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Photo, books and supplies litter the floor in this Indiana classroom during an intruder drill in 2016. Delaware requires schools to conduct two lockdown/active shooter drills a year. (Associated Press)
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Biden signs executive order to tackle gun violence

The executive order will improve active school shooter drills and tackle firearm threats of machine gun conversion devices, guns without serial numbers and ghost guns.

3 months ago

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U.S. Appeals Judge Theodore A. McKee
Incarceration
Pennsylvania

U.S. appeals court says man can sue Pennsylvania over 26 years of solitary confinement

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a man who spent 26 years in solitary confinement in Pennsylvania can sue prison officials for alleged cruel and unusual punishment.

3 months ago

Ryan Wesley Routh takes part in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 30, 2022.
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Man who staked out Trump at Florida golf course charged with attempting an assassination

In a statement, Trump accused the Justice Department of “mishandling and downplaying” the apparent assassination attempt by bringing charges that were a “slap on the wrist.”

3 months ago

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Explainers
New Jersey

What to know about the New Jersey law that regulates the manufacturing and sale of Delta-8 products

Intoxicating hemp, known as Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, is now regulated in New Jersey, and sales to minors are banned.

3 months ago

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Elections
Government
Pennsylvania
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AP

Court takes ‘naked ballots’ case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting

The justices said Friday they will take the case that could determine the fate of thousands of votes that may otherwise be canceled in the Nov. 5 election.

3 months ago

Robert Listenbee speaks behind a podium
Philadelphia

Philly man facing charges as an adult for making and testing bombs at his home

The district attorney’s office says the suspect did extensive research about LGBTQ+ parades and planned to join a terrorist group in Syria.

3 months ago

DUI checkpoint
Delaware
Policing
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Halted by COVID, Delaware resumes ‘five-star’ tool to reduce traffic fatalities — DUI roadblocks

The first checkpoint since 2019 occurred this month. The goal is to reduce roadway deaths, which in 2022 reached 165, tying a 34-year record.

3 months ago

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Crime
Criminal Justice
Food & Drink
New Jersey
Philadelphia
6abc

4 Philadelphia men arrested in ‘Operation Beef Bandit’ in connection to organized cargo theft ring

Four men from Philadelphia have been arrested in New Jersey in connection to what police are calling an organized cargo theft ring.

3 months ago

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Crime
Pennsylvania

Prosecutors: Armed man barricaded in Montco basement charged officers with weapon, was shot and killed

Montgomery County authorities say they are investigating the death of a man who allegedly charged at police officers with a weapon before being shot and killed.

3 months ago

Two people wearing Gaudreau jerseys sit and hold a kid at the memorial
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Sports

Driver charged with killing NHL’s Johnny Gaudreau and his brother had .087 blood-alcohol level

The driver, 43-year-old Sean M. Higgins of nearby Woodstown, New Jersey, is charged with two counts of death by auto.

4 months ago

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. (left) with his attorney, Ed Jacobs, addressing reporters during a press conference on April 1, 2024.
K-12
New Jersey
Policing
Public Safety

A.C. principal indicted on more charges for not reporting alleged abuse of the mayor’s daughter

Atlantic City High School Principal Constance Days-Chapman oversaw the mayor’s re-election campaign and is chair of the city’s Democratic committee.

4 months ago

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Delaware
International
Policing

Quick thinking by Delaware police dispatchers saves boaters in distress in English Channel

A caller in Albania thought they were calling Dover, England, but instead they reached police in Dover, Delaware.

4 months ago

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Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

Philly police officer Jaime Roman dies 80 days after being shot during traffic stop

Captain Steven Wheeler of the 25th district described Roman as a man “who would light up a room.” 

4 months ago

Michael Critchley in the courtroom
New Jersey
Politics

Lawyers for Norcross and company to seek dismissal of racketeering charges

Lawyers representing George Norcross’ enterprise will argue in January why the criminal charges against their clients should be dropped.

4 months ago

Street sweep of Kensington Avenue
Addiction
Crime
Homelessness
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Mass arrests in Kensington, but open-air drug market persists

Critics bemoan lack of health services; city says revitalization will take years.

4 months ago

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