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Public Safety

Johnny Depp testifies in the courtroom
Courts & Law

Depp recording warns of ‘bloodbath’ if arguments escalate

Heard's attorneys concluded their cross-examination of the actor Monday as he took the stand for a fourth day of testimony.

4 years ago

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on a warehouse amid Russian bombardments in Kharkiv
Community

Russia hits rail, fuel facilities in attacks deep in Ukraine

As both sides in the 2-month-old war brace for what could be a grinding battle in the country’s eastern industrial heartland, top American officials pledged more help.

4 years ago

A Ukrainian serviceman walks on a destroyed Russian fighting vehicle in Bucha
Politics & Policy

U.S. promises more Ukraine aid, Biden announces veteran envoy

The trip by Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was the highest-level American visit to Kyiv since Russia invaded in late February.

4 years ago

In this photo provided by the National Park Service, fallen trees smolder after a wildfire at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in Arizona, Wednesday, April 20, 2022.
NPR
Community

Fires hit Southwest, New Mexico’s season ‘dangerously early’

New Mexico faces a long and potentially devastating wildfire season, said Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, as wildfires cause destruction and force people to evacuate their homes.

4 years ago

Derek Bowner, executive officer at the Philadephia Fire Department, speaks with the press following a deadly fire in Kensington on April 24, 2022.
Community
6abc

Officials: 4 dead, including 3 children after rowhome fire in Kensington

Officials say it was 3 children and a man who died.

4 years ago

In this Dec. 23, 2021, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Rear Adm. John Korka, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), and Chief of Civil Engineers, leads Navy and civilian water quality recovery experts through the tunnels of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Navy is scrambling to contain what one lawmaker has called a “crisis of astronomical proportions” after jet fuel leaked from an 80-year-old Hawaii tank farm, seeped into a drinking water well and polluted the water streaming out of faucets in Pearl Harbor military housing
Politics & Policy

U.S. military drops appeal of Hawaii order to drain fuel tanks

The move comes more than a month after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the military would permanently shut down the tanks and remove all of their fuel.

4 years ago

Shown are Philadelphia police vehicles on a traffic stop
Politics & Policy

New group to monitor Philly police following car stop reforms

The Driving Equality Accountability Group will keep a close eye on how regulations limiting Philly police car stops for minor infractions are being implemented.

4 years ago

Firearms were the leading cause of children under the age of 19 in 2020. Until then, motor vehicle accidents had spent the last 60 years as the leading cause of death for kids. (Brian Blanco/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Firearms overtook auto accidents as the leading cause of death in children

For decades, auto accidents have been the leading cause of death among children, but in 2020 guns were the No. 1 cause, researchers say.

4 years ago

Peter Lyoya holds up a picture of his son Patrick Lyoya, 26, in his home in Lansing, Mich., on April 14. Patrick was facedown on the ground when he was fatally shot in the head by a Grand Rapids police officer this month.
NPR
Community

Patrick Lyoya fled Congo to escape war. A traffic stop in Michigan cost him his life

For those who knew Lyoya, he's remembered as a son, brother and father — a person of faith whose life was inextricably shaped by war.

4 years ago

March 19, 2022: an overview of a cemetery and the early expansion of graves.
(Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies)
NPR
Community

Another possible mass grave with as many as 9,000 bodies is found near Mariupol

Satellite imagery has revealed what Ukrainian officials say appears to be another mass grave in Ukraine.

4 years ago

Residents rallied in October 2019 in Council chambers to demand creation of the special committee. (Philadelphia City Council / flickr)
Community
Billy Penn

The Philadelphia agency responsible for keeping children safe is failing families, says scathing new report

After a detailed investigation of the city’s child welfare system, a City Council committee issued an urgent call for wholesale reforms.

4 years ago

A barricade blocks access to a road flooded by recent rain in Branchburg, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021
Science

Rising sea levels and extreme rainfall: Annual report tells New Jersey planners to brace for climate change impacts

New Jersey is warming at twice the rate of the rest of the continental U.S. A new report is aimed at helping local planners adapt.

4 years ago

Tyrique Glasgow helps 7-year-old Ryan Penson get started with a paint roller at Tynirah's Community Welcome Garden
Community

Could planting gardens be the key to preventing shootings? These Grays Ferry residents are giving it a go

Many Philadelphia residents are pitching in to reduce blight this spring, some with the goal of making neighborhoods safer.

4 years ago

Listen 5:43
President Joe Biden delivers remarks from a podium at the White House
Politics & Policy

Biden announces $800M in new military assistance for Ukraine

The new package builds on roughly $2.6 billion in military assistance that Biden had previously approved for Ukraine.

4 years ago

A view of destroyed during a heavy fighting part of the Illich Iron & Steel Works Metallurgical Plant
Community

Putin tries to claim Mariupol win but won’t storm holdout

Putin's order may mean that Russian officials are hoping they can wait for the defenders to surrender after running out of food or ammunition.

4 years ago

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