Four Philly men arrested for attempting to sell ghost guns, prosecutors say
Najaye Davis, 19; Malachi Matthews, 46; Kenneth Manni, 41; and Montague Coker, 40, were arrested for purchasing firearm kits as part of an alleged attempt to assemble and sell ghost guns in...
View ArticlePennsylvania gun show organizer will prohibit sales of DIY ghost guns – but...
A popular gun show promoter this week banned vendors from selling untraceable ghost guns at its events in Pennsylvania, in what state Attorney General Josh Shapiro says is a "first in the nation"...
View ArticlePhilly D.A. Krasner sues Pennsylvania A.G Shapiro's office over...
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office over a proposed $26 billion national settlement with opioid manufacturer Johnson...
View ArticleKenney decriminalizes fentanyl test strips in Philly through executive order
People in possession of fentanyl test strips in Philadelphia will no longer be arrested, per an executive order from Mayor Jim Kenney.
View ArticleNew Jersey, Pennsylvania lead multi-state coalition to boost federal ghost...
New Jersey, along with Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., are leading a multi-state coalition to strengthen ghost gun regulations, requiring background checks for anyone who purchases them. Twenty-two...
View ArticleMore than 60 people arrested on drug, gun charges in West Philadelphia during...
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said a collaboration between his office and the Philadelphia Police Department led to 65 people charged with gun- and drug-related offenses over the span of...
View ArticleMariner East pipeline developer charged with environmental crimes for...
Energy Transfer, the developer of the Mariner East 2 pipeline, is facing criminal charges for allegedly spilling thousands of gallons of drilling fluid underground during the pipeline's construction...
View ArticleFormer Sixers announcer Marc Zumoff, Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro troll...
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who is running for governor in 2022, teamed up with retired Philadelphia 76ers play-by-play announcer Marc Zumoff for a holiday campaign ad that pokes fun at...
View ArticlePhilly joins Pennsylvania's $1 billion opioid settlement after initial...
Philadelphia has agreed to join Pennsylvania's $1 billion settlement with three opioid distributors and manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. The agreement will direct $186 million, as well as an...
View ArticleHead of Philly Fighting COVID banned from doing business in Pennsylvania for...
Andrei Doroshin, the former graduate student at the center of Philly Fighting COVID, the organization that initially partnered with the city of Philadelphia to administer the COVID-19 vaccine in early...
View ArticlePennsylvania, New Jersey to take part in multi-state investigation of...
New Jersey and Pennsylvania's attorneys general will take part in a multi-state probe of TikTok's impacts on young people. The investigation will determine whether or not TikTok violates consumer...
View ArticlePennsylvania tip line created to mitigate school violence finds increase in...
A report on Pennsylvania's student violence prevention tipline found that the majority of comments have focused on mental health, bullying, suicide and self harm, discrimination and harassment,...
View ArticleShapiro says lieutenant governor candidate's ad wrongly implies endorsement
An ad from state Rep. Brian Sims, one candidate seeking the Democratic nomination to run for Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor, falsely states that he's been endorsed by state Attorney General Josh...
View ArticleNearly 30,000 'crime guns' recovered in Philly came from just 21...
A report from the gun control group Brady found that nearly 30,000 crime guns recovered in Philadelphia in 2020 were originally purchased at just 21 federally-licensed firearm dealers located around...
View ArticlePennsylvania governor's race takes shape as test of state's political identity
The Pennsylvania's 2022 Republican primary on Tuesday, May 17, includes nine candidates. Doug Mastriano, Bill McSwain, Lou Barletta and Dave White are the frontrunners. Also appearing on the ballot...
View ArticlePa. schools need more funding, A.G. Josh Shapiro, the Democratic...
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, the Democratic nominee for governor, filed an amicus brief Monday backing a lawsuit that seeks to overhaul the state's education funding system. He claims...
View ArticleBucks County nursing home managers allegedly failed to report sexual assaults
Two managers of the Landing of Southampton, a Bucks County nursing home, are facing criminal charges for allegedly failing to report three sexual assaults that occurred there in July 2021. Ashley...
View ArticleJohn Oliver questions Democrats' 'risky' strategy against Doug Mastriano in...
On Sunday's "Last Week Tonight," host John Oliver discussed Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano's victory in the Republican primary for governor. Mastriano, a far-right candidate endorsed by Donald...
View ArticleFentanyl seizures surge in Pennsylvania as the synthetic opioid displaces...
Seizures of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl have dramatically increased in Pennsylvania in 2022, further displacing heroin as the dominant illicit substance in the state's drug supply. More...
View ArticleEight city employees charged with fraud in alleged theft of pandemic...
Eight employees of the city of Philadelphia were charged Thursday with allegedly providing false information to obtain more than $300,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits. The defendants...
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