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Brandon Bostian, the Amtrak engineer involved in a 2015 derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured more than 200, walks from the criminal justice center in Philadelphia, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

‘Human’ error or ‘knowing’ recklessness? Jury to decide Amtrak engineer’s fate

In closing statements, prosecutors argued that Bostian “knew where he was” but accelerated his train anyway, while the defense urged understanding for a mistake.

4 years ago

The Delaware County chapter of the Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration held a rally outside the Delaware County Courthouse to demand District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer be more accountable to his Black constituency or step down, on March 3, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

‘Hit the road, Jack’: Protesters call for accountability from Delco DA Stollsteimer

The Delaware County Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration rallied to demand that the district attorney address his failures, or step down.

4 years ago

 Philadelphia Police Department headquarters at 7th and Race streets (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)
Courts & Law

Philadelphia detective accused of beating confession out of an innocent man who was convicted of murder

Officer James Pitts is accused of forcing a confession out of a man who couldn’t have been involved in the crime.

4 years ago

A closeup of Philadelphia City Hall.
Politics & Policy

City Council approves emergency paid leave bill for Philly employers

Philly lawmakers approved a measure that would require city employers to provide paid sick leave to workers during a public health emergency.

4 years ago

A classrooms inside the new Camden High School
Education

No decision in N.J. school desegregation case

It’s likely that presiding Judge Robert Lougy may provide a written opinion at a later date, given the magnitude of the case.

4 years ago

File photo: Jayde Newton helps to set up cardboard gravestones with the names of victims of opioid abuse outside the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy is taking place in White Plains, N.Y., on Aug. 9, 2021. A judge said he is extending legal protections for members of the Sackler family, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma by another three weeks to buy time to work out a new settlement to thousands of lawsuits over the opioid crisis
Courts & Law

Purdue Pharma, U.S. states agree to new opioid settlement

The deal reached Thursday would require members of the Sackler family who own the drugmaker to pay as much as $6 billion in cash.

4 years ago

Former Louisville Police officer Brett Hankison discusses the muzzle flashes that he saw coming from the apartment as is questioned by the prosecution, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Louisville, Ky
Courts & Law

Ex-officer cleared in shooting during Breonna Taylor raid

The jury on Thursday found Brett Hankison not guilty of three counts of wanton endangerment for firing shots that ripped into a neighboring apartment.

4 years ago

U.S. forward Catarina Macario holds up the SheBelieves Cup MVP trophy after the team's 5-0 victory over Iceland in a soccer match Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, in Frisco, Texas
Arts & Entertainment

U.S. women’s national team to host Uzbekistan in Chester and Ohio in April

The games come as teams continue to deal with international COVID-19 restrictions, which make scheduling with opponents difficult.

4 years ago

Homes in Jersey City, NJ in March, 2016.
Politics & Policy

N.J. property tax relief program could expand to nearly 2 million residents — including renters

Under the governor’s proposal, the state would see the number of New Jerseyans eligible for property tax rebates more than triple.

4 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Courts & Law

In-person visits to resume at Philadelphia prisons

As mask mandates and vaccine requirements are lifted due to falling COVID numbers, in-person visitation will start again March 7.

4 years ago

Tatiano Poladko and her father sit at a table eating with Tatiana's three children
Community

Fleeing Russian bombs, tanks, destruction: Delawarean in Ukraine recounts family’s ongoing odyssey to stay safe

Tatiana Poladko and her family of six live near Kyiv. Since the bombing began, they have been on the move, by car and train.

4 years ago

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A woman is overwhelmed by emotion in the backyard of a house damaged by a Russian airstrike
Community

Russians besiege crucial Ukrainian energy hub and seacoast

Ukrainian leaders, meanwhile, are calling on citizens to rise up and wage guerrilla war against the invaders.

4 years ago

Hundreds of people rallied on Sunday, Feb. 27 at Independence Mall to show solidarity with Ukraine. (Tennyson Donyéa/WHYY)
Community

Philly restaurant fundraiser to help children in Ukraine

For every dollar spent at Craft Hall Thursday night, $2 will be donated to Voice of Children, a foundation founded to help children in Ukraine.

4 years ago

Courts & Law

Will the U.S. Supreme Court wade into the battle over Pa.’s congressional map?

At issue is a fundamental question: Who has the power to determine how elections are run?

4 years ago

Maria Mirkovic works with some of her third graders in her classroom
Courts & Law

Oral arguments in N.J. school desegregation trial set to begin

Plaintiffs will argue that the state has not done enough to properly integrate public schools.

4 years ago

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