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Public Safety

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

Middletown Area High School in Dauphin County is seen on Aug. 6, 2019. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Education
PA Post

Pa. educators turn to Secret Service for safety advice

“All of us are desperate to find the answer. Why is this happening? How can we stop it?”

7 years ago

New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money
NJ Spotlight

Why is N.J.’s public pension system still invested in the gun industry?

Following last year’s mass shooting at a Florida high school, some state lawmakers sought to ban pension-plan investments in gunmakers, but their bill went nowhere.

7 years ago

Sandi Lisko attends a vigil for recent victims of gun violence outside the National Rifle Association's headquarters building, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Fairfax, Va. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Radio Times
Health

Violence in modern America

First we'll hear about the modern white supremacist movement in America. Then, we'll talk about the every day gun violence that often goes overlooked.

Air Date: August 7, 2019 10:00 am

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Sen. Pat Toomey (Flickr via Shirley Li/Medill)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

The NRA hates Pat Toomey, but he still can’t get background checks passed

Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey is working with his Democratic colleagues to strengthen the background checks that folks will face if they want to buy firearms. Again.

7 years ago

Alida Garcia’s son lost his life in 2015 when a gunman fired into his car with a semi-automatic weapon. She demanded leadership ban assault weapons. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philly mother decries ‘a slow-moving massacre in our city’ after latest mass shootings

Aleida Garcia’s son was murdered in 2015. She spoke at Tuesday’s anti-violence rally in LOVE Park following two mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

7 years ago

In this June 25, 2016, file photo, Cub Scouts watch a race during the Second Annual World Championship Pinewood Derby in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Community

Boy Scouts of America faces new sex abuse allegations, Pa. lawsuit reveals

A Pa. man filed suit in Philadelphia against the Boy Scouts of America, alleging sexual abuse. It may be the first of hundreds of lawsuits to come nationwide.

7 years ago

Flowers and a Virgin Mary painting adorn makeshift memorial for the victims of Saturday mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas, Sunday, August 4, 2019. (Andres Leighton/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

After mass shootings, some Pa. Democrats urge Wolf to call a special session

'We need to hold folks’ feet to the fire,' said a Philadelphia Democrat.

7 years ago

An archived screenshot of 8chan, an online message board that shooters have used to post messages before their attacks, describes itself as 'the darkest reaches of the Internet.' (Wayback Machine/Screenshot by NPR)
NPR
Community

‘Uniquely lawless’: Security firm drops 8chan website following El Paso shooting

A web security company is dropping its protections for 8chan.

7 years ago

(Bigstock/mangpor_2004)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. school safety tip-line used more to report bullying, suicidal thoughts, than violent threats

Many of the 23,494 tips received online or by phone were related to bullying, self-harm, thoughts of suicide, or depression.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump says he wants stronger gun checks but gives no details

President Donald Trump on Monday condemned weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio as "barbaric" attacks and crimes "against all humanity."

7 years ago

From left, Melody Stout, Hannah Payan, Aaliyah Alba, Sherie Gramlich and Laura Barrios comfort each other during a vigil for victims of the shooting Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. A young gunman opened fire in an El Paso, Texas, shopping area during the busy back-to-school season, leaving multiple people dead and more than two dozen injured. (John Locher/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

After mass shootings, Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf calls for banning assault weapons, targeting white nationalism

In the wake of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio that left at least 29 people dead, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf called for increased gun restrictions.

7 years ago

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