Public Safety

Community activists say the Chicago-based READI program could be the solution Philly needs to curb gun violence – if it ever materializes.

“We're post-George Floyd,” said local NAACP leader Brian Reese-Turner, “Anybody in this community has to recognize what that means when anybody is in that type of situation."

Those leaving the force are expected to exceed the number of newly hired and trained cops by the end of the year.

A Delta Air Lines flight and an American Airlines flight averted a collision at the New York City airport Friday night.

“When you have nothing and you've lost everything, anything is more than nothing,” said one organizer.

New volunteer firefighters could get nearly half of their tuition at Rowan College at Burlington County paid for under a new proposal.

The goal of the federal funding is to help those working at the grassroots level to stem the violence in Philadelphia and other parts of Pennsylvania.

The Fairmount fire, which killed a dozen people including nine children, is the type of tragedy U.S. Fire Administrator Lori Moore-Merrell hopes to prevent.

A handgun was found outside the school during a search, police said.

The investigation into the New Year’s Day explosion is ongoing. Early results don’t point to PGW’s gas lines, but gas still could have been the cause.

Shootings and homicides fell dramatically in Wilmington in 2022, but church, community, and political leaders say there’s still far too much carnage.

State environmental officials say the shutdown is necessary to protect the public during a period when many residents are dropping off Christmas trees.

The explosion destroyed three homes and damaged dozens more. So far, the city’s gas utility has not found evidence of a leak.

One year after a fire in the city’s Fairmont section killed 12 people, including nine children, a large headstone was unveiled to family members.

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