Public Safety

Plane crashes are rare, but when they happen, people often survive them.

For the second time in as many months, high school students around the country walked out of school to protest gun violence and call for more gun control.

Legislators in the First State are still actually working toward passing small but meaningful gun control legislation. That said, things are moving slowly.

Just as it's done every year since April 20, 1999, Columbine High School will be closed and students will hold a day of service to commemorate the tragedy.

There are more than 2,500 walkouts across the country registered through their website.

Despite some agreement on the importance of the issue, lawmakers are struggling mightily with solutions.

Aimed at preventing gun violence, the measure is one of several the governor supports.

Slide Fire Solutions, based in Moran, Texas, posted a message saying it will stop taking orders at midnight on May 20.

A Southwest pilot who made an emergency landing after the jet apparently blew an engine, got hit by shrapnel and lost a window, is being praised for her "nerves of steel."

Delaware State Police are patrolling the roads in unmarked cars, looking for drivers breaking the state's distracted-driving laws.

One passenger is dead after a Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Philadelphia Tuesday morning.

The bottom line is this: The rights of individuals to live free from fear that friends and family might be the next victim of senseless gun violence should be paramount.

One in seven Delaware prison guard positions is vacant. The state is offering bonuses and higher pay to fill the jobs.

These kids didn’t spring suddenly from nowhere. They’ve been watching us, learning from our countless, self-imposed mistakes. I can’t wait to follow them into the future.

After a fire killed four residents of an illegal rooming house in North Philly last month, city leaders are wrestling with how to prevent similar tragedies from striking.