Gun Violence

Carroll - Pennsylvania Hospital Ambulance Emergency Department

Life expectancy among Philly's black men lower than any racial demographic

Man who fired AR-15 into Delilah's parking lot pleads guilty to attempted murder

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She shot her boyfriend five times and killed him: was it self defense?

LeToya Ramseure

1 dead, 1 injured in Roxborough shooting Monday night

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The Q&A ... with Indiana Pacers guard (and Chester native) Tyreke Evans

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How did bulletproof backpacks become a sad necessity in gun-crazy America?

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More children killed in a school shooting, and Twitter scorches Toomey on reaction

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Two Friday shootings leave four teenagers with injuries, one death

Police lights arrests crime

A new grant program will add $1.5 million to programs reducing gun violence

This Delco town is second most dangerous in the U.S.

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Temple student likely killed by someone he knew, police say

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Children become powerful voice for sensible gun laws

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'Town Hall For Our Lives' forums to proceed without local congressmen

Carroll - March For Our Lives

Gun-ban march, civil disobedience postponed on account of snow

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Fed up with gun violence, Philly-area students will join school walkouts

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The gun-control battle comes to Toomey's Philly office door

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After Vegas and Texas, interest spikes in active shooter training

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Penn study concludes that gun violence is not contagious

Las Vegas highlights need for change in our national gun policy

Philly council prez on Las Vegas: 'Thoughts and prayers will not bring back those lost'

Pulse nightclub survivor will compete in Miss Black America pageant

Patience Carter

Police: Tow truck driver kills man in Point Breeze shootout over car repossession

Philadelphia trauma surgeons speak up about gun violence

PHOTOS: Fighting gun violence in Camden

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March against gun violence set for Tuesday in Camden

Murder victim's sister: 'He prepared for that day'

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Fundraiser for family of Philly man killed by ex-offender he was trying to help

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Penn calculates financial toll of blight, violence in Philadelphia

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Near his North Philly campaign office, there's no love for Donald Trump on the stoop

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Democratic PAC hits Toomey on gun-control issue with web ad

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In Philadelphia, police violence and gun violence not an either-or protest

DNC missed an opportunity with 'Mothers of the Movement' theme

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Transcript: President Obama's calming words to nation at memorial for fallen Dallas officers

Former Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey: 'We are sitting on a powder keg'

Boyfriend of 4-year-old North Philadelphia shooting victim's mother reportedly turns self in

Vigil on Thursday evening for 13-year-old shooting victim

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Teen in wheelchair shot in Northwest Philly

Councilman: Pushback against youth gun violence is 'the new normal'

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Crime and Courts

Two held for trial in murder of Strawberry Mansion teen on bicycle

Saleem West

How much could Obama's gun moves affect gun violence? Nobody knows

Celebrities, everyday citizens, join Obama in campaign against gun violence

End Gun Violence Campaign

Milton Street dissed Black Lives Matter movement while meeting Trump

Milton Meets Trump

Trooper Casey released from hospital one day after being shot

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