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Abortion rights activists march from Washington Square Park to Bryant Park in protest of the overturning of Roe v. Wade
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Income Inequality
Public Health
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Criminalization of pregnancy has already been happening to the poor and women of color

The symbol of the post-Roe era might not be coat hangers. It may instead be prison bars.

3 years ago

Phil Mickelson lines up a shot on the 18th hole during the first round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
International
Sports

Mickelson, others sue PGA Tour over LIV Golf suspensions

The dispute between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series is now in the courts.

3 years ago

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones attempts to answer questions about his emails asked by Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, during trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Wednesday Aug. 3, 2022. (Briana Sanchez/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool)
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Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook attack was ‘100% real’

The parents suing Jones, though, testified Tuesday that an apology wouldn't suffice. They are seeking at least $150 million.

3 years ago

A police van is pictured on South Street in Philly
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Billy Penn

South Street police are getting an award for their response to the June shooting that injured 14 people

A friends group representing local civic associations wants to show appreciation for the officers who patrol the strip.

3 years ago

FILE - In this file photo from Wednesday Jan. 6, 2021, Trump supporters beset a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Crime
Government Accountability
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Man who stormed Capitol with gun gets 87 months in prison

It is the longest sentence imposed so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases.

3 years ago

Smoke from burning police cars rises over protesters at Broad Street and JFK Boulevard. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Law
Philadelphia
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Woman gets 2 1/2 years in police car fires amid 2020 protest

A woman who pleaded guilty to setting fire to police cars amid the 2020 racial justice protests in Philadelphia has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison.

3 years ago

Last year Wilmington reeled from a wave of what the mayor called street
Delaware
Gun Violence
Public Safety

‘Different temperature’ on Wilmington streets: Gun homicides down sharply after 2021’s record carnage

A wave of “assassinations’’ led to 39 gun fatalities in Delaware’s largest city last year. This year, however, the opposite has been true.

3 years ago

A person holds a sign that reads Justice for Fanta in front of a sign that reads Sharon Hill Police Department.
Government Accountability
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Policing

Sharon Hill releases independent report — but withholds crucial details — into fatal police shooting of Fanta Bility

Sharon Hill Borough has released its independent report into last year’s police shooting — and many of the most important details are being withheld.

3 years ago

File photo: Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks with members of the media during a news conference, in Philadelphia, March 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Criminal Justice
Medicine
National
Public Health

States reach deal over marketing, safety of generic opioids

Josh Shapiro and other state attorneys general announced the deal Friday regarding Allergan's practices.

3 years ago

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during the U.S.-Japan Economic Policy Consultative Committee (EPCC) at the State Department in Washington, Friday, July 29, 2022. (Tom Brenner/Pool Photo via AP)
Government
International
Law

Blinken presses Griner, Whelan deal in call with top Russian

Blinken did not provide details of Lavrov’s response to what he had previously called a “substantial proposal” for Russia to release the two.

3 years ago

Sesame Place in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. (Google Maps)
Kids
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Sesame Place facing $25 million racial discrimination civil lawsuit

Lawsuit alleges Black man and five-year-old daughter were shunned by costumed characters.

3 years ago

A table full of boxes of mail-in ballots is visible.
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

Fate of 800 Pa. mail-in primary votes gets 1st court hearing

A Pa. court is considering the fate of some 800 mail-in primary votes that three county elections boards threw out over the lack of handwritten dates on their envelopes.

3 years ago

A viral video shows the Rosita character at Sesame Place refusing to interact with two Black children.
6abc

Law firm files class action lawsuit against Sesame Place following claims of racial bias

Malcolm Ruff, one of the attorneys, said they are representing a different family than the one seen in the most recent viral video.

3 years ago

File photo: A visitor prays at a memorial to the seven people killed and others injured in the Fourth of July mass shooting at the Highland Park War Memorial in Highland Park, Ill., Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
National

Highland Park Parade attack suspect indicted for murder, attempted murder

A grand jury has indicted the man accused of opening fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, on 117 felony counts.

3 years ago

Nala Williams, 8, looks up at a mural honoring George Floyd in the Third Ward, Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip
Black Lives Matter
Criminal Justice
Policing

Ex-cops Kueng, Thao sentenced for violating George Floyd’s rights

The jury found they deprived the 46-year-old Black man of medical care and failed to stop Derek Chauvin as he knelt on Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes.

3 years ago

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