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Man shot by Philadelphia police officer inside 39th District building

The gunfire happened just after 9 a.m. inside the building in Hunting Park.

4 years ago

Pedestrians going to and from the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Billy Penn

Crosswalk or rumble strips? City promises new signage to deter pedestrians stepping into traffic in front of the Art Museum

There’s a big Eakins Oval redesign coming, but completion is years away.

4 years ago

U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon recently secured $650,000 in federal funding to support the creation of mobile crisis teams in Delco. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Courts & Law

‘Thinking outside of the box’: Delco leaders plan to dispatch mental health experts alongside police

After crucial federal funding was finally secured, Delco officials plan to dispatch mental health experts alongside police officers during mental health calls.

4 years ago

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Philadelphia officials investigate after 3-story home partially collapses in Manayunk

L&I has declared the property structurally unsound. The homeowner has 30 days to demolish or repair the home.

4 years ago

Dresses donated by sexual assault survivors from Amish and other plain-dressing religious groups hang on a clothesline beneath a description of each survivors' age and church affiliation, on Friday, April 29, 2022, in Leola, Pa. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
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What they wore: Amish Country exhibit spotlights sex abuse

The moving display challenged the myth that sexual assault can be blamed on what a victim was wearing.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall.
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After scathing report on Philly’s child welfare system, DHS head describes efforts to improve

Friday’s hearing came weeks after a City Council committee report accused Philly’s child welfare system of separating families without cause.

4 years ago

A Philadelphia police officer walks past the scene of a shooting in LOVE Park. A 29-year-old man was killed. A security guard for Christmas Village has been charged
Community

Everyone’s trying to solve Philly’s gun violence crisis. Is more collaboration the answer?

Four Philly nonprofits originally planned gun violence prevention events on the Saturday before Mother’s Day.

4 years ago

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Interfaith leaders, youth mentors, law enforcement representatives and elected officials spoke at an anti-gun violence rally at City Hall Thursday. Mothers in Charge, a nonprofit led by mothers who've lost children to gunfire, organized the event. (Sammy Caiola/WHYY)
Community

As Mother’s Day approaches, grieving moms plead for gun violence solutions

Mothers in Charge, a nonprofit led by moms who’ve lost children to gun violence, gathered at City Hall to push for more action on Phily’s gun violence crisis.

4 years ago

An empty SEPTA train car.
Community

SEPTA moves uniformed ambassadors into place to help with riders with no destination

The ambassadors work will work with those who need social services and have already prevented nearly 200 fare evaders from riding the SEPTA vehicles.

4 years ago

Vehicles on fire at the oil depot after missiles struck the facility in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces
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Russia pounds Ukraine, targeting supply of Western arms

Meanwhile, the European Union moved Wednesday to further punish Moscow for the war with a proposed ban on oil imports.

4 years ago

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6abc

Crews use doughnuts to lure black bear spotted roaming through Drexel Hill, Delaware County

Police urge everyone in the area to keep their distance if they happen to see the animal.

4 years ago

Local civilians line up to get humanitarian aid distributed in the United Humanitarian Center in Mariupol
Community

Ukrainian fighters: Russian forces storming Mariupol plant

The assault began almost two weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military not to storm the plant to finish off the defenders but to seal it off.

4 years ago

This still frame from Metropolitan Police Department body worn camera video shows Thomas Webster, in red jacket, at a barricade line at on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Courts & Law

NYPD veteran convicted of assaulting officer in Capitol riot

A federal jury has convicted a New York Police Department veteran of assaulting an officer during the U.S. Capitol riot.

4 years ago

A man feeds a baby on a bus full of evacuees in Ukraine
Community

First civilians leave Mariupol steel plant; hundreds remain

If successful, the evacuation would represent rare progress in easing the human cost of the almost 10-week war.

4 years ago

Philadelphians, including Mayor Jim Kenney, joined hands to raise awareness of sexual voice at the WOAR Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence at their Hands Around City Hall event on April 29, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Circle honoring victims of sexual assault closes out Philly advocacy event

The event came as Sexual Assault Awareness Month winds down.

4 years ago

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