
Public Safety
New role: Deputy coroner helps save heroin overdose victim
A Pennsylvania woman who gets paid to pronounce people dead is being credited with helping save the life of a heroin overdose victim. ...
8 years ago
N.J. search and rescue crews deploy to Texas
New Jersey search and rescue crews are deploying to Texas to assist with Hurricane Harvey operations, Gov. Chris Christie announced. ...
8 years ago
Hurricane Harvey the latest threat to flood-prone Houston
Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coast some 175 miles (280 kilometers) from Houston, but the nation’s fourth-largest city ha ...
8 years ago
Possible high risk of rip currents for beginning of next week
Persistent onshore flow increasing Monday is could spur a high risk of rip current development, forecasters say. The culprit will ...
8 years ago
NRA’s video message to ‘elites’: ‘We’re coming for you’
The election of President Donald Trump and Republican control of Congress meant the National Rifle Association could probably rest easy t ...
8 years ago
Fired worker slams New Jersey Transit, calls it ‘runaway train’
A recently fired New Jersey Transit compliance officer told lawmakers on Friday that he was terminated for raising safety and other conce ...
8 years ago
Hoping to improve Pa. water-quality inspections, DEP to speed up trainings
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection is working to speed up the training of several new water inspectors, in an ef ...
8 years ago
Coast Guard rescues 3 after 9-foot boat capsizes
A passing Coast Guard crew pulled three people from the water shortly after they saw the trio’s boat capsize off the Jersey Shore. ...
8 years ago
Delaware preschoolers have fun learning about safety
For 33 years, kids in New Castle County have learned things like how to dial 911 and stop, drop and roll through a beloved program called ...
8 years ago
Worker says warning about elevator risk before paralyzing Philly crash cost him his job
Was a former employee of the private company that oversees elevator maintenance at Philadelphia’s Criminal Justice Center a public ...
8 years ago
Good Samaritans rescue 5 people, dog after boat capsizes off N.J.
Good Samaritans rescued five people and a dog after a boat capsized off Cape May on Sunday. Capt. Rustin Cassway, operator of the ...
8 years ago
‘Remix’ host: Charlottesville a result of recent toxic racialized politics
The racially charged rally resulting in violence and loss of life in Charlottesville, Virginia has left the nation looking yet again for ...
8 years ago
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