A 42-year-old man is dead, and two women are injured after a string of shootings, one of them being accidental, took place ...

Recent data is incomplete, but in a 2019 study of 204 countries and territories, the U.S. ranked 32nd for gun homicides based on population, with a rate of 3.96 deaths per 100,000 people. Subtracting ...

Gary Weedon's voice cracks as he speaks from a podium at Imhotep Institute Charter High School. It's been more than three years since his son, Devin, was shot and killed during an attempted robbery on ...

Paul Birdsong leads the Black Lion Party for International Solidarity, an armed, Black Panthers-inspired mutual aid group in Philadelphia. Until February, the 39-year-old carried a firearm during the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Philadelphia officials announced a new round of anti-violence grants as the city enters the summer season, directing funding to ...

Our colleagues at Chalkbeat Philadelphia dive into the numbers. Dear reader, We’ve covered some violence-related statistics before, such as the homicide rate, which is still on track to be at or near ...

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker announced the recipients of the first $2 million of what will ultimately be $25 million in anti-violence grants in 2026 under the city's new budget. The announcement ...

John Rich, MD, a professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health and co-director of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice, was quoted in a Dec. 2 Philadelphia Inquirer story about ongoing ...