Public Safety

Hydroflouric acid is a toxic chemical used in local refineries. Why a release during the recent South Philly refinery explosion would have been disastrous.

Wind can turn the sunshades into “projectile spears,” U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez said. He wants a federal agency to issue safety guidelines.

Pennsylvania's attorney general is trying to convince firearms dealers and police precincts around the commonwealth to do a more effective job tracking guns.

Firefighters rescued a Wildwood boardwalk water park employee who was overcome by chlorine gas Thursday. 

Pennsylvania’s preemption laws prohibit municipalities like Philadelphia from passing their own gun-control measures.

A 39-year-old woman died Sunday when she was ejected from a small boat in Atlantic County and struck by the propeller, authorities say. 

A 17-year-old Monmouth County resident died in a house fire on Monday night, authorities say. 

Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ future is unclear and the debate over what should happen to it mirror a conversation that’s taking place across the U.S.

After a shooting at Baker Playground in Overbrook injured 7 people, the community organized a rally against gun violence exactly one week later.

Recent crime data shows Philly sees more shootings when temperatures rise above 85 degrees. But excessive heat can have the opposite effect.

Heavy rain shifted the lid of a tank at PES refinery causing fumes to escape. City officials say there is no sign abnormal pollutants were released

Public defender Timothy Weiler was en route to the Grand Opera House when a man stabbed him in the back. The suspect, a former client, said, “That’s from me to you.”

Pennsylvania state officials are asking for the public’s help in controlling the spotted lanternfly — an invasive insect that is both a nuisance and a threat to crops.

New Jersey has some of the strictest gun laws in the U.S. On Tuesday, Gov. Murphy signed measures aimed at reducing gun suicides and restricting gun sales.

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said Saturday that at least 20 shots were fired. Seven people — ages 18 to 28 — were injured and sent to the hospital.