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The Renter’s Justice Campaign organized a protest and canvas event against the Landlord Tennant Office outside the municipal court building in Philadelphia on August 21, 2023. A former city property management worker has filed a lawsuit regarding one of the alleged violent evictions in 2023 that helped spur the protest. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philadelphia
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Philadelphia property management worker files suit over assault during 2023 eviction

The complaint filed by Angelize Rodriguez is the latest fallout from a series of shootings that shuttered the Landlord and Tenant Office last year.

2 days ago

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The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Nov. 15, 2023, in Washington.
Health Care
LGBTQ
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Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for kids, a setback for transgender rights

The decision effectively protects from legal challenges many Trump administration and Republican-led state government efforts to roll back protections for transgender people.

5 days ago

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Government Accountability
Immigration
New Jersey
Social Justice

Officials arrest 1 of 2 detainees still missing from New Jersey immigration facility

New Jersey's U.S. Sen. Andy Kim said the detainees escaped from Delany Hall in Newark by breaking a wall and escaping from a parking lot.

6 days ago

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., enters federal court in New York, Tuesday, July 16, 2024.
Crime
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Disgraced ex-N.J. Sen. Bob Menendez arrives at prison to begin serving his 11-year bribery sentence

“Despite his decades of service, he is now known more widely as Gold Bar Bob,” said defense lawyer Adam Fee.

6 days ago

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Health Care
New Jersey
Religion

Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center

First Choice Women’s Resource Centers is challenging a state investigation into whether it misled people into thinking its services included referrals for abortion.

6 days ago

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Law
New Jersey
Religion

New Jersey can have a grand jury investigate clergy sex abuse allegations, state high court rules

In early May, the Diocese of Camden said it would no longer oppose a state grand jury investigation of clergy sexual abuse.

7 days ago

Protesters attempt to block a vehicle from leaving the Delaney Hall Detention Facility during protests
Immigration
Incarceration
New Jersey
Policing

4 detainees escape from Newark’s Delaney Hall immigration detention center, Department of Homeland Security says

Authorities are looking for four detainees who escaped from the New Jersey facility. There were reports of a possible uprising and disorder at the facility Thursday night.

1 week ago

DHS police and National Guard protect the outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles
Law
Military
National

Appeals court temporarily blocks judge’s ruling to return control of National Guard to California

The ruling comes after a federal judge’s order said Trump's National Guard deployment was illegal.

1 week ago

U.S. National Guard officers stand in full gear, with one officer carrying a riot shield, in Los Angeles
NPR
Immigration
National
Protests

Judge issues a temporary ruling against Trump using the National Guard in LA

The White House could appeal the injunction issued by the judge but the decision in a federal court is a setback for President Trump.

1 week ago

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NPR
Government Accountability

Trump’s ongoing push to erase his criminal conviction lands in federal appeals court

Wednesday's hearing is another attempt by Trump's legal team move a hush money case from NY state court to federal court, in an effort to get the criminal charges dismissed.

1 week ago

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Environment
Law
Pennsylvania

Chester retirees sue receiver over Chester Water Authority sale process

The Official Committee of Retired Employees filed a legal complaint against the city of Chester’s receiver urging a bankruptcy judge to compel the receiver to change course.

2 weeks ago

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Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J.
Immigration
New Jersey
Politics

U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver indicted on federal charges from skirmish at New Jersey immigration center

U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver has been indicted on federal charges alleging she “forcibly impeded" immigration officers.

2 weeks ago

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Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Pennsylvania House advances bills to let child sexual abuse victims sue despite time limits

One of the bills passed the state House 122-80, with Democrats voting unanimously for it while a majority of Republicans were opposed.

2 weeks ago

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Delaware
Government Accountability
Gun Violence
New Jersey

New Jersey and Delaware among 16 states suing U.S. gov’t over deal ending ban on triggers that make some rifles fire more rapidly

The suit announced Monday argues that returning the triggers would violate federal law, pose a threat to residents and law enforcement and worsen gun violence.

2 weeks ago

Larry Krasner speaks
Law
National
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Krasner supports federal lawsuit against Trump’s $500M cut to public safety programs

Philly's district attorney joined more than a dozen prosecutors and other state and local government officials from around the U.S. in signing onto an amicus legal brief.

2 weeks ago

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