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Public Safety

Science Leadership Academy student activists (from left) Tamir Harper, Ella Burrows, Horace Ryans, Kaamil Jones and Zoey Tweh. (
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Voices behind the walkout: Science Leadership Academy

Students weigh in on gun violence and the upcoming National School Walkout.

7 years ago

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Upper Darby Police Superintendent Mike Chitwood (AP, file)
Education

Upper Darby police chief proposes arming teachers, but school board pushes back

Less than a month after Upper Darby's outspoken police superintendent proposed arming teachers, the local school board passed a resolution saying it won't back the idea.

7 years ago

With bullet holes seen in a window, officers look for evidence at the scene of a shooting at an IHOP restaurant in Carson City, Nev. on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. Seven people were wounded after a gunman opened fire at the restaurant, authorities said. (Cathleen Allison/AP Photo)
Community

Gun background check system riddled with flaws

Many states still aren't meeting key benchmarks with their background check reporting.

7 years ago

A device called a
Politics & Policy

Justice Department proposes banning rapid-fire bump stocks

The Trump administration said Saturday it has taken the first step in the regulatory process to ban bump stocks.

7 years ago

Fernando Juarez, 36, of Napa, (center), embraces his 22-year-old sister Vanessa Flores, (right), at the Veterans Home of California on Friday March 9, 2018. in Yountville, Calif. Flores, who is a caregiver at the facility, exchanged texts with family while sheltering in place. A gunman took at least three people hostage at the largest veterans home in the United States on Friday, leading to a lockdown of the sprawling grounds in California, authorities said. (Ben Margot/AP Photo)
Community

California gunman in veteran center killings was ex-patient

Three women who devoted their lives to helping traumatized veterans were killed by a patient who had been kicked out of their treatment program, authorities said.

7 years ago

A sheriff's hostage negotiation team passes a California highway patrol checkpoint at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, Calif., Friday, March 9, 2018. Napa County Fire Capt. Chase Beckman says a gunman has taken hostages at the veterans home. Police closed access to the large veterans home after a man with a gun was reported on the grounds. (Ben Margot/AP Photo)
Community

Gunman takes hostages at party at largest U.S. veterans home

Authorities said they could not immediately say if anyone was injured.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale (Chris Knight/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Auditor General to take deep dive into school safety issues

Eugene DePasquale says his office will take a deep dive on the security procedures at all of the commonwealth's public schools.

7 years ago

First-person shooters like 'Battlefield 3' have become very realistic.
FactCheck.org
Community

Fact Check: The facts on media violence

In the wake of the Florida school shooting, politicians have raised concern over the influence of violent video games and films on young people.

7 years ago

Heavy wet snow falls in West Philadelphia Wednesday morning. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Winter storm: Take two

What you need to know about the latest winter storm to hit our region.

7 years ago

Listen 2:09
PECO truck in the foreground, PECO worker in the background
Community

Philly region braces for another storm while thousands remain without power

The National Weather Service has declared several winter storm warnings in the region for “significant” heavy snow in eastern Pennsylvania and northern and central New Jersey.

7 years ago

Listen 5:11
Sharon Patrick and Melissa Fratanduono-Meo
Courts & Law

Families of murdered Bucks County victims sue parents of confessed killer and his cousin

Families of 3 of the 4 young men murdered on a Bucks County farm last summer are suing the confessed killer, Cosmo DiNardo, as well as his cousin and co-defendant Sean Kratz

7 years ago

U.S. Senators Pat Toomey and Chris Coons announce their gun legislation in Philadelphia, March 5, 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Senators Toomey and Coons want FBI to alert states when potential gun buyer fails a background check

Convicted felons, fugitives, domestic abusers and others not legally allowed to buy guns try to do so anyway. They’re known as “lie and try” buyers.

7 years ago

Streets department workers David Boardly, left, and James Ockimey clear a downed tree during a winter storm, Friday, March 2, 2018, in Marple Township, Pa.
Community

SEPTA and PECO slowly resolving nor’easter complications

The weekend nor'easter is slowly resolving itself this week, after it left commuters without travel means and hundreds in the area without power.

7 years ago

Charles Dutoit, conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2010. (Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Sexual assault claim against conductor Dutoit is credible, Boston Symphony says

Since the initial AP report chronicling allegations against the conductor, ten women have accused Dutoit of sexual misconduct.

7 years ago

In this Feb. 28, 2018 photo, a police car drives by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., as students returned to class for the first time since a former student opened fire there with an assault weapon.  (Terry Renna/AP Photo)
Community

Global school security measures vary, but no arming teachers

Here is a look at school security measures at some countries around the world.

7 years ago

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