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Aalayah Eastmond narrowly survived the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. On Monday, Eastmond will be the keynote speaker at the graduation ceremony for Freire Charter School in Center City, Philadelphia. (Provided)

Aalayah Eastmond narrowly survived the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Fighting for change ever since, she will visit Philly on Monday.

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James Peeples, of Trenton, N.J., has volunteered at the Art All Night-Trenton festival almost every year since it started twelve years ago. James led the security team at the festival for five years and was a board member for six years. “There’s never been a problem,

Community

‘There’s more to this community’: Trenton reels after shooting at arts festival

Art All Night, put on every June for 12 years, has been a bright spot in New Jersey’s long-struggling state capitol.

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U.S. Army soldiers in Puerto Rico unload food on Oct. 17, 2017. Nearly a month after Hurricane Maria hit, the federal government was still delivering basic supplies, like food and water. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Politics & Policy

FEMA blamed delays in Puerto Rico on Maria; agency records tell another story

Internal briefing documents show FEMA never had 500 generators on the island before the storm — it had 25.

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A police officer stands guard outside of the Historic Roebling Wire Works building on S. Clinton Avenue in Trenton, N.J. following a shooting at an all-night arts festival being held there. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)

Community

Trenton arts festival had been on the verge of being shut down before gunfire

Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri says it appears that several Trenton-area gangs had a dispute at the venue, and multiple suspects began shooting at each other.

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Gov. Phil Murphy signs several gun-safety bills at the Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex Atrium in Trenton Wednesday. The half-dozen new gun-control laws tighten the state's already strict statutes. (Edwin J. Torres/New Jersey Governor's Office via AP)

Politics & Policy

Murphy expands N.J. gun control with six new laws

The measures include a background check requirement for private gun sales, a ban on armor-piercing bullets and a 10-round limit on gun magazine capacity.

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Puerto Rican Nerybelle Perez poses with a portrait of her father, World War II veteran Efrain Perez, who died after his ambulance was turned away from the island's largest public hospital when it had no electricity or water following Hurricane Maria. (Carlos Giusti/AP)

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Community

Puerto Rico releases data on hundreds of deaths following Hurricane Maria

The island's government still lists the official death toll from the hurricane as 64 despite evidence that it's vastly under-counted.

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The deadly fire that engulfed 1855 N. 21st St. began on the second floor.

PlanPhilly

Urban Planning

Small post-fire rooming-house reforms advance in City Council

Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections has been pushing for legislative reforms to change how the city regulates group living facilities.

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Karmeea Chisolm tells the crowd, “Don’t be fooled by the term ‘mass shooting.' Every life matters,” at the demonstration against gun violence Monday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

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Community

Philly students take steps to demand action on gun violence

Annual demonstration brings hundreds of young people to Philadelphia Museum of Art steps to call for changes in gun laws.

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This screen capture from the CrimeMapping website shows recent incidents of crime in Wilmington. (CrimeMapping.com)

Community

New Wilmington crime mapping tool aims at improving transparency

The city of Wilmington has launched an online crime mapping program aimed at improving transparency, and the police department’s interaction with the public.

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