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A mural of Ahmaud Arbery is on display
National
Race & Ethnicity

All 3 defendants convicted of hate crimes in Arbery killing

The jury also found father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan guilty of attempted kidnapping.

3 years ago

Emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train derailment, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Philadelphia. The Amtrak train, headed to New York City, derailed and crashed in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, killing at least six people and injuring dozens of others. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Transportation

Criminal trial begins this week for Amtrak engineer in fatal 2015 train crash

After bouncing around the legal system, a criminal case against the engineer who crashed an Amtrak train nearly seven years ago is finally getting underway.

3 years ago

A picture of George Floyd hangs on a fence outside Hennepin County Government Center
Black Lives Matter
Policing
Social Justice

Defense rests in federal trial in George Floyd’s killing

The officer testified that he didn’t realize how dire Floyd’s condition was until paramedics turned him over.

3 years ago

Bridgewater Commons Mall
Black Lives Matter
New Jersey
Policing

Teen in mall fight faults cops for handcuffing Black youth

A New Jersey teen involved in a mall fight says police were wrong to treat him differently than the other youth involved in the altercation, who is Black.

3 years ago

FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor poses for a photo in 1982. O'Connor joined the Supreme Court in 1981 as the nation's first female justice. (AP Photo, File)
Government
Law
Politics

Being the first: What it’s like to make Supreme Court history

Sandra Day O'Connor was nervous when she joined the Supreme Court in 1981 as the nation's first female justice.

3 years ago

(6abc)
Crime
Pennsylvania
6abc

Officials: Former principal accused of sexually assaulting student at Delco elementary school

Delaware County officials have announced the arrest of a former principal who is accused of sexually assaulting a student.

3 years ago

Greg McMichael, center, listens to his attorney Franklin Hogue during the sentencing of he and his son Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William
NPR
Black Lives Matter
Criminal Justice
National
Race & Ethnicity

Defense and prosecutors rest their case in hate crimes trial against Arbery’s killers

Prosecutors relied heavily on racist evidence from cell phones and testimony from acquaintances, but the defense called only one witness.

3 years ago

File photo: In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally in Washington. A federal judge on Feb. 18, 2022, rejected efforts by the former president to toss out lawsuits filed by lawmakers and two Capitol police officers, saying in his ruling that the former president's words
Government Accountability
Law
National
Politics

Judge rejects effort by Trump to toss Jan. 6 lawsuits

U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta says in his ruling that Trump’s words were “plausibly words of incitement not protected by the First Amendment.”

3 years ago

Philadelphia skyline
Crime
Gun Violence
Philadelphia

Feds charge two Philly men in string of armed robberies at Latino businesses

The pair hit five businesses in the Feltonville and Juniata sections between Nov. 21 and Dec. 6. One business was robbed twice in two days.

3 years ago

In this screen grab from video, former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter listens during a sentencing hearing Feb. 18, 2022 at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Potter, who said she confused her Taser and her handgun before shooting Wright during a traffic stop, was convicted of first- and second-degree manslaughter in Wright
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
National
Policing

Judge sentences cop who killed Daunte Wright to 2 years

The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright has been sentenced to two years in prison.

3 years ago

Pa. Supreme Court building
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania
Politics

The Pa. Supreme Court prepares to decide how to draw the state’s Congressional districts

Candidates were supposed to have been working to get on the ballot by now, but the state's election schedule is on ice because new political maps are not in place yet.

3 years ago

File photo: Former president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. A judge is hearing arguments Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Trump's fight to avoid being questioned under oath in a New York investigation into his business practices
Law
National
Politics

Trump must testify in New York investigation, judge rules

A judge has ruled former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in a New York investigation into his business practices. It is likely to be appealed.

3 years ago

Attorney General Kathy Jennings (at microphone) says straw purchases are a prevalent menace. (State of Delaware)
Crime
Delaware
Gun Violence

‘Real evil of straw purchases’ revealed in Delaware firearms cases

Delaware prosecutors say guns obtained illegally via straw purchases include one woman who bought her boyfriend a gun used in a Dover murder.

3 years ago

Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the nation's first black woman to head the Justice Department, speaks during a conference on policy and Blacks at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in 2017. The NFL has hired Lynch as counsel for its racial discrimination lawsuit filed by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores
NPR
Law
National
Sports

NFL hires former AG Loretta Lynch to handle its racial discrimination suit

The former attorney general was tapped in 2020 by the NFL to work on an inquiry into claims of workplace misconduct involving the then-Washington Football Team.

3 years ago

Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture points to a padlock she installed on her bedroom
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia

‘I can kind of relax now’: West Philly housing activist fights off illegal eviction

Following a virtual hearing, Asantewaa Nkruma-Ture will have 30 days to move out of her West Philly apartment — without any hostility from the property owner.

3 years ago

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