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Public Safety

Special Counsel Robert Mueller walks past the White House after attending services at St. John's Episcopal Church, in Washington, Sunday, March 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Mueller report summary; holding gun makers accountable

We discuss Attorney General William Barr's summary letter of Special Counsel Mueller's report. Then, a recent decision opening gun manufacturers to liable.

Air Date: March 26, 2019 10:00 am

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Jorge Zapata, Jr., center, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, holds candles with his mother Lavinia Zapata, and father Jorge Zapata, Sr., during a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at the school, in Parkland, Fla., Thursd
Community

Linked by pain: 2 school massacre survivors, dad kill selves

The father of a Sandy Hook victim killed himself Monday, just days after two Stoneman Douglas students also took their lives.

7 years ago

A sign stands outside the Glen Mills Schools in Glen Mills, Pa.
Education

Pa. DHS orders ’emergency removal’ of children at Glen Mills

Pa. officials have ordered the "emergency removal" of all children remaining in the oldest reform school in the country.

7 years ago

This June 18, 2018, file photo shows an aerial view of the Amelia neighborhood in the municipality of Catano, east of San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Dennis M. Rivera/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Disaster aid bill facing a tricky path as it heads to Senate

At stake is $13.5 billion emergency relief legislation to help southern farmers, rebuild hurricane-damaged military bases and repair water systems.

7 years ago

Artwork by Christina Chung. (Christina Chung for NPR)
NPR
Community

What makes people heed a weather warning … or not?

Even an unprecedented twister can be predicted. The issue is how people interpret these warnings.

7 years ago

This undated photo provided by the Office of Attorney General of New Jersey shows parts of guns confiscated after being sold by mail order from a California company. New Jersey's attorney general announced a lawsuit Friday, March 22, 2019, against the California company that sells mail-order firearms parts that can be turned into working weapons, the first such action the state has taken since it banned so-called
Courts & Law

New Jersey sues California company over ‘ghost guns’

The company was sent a letter in December asking it to "stop advertising, offering for sale, and/or selling 'ghost guns' and 'ghost gun' parts to New Jersey residents."

7 years ago

File photo: Sunoco's Mariner East 2 pipeline construction on Pennell Road in Middletown Township. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

New safety concerns over Sunoco’s Mariner East 2X pipeline

Pipeline safety advocates worry the pressure on the 16-inch Mariner East 2x would pose greater dangers.

7 years ago

Corl Street Elementary, in State College, is receiving extensive renovations, all done with safety in mind. (Emily Reddy/WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

How school construction is changing due to security concerns

In this time of mass shootings, schools are feeling the pressure to make changes to how schools are constructed in an effort to keep intruders out.

7 years ago

A courtroom sketch from November 2018 shows Cesar Sayoc who pleaded guilty in New York on Thursday to sending bombs to media figures and to critics of President Trump. (Elizabeth Williams/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Florida man pleads guilty to charges of mailing bombs to Trump critics

Cesar Altieri Sayoc, 56, was arrested in late October and was scheduled to go on trial in July.

7 years ago

A tribute for mosque shooting victim Tariq Omar is placed at the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, March 21, 2019. Thousands of people were expected to come together for an emotional Friday prayer service led by the imam of one of the two New Zealand mosques where 50 worshippers were killed in a white supremacist attack on Friday March 15. (Mark Baker/AP Photo)
Community
The Conversation

The politics of fear: How it manipulates us to tribalism

There is a longstanding history of the fear of “the others” turning humans into illogical ruthless weapons, in service to an ideology.

7 years ago

Police and emergency personnel stand at the 24 Oktoberplace intersection in Utrecht, where a shooting took place Monday. Several people were wounded in a shooting on a tram in the Dutch city.
NPR
Community

Utrecht shooting: Suspected gunman is arrested after manhunt; 3 died in tram attack

Dutch police are searching for the man who opened fire inside a tram in the city of Utrecht, killing three people and wounding nine others late Monday morning.

7 years ago

A school safety symposium held in Indiana, Pa. last week drew nearly 600 educators, superintendents, school resource officers, state police, and community members from around the state. (Courtesy of the Indiana Area School District)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

‘Hard’ and ‘soft’ school safety solutions on display at western Pa. conference

Presentations ran the gamut from so-called “soft” solutions like mental health counseling to “hard” solutions like metal detectors and armed staff.

7 years ago

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Coni Sanders, whose father was a teacher killed in the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School, poses for a photo at her home Saturday, March 16, 2019, in Denver. A growing movement is urging news organizations to avoid naming the gunmen responsible for mass shootings. The idea is to avoid inspiring more shooters who seek infamy and notoriety.
Community

Should media avoid naming the gunmen in mass shootings?

Critics say giving the assailants notoriety offers little to help understand the attacks and instead fuels celebrity-style coverage that encourages future attacks.

7 years ago

A message card is placed at a collection of flowers left at the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Saturday. A 28-year-old white supremacist stood silently before a judge, accused in mass shootings at two mosques that left dozens of people dead. (Vincent Thian/AP Photo)
NPR
Community

A ‘mainstreaming of bigotry’ as white extremism reveals its global reach

In the aftermath of the New Zealand mosque shootings, experts who monitor hate groups say violent white extremism is on the rise and is the most prominent threat.

7 years ago

Residents pay their respects by placing flowers for the victims of the mosques attacks in Christchurch. (Michael Bradley/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

As families learn fates of loved ones, New Zealand mourns Christchurch victims

The New Zealand Red Cross has published a list of missing persons on its website.

7 years ago

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