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Public Safety

Caution tape surrounds an area at a building where a third-floor balcony collapsed, critically injuring two men. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Two men critically injured in West Philly balcony collapse

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

7 years ago

Fire fighters battle flames at the PES refinery in June 2019. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Philadelphia refinery fire investigators to examine potential for release of dangerous chemical

A hydrogen fluoride release could have had deadly consequences.

7 years ago

Flames and smoke emerge from the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Complex in Philadelphia, Friday, June 21, 2019. Explosions and a blaze at the largest oil refinery on the East Coast shook homes before dawn Friday, though authorities reported only a few minor injuries and said the air was safe to breathe. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Community

South Philly refinery fire extinguished; city continues to monitor air quality

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

7 years ago

In this Jan. 19, 2016 file photo, gun silencers are on display at the Sig Sauer booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas. Gun silencers like the one used in a recent lethal shooting in Virginia Beach would be banned under legislation that U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey introduced Friday, June 21, 2019. (John Locher/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

Gun silencers would be barred under new federal legislation

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

7 years ago

A fire burns at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery hours after a series of early morning explosions at the 150-year-old industrial complex at 3100 W. Passyunk Ave. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Feds to investigate refinery explosion; local health officials remain cautious

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.

7 years ago

A Lyft logo is installed on a Lyft driver's car next to an Uber sticker
Politics & Policy

After N.J. woman’s murder, state tightens rules on rideshare drivers

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.

7 years ago

Keystone Crossroads hosted a live interview with Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf (Joanne Cassaro/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Cash for the poor? Yes. Arming teachers? No. And 4 other highlights from #AskGovWolf

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.

7 years ago

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A police officer stands by a sheet covering the remains of a young child and a baby stroller at the scene of a fatal accident on Roosevelt Boulevard in the Olney section of Philadelphia on Tuesday July 16, 2013. (Joseph Kaczmarek/AP Photo)
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Community
PlanPhilly

City: Roosevelt Boulevard speed cameras to be live by end of year

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.

7 years ago

Larry Krasner is District Attorney of Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly DA says it’s not his fault violence is getting worse

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

7 years ago

Jovan Weaver, the former principal of Philadelphia’s Mastery Charter School at John Wister Elementary in Germantown enters court for a preliminary hearing on Tuesday morning. Weaver is charged with vehicular homicide.  (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Former Philly charter school principal, Jovan Weaver, charged with vehicular homicide, waives hearing

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

7 years ago

The scene of a shooting in Southwest Philadelphia Sunday night, where the violence interrupted a graduation party near James Finnegan and Paschall playgrounds. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘Things need to change:’ Shooting at Philly grad party one of 19 incidents in two days

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

7 years ago

In Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, oil bunkering — the practice of siphoning oil from pipelines — has transformed parts of the once-thriving delta ecosystem into an ecological dead zone, according to the U.N. Environment Programme.
(Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto)
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Science

Oh dear: Photos show what humans have done to the planet

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

7 years ago

A water tower stands above a residential neighborhood
Politics & Policy

Congress eyes ban on firefighting foams that have tainted drinking water in the Philly region

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.

7 years ago

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, and president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), speaks during a news conference at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), 2019 Spring meetings in Baltimore, Md.,Tuesday, Jun 11, 2019. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
Community

U.S. Catholic Bishops approve measures to police themselves

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.

7 years ago

Survivors of child sexual abuse hug in the Pennsylvania Capitol while awaiting legislation to respond to a landmark state grand jury report on child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

New court ruling may help older clergy abuse claims proceed

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.

7 years ago

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