Courts & Law

Starting in 2016, officials were repeatedly told about dangerous lead levels in drinking water in at least 10 schools, but failed to fix tainted fountains and sinks.

A day after the Census Bureau tweeted out a new "target date" of Oct. 5 for ending 2020 census counting, a federal judge said she thinks the change may violate a court order.

Linda Favre, 65, of Camden-Wyoming, was arraigned on 19 charges, including animal cruelty.

In past years, more than 1,000 people have shown up to the annual rally. This year, it had to be rescheduled because organizers received a threat.

On Friday, the women's rights trailblazer and second woman to join the high court lay in state at the U.S. Capitol, the first woman to do so.

The Philadelphia Bar Foundation had struggled to keep tenants on board and meet certain fundraising goals last year.

In its Sept. 17 ruling, the divided state Supreme Court said ballots must be postmarked by the time polls close and be received by county election boards at 5 p.m. on Nov. 6.

"The Grand Jury is meant to be a secretive body," AG Cameron says in a statement. "It's apparent that the public interest in this case isn't going to allow that to happen."

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Brett Hankison, the former Louisville Police Department detective, has pleaded not guilty to all three counts of wanton endangerment against him, his attorney said on Monday.

The president is waging multiple court battles to shield his finances from scrutiny, including two cases involving subpoenas issued to his personal accounting firm.

The lawsuit accuses the plant of spewing “multiple tons” of ethylene oxide on nearby communities for the past two decades.

A grand jury indicted Robert Chody on charges of destroying or concealing video in an investigation into the death of Javier Ambler, a Black man who died in police custody.

A federal judge in Pa. has barred further cost-cutting to USPS, saying it could cause “irreparable harm.” It’s the fourth such decision nationwide.

The two women were sentenced to five consecutive life sentences after entering “guilty but mentally ill” pleas to five counts of first-degree murder.