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Public Safety

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

This photo provided by by the French air accident investigation authority BEA on Thursday, March 14, 2019, shows one of the black box flight recorder from the crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet, in le Bourget, north of Paris. (BEA via AP)
Community

Paris investigators start studying Ethiopian jet’s recorder

Investigators have started studying the cockpit voice recorder of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet.

7 years ago

Chris Achenbach-Kimmel stands for a portrait at Elizabethtown College where she works.  (PA Post)
Health
PA Post

Thyroid cancer study re-ignites debate over Three Mile Island accident’s health effects

Although Pennsylvania has the nation’s highest rate of thyroid cancer, most of that cancer has nothing to do with Three Mile Island.

7 years ago

Harris Zafar, national spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, preaches a message of tolerance in response to anti-Muslim hate. (Courtesy of Harris Zafar/Philly Trib)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

American Muslims deal with being targets of hate

Harris Zafar, the national spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim communities, delivered a message of tolerance in response to the slaughter of fellow Muslims in two mosques.

7 years ago

A makeshift memorial is shown near the location where a mother and three young sons were struck and killed while trying to cross a busy highway after dark, Wednesday, July 17, 2013, in Philadelphia.  (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Philadelphia’s deadliest road is inching toward speed cameras

Philadelphia drivers can expect to see speed enforcement cameras on Roosevelt Boulevard by the end of the year, city officials said Thursday.

7 years ago

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses the media on March 16 in Wellington, New Zealand. Ardern said she would seek a change in her country's gun laws after after at least one man opened fire during afternoon prayers Friday and killed at least 49 people at two mosques in Christchurch. (Mark Tantrum/Getty Image)
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘Our gun laws will change’ after 49 die in shootings at mosques, New Zealand PM says

The violent attack struck at the very heart of New Zealand, a country that prides itself on being both peaceful and diverse.

7 years ago

Indian Muslims hold placards during a condolence meeting and protest against Fridays mass shootings in New Zealand in Mumbai, India, Friday, March. 15, 2019. Dozens of people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called
Community

New Zealand mosque attacks spark outrage, fuel concern over Islamophobia

Muslim leaders said the mass shooting was evidence of a rising tide of violent Islamophobia.

7 years ago

Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday. Multiple people are in custody after shootings at two mosques there. (Mark Baker/AP)
NPR
Community

49 dead in ‘terrorist attack’ at 2 mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand

Forty-nine people are dead and at least 20 are seriously injured in what New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says "can now only be described as a terrorist attack."

7 years ago

A ghost bike memorial to Laura Fredericks still stands at the intersection of 11th and Spruce streets, where she was struck and killed by a garbage truck while riding in the bike lane. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Urban Planning

Sharing the road: Why cyclists feel vulnerable in Philly’s bike lanes

It's been years since Philadelphia put in bike lanes to make the streets safer, but it hasn't always worked. Why have bike lanes if they don't protect cyclists?

Air Date: March 14, 2019

Listen 14:35
Joel Feldman, an attorney from Delaware County, has traveled the country since 2010, educating adults and students on the dangers of distracted driving in roughly hourlong presentations. His daughter was hit and killed by a driver in 2009. (Courtesy of Joel Feldman)
Community

A Delco attorney’s daughter was killed by a distracted driver. Now he’s trying to change how people drive

A Delaware County attorney approaches distracted driving as a matter of respect, and he says scaring teens doesn’t work.

7 years ago

U.S. Attorney Robert Hur (center) discusses the charges against Christopher Hasson with Art Walker (left) of the Coast Guard investigative service, and FBI special agent Gordon Johnson last month.
NPR
Courts & Law

Coast Guard officer pleads not guilty to gun, drug charges in alleged terrorism plot

A U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant was arraigned on gun and drug charges in a case linked to a plot to kill several prominent Democrats and broadcast journalists.

7 years ago

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