Public Safety

New Jersey already bans silencers, but they're lawful in many other states, including neighboring Pennsylvania.

A series of explosions that produced a giant fireball at the refinery early Friday led to plumes of black smoke and noxious odors that spread across the region.

Rideshare drivers in New Jersey will have to display more identifiers on their vehicles under a new state law named for a woman who was recently killed.

Wolf talked about the state’s most pressing issues in the midst of budget season during a live Q&A show hosted by Keystone Crossroads.

The speed cameras are coming to a 12-mile stretch of Roosevelt between 9th Street and the Bucks County boundary line — a section of road that ranks as the city’s deadliest.

Krasner says his reform approach focuses on nonviolent offenders, such as those arrested for drug possession, not those accused of shootings.

Weaver, who was the subject of a WHYY podcast in 2018 for his work as an educator, faces up to 19 years in prison.

After 19 shooting incidents rocked Philadelphia over the span of two days, activists and residents say police can’t curb gun violence alone.

Three Canadian artists traveled to 22 countries to research and document "places of obvious, physical human incursions on the landscape."

A Senate bill would phase out the foams on military installations by the end of 2023, but a House proposal wouldn’t do so until 2029.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to implement several measures following last year's sweeping Pa. grand jury report on clergy sex abuse.

A Pennsylvania court has ruled that an evolving legal landscape means a woman can pursue her lawsuit claiming church officials worked to conceal her alleged molestation.

City workers repairing a 400-square-foot cavern just below the asphalt on Baltimore Avenue at 43rd Street will need three more weeks to get the job done.

Philly attorney Robert Mongeluzzi claims Whirlpool Corp., Arconic, Inc., and Celotex Corp. contributed to the London fire that killed 72 people in 2017.

Getting the message through is important: A high proportion of teen car crashes involve distracted driving. So a “multi-pronged” strategy is underway.