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Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee (YouTube screenshot)
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Politics & Policy

Watch: Attorney General Jeff Sessions testify before Senate Judiciary Committee

All nine Democrats on the committee recently sent Sessions a letter essentially informing him that they expected him not to broadly assert executive privilege.

8 years ago

police car under the el kensington
Courts & Law

To serve ... and endanger? Philly police blunder puts woman on rapist's radar

Police missteps in handling drunk citizens can be costly — and catastrophic — for residents, the city of Philadelphia's bottom line, and the public's trust.

8 years ago

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Four people are charged with murder, kidnapping and other crimes in the February 2017 riot at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center. (WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Delaware inmates charged with murder following prison riot

Eighteen inmates have been charged in connection with February's prison riot at Vaughn Correctional that resulted in the death of Lt. Steven Floyd.

8 years ago

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Zachary Baughman (left) and Steven T. Swain were charged with spray painting graffiti with profane, racist slurs on two Cape Henlopen High school buses and other vehicles in the Lewes area. (Delaware State Police)
Education

2 men charged for racist graffiti on Cape Henlopen school buses, other vehicles

Two downstate men have been charged with spray painting racist graffiti on two Cape Henlopen High School buses and other vehicles and locations in southern Delaware.

8 years ago

Fire Director Steve Bair wants to raise the stipend for volunteer firefighters in the Alpha Fire Company. (MIN XIAN / WPSU)
WPSU
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Fire company proposes increasing stipend for volunteer firefighters in State College

The Alpha Fire Company in State College is proposing a huge increase in its annual stipend for volunteer firefighters. The proposal underlines the difficulty in recruiting vol

8 years ago

Phil Ahr
Courts & Law

Radnor Board of Commissioners president arrested on charges of child porn

Investigators find that Philip Ahr, who heads Radnor Township's board of commissioners, had shared and solicited graphic child pornography since 2013, the DA's office says.

8 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Lawmakers push bump stock ban; gun control groups say ‘do more’

Bump stocks are currently legal — even though automatic weapons are only legal with a special license.

8 years ago

David Jones is head of Philadelphia's Department of Behavioral Health. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Philadelphia has momentum to combat opioid crisis, behavioral health chief says

As the opioid crisis affects the whole nation, a Philadelphia expert offers strategies to address what's being cast as a problem of supply, addiction, and treatment.

8 years ago

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Alissa Parker, whose daughter Emilie died in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, talks about ways to improve school safety during a conference in Drexel Hill. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

At Delco ‘Safe Schools’ event, lessons from Sandy Hook shooting

A woman who lost her daughter in the Connecticut elementary school massacre still steels herself to tell the story. She does so to help others prepare for the next tragedy.

8 years ago

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Community

Delaware police officer attacked by pit bulls

Two pit bulls were put down after attacking a New Castle County police officer responding to a burglary call.

8 years ago

Bill Ciancaglini of South Philadelphia
Community

Philadelphia attorney recounts chaos of Vegas mass shooting

A Philadelphia attorney vacationing in Las Vegas found himself running for his life Sunday night, when a gunman began mowing down concert-goers in a mass shooting.

8 years ago

Two women embrace outside of a family assistance center
NewsWorks Tonight
Lifestyle

Gallup: Majority believe America would be safer if more Americans carried concealed weapons

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

8 years ago

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Det. Brian Shahan, M/Cpl., Heather Carter and Glenn Davis discuss New Castle County Cold Case Squad. (Andrea Gibbs/WHYY)
First
Courts & Law

Cold case squad looks to solve New Castle County murders

The two-man unit scours all sources for information on unsolved murders in northern Delaware, from DNA evidence to social media.

8 years ago

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A moment of prayer was held during a vigil Tuesday at Thomas Paine Park for the victims of the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas Sunday night.
Community

‘This is madness’: Philadelphians search for answers at vigil for Las Vegas victims

Speaker after speaker at Tuesday night's "Standing with Las Vegas" vigil in Philadelphia decried the tragedy and pleaded with Congress to enact sensible gun control laws.

8 years ago

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U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Vegas aftermath: If only Republicans cared about the already born

These alleged leaders have truly mastered the art of the worthless gesture.

8 years ago

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