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Courts & Law

A worker processes mail-in ballots
Delaware
Elections

Ruling nixing vote-by-mail in Delaware on hold during appeal

The stay will allow elections officials to process mail-in voting applications and prepare ballots, but that they are not allowed to send the mail-in ballots to voters.

3 years ago

SEPTA riders board a bus in Center City, Philadelphia, on April 19, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Policing
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Philly police launching campaign to enforce bus lane restrictions

The goal is to improve efficiency by keeping the lanes open on SEPTA bus routes that are seeing increases in ridership.

3 years ago

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' flight that took 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard, Mass., is being investigated by the Bexar County Sheriff's Office in Texas. The migrants were flown from Texas to Florida and then on to Martha's Vineyard. Here, DeSantis speaks at a rally on Aug. 19 in Pittsburgh. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
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Immigration

A Texas sheriff will investigate DeSantis’ flight of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

Authorities in Texas have opened a criminal investigation into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' flight last week that took roughly 50 Venezuelan migrants to Martha's Vineyard, Mass.

3 years ago

Adnan Syed leaves the Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse in Baltimore, Maryland February 5, 2016. The Maryland man whose 2000 murder conviction was thrown into question by the popular 'Serial' podcast was in court to argue he deserved a new trial because his lawyers had done a poor job with his case. (Carlos Barria/REUTERS)
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Criminal Justice
Incarceration

Adnan Syed is released from prison after a Baltimore judge vacates his conviction

The office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore City said in a motion filed last week that there was new information about two potential alternative suspects.

3 years ago

File photo: In this Thursday, March 11, 2021 file photo, desks are arranged in a classroom at an elementary school in Nesquehoning, Pa
Kids
Law
Politics

Pa.’s ChildLine Registry does more harm than good for children of color

Attorney Jamie Gullen, who has spent a decade representing youth at Community Legal Services, takes aim at the state’s ChildLine Registry for violating due process rights.

3 years ago

A sign marks the facade of the Department of Justice building in Washington on May 5, 2022. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
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Government Accountability
Law
National

DOJ appeals judge’s order barring its use of classified materials in Mar-a-Lago probe

The Justice Department is asking the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to lift part of an order that bars the government from using classified materials seized from Mar-A-Lago in

3 years ago

This Tuesday Dec. 25, 2018 file photo shows the Delaware River at Washington Crossing, Pa. On Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, the Delaware River Basin Commission voted to permanently ban natural gas drilling and fracking in the watershed. (Jacqueline Larma / AP)
Environment
Government
Pennsylvania
Politics
Public Spaces
Sustainability

Fracking ban in Delaware River Basin survives Pa. GOP lawmakers’ challenge in federal court

The court said the municipalities lacked standing because the injuries claimed — lack of revenue from fracking operations — were “hypothetical.”

3 years ago

Kent County Courthouse. (Delaware Courts)
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Kids

‘Child torture’: Indictment describes horrific abuse of two sons by Delaware couple

Mary and Charles Vinson of Kent County face a total of 646 felony and misdemeanor charges, including attempted strangulation and kidnapping.

3 years ago

A courtroom sketch of Judge Raymond Dearie in New York in January 2013. (Reuters)
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Government Accountability
Law
National
Politics

What to know about Judge Raymond Dearie, the Mar-a-Lago search special master

The former chief judge of the federal court in the Eastern District of New York was one of the candidates suggested by Trump whom the Justice Department did not object to.

3 years ago

A view from above of a sprawling building with a pool and green laws, with a beach and ocean in the background.

Veteran NY judge named as arbiter in Trump Mar-a-Lago probe

Raymond Dearie, a former federal prosecutor who for years served as the chief judge of the federal court based in Brooklyn.

3 years ago

The skyline in Philadelphia is pictured along the Schuylkill River
Business
Law
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Philadelphia area company accused of racism by ex-employee

Jerome Staley alleges AAMCO used him as a shining example of its diversity program while paying him $40,000 a year less than his white counterparts.

3 years ago

Protesters confront a construction crew for the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline in central Pennsylvania. (Marie Cusick / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Environment
Philadelphia
Religion

Catholic nuns seek damages against pipeline company, citing religious freedom

The Adorers of the Blood of Christ say the Transco Atlantic Sunrise pipeline that runs through their land violates their commitment to care for the Earth.

3 years ago

Emergency crews on the scene at SCI Phoenix prison on Thursday morning following an accident during a training exercise. (6abc)
Incarceration
Pennsylvania
Policing
6abc

5 law enforcement officers injured in explosion during training exercise at SCI Phoenix prison

According to authorities, three members of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad, a Pennsylvania State Police trooper and an FBI Philadelphia agent were injured.

3 years ago

A mail ballot is positioned in a mailbox
Delaware
Elections

Judge says Delaware vote-by-mail law is unconstitutional

The judge ruled that the law violates a provision in Delaware’s constitution that spells out the circumstances under which a person is allowed to cast an absentee ballot.

3 years ago

FILE - Musician R. Kelly, center, leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case on May 8, 2019, in Chicago. Closing arguments are scheduled Monday, Sept. 12, 2022 for R. Kelly and two co-defendants in the R&B singer’s trial on federal charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex, with jury deliberations to follow. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)
Crime
Public Safety

R. Kelly convicted on many counts, acquitted of trial fixing

Kelly, 55, was found guilty on three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement.

3 years ago

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