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Public Safety

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders held dueling news conferences after hours of meetings late Friday to announce their inability to come to a budget deal,. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

A closer look at N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy’s gun crime data dump

Crime guns appear to be traveling from southern states along the Atlantic coastline up Interstate 95 into New Jersey.

8 years ago

Listen 2:37
Khanefah Boozer (right), with attorney Robert Levant
Courts & Law

Jury awards $10M to Philly man framed by cops, jailed for nearly four years

The sum is the largest-ever jury payout over police abuse in Philadelphia history.

8 years ago

Wildwood City Fire Department image.
Down the Shore
Community

Woman suffers burns in Wildwood boat fire

A woman who suffered burns when a dry docked boat ignited in Wildwood on Wednesday afternoon was airlifted to a hospital for treatment, officials say.

8 years ago

The number of shootings in Wilmington are down significantly in 2018. (File/WHYY)
Community

Wilmington sees sharp drop in shootings

By this time a year ago, 74 people had been shot on Wilmington’s streets. So far in 2018, that number is just 27.

8 years ago

Listen 1:54
Luis Angel Chaparro Crespo, 16, watches the trains go by from the window of his apartment on the sixth floor of the Harrison Homes in North Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Community

For Maria evacuees, a stable address is the first step out of crisis

The Chaparros are one of 50 Puerto Rican evacuee families in Philadelphia finally able to settle into a long-term home, thanks to the work of local organizers.

8 years ago

Listen 3:38
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, left, listens to state Rep. Jordan Harris (D-Phila.) during a news conference Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Philadelphia. Wolf announced a $1.5 million grant program aimed at reducing gun violence around the state. Wolf unveiled the Gun Violence Reduction Initiative Tuesday and Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency is accepting applications for the grants and will start awarding them in early July. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Health

Wolf, Pa. Legislative Black Caucus pledge to reduce gun violence

The new effort offers $1.5 million for distribution to community groups around the state working to prevent or respond to gun violence.

8 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy appoints Bill Castner as his senior adviser on firearms. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Murphy names top adviser on N.J. gun-control policies

Bill Castner will coordinate already launched initiatives and will evaluate potential legal challenges against unscrupulous gun manufacturers, distributors, and retailers.

8 years ago

In this January 11, 2018 Coast Guard file photo, an MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew medevacs an ill fisherman from the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Willow about 60 miles east of Atlantic City,   (Photo: Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Seth Johnson)
Down the Shore
Community

Coast Guard rescues disoriented man from grounded boat near Little Egg Inlet

It's the third Coast Guard rescue requiring a helicopter hoist off New Jersey in slightly more than a week.

8 years ago

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a gun control bill at the White House, Oct. 22, 1968. (AP Photo)
The Pulse
Health

Few violent episodes triggered by mental illness

So why do we still expect the mental health system to decide who’s dangerous?

8 years ago

Listen 8:31
This Oct. 31, 2014, photo provided by Patrick Carns shows Timothy Piazza, (center), with his parents Evelyn and James Piazza, during Hunterdon Central Regional High School football's 'Senior Night' at the high school's stadium in Flemington, N.J. (Patrick Carns via AP)
Courts & Law

Pa. AG Shapiro drops manslaughter, assault in Penn State frat death case

Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the decision Tuesday.

8 years ago

Dominique London weeps as she calls out the names of students killed by gun violence during an assembly at Mastery Shoemaker charter school.
Education

Packed crowd in West Philly presses mayor and police on gun violence

Mastery Charter Schools hosted its first ever “action assembly” in West Philadelphia Monday night to engage public officials about how to make their neighborhoods safer.

8 years ago

Interior of 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. (Shutterstock, file)
Community

Audit finds security lapses at 30th Street Station

The audit of 30th Street Station was conducted by Amtrak's inspector general.

8 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney signs the Beau Biden Gun Violence Prevention Act at the Biden Institute on the University of Delaware's Newark campus. (Paul Parmelee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Five years later, Beau Biden gun bill finally becomes law

Legislation aimed at keeping guns from those with mental illness is now law in Delaware, five years after it was proposed by former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden.

8 years ago

Listen 2:17
Protesters call for the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted in 1982 of murdering a Philadelphia police officer, chant outside the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Mumia Abu-Jamal case back in court in Philly for hearing on latest appeal effort

Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner.

8 years ago

Collection of hunting rifles (Bigstockphoto.com)
Courts & Law

Del. Senate passes bill to keep guns out of the hands of mentally ill

The mental health bill would keep firearms out of the hands of those who present a danger to themselves or others.

8 years ago

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