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Cody Heron was identified as the armed motorcyclist accused of breaking the car window of a woman and assaulting her in Philadelphia.

Attorney General Michelle Henry said collaborative enforcement efforts between the Office of Attorney General and Bucks County investigators have resulted in a serial straw purchaser being jailed for at least 10 years.

Anthony Lacey-Woodson and Jalen Mickens, who have been charged with murder in the deaths of Sircarr Johnson and Salahaldin Mahmoud, who were killed at a Fourth of July cookout in West Philly in 2021. They are among five purported "02da4" gang members charged for their alleged roles in a series of retaliatory shootings against rival gangs and gun trafficking offenses, District Attorney Larry Krasner said Monday. Arrest warrants have been issued for three others.

It's part of a $170 million grant package approved by Gov. Tom Wolf's administration.

Officials were called to the apartment around 8:15 p.m. Sunday

A House Public Safety and Violence Task Force session held this week revealed growing state and national hate crime trends.

They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. This is true and can also be life changing or lifesaving when it comes to your health, driving

Rocky Mountain Power announces new grants to support Utah, Wyoming and Idaho communities this spring SALT LAKE CITY (May 10, 2021) — Even as COVID-19 vaccines roll out across the country, many communities are still facing challenges from the pandemic and the organizations that support them are still seeing unprecedented demand. In spite of the odds, local programs that address critical issues such as food insecurity, homelessness, domestic violence, child abuse, elder issues, ...

From Oakland to Atlanta, New York City to Los Angeles, and in cities across the United States, violent attacks against Asian Americans have skyrocketed and, in several tragic cases, turned deadly. Many of these assaults have been against the most vulnerable in society: the elderly and women. The murder by a gunman of six women of Asian descent at three Atlanta-area spas reprehensibly put into focus the intersectional ways in which racism and misogyny objectify and dehumanize. In response to thi...

WHYY By Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo) The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office wants to move firearm crimes through the courts faster using a modified version of an old tool: gun court. This specialized court started holding preliminary hearings without much fanfare on March 8, a decade after the city shut down its first seven-year experiment with it. Gun court judges only hear cases such as illegal firearm possession, aggravated assaults, burglaries,...