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Alina Habba speaks
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Judge throws prosecutor out of court and orders leaders of N.J.’s U.S. Attorney’s office to testify

U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi ordered Philip Lamparello, Jordan Fox and Ari Fontecchio to answer questions under oath.

7 months ago

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Explainers
Law
Music
National

Live Nation, Ticketmaster settled the DOJ’s antitrust case, but Pa., N.J. and other states push forward with a trial

A report detailing the “troubling connections” between the music behemoth and concert venues was released the same day the trial resumed. Here's what to know.

7 months ago

Tony Allen posing for a photo wearing a suit and tie.
Delaware
Higher Education
Public Safety

Tests showed Delaware State University president was intoxicated, but prosecutors still dropped DUI charge

Tony Allen’s attorney argued the state police traffic stop was illegal, as was the “confirmatory chemical test” of a blood alcohol level well above the legal limit.

7 months ago

Listen 1:32
The majority of the victims of non-consensual sexual imagery are women.
Studio 2
Crime
Sex & Relationships
Technology

AI and sexual harassment

A case out of the Radnor School District, where a student allegedly used AI to generate nude images of classmates, is raising urgent questions about sexual harassment and AI.

Air Date: March 17, 2026 12:00 pm

Listen 51:42
Dan Shelton and Donald Patton
Delaware
K-12

‘Hyperbolic’: Delaware district judge tosses $2.7M lawsuit filed by former school superintendent

The Delaware district court judge wrote a scathing opinion of the former superintendent’s arguments, citing a lack of evidence to back up his claims.

7 months ago

Listen 0:46
A semi-automatic Glock pistol is fired
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Philadelphia sues Glock, says gunmaker’s firearms are too easy to make fully automatic

The lawsuit filed by District Attorney Larry Krasner alleges that the gunmaker’s firearms are contributing to mass shootings by their design.

7 months ago

Listen 0:55
Las autoridades dijeron que Bill Stevenson
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Politics

El caso de asesinato de alto perfil en Delaware contra el exmarido de Jill Biden está rodeado de secretismo

Bill Stevenson y la futura primera dama se divorciaron hace medio siglo. Ahora, Stevenson se encuentra detenido bajo fianza de 2 millones de dólares.

7 months ago

Two officers wearing Sheriff vests stand with their backs to the camera
Crime
New Jersey
Policing

Man fatally shoots wife and her parents before killing himself in Ocean County, N.J.

Police say three children were unharmed and are with the Department of Child Protection and Permanency.

7 months ago

Police detain Emir Balat after he attempted to detonate an improvised explosive device
Crime
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

FBI finds explosive residue in storage unit after 2 Bucks County men are charged with lighting bombs in NYC

Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, live in the Philadelphia suburbs and drove together to New York City to carry out the attack near Gracie Mansion, officials said.

7 months ago

Larry Krasner at a podium
Crime
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Krasner warns against retaliatory shootings as weather warms up

Leave justice to the police and courts, or else risk arrest and long jail terms, Philly’s DA says.

7 months ago

Law enforcement officers respond to Manhattan's Upper East Side
Crime
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Feds charge 2 Bucks County men for alleged ISIS-inspired bomb plot at NYC Gracie Mansion protest

Both Emir Balat, of Langhorne, and Ibrahim Kayumi, of Newtown, told officers the attack was inspired by ISIS.

8 months ago

Listen 0:54
Authorities are seen responding to the fatal shooting of a state trooper in West Caln Township, Chester County
Pennsylvania
Policing
Public Safety

Pennsylvania state trooper fatally shot during traffic stop in Chester County

Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered flags to fly at half-staff on all state property to honor Pennsylvania State Police Cpl. Timothy O’Connor.

8 months ago

A man sits on a sidewalk
Delaware
Government
Homelessness

Delaware civil rights advocates say proposed loitering and panhandling legislation criminalizes unhoused people

Current state laws against panhandling are not in effect because of First Amendment concerns by civil rights groups.

8 months ago

Listen 0:56
the quakertown police chief appears to be choking a student protester
Pennsylvania
Protests

Quakertown police chief on leave after violent confrontation with student protesters

Scott McElree was seen on video placing a student in a chokehold during a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

8 months ago

A close-up photo of Hilary Clinton
Government Accountability
Law
Public Safety

Hillary Clinton testifies she has no information on Epstein’s criminal activities

“We have a very clear record that we've been willing to talk about,” Hillary Clinton said in an interview with the BBC earlier this month.

8 months ago

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