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Public Safety

A rally took place at Point State Park Friday, November 9, 2018, to honor the victims of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting. (Virginia Alvino Young/WESA)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Should the accused Tree of Life shooter be executed? It depends on who you ask

The Tree of Life shooting, which left 11 Jewish worshippe ...

8 years ago

Listen 4:51
The walls of a scorched antique shop stand on Skyway after a wildfire burned through Paradise, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Community

Fire death toll at 56 and counting in Northern California

At least 56 people were killed, with 130 others missing.

8 years ago

Ted Kelly of the Workers World Party (right) leads a protest against the We The People rally planned for Saturday on Independence Mall.
Politics & Policy

Proud Boys? Maybe. Counterprotesters? Definitely. What we know ahead of Saturday’s ‘We the People’ rally

Area anti-fascist demonstrators claim the event will bring violent white supremacists to Philadelphia.

8 years ago

Listen 1:05
National Transportation Safety Board investigators examine damage to the engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.
Community

Hearing reveals chilling details of fatal Southwest flight

The harrowing details from the April fatal flight were released for the first time as the National Transportation Safety Board began a hearing Wednesday.

8 years ago

Beth Lyon is the pastor of Glenside United Church of Christ. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

As hate crimes increase, faith leaders come to Philly security summit

For the third straight year, hate crimes are happening more frequently.  They increased by about 17 percent in 2017, according to U.S au ...

8 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Writer Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Guests: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Judy Melinek Today, we meet writer ...

Air Date: November 14, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:58
Radio Times
Science

#ThisIsOurLane

Guest: Judy Melinek A social media fight has broken out between the NRA and physicians over a paper calling for a ...

8 years ago

Listen 13:30
Messages are shown on a bulletin board at The Neighborhood Church in Chico, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Numerous postings fill the message board as evacuees, family and friends search for people missing from the northern California wildfire. (Gillian Flaccus/AP)
Community

Wildfire death toll rises as search for missing continues

Authorities on Tuesday reported six more fatalities from the Northern California blaze, bringing the total number of dead so far to 48.

8 years ago

A man is helped onto a stretcher by emergency personnel after a car crashed into a Social Security office, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 in Egg Harbor, N.J. Police say the driver was attempting to park when the car crashed into the building, entering a lobby where many people were waiting. It wasn't immediately clear how serious the injuries were. (Craig Matthews/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
Community

Car crashes into N.J. Social Security office; at least 16 hurt

Authorities say the crash appears to be an accident. Its exact cause remains under investigation.

8 years ago

Consent Education (Grace HeeJung Kim/NPR)
NPR
Education

How schools can reduce sexual violence

8 years ago

A sign still stands at a McDonald's restaurant burned in the Camp Fire, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, in the northern California town of Paradise. (John Locher/AP)
Community

Holding out slim hope as crews search for more fire dead

"I'm staying hopeful," she said. "Until the final word comes, you keep fighting against it."

8 years ago

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, prepares to lead the USCCB's annual fall meeting, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, in Baltimore. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Community

Bishops will delay votes on steps to combat sex abuse crisis

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced it will delay for at least several months any votes on proposed new steps to address the clergy sex abuse crisis.

8 years ago

Doctors have been tweeting about their experiences treating victims of gun violence after the NRA mocked a position paper by the American College of Physicians. Above, the NRA logo in 2017 at an outdoor sports trade show in Harrisburg, Penn. (Dominick Reuter/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

After NRA mocks doctors, physicians reply: ‘This is our lane’

8 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.
Community

As gunfire continues killing Philly teens, city musters new approaches to violence

So far this year, nearly 30 minors have been fatally shot in Philadelphia. Last year, 22 teens were shot and killed.

8 years ago

Listen 6:49
As the Camp Fire burns nearby, a scorched car rests by gas pumps near Pulga, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Community

Devastation as deadly California blaze tallies grim stats

31 people have died so far in wildfires in both Northern and Southern California.

8 years ago

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