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Nation Jan 07
Authorities investigating whether 5-year-old started deadly Philly blazeInvestigators are looking into whether a 5-year-old who was playing with a lighter set a Christmas tree on fire, sparking a conflagration that killed 12 family members in a Philadelphia rowhome.
Nation Jan 06
2 adult sisters and 8 children die in Philadelphia rowhome firePhiladelphia fire officials say two sisters and several of their children were among 12 people killed when a fire tore a rowhome that apparently had no working smoke detectors.
Nation Jan 05
WATCH: Philadelphia fire department gives update on fire that killed 13, including 7 childrenThe blaze's cause was not determined, but officials shaken by the death toll — apparently the highest in a single fire in the city in at least a century — vowed to get to the bottom of it.
Nation Oct 11
Gun violence is killing more American childrenExperts say idleness caused by the COVID-19 pandemic shares the blame with easy access to guns and disputes that too often end with gunfire.
Politics Oct 29
Philadelphia shooting brings policing, racism back into campaignPresident Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are calibrating how to address some of the same questions that roiled American cities — and the presidential campaign — earlier this year as they negotiate the 2020 end game.
Nation Oct 28
Protesters take to the streets in Philadelphia after Black man’s killingAbout 500 people angered by the death of 27-year-old Walter Wallace Jr. on Tuesday night marched to a police station, where they were met by officers with riot shields.
Nation Oct 27
WATCH: Attorneys for the family of shooting victim Walter Wallace provide updateA lawyer says the family of a Black man who was killed under more than a dozen police-fired rounds in Philadelphia had called for an ambulance to get him help with a mental health crisis, not for police intervention.
Politics Oct 18
Black officers break from unions over Trump endorsementsPolice unions nationwide have largely supported President Donald Trump’s reelection, amid mass demonstrations over police brutality and accusations of systemic racism — but a number of Black law enforcement officers are speaking out against these endorsements, saying their concerns over…
Health May 11
Veterans groups, government brace for surge in mental health needsAs job losses and increased social isolation take an extended toll, veterans advocates worry VA medical facilities won’t be able to meet demand for mental health services and that telehealth isn’t enough.
Health Apr 04
Where will the bodies go? Morgues plan as virus growsWith U.S. medical experts and even President Donald Trump now estimating the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic could reach 240,000 nationwide, the sheer practicalities of death — where to put the bodies — are worrying just about everyone as…