Safety

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Drexel conference focuses on how to keep EMTs safe from violence

Parents regularly use their phones while driving their children, study shows

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Children's Health

Report: 37 children die unattended in hot cars every year

Children in cars

When to see the doctor when you're traveling, and when to suck it up

American Airlines PHL

Invasive plant found in Pennsylvania could cause blistering, blindness

Giant Hogweed

Survival guide: Here's what to do when disaster strikes

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Avid cyclist, food courier fatally struck by SUV on Spring Garden Street

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Drivers who speed past school buses as kids disembark are the worst

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Investigation: Is the 'five-second rule' legitimate?

Five second rule

Next winter, you could be fined for not cleaning snow off car in Pennsylvania

Carroll- Vehicles on I-76 in snowy weather

New truck safety enhancements could mean fewer pedestrian, cyclist deaths

trash compactor safety enhancements

Emergency repairs underway for Ben Franklin Bridge as further inspection continues

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After Florida shooting, Pennsylvania to form school safety task force

Pennsylvania state capitol building

St. Patrick's Day celebrators, take note: no drinking on the NJ Transit this weekend

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Threat closes South Jersey school district on day of student walkouts

Clearview Regional School District

Auditor general to step up safety and security reviews at Pennsylvania schools

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Not cleaning the snow off your car is illegal in Pennsylvania

Carroll - Snow in Philadelphia

Cherry Hill East principal changes tune on student protests

City Council bill: Speed bump for protected bike lanes in Philly?

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Area officials raise concern over Trump's proposed Amtrak budget cuts

Study puts a number on bicyclists' road compliance

Carroll - Cycling in Center City

Winter tips for pet owners

Winter tips for pet owners

State rep wants to block Philly's 'absurd' bulletproof glass legislation

Harrisburg Capitol Building

Bill would force Philly's 'stop-and-go' stores to remove bulletproof glass

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Here's how Philly hospitals grade out in survey on patient safety

Jefferson Hospital

Dear parents, marijuana edibles shouldn't be your biggest Halloween fear

Philly residents don't like the Streets Department, but are good with city trash collection

Carroll - Garbage Truck in Center City Alley

Philadelphia police will be outfitted with body cameras, safer squad cars

Pennsylvania optometrist on solar eclipse: 'It's not worth it'

National Weather Service blankets region with excessive heat warning; city implements 'special measures'

The tragedy of dry and secondary drowning

Four ways to protect your pets this Fourth of July

Philadelphia earns abysmal ranking on Allstate's 'Best Drivers Report'

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Children's Health

Philadelphia releases final report on prevention of childhood lead exposure

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Man gets $2 million after cutting off middle finger with saw in South Philly

SEPTA tells public 'respect the train' by not trespassing

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Pa. residents urged to participate in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

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