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Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw speaks with members of the media during a news conference in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

Philly officer to be fired and could face charges after shooting, killing 12-year-old

A Philadelphia cop who shot and killed a 12-year-old that allegedly shot at police will lose his job. Philadelphia’s police commissioner calls the shooting a tragedy.

3 years ago

Alina Gafarova holds her 1-year-old daughter Zahra inside a tent after fleeing Irpin, Ukraine at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Poland, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has set off the largest mass migration in Europe in decades, with more than 1.5 million people having crossed from Ukraine into neighboring countries. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Community

‘Some kind of terrible dream’ for Ukrainian women refugees

The number of refugees reached 2 million on Tuesday, according to the United Nations, the fastest exodus Europe has seen since World War II.

3 years ago

President Joe Biden listens during a secure video call with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Politics & Policy

U.S. banning Russian oil imports as Biden warns of ‘costs’

The move follows pleas by Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy to U.S. and Western officials to cut off the imports, which had been a glaring omission of massive sanctions.

3 years ago

A man lights a fire under the kettle in a yard of an apartment building hit by shelling
Community

Effort to relieve encircled Ukrainian port put in jeopardy

The Russian onslaught has trapped people inside cities that are running low on food, water and medicine amid the biggest ground war in Europe since World War II.

3 years ago

Shown are Philadelphia police vehicles on a traffic stop
Courts & Law

Investigators still reviewing Philly cops who shot 12-year-old last week

The use of force is being questioned in the case of Philly police officers who shot and killed a 12-year-old after their car was fired upon last week.

3 years ago

A factory and a store are burning after being bombarded in Irpin
Community

Crisis deepens, Ukraine accuses Moscow of ‘medieval’ tactics

A third round of talks between the two sides ended with a top Ukrainian official saying there had been minor, unspecified progress toward establishing safe corridors.

3 years ago

A factory and a store burn after being bombarded in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Community

Russian attacks halt plans to evacuate Ukrainian civilians

A second attempt to evacuate civilians from a besieged city in southern Ukraine collapsed Sunday as Russian attacks stopped plans to create a humanitarian corridor.

3 years ago

The white nationalist group Patriot Front attends the March For Life
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Community

Distribution of white supremacist propaganda is increasingly coordinated, ADL says

Last year's numbers were the second highest since the Anti-Defamation League began tracking such incidents in 2017 and represented increasing levels of coordination.

3 years ago

A toddler poses on a stationary bike
Community
Billy Penn

At Urban Navigation, Philly kids can learn music production and engineering — or how to disarm a gun

“We’re teaching them how to respect the weapon,” a co-founder said of the safety training.

3 years ago

Rescue workers and volunteers gather at the site of a bomb explosio
Community

At least 45 people are killed in bombing of Shiite mosque in Pakistan

Peshawar Police Chief Muhammed Ejaz Khan said the violence started when two armed attackers opened fire on police outside the mosque in Peshawar’s old city.

3 years ago

Tatiano Poladko and her father sit at a table eating with Tatiana's three children
Community

Fleeing Russian bombs, tanks, destruction: Delawarean in Ukraine recounts family’s ongoing odyssey to stay safe

Tatiana Poladko and her family of six live near Kyiv. Since the bombing began, they have been on the move, by car and train.

3 years ago

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A woman is overwhelmed by emotion in the backyard of a house damaged by a Russian airstrike
Community

Russians besiege crucial Ukrainian energy hub and seacoast

Ukrainian leaders, meanwhile, are calling on citizens to rise up and wage guerrilla war against the invaders.

3 years ago

Philadelphia police shot and killed a 12-year-old on Tuesday night, March 1, 2022. (6abc)
Courts & Law

12-year-old shot and killed by Philly police, investigators say they don’t have ‘definitive determination’ of what happened

Police shot and killed a 12-year-old boy in South Philadelphia on Tuesday night after their unmarked police vehicle was struck by gunfire.

3 years ago

Andrey Goncharu wipes his face in the backyard of a damaged house
Politics & Policy

Most of the world lines up against Moscow, attacks intensify

The escalation of attacks on crowded cities followed initial talks between Ukraine and Russia on Monday that resulted in only a promise to meet again.

3 years ago

A general view of the Abbott Healthcare Nutrition plant in Cootehill Co Monaghan.   (Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images)
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Health

FDA warns against using another powdered baby formula after a 2nd death

The FDA now cautions against using a specific lot of Abbott Nutrition's Similac PM 60/40 after a second infant dies. Abbott voluntarily recalled the specialty product on Monda

4 years ago

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