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FILE - A Transportation Security Administration officer works at Dallas Love Field Airport on June 24, 2020, in Dallas. A man was arrested Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, after an explosive was found in a bag checked onto a Florida-bound flight at Lehigh Valley International Airport federal authorities said. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
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Explosive found in bag at Pennsylvania airport, man arrested

A man was arrested after an explosive was found in a bag checked onto a Florida-bound flight at an eastern Pennsylvania airport, federal authorities said.

3 years ago

Vanessa Bryant (center) Kobe Bryant's widow, leaves a federal courthouse with her daughter Natalia (center left) soccer player Sydney Leroux (center right) in Los Angeles
National
Sports

Kobe Bryant family settles photo lawsuit for $28.5 million

County deputies and firefighters had shot photos of the bodies and shared them with others in their departments.

3 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon, left, accompanied by his attorney Brian Mcmonagle, walk to the federal courthouse in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021
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Billy Penn

Former Councilmember Bobby Henon sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for taking bribes

The ex-lawmaker from Northeast Philly was convicted last year after a federal investigation into the John Dougherty-led IBEW Local 98 union.

3 years ago

A group of people hold signs in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
NPR
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Conservative and liberals split at Supreme Court over Biden student loan plan

A majority of the court's conservatives indicating great skepticism over the president's loan-forgiveness plan.

3 years ago

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, Feb.11, 2022, in Washington
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Delaware
Government Accountability

U.S. Supreme Court ruling against Delaware in unclaimed property case could cost the state up to $250 million

The case centered on $250 million from unused money orders issued by MoneyGram, which is based in Texas but headquartered in Delaware.

3 years ago

students protesting outside of the Supreme Court
Higher Education
Income Inequality

Student loan forgiveness gets its day in court: What to know

The Supreme Court is meeting Tuesday to hear two cases challenging President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan.

3 years ago

A scale is seen as a symbol of law and justice
Delaware
Law
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Delaware bar exam changes designed to increase racial diversity and ‘rip some barbed wire from the welcome mat’

The exam, considered one of the nation’s toughest, will now be given twice a year. The passing score was lowered slightly and fewer essays will be required.

3 years ago

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FILE - New graduates walk into the High Point Solutions Stadium before the start of the Rutgers University graduation ceremony in Piscataway Township, N.J., on May 13, 2018. The Supreme Court is about to hear arguments over President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan. It's a plan that impacts millions of borrowers who could see their loans wiped away or reduced. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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Higher Education
Income Inequality

Supreme Court student loan case: The arguments explained

So far, Republican-appointed judges have kept the Democratic president's plan from going into effect.

3 years ago

A row of CBD gummies products
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Pennsylvania
Public Health
6abc

Fentanyl, heroin found in CBD gummies, Montco district attorney warns

Anyone who purchased these items, and still has them in their possession, is warned not to eat them.

3 years ago

Dr. Rahul Gupta at a podium
Addiction
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New Jersey

White House official calls Camden County jail’s addiction treatment program a ‘model for the nation’

A Biden administration official used Camden County Correctional Facility’s addiction treatment program as a model example for the nation to build on.

3 years ago

Harvey Weinstein appearing in court in Los Angeles in Oct. 2022
NPR
Criminal Justice
Movies
National

Harvey Weinstein will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after LA sentence

Once one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, the 70-year-old former film producer will most likely spend the rest of his life in prison.

3 years ago

R. Kelly, center, leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case May 8, 2019, in Chicago
Criminal Justice
Music
National

R. Kelly avoids lengthy add-on to 30-year prison sentence

A federal judge has handed singer R. Kelly a 20-year prison sentence for his Chicago convictions of child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw speaks with members of the media during a news conference in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Outlaw announced she plans to suspend and fire the plainclothes officer who fired the fatal shot that killed a fleeing 12-year-old Thomas Siderio Jr. last week
Crime
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

Philly Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw defends her approach to gun violence on IG Live session

Gun violence activist Pastor Carl Day hosted an IG Live chat with Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw Wednesday. Outlaw defended her work despite recent public criticism.

3 years ago

Rapper Nipsey Hussle attends an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in Oakland, Calif.
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
Music
National

Nipsey Hussle’s killer gets 60 years to life in prison

The sentence was handed down Wednesday to 33-year-old Eric R. Holder Jr. A jury in July found Eric R. Holder Jr. guilty of first-degree murder of the 33-year-old Hussle.

3 years ago

Mexico's Secretary of Public Safety Genaro García Luna attends a news conference on the sidelines of an American Police Community meeting in Mexico City,
NPR
Criminal Justice
International

Mexico’s former public security head is convicted in the U.S. of taking cartel bribes

García Luna headed Mexico's federal police and became the country's top public safety official between 2006 and 2012. He was convicted of taking large bribes from drug cartels

3 years ago

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