
Courts & Law
Former Delaware gubernatorial candidate sentenced for threatening ex-wife’s attorney
Once a candidate for Delaware governor, Mike Protack will spend the next year behind bars after pleading guilty to mailing threats to his ex-wife’s attorney.
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College athlete group files complaint, seeks employee status
An advocacy group for college athletes has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. The goal is to give employee status to college athletes.
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Berks Co. immigrant detention center reopens as women-only facility
A Berks County detention center for immigrant families has reopened, this time detaining only adult women, according to immigration attorneys.
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At a virtual town hall, the commission was hailed as the new watchdog the city needs.
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Temple prof seeks reinstatement of damage claims against FBI
Lawyers for Xiaoxing Xi and his wife say in a brief filed Monday with a Philadelphia-based appeals court that a judge erred last year when he dismissed most of the claims.
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Justice Dept. signals it may allow safe injection sites
The position is a drastic change from its stance in the Trump administration, when prosecutors fought vigorously against a plan to open a safe consumption site in Philadelphia
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Pa. judge recommends a GOP-drawn congressional map plan. But the process still isn’t over
The congressional map plan drawn by Republican state lawmakers was already vetoed by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf. Here’s what happens next.
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$5 million for forensics is only a ‘drop in the bucket,’ says Philly DA
Krasner suggested a substantial increase in forensics funding would result in more arrests and convictions.
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Federal hate crimes trial set to begin for the 3 men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s murder
The Justice Dept. has charged Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan with hate crimes and attempted kidnapping of Arbery.
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NFL to bolster inclusion policies, probe tanking allegations
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has told teams the league will look to bolster policies meant to encourage hiring of minorities, particularly as head coaches.
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Parents: Amir Locke ‘executed’; Minneapolis mayor halts no-knock entries
The Minneapolis mayor has imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants after Amir Locke was killed as a SWAT team carried out a search warrant in a downtown apartment.
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Biden’s Supreme Court pledge highlights the stain of race and gender bias on America’s judiciary
Black women have a legacy of proficiency in the law. Claims that their paucity in the federal judiciary is due to incompetence are fraudulent, writes Linn Washington Jr.
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Each collegiate sport now gets to determine its own rules.
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White Mount Laurel , N.J. man who went viral for racist rant indicted on multiple charges
Edward Cagney Mathews was indicted on charges stemming from a racist rant against Black neighbors last summer and previous incidents that have since been investigated.
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Fired Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores sues NFL, alleging racist hiring
The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court. Lawyers sought class-action status for the legal filing.
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