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Aamirah Brown said the operators of Bill’s Deli Mart should better control crowds after six people were shot outside the market Sunday. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Wilmington shuts down corner market after six people shot outside

Bill’s Deli Market has been cited repeatedly for health and other violations. But Sunday’s violence led police to shut down the corner store temporarily.

7 years ago

The Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Cape May team in action. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo/file)
Down the Shore
Community

Coast Guard: Mariners beware in South Jersey Intracoastal Waterway

The U.S. Coast Guard is urging mariners to exercise caution while transiting the Intracoastal Waterway between Barnegat and Cape May. 

7 years ago

Six people were shot Sunday night near the corner of 10th and Pine streets in Wilmington. (John Jankowski for WHYY)
Courts & Law

Six shot as gunfire erupts at Wilmington corner

Gun violence has dropped considerably in Wilmington, once dubbed “Murder Town USA” by Newsweek. But with six shot Sunday in one blaze of gunfire, many are concerned.

7 years ago

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

State revokes licenses of Glen Mills Schools amid abuse probes

State officials have revoked licenses for the oldest reform school in the country amid multiple state probes into allegations of child abuse at the Pennsylvania campus.

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
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Regional Roundup – 4/8/19

This week: "ghost gun" ban in New Jersey, handling sexual harassment in Philadelphia City government, the effect of breaking up the heroin encampments on the opioid crisis.

Air Date: April 8, 2019 10:00 am

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(Richard Vogel/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Slaying puts focus on ride-hailing safety, fake drivers

It's not just women who are at risk from fake ride-hailing drivers, he said. Men also have been robbed after getting into the wrong car.

7 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the company's annual developers conference in San Jose, Calif., May 1, 2018. Facebook is beginning to enforce a ban on white nationalist content. (Stephen Lam/Reuters)
NPR
Community

With Facebook ban on white extremism, international norms apply to U.S.

Facebook was once praised for spreading free-speech values. But the world is pushing back with different values, which Facebook is importing to the U.S.

7 years ago

Delaware County District Attorney Katayoun Copeland speaks on behalf of a new
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers, activists urge passage of ‘red flag’ law following deadly Wawa shooting

The high-profile gun fatality spurred calls for Emergency Removal Protection Order laws similar to those on the books in more than a dozen other states.

7 years ago

As a child attending Catholic school, Todd Kostrub was abused by a Franciscan brother from 1974-1986. He's now one of many victims awaiting Governor Murphy's signature on a bill to extend the statute of limitations for victims of sexual abuse (Joe Hernandez/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Sex abuse survivors await Murphy’s signature on N.J. statute of limitations bill

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to sign a bill allowing child sex abuse victims to sue many years later. Current law bars suits more than two years after abuse.

7 years ago

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Mastery Charter Schools parent Pauline Hill tears up while discussing how her 9-year-old son was hit by a car in October. She is part of the Mastery Parent Action Team pushing for safer schools and more crossing guards in Philadelphia Neighborhoods. (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Mastery parents demand more crossing guards, safer schools

The Mastery Parent Action Team rallied at City Hall Thursday morning. The group met with Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross and other city leaders.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Police investigate a shooting in October 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Man opens fire in FDR Park, fatally shoots Philly Police official’s son

Authorities say a gunman opened fire on a large group in a Philadelphia park, fatally shooting the son of a high-ranking city police official.

7 years ago

In March 1979, Middletown Borough was home to approximately 11,000 residents. It was estimated at that time that 20 percent of the population packed up and temporarily left the area due to the uncertainty of what might transpire at Three Mile Island (Courtesy of the Historical Society of Dauphin County)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

40 years later, the prospect of a Three Mile Island-related evacuation remains daunting

The last several decades have brought more detailed plans and better technology, but the people responsible for TMI disaster prep say there will always be unknowns.

7 years ago

Pope Francis, pictured earlier this week, unveiled a new mandatory-reporting edict on Friday. It requires any Vatican official who learns of an allegation of abuse within the city-state or by Vatican officials to report it to Vatican prosecutors. (Andrew Medichini/AP)
NPR
Community

Pope Francis: Vatican officials required to report sex abuse allegations or face jail time

Pope Francis issued a new decree making it mandatory for Vatican officials to report allegations of sexual abuse to authorities or face possible jail time.

7 years ago

The Cape May-Lewes Ferry (Elisabeth Perez-Luna/WHYY)
Community

Cape May-Lewes Ferry stranded for hours in Delaware Bay

An engine malfunction on a ferry running from New Jersey to Delaware left more than 100 passengers stranded for several hours.

7 years ago

As a boy, Yuji Onuma won a contest to create the town slogan for Futaba, Japan. His phrase --
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

‘I am the witness’: Post-Fukushima, a Japanese man’s regrets mirror his country’s turn against nuclear power

In Fukushima, farmers and residents put their stock in solar.

7 years ago

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