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Global effort begins to stop social media from spreading terrorism

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that she and French President Emmanuel Macron will lead a global effort to stop social media from promoting terrorism.

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Traffic on 11th Street between Washington and Bainbridge streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

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Scamming SEPTA is getting harder: Agency hits 10-year low for claims payouts

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A decade after SEPTA put its first surveillance cameras up, the transit authority has closed the book on its leanest year for payouts yet.

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New Jersey environmental officials are urging residents and visitors to be careful with fire. As peak fire season begins, they’ve already had 331 blazes this year. (Courtesy of Amy Miller Shaman)

N.J. forest fire officials urge caution as state enters peak wildfire season

New Jersey environmental officials are urging residents and visitors to be careful with fire. As peak fire season begins, they’ve already had 331 blazes this year.

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This combination of photos shows clockwise from top left the logos for Toyota, Honda, Kia, Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi and Hyundai. U.S. auto safety regulators have expanded an investigation into malfunctioning air bag controls to include 12.3 million vehicles because the bags may not inflate in a crash. (AP)

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Government expands air bag investigation to include more than 12 million vehicles

The government is expanding an investigation into malfunctioning air bags, to include an additional 12.3 million vehicles with air bags that could fail to inflate in a crash.

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Attorney Jeff Anderson, left, survivor and advocate Birdie Farrell, right, hold a press conference to release the names of more than 130 Boy Scout leaders who worked in New York and were named in Boy Scouts of America (BSA)

Attorneys release names of Boy Scout leaders accused of sexual abuse in New Jersey

Attorneys released the names of Boy Scout leaders accused of molestation in N.J. and called on Gov. Murphy to sign a measure expanding the civil statute of limitations.

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Sri Lankan security personnel inspect the debris of a van after it explodes on Monday near St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo. Nearly 300 people died and more than 500 others were wounded after Sunday's attacks on churches and hotels. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)

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After Sri Lanka attacks, Islamist group blamed and victims named

Sri Lankans mourned the deaths of nearly 300 people who were caught in Easter Sunday's coordinated church and hotel bombings.

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Sri Lankan firefighters stand in the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 21, 2019. Witnesses are reporting two explosions have hit two churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, causing casualties among worshippers. (Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

Easter Sunday bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka

More than 200c people were killed and hundreds more hospitalized with injuries from eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside of Sri Lanka's capital.

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On April 25, 1999, a memorial service for the victims of the Columbine High School shooting Littleton, Colo. (Eric Gay/AP)

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20 years on, the background check system continues to miss dangerous gun buyers

With critical shortcomings in the system, mass shootings continue happening in the U.S.

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The Delaware County courthouse in Media, Pennsylvania, is seen on April 11, 2019. In the county in 2017, there were 206 protection-from-abuse cases that ended with a stipulation or agreement between the parties, 187 final orders granted after a hearing before a judge, and 147 final orders denied after a hearing before a judge. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)

County courts grapple with rollout of Pa.’s new rules for firearms in domestic abuse cases

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Anyone subject to a final protection from abuse order after a contested hearing must turn over their firearms within 24 hours.

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A student leaves Columbine High School late Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in Littleton, Colo. Following a lockdown at Columbine High School and other Denver area schools, authorities say they are looking for a woman suspected of making threats. (David Zalubowski/AP Photo)

Young woman ‘infatuated’ with Columbine is found dead

Denver-area schools will be closed Wednesday as authorities search for a young Florida woman who flew to the city and bought a gun after becoming "infatuated" with Columbine.

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Sidewalks are shown on a block with rowhomes that are slanted and cracked.

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Spring is sidewalk season in Philly but watch your step — those cracks aren’t getting fixed

Spring is prime time for sidewalks. Here’s why Philly’s walkways won’t see many fixes this strolling season.

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In this March 27, 2019, photo, Kacey Ruegsegger Johnson poses for a portrait at her home in Cary, N.C. Ruegsegger Johnson, now a mother of four, survived a shotgun blast during the 1999 shootings at Colorado's Columbine High School that left 12 students, one teacher, and both gunmen dead. (Allen G. Breed/AP Photo)

Columbine survivors send kids to schools altered by attack

The emotional toll of the shooting that killed 12 classmates and a teacher has been amplified by fears about their own kids' safety.

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Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke filled the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash fell on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris. (Thibault Camus/AP Photo)

Massive fire engulfs beloved Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

Firefighters continue working as massive blaze in brought under control at the French capital's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral.

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017 file photo, a salesperson checks rifles in a gun shop display in Sydney, Australia. A documentary aired in March 2019 by Al Jazeera reported officials with Australia's far-right One Nation party met with two National Rifle Association representatives and other gun-rights advocates seeking money to undermine Australian gun laws. (Rick Rycroft/AP Photo)