Public Safety

The Tamaqua Area School District will scrap a groundbreaking policy that would have allowed teachers and staff to carry weapons anonymously on school grounds.

Pennsylvania's colleges and universities have a year to develop online, anonymous reporting systems to receive complaints about sexual assault from students and employees.

As climate change makes tropical storm systems stronger and more frequent, state emergency management leaders are urging people to step up their readiness.

Twenty people were injured after a vacant pizza restaurant exploded in a South Florida shopping plaza Saturday, according to police.

Two women were injured after shots were fired on the Asbury Park boardwalk after a fireworks display Thursday evening, officials say.

Some supporters of increased gun restrictions urged him to veto Senate Bill 621.

Two friends touched by last month’s shooting at a graduation party in Southwest Philly organized a rally that drew 50 people, including city officials.

It's not all in your head — If you live in the Philadelphia region, you have actually been getting more severe weather alerts on your phone lately. Why?

Act 79 took effect in April – and already, some counties are noticing an impact on weapon storage capacity and/or manpower.

Philadelphia Energy Solutions has had a long history of fires and financial troubles. Why was the latest accident a tipping point for the 150-year-old oil refinery?

At least one person was shot at a Delaware County courthouse Friday morning, according to county officials.

Investigators from several agencies say the site of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery explosion and fire remains unsafe.

It wasn’t immediately known why the men were on the landing or why the fire escape collapsed.

A hydrogen fluoride release could have had deadly consequences.

A massive explosion rocked the oil refinery in South Philadelphia early Friday morning, city officials confirmed.