore Tuesday

Severe thunderstorms are possible Tuesday at the Jersey Shore, and forecasters are not ruling out the potential for a few tornadoes.

7 years ago

A man wears a 'Don't Tread On My 2nd Amendment Rights' hat in the state Capitol during a rally on May 6, 2019. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Courts & Law
PA Post

How a ‘red flag’ law could work in Pa. — and what stands in its way

The ACLU of PA dropped its opposition. The NRA hasn't.

7 years ago

People light candles during a prayer and candle vigil organized by the city, after the recent shooting at a WalMart in El Paso, Texas.
(Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
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Health

From pain to purpose: 5 ways to cope in the wake of trauma

There are strategies to counter the fear — and move forward.

7 years ago

Elizabeth Warren at a campaign stop at the AMVETS in Chillicothe, Ohio, on May 10. Warren released her plan to combat gun violence on Saturday. (Andrew Spear for NPR)
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Politics & Policy

Elizabeth Warren’s new plan on guns has a goal: Reduce gun deaths by 80%

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced a sweeping gun control plan Saturday with the goal of reducing gun deaths by 80% through executive action and legislation.

7 years ago

Walmart has instructed employees to remove marketing material that displays violent imagery and to unplug or turn off video game consoles that show violent games. (AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Walmart bans violent imagery, but not gun sales

Following shootings at two store locations, Walmart said in an internal memo that it would take down all imagery and stop playing videos that depicted violence.

7 years ago

School buses are seen in a file photo.
Politics & Policy

After complaints, Pa. senators return to drawing board on part of school safety law

A law to expand schools' security options in Pennsylvania now has some school law enforcement officers miffed.

7 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is resisting calls for the Senate to return from August recess to take up gun reform measures after deadly mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, last weekend.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Senate will discuss gun proposals in September, McConnell says

"What we can't do is fail to pass something," McConnell told WHAS radio in Kentucky, adding, "the urgency of this is not lost on any of us."

7 years ago

Demonstrators and students gather during a rally against gun violence on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Monday, June 11, 2018, in Philadelphia. (Matt Slocum / AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

64 percent of Pa. respondents to a new poll support more gun restrictions

The majority of people gave the opinion before mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

7 years ago

State Sen. Anthony Williams, D-Philadelphia, speaks at a rally to change Pennsylvania’s gun laws at the statehouse in Harrisburg Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. (Emily Previti/PA Post)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Pa. lawmakers, gun control advocates rally to change state firearms laws

Pennsylvania lawmakers and gun control advocates rallied at the statehouse Wednesday evening just a few days after mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

7 years ago

Debris from a small plane crash sets in backyards of a residential neighborhood in Upper Moreland, Pa., Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019.  Upper Moreland Police Chief Michael Murphy says the plane hit several trees before it finally came to rest. He said everyone aboard the plane was killed. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Community

3 killed when small plane crashes in backyard of Willow Grove home

The single-engine plane went down around 6:20 a.m. Thursday in Willow Grove, shortly after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport.

7 years ago

People embrace along the street in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh where a shooter opened fire during services at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Health

Experts: Stop blaming mental illness for mass shootings

In Pennsylvania, in addition to gun control laws, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf called to “invest in mental health and help those struggling.”

7 years ago

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