Police Chiefs, in Philadelphia, Explore New Tactics For New, More Violent Era
"To save lives, the first officers to arrive must sometimes be the first ones to directly engage an active shooter," attorney general Eric Holder acknowledged.
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"To save lives, the first officers to arrive must sometimes be the first ones to directly engage an active shooter," attorney general Eric Holder acknowledged.
Common Application officials say they've fixed a couple of issues, including one that led students to submit application payments multiple times.
The deal struck funds the government only through mid-January, and allows the nation to borrow through February 7th.
Forty-seven applicants from 32 countries across the globe raised their hands and recited in unison their allegiance to a new land.
After a sixteen-day shutdown, the visitors' center, the theatre, the trails and the buildings are open.
Just hours before the midnight deadline, a deal is struck.
As Congress works on a plan to raise the debt ceiling, taxpayers may be wondering how they will be affected if there is no agreement.
With the special election to fill New Jersey's vacant Senate seat in Congress just a few days away, Democrat Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Republican Steve Lonegan are hitting the campaign trail hard.
The Pentagon can no longer issue the $100,000 payment to the family of a dead service member so funerals and other immediate needs can be met.
Drexel's basketball arena gets a complete transformation for the tournament.
The Independence Visitor Center, at 6th and Market Streets on Independence Mall, has set up a makeshift operation inside the nearby Historic Philadelphia Center, at 6th and Chestnut.
Speakers denounced the 2010 "Citizens United" decision, which opened the floodgates for corporate (and, to a lesser extent, union) donations to political action committees.
John Bell, an avid marathoner, plans to head to federal court to fight a citation he received for running in Valley Forge National Historical Park during the partial federal government shutdown.
The event took place at the Franklin Institute, and Philadelphia's favorite son is still the star of the $100 bill.
Metropolitan Police in Washington, D.C. have identified the man who lit himself on fire at the National Mall Friday as 64 year-old John Constantino of Mt. Laurel, New Jersey.
