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Public Safety

Students stand with signs, calling for an end to gun violence in Philly.
Community

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.

4 years ago

Jess Ng is shown in a defensive stance, with city buildings and sky behind her.
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Community

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.

4 years ago

A pedestrian waits to cross Roosevelt Boulevard
Urban Planning

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.

4 years ago

This satellite image made available by NOAA shows Hurricane Agatha, center, off the Pacific coast of Mexico on Sunday, May 29, 2022, at 11:20 a.m. EDT.
Weather

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.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden stand in front of a memorial to the victims of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Community

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.

4 years ago

A close-up of Vice President Kamala Harris, dressed in black, pointing emphatically as she speaks at the funeral of one of the victims of the Buffalo shooting attack.
Community

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.

4 years ago

Aerial view of the aftermath of the Pottstown house explosion.
Community
6abc

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."

4 years ago

Law enforcement personnel are gathered outside of the school following the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Community

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.

4 years ago

Activists, politicians, and faith leaders gather for a rally at Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia, calling for legislators to act to stop gun violence. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

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.

4 years ago

Law enforcement and first responders gather outside Robb Elementary School following Tuesday's shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Their response has since come under wide scrutiny. (Dario Lopez-Mills/AP)
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Courts & Law

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.

4 years ago

The scene outside the house that exploded near Butler Avenue in Pottstown, Montgomery County. (Emily Rizzo/WHYY)
Community

Pottstown home explodes, leaving 5 dead. Neighbors say the area smelled of gas

Neighbors say they used to smell gas near the home that was destroyed. They say PECO crews and firefighters also had visited home before the explosion.

4 years ago

Attendees of the NRA's annual convention gather by booths in the exhibit halls of the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on Thursday. (Michael Wyke/AP)
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Politics & Policy

The NRA meets in Houston amid a storm of criticism and internal strife

Some politicians and musicians are dropping out, and gun control advocates are preparing protests.

4 years ago

An aerial view of a house explosion in Pottstown
Community
6abc

5 people killed, 2 injured in Pottstown, Pa. house explosion

All Pottstown Schools will be closed for students and staff on Friday.

4 years ago

All of the affected Jif peanut butter products can be identified by their lot code numbers, which is usually found near the ''best by'' date. (CDC)
NPR
Health

The Jif peanut butter recall is pulling a cascade of other products from store shelves

Many other companies use the peanut butter — the cause of a salmonella outbreak — and now they have recalls of their own.

4 years ago

Three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed
NPR
Community

Where AR-15-style rifles fit in America’s tragic history of mass shootings

The weapon used to carry out the mass shooting in Uvalde is one all too familiar to Americans and lawmakers who have witnessed mass shootings occur over the past decade.

4 years ago

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