Public Safety

Chicago’s watchdog agency has concluded that the gunshot detection system used by police rarely produces evidence of gun-related crime in the city.

The next time you hop on a SEPTA bus or train, you’ll notice plenty of changes. The transit authority has given its trains and vehicles sterilization makeovers. Now, you’ll see plastic seats on buses. Shields also surround bus drivers to protect them from coronavirus. “We are only using buses with plastic seats — not fabric, because they’re easier to...

A man was shot and killed just after 2 p.m. in North Philadelphia Tuesday, in the second murder of the day and the 355th murder of the year in Philadelphia. The man, who has not been identified, was shot in the back and the arm in the 4000 block of N. 7th Street. He was taken to Temple University Hospital…