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Courts & Law

Diane Foley, mother of James Foley (foreground) accompanied by (from left) Paula and Ed Kassig, the parents of Peter Kassig, Marsha Mueller, the mother Kayla Mueller and her sister Lori Lyon, speaks to members of the media after the sentencing of El Shafee Elsheikh at the U.S. District Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Criminal Justice
International

Islamic State’s infamous British national gets life term for U.S. hostage deaths

A jury found him guilty of hostage taking resulting in the deaths of Americans James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller.

3 years ago

This June 23, 2011, file booking photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows James ''Whitey'' Bulger. Three men, including a Mafia hitman, have been charged in the killing of Bulger in a West Virginia prison. The Justice Department announced the charges against Fotios
Crime
Criminal Justice
National

3 charged in 2018 killing of Boston gangster Whitey Bulger

Bulger was beaten to death at USP Hazelton in October 2018 hours after he was transferred from a prison in Florida, where he had been serving a life sentence.

3 years ago

Darby NAACP President Sheila Carter speaks Thursday at a news conference at Sharon Hill Borough Council demanding release of a lawyer's report on the death of Fanta Bility and police  policies and procedures on deadly force. Philadelphia NAACP President Cathy Hicks is at far right. (Abdul R, Sulayman/ Tribune Photo)
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Policing
The Philadelphia Tribune

Activists demand full report on Fanta Bility shooting

After a grand jury investigation, three Sharon Hill police officers were arrested in January and charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment.

3 years ago

Defense attorney Nathaniel Barone, left, and Hadi Matar, 24, right, listen during an arraignment in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, NY., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022.  Matar was arrested Aug. 12 after he rushed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and stabbed Salman Rushdie in front of a horrified crowd. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)
Criminal Justice
National
Religion

Judge denies bail for Rushdie’s attacker, bars interviews

Hadi Matar appeared in a western New York courtroom after a grand jury indicted him on charges that he rushed the stage and stabbed Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institution.

3 years ago

A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to provide a redacted copy of the affidavit used to justify the FBI search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, saying he believed the affidavit should be partially released. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Government Accountability
Law
National

Judge creates path for releasing redacted affidavit from Mar-a-Lago search

At a hearing in Florida, U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart said he's inclined to release parts of the affidavit used to search Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.

3 years ago

File photo: Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson throws during NFL football practice in Berea, Ohio, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/David Dermer, File)
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Sports

Deshaun Watson suspended 11 games, fined $5 million after settling with NFL

The league had sought to ban him for at least one year for violating its personal conduct policy.

3 years ago

The LGBTQ flag flying alongside Pennsylvania's.
LGBTQ
Pennsylvania
Billy Penn

Pa. took a step toward limiting ‘conversion therapy’ — but the traumatic practice isn’t actually banned

What Gov. Wolf’s decree means for LGBTQ Pennsylvanians.

3 years ago

Rioters push a police barricade at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Criminal Justice
National
Philadelphia

Man accused of bringing weapons to Pa. Convention Center arrested on Capitol riot charges

As well as federal misdemeanor offenses at the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, Antonio LaMotta is facing trial in Philadelphia this coming October.

3 years ago

File photo: Law enforcement personnel escort the Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, center, as he departs court, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Criminal Justice
National
Politics

Trump Organization CFO pleads guilty in tax evasion case

Allen Weisselberg is charged with taking more than $1.7 million in untaxed compensation from the Trump Organization.

3 years ago

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Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Pa. judges in kids-for-cash scheme ordered to pay more than $200M

Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million.

3 years ago

A closeup of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Crime
Delaware

Key informant defends role during Del. man’s trial in Whitmer kidnap plot

Prosecutors say Fox, 39, who lives in western Michigan, and Croft, 46, a trucker from Bear, Delaware, wanted to trigger a national revolt by kidnapping the Democratic governor

3 years ago

An image of a fake arrest warrant used by scammers in Bucks County.
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
6abc

‘It’s very convincing’: Bucks County officials warn of fake warrant scam

Authorities said scammers are calling victims and sending fake arrest warrants by email, claiming to be from the Bucks County Sheriff's Office.

3 years ago

FILE - This photo from Friday May 9, 2008, shows R. Kelly arriving for the first day of jury selection in his child pornography trial at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. R. Kelly, the R&B superstar known for his anthem “I Believe I Can Fly,” was convicted Monday in a sex trafficking trial after decades of avoiding criminal responsibility for numerous allegations of misconduct with young women and children.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Crime

R. Kelly jury selection focuses on 2019 documentary

Jury selection in R. Kelly's federal trial on charges that he rigged his 2008 state child pornography trial began Monday.

3 years ago

A close-up of Rudy Giuliani speaking with his hands raised in front of him.
Criminal Justice
Elections
National
Politics

Giuliani is target of election probe, his lawyers are told

Prosecutors in Atlanta have told Rudy Giuliani's lawyers that he is a target of their criminal investigation into possible attempts to interfere in Georgia's 2020 election.

3 years ago

A Federal Bureau of Investigation police officer walks with his working dog outside Federal Bureau of Investigation building headquarters in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
NPR
Government
Policing
Public Safety

FBI, Homeland Security warn about threats to law enforcement after Trump search

The agencies issued the joint intelligence bulletin on Friday, days after federal agents executed a search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club and residence in Palm Beach, Fla.

3 years ago

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