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Public Safety

President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Hanoi. No deal was reached. (Evan Vucci/AP)
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Politics & Policy

Trump and Kim’s second nuclear summit ends with no deal

A planned signing ceremony was canceled. The biggest sticking point was sanctions against North Korea, Trump said at a press conference Thursday afternoon local time.

8 years ago

U.S. Attorney William McSwain
Courts & Law

Philly’s U.S. Attorney: Rape case shows ‘sanctuary city’ policy is ‘threat to public safety’

U.S. District Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro ruled that Vasquez will serve the illegal re-entry and sexual assault sentencings consecutively.

8 years ago

A white bike marks the corner at 11th and Spruce streets where cyclist Emily Fredricks was killed in 2017 (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law
PlanPhilly

Driver could face jail time for death of Center City cyclist

The truck driver who hit and killed Emily Fredricks, a 24-year-old pastry chef riding to work on a Spruce Street bike lane in 2017, could face prison time.

8 years ago

Migrant teens walk in a line at a shelter for unaccompanied children, on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. (Brynn Anderson/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Nearly 6,000 abuse complaints at migrant children shelters

Thousands of accusations of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in government-funded shelters were made over the past four years.

8 years ago

Cars and trucks parked in the bike lanes on Spruce and Pine streets force cyclists to take risky dodges into traffic.
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Philadelphia drivers rarely prosecuted for crashes that kill pedestrians, cyclists

Only a fraction of drivers in crashes that kill pedestrians, bicyclists and motorcyclists ever face serious criminal charges.

8 years ago

R. Kelly turns himself in at Chicago's 1st District-Central police station on Friday evening. Earlier that day, Kelly was indicted on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

R. Kelly bond set at $1M after arrest on charges of aggravated sexual abuse

Kelly is being allowed to go free as he awaits trial after posting $100,000, or 10 percent of the bond.

8 years ago

Pope Francis prays during the opening of the second day of a Vatican's conference on dealing with sex abuse by priests, at the Vatican, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Pope Francis has issued 21 proposals to stem the clergy sex abuse around the world, calling for specific protocols to handle accusations against bishops and for lay experts to be involved in abuse investigations. (Giuseppe Lami/Pool Photo via AP)
Community

Vatican sex abuse summit seeks new culture of accountability

Victims have turned out in droves on the sidelines of the summit to demand greater accountability from the church.

8 years ago

Former FBI Director Louis Freeh speaks in view of a Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare's ChildlLine during a news conference, Thursday, July 12, 2012, in Philadelphia. After an eight-month inquiry, Freeh's firm produced a 267-page report that concluded that Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials hushed up child sex abuse allegation against Jerry Sandusky more than a decade ago for fear of bad publicity, allowing Sandusky to prey on other youngsters. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health

Study finds spike in Pennsylvania child abuse-related deaths

The increase likely stems from an uptick in reporting of abuse in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky and Roman Catholic clergy child sexual abuse scandals.

8 years ago

(From left) Italian radical party lawmaker Riccardo Maggi, Mark Rozzi, Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Italian survivor of sex abuse Francesco Zanardi, Anne Barrett Doyle, of Bishop Accountability, and Tim Lennon, of SNAP, attend a press conference at the Italian Lower Chamber press hall in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Pope Francis opened a landmark sex abuse prevention summit Thursday by warning senior Catholic figures that the faithful are demanding concrete action against predator priests and not just words of condemnation. (Gregorio Borgia/AP Photo)
Community

Italian law helps bishops dodge investigation, abuse victims say

Only one pedophile priest is now in prison, out of 144 convictions in the last 10 years.

8 years ago

Extended stays in solitary confinement may cause neurons in the brain to shrink by 20 percent, according to new research. (f8grapher/Bigstock)
The Pulse
Health

How extreme isolation affects the brain

New research on solitary confinement could bridge the mind-body gap when it comes to cruel and unusual punishment.

8 years ago

Listen 11:44
Cars parked in the median on South Broad Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Illegal parkers beware: Philadelphia wants you out of the crosswalk and off the sidewalk

Advocates acknowledge that residents need their parking spots. But they argue when too many accommodations are made to the city’s “car culture,” pedestrians lose out.

8 years ago

This image provided by the U.S. District Court in Maryland shows firearms and ammunition that figure in the case against Christopher Paul Hasson. Prosecutors say that Hasson, a Coast Guard lieutenant, is a
Courts & Law

Coast Guard lieutenant had hit list of lawmakers and media figures, feds say

Federal agents found 15 firearms and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition when Christopher Hasson was arrested. Authorities deem him a 'domestic terrorist.'

8 years ago

This Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 image shows a white supremacist carrying a Nazi flag into the entrance to Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Va. (Steve Helber/AP Photo)
Community

Hate groups in N.J. and nationally on the rise

‘Intellectual white supremacists’ are trying to go after young, college-educated white men, one security analyst says of the rising profile of hate groups in New Jersey.

8 years ago

(Emma Lee/WHYY)
Radio Times
Urban Planning

Driving in Philly: What’s behind the city’s traffic

Why is congestion so bad in Philadelphia and how can transportation be improved for drivers, cyclists, walkers, and everyone in between?

Air Date: February 19, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:37
Paul Birmingham, on Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, writes on a cross placed in memory of student Gina Montaldo outside of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Politics & Policy

Pa. school threat system fields thousands of tips in first month

The program passed the Legislature with near unanimity last year, mandating it encompass all K-12 students in Pennsylvania.

8 years ago

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