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Public Safety

In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Cody Wilson, with Defense Distributed, holds a 3D-printed gun called the Liberator at his shop in Austin, Texas. A federal judge in Seattle heard arguments Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, on whether to block a settlement the U.S. State Department reached with a company that wants to post blueprints for printing 3D weapons on the internet. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

States aim to stop internet release of 3D-printed gun plans

A federal judge said Tuesday the issue should be decided by the president or Congress.

7 years ago

Protesters demanding protected bike lanes form a human barrier on Nov. 28, stretching for two blocks along Spruce Street near 11th Street, where a cyclist was killed by a garbage truck the previous morning. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Volunteers count vehicles in the bike lanes as upgrade work on Pine and Spruce is delayed

The bike lanes on Pine and Spruce streets are Philly’s versions of the watched pot that never boils.

7 years ago

Trenton Police
Community

Trenton mayor wants to boost police presence after shooting at back-to-school event

The shooting at a school supply giveaway on Saturday was the second public event disrupted by violence this summer in New Jersey’s capital city.

7 years ago

Customers often park in the bike lane while they run into the Wawa on 22nd Street, which opened a few months ago. (Jim Saksa/WHYY News)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Frustrated by Philly politicians’ failure to upgrade bike lanes, cyclists turn to the courts

For years now, bike-safety advocates have pressed Philadelphia’s elected officials to build more bike lanes and protect them with physical barrierrs

7 years ago

Listen 2:36
A Republican state senate policy committee hosted a roundtable discussion about school safety in Williamsport on August 16, 2018. (Min Xian / Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Central Pa. districts discuss ways to improve school safety with new state funding

At the roundtable, lawmakers and school officials agreed the school safety needs of different school districts can vary greatly.

7 years ago

From left, Megan, Abby, Chris, and Brendan Leach vacationed in Lewes two months before he and two other firefighters died battling a Wilmington blaze. (Courtesy of Leach family)
Courts & Law

‘Blood on hands’ of ex-mayors Baker and Williams for Del. firefighter deaths, lawyer says

The city of Wilmington’s policies to mothball fire engines and not fill authorized positions were directly to blame for the deaths of three firefighters, the lawsuit contends

7 years ago

(LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
Education

Bills and bulletproof backpacks: Safety measures for a new school year

Some parents are even investing in bulletproof school supplies.

7 years ago

Algae floats in the water at the Maumee Bay State Park marina in Lake Erie in Oregon, Ohio. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Study: Climate change hinders summer fun on Lake Erie

7 years ago

Police stand in the street after a car crashed outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, Britain, on Tuesday
NPR
Community

Car crashes into security barriers at U.K. Parliament; At least 3 injured

A vehicle crashed into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament in London early Tuesday

7 years ago

A plaque dedicated to Christopher Leach, one of three Wilmington firefighters killed in a September 2016 fire, is affixed to Station 6.. The term E6 refers to Engine 6, water-carrying truck that normally operates out of the station, but was mothballed the night the trio died 
while battling the blaze. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Community

Wilmington Fire Department still using rolling bypasses that lawyer blames for 3 firefighter deaths

Wilmington takes fire equipment out of service to save money. That policy will become the focus of a lawsuit over three firefighters' deaths.

7 years ago

Listen 2:04
The Camden County Police mobile command sets up on Broadway near Mount Vernon Street in Camden, where two detectives were shot. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Authorities release photos of persons of interest in shooting of 2 Camden police detectives

The officers were sitting in their vehicle at a red light in Camden when two gunmen allegedly opened fire, wounding them in what authorities are calling an ambush attack.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announces the formation of a federal, state and local task force to reduce gun violence.
Politics & Policy

Pa. attorney general targets straw purchases, gun violence in Philly

More cooperation from Pennsylvania and the U.S. will help disrupt the flow of guns to those prohibited from owning them, attorney general says.

7 years ago

Local students from Philly (in white shirts) and New Jersey, in grey shirts, are joined by students from Parkland, FL and around the country during a March For Our Lives National Tour stop in Philadelphia, on Tuesday (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

Parkland survivors, other student activists, barnstorm through Philly

The panel of eight spoke to an audience of a couple hundred at Universal Audenried High School, in an environment that felt more intimate than boisterous.

7 years ago

Members of white nationalist groups gathered around a statue of Robert E. Lee during a rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
NPR
Courts & Law

Judge: app can’t hide identity of woman accused in planning Charlottesville rally

The unnamed woman is one of the dozens of people accused of using the gamer chat app Discord to organize violence at that event.

7 years ago

Kelli McIntyre and Andy Trackman check out walking conditions along Germantown Avenue during a FeetFirstPhilly walk audit. (Meir Rinde/PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

What a walk along Germantown Avenue reveals: Tough going for pedestrians

Kelli McIntyre stood in light rain on Germantown Avenue, holding a clipboard and watching as car after car ignored a “Do Not Enter” sign

7 years ago

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