Public Safety

The bill is part of a six-measure gun control package that Democrats who control both chambers support and that the party’s leader, Gov. John Carney, has pledged to sign.

Perpetrators broke into the historic Japanese house in Fairmount Park Wednesday night, causing millions in damage.

WHYY’s first-ever gun violence prevention reporter took a two-month listening tour in Philly’s hardest-hit communities. Here’s what she learned.

Nonprofit leaders who were selected for the last round of Targeted Community Investment Grant awards say the program has been plagued with difficulties and delays.

A bill would include incentives for states to pass red-flag laws, funding for school safety and mental health resources, expanded background checks and more.

Experts warn that extremist groups may see anti-LGBTQ rhetoric by influencers as a call to action.

The proposal's potency — and perhaps whether some parts survive — remains undetermined as it's translated into legislation. Here's what's in and out of the agreement.

The package of gun bills has the support of leadership in the Democrat-controlled House and Senate, and Gov. John Carney.

Senate bargainers have announced a bipartisan framework responding to last month’s mass shootings in New York and Texas.

Police say a male suspect, disguised in a dark blue Garda uniform, assaulted two female employees as they left the business.

The Assembly Education Comm. cleared bipartisan legislation that would require each school district to develop a “behavioral threat assessment team.”

There are more than a dozen recalls related to last month's Jif peanut butter recall. Products from F&S Produce and Taharka Brothers have been added to the list.

Quadir Dukes-Hill and Nahjee Whittington were both taken into custody in Richmond, Virginia.

Philadelphia police say they need more help, but they’ll be more proactive about traffic control this summer.

Parents of children injured and killed during last month's mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, implored members of the House Oversight Committee to act quickly