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Philadelphia has achieved ‘unprecedented’ reduction in gun violence. Experts gathered to discuss how

Lt. Gov. Austin Davis told the gathering that the administration still considers combatting gun violence a top issue.

In battered Kensington, signs of progress

Nearly two years into the city's efforts to shut down Kensington's open-air drug market, some of the neighborhood's most ...

These five cities help explain why homicide rates are down across the U.S.

The rate of homicides has plummeted nationwide and, in 2025, is trending toward its lowest level in decades. The steady ...
Northeast Times

Armed robbery suspect sought after pre-dawn hold-up at Philly Sunoco

Police are searching for a man caught on surveillance video committing an armed robbery at a Philadelphia Sunoco, stealing ...

She lost her son to gun violence. Now she’s part of a movement credited with Baltimore’s crime drop

Cars stop on the street for Rochelle Johnson, a mother of five, when she walks through her Baltimore neighborhood greeting ...
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Mural honoring families touched by gun violence in Philadelphia rededicated

Mural Arts Philadelphia is celebrating the restoration of artist John Lewis's "Together We Stand, Divided We Fall" mural on ...
Billy Penn

Bus stop’s differing visions; HIV cuts; Weekly gun violence report | Morning Roundup

BILLYPENNGRAM OF THE DAY “Stand tall, wear a crown, be sweet on the inside, prickly on the outside.”(Photo by @philahistory) ...
Billy Penn

“Not a ‘scale back,’ this is a dismantling of our program”: HIV funding cuts impact vulnerable communities

Organizations that provide services like HIV education and living recommendations are being forced to cut programming after ...