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A state police helicopter lands near a UPS facility in Logan Township where two women were held hostage by a gunman. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

2 female victims unharmed after South Jersey UPS hostage situation

A man held two women hostage Monday morning in a barricaded room at the UPS Mail Innovations facility on Birch Creek Road in Logan Township.

7 years ago

FILE: Katie Brennan, (left), then-chief of staff at the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, listens to a question as she testifies before the Select Oversight Committee at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, in Trenton, N.J.  (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

N.J. AG’s office declined to investigate Brennan’s rape allegation, ethics officer says

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office did not investigate a rape allegation because the victim wasn't a state worker at the time of the attack.

7 years ago

This Oct. 31, 2014, photo shows Timothy Piazza, (center), with his parents Evelyn and James Piazza, during Hunterdon Central Regional High School football's 'Senior Night' at the high school's stadium in Flemington, N.J. (Patrick Carns via AP)
Courts & Law

Penn State frat death case plods ahead, but pared down

A string of guilty pleas has left just five defendants still fighting charges in the hazing-related death of Tim Piazza, a pledge at a Penn State fraternity two years ago.

7 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. court rejects appeal from family who says son was raped in Philly school

A case that could set statewide precedent in holding school districts liable for ongoing student-on-student bullying has hit a barrier.

7 years ago

A report released on Wednesday concluded that a series of security breaches and law enforcement failures allowed an active shooter to kill 17 students and faculty. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
NPR
Community

Parkland shooting report calls for arming teachers, chronicles blunders

A blistering report released Wednesday looking into the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last year, exposes a litany of security breaches and chaotic protocol

7 years ago

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., offered an apology after allegations were made public of sexual harassment and discrimination on his 2016 campaign. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Bernie Sanders responds to allegations of sexism, harassment by aides during 2016 race

Over the past week, alumni of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign have stepped forward to allege inappropriate behavior and unfair treatment of women.

7 years ago

In this Aug. 14, 2018, file photo, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro walks to the podium to speak about a grand jury's report on clergy abuse in the Roman Catholic Church during a news conference at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. Over the past four months, Roman Catholic dioceses across the U.S. have released the names of more than 1,000 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children in an unprecedented public reckoning spurred at least in part by a shocking grand jury investigation in Pennsylvania, an Associated Press review has found. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

A reckoning is underway in U.S. Catholic Church

Recently disclosed accusations date back six or seven decades, with the oldest from the 1910s in Louisiana.

7 years ago

Metal detectors to welcome visitors to Philadelphia City Hall for 2019. (Tom MacDonald/ WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly City Hall adds metal detectors for visitors in the new year

Up until now, people attending Philadelphia City Council's weekly meeting or reporting for civil jury duty had to pass through metal detectors. Now it will be everyone.

7 years ago

The Andover estate in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, along the route of the Mariner East 2 pipeline which began operating on Dec. 29. A valve site for the pipeline is in the center of the picture.
(Eric Friedman/Submitted)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Mariner East startup renews safety fears for some residents in Delaware County

Homeowners are focused on the integrity of a repurposed 12-inch pipeline first built in 1930s.

7 years ago

A menorah is installed outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on the first night of Hanukkah.The synagogue was the site of a mass shooting in October. It was one of a number of tragedies and revelations that made 2018 a difficult year for the city of Pittsburgh. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
NPR
Community

For Pittsburgh, a difficult year reveals long-buried problems

2018 has been a hard year for the community of Pittsburgh. This was the year that institutional racism, child sexual abuse, and anti-Semitism burst to the surface in the city.

7 years ago

Tilko, a refugee from Iraq (at center with her back to the camera), at a Hanukkah celebration on Dec. 4, 2018, with the Jewish volunteers who helped her resettle in America. (Jerome Socolovsky/NPR)
NPR
Community

After Pittsburgh shooting, Jewish congregations vow to keep helping refugees

Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church, Va., is one of many Jewish congregations across the country that have been helping to resettle refugees in America.

7 years ago

(Yastremska/BigStock)
Education

Debate around guns on campus continues as Pa. university arms security officers

Students at Susquehanna University in Central Pennsylvania are protesting a new policy of arming retired state troopers who serve on the school’s security force.

7 years ago

Police investigate a drive-by shooting in Germantown on Oct. 3, 2018. Five young men aged 19 to 23 were shot. One died. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Homicide rate down in much of Philadelphia region, but not in city

The number of homicides in Philadelphia rose, while other towns in N.J. and Pa. have had fewer murders and less violent crime this year.

7 years ago

Gov. John Carney signs Delaware's Red Flag gun legislation in June. The law went into effect December 27, 2018. (photo courtesy Gov. Carney's office)
Politics & Policy

Delaware’s Red Flag gun law now in effect

Delaware gun owners who pose a threat to themselves or the public could have their weapons taken away under a new Red Flag law.

7 years ago

Student activists from Parkland, Fla., quickly mobilized after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, becoming a vocal force calling for tighter gun laws. That movement led to mass
NPR
Community

2018 brought a ‘tectonic shift’ in the gun control movement, advocates say

They cite widespread success in passing laws through state legislatures. They're also buoyed by Democratic victories in the midterm elections.

7 years ago

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