
Public Safety
Montco NRA to host a fundraising event less than a mile away from a school
The sold-out event celebrates 30 years since the founding of the NRA’s fundraising arm.
3 years ago
4 killed in shooting at Tulsa medical building; shooter dead
Tulsa police Capt. Richard Meulenberg said Wednesday the shooter also was dead and that multiple people were wounded.
3 years ago
Pennsylvania’s highest court could give cities the go-ahead to craft their own gun laws
Three distinct suits are being appealed to the state’s highest court, all arguing that cities and municipalities in Pennsylvania should be allowed to pass their own gun laws.
3 years ago
Lawsuit alleges security failures in murder of nursing assistant at Jefferson University Hospital
The alleged gunman Stacey Hayes is accused of walking into the hospital and killing nursing assistant Anrae James.
3 years ago
Texas police: School door shut but didn’t lock before attack
Investigators initially said a teacher propped the door open before 18-year-old Salvador Ramos entered the school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24.
3 years ago
Teen gun violence coalition issues call to action based on survey data
After surveying 1,300 Philadelphia students about gun violence, the newly-formed Enough is Enough campaign is using their findings to make demands to city officials.
3 years ago
Self-defense classes help Asian and Pacific Islander women feel safer in New York
The classes are taught by Jess Ng, a Muay Thai fighter who grew up in Queens, to empower Asian and Pacific Islander women to feel safer in New York City.
3 years ago
Rising U.S. traffic deaths put focus on one Philly road
Sobering statistics could give new momentum to plans to redesign what is known in Philadelphia as the “corridor of death," Roosevelt Boulevard.
3 years ago
1st of 2022, Hurricane Agatha heads for Mexico tourist towns
The first hurricane of the season has formed off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast and it's rapidly growing stronger.
3 years ago
Uvalde tells Biden to ‘do something’; he pledges ‘we will’
A crowd in Uvalde, Texas, has urged President Joe Biden to “do something” after the killings of 19 elementary school pupils and two teachers at the hands of a lone gunman.
3 years ago
VP Harris tells Buffalo mourners: ‘We will come together’
The last of the victims of a gunman’s racist attack on Black people at a Buffalo supermarket has been memorialized at a funeral service that became a call to action.
3 years ago
Officials identify 5 killed in Pottstown house explosion; most were children
The cause of the explosion remains under investigation, and officials say it will "continue for some time."
3 years ago
Police inaction moves to center of Uvalde shooting probe
Authorities acknowledged that children and teachers repeatedly begged 911 operators for help while the police chief told more than a dozen officers to wait in a hallway.
3 years ago
Gun violence activists call for stronger legislation to stop mass shootings, street violence
Lawmakers and activists gathered in Philadelphia Friday to demand stronger statewide action on firearm legislation.
3 years ago
Officials call it the ‘wrong decision’ to delay confronting the Uvalde school shooter
Col. Steven McCraw of the Texas Department of Public Safety said at a Friday news conference that in hindsight it was the wrong decision to not enter the classroom in Uvalde.
3 years ago