
Courts & Law
Environmental justice groups sue over incinerator pollution
The groups are asking a court to order the agency to update its standards for large incinerators, saying the EPA was supposed to do so at least 10 years ago.
4 years ago
Justice Stephen Breyer, an influential liberal on the Supreme Court, to retire
Breyer's retirement gives President Biden his first opportunity to name a new justice to the court.
4 years ago
Philadelphia police officer dragged 5 blocks by stolen SUV
Officers had stopped the vehicle on Tuesday night for several traffic violations when they saw what they believed was a gun, police said.
4 years ago
Prosecutors in multiple states are investigating false Electoral College submissions
The efforts, which in many cases seem to have been coordinated by high-ranking members of Trump's campaign team, weren't successful.
4 years ago
The Supreme Court adds affirmative action to its potential hit list
The Court will revisit the question of affirmative action in higher education, deciding to hear cases challenging the use of race as one factor in admissions at Harvard.
4 years ago
A special grand jury has been granted in Fulton County’s Trump investigation
A special grand jury is also devoted to just one case. In its response Monday, the court said the special grand jury would begin on May 2 and continue for up to 12 months.
4 years ago
Philly DA: City’s 2022 murder rate already outpacing record-deadly 2021
As homicides spike to a rate unseen in Philadelphia since the city began tracking murders, Philly DA Larry Krasner vows to focus on prosecuting gun crimes.
4 years ago
Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against ‘The New York Times’ gets its day in court
The case pits First Amendment protections for robust free speech against the right of someone not to be defamed.
4 years ago
Attorney General Garland pledges a comprehensive response to violent crime
The federal government will stand "shoulder to shoulder" with communities working to fight gun violence, Merrick Garland tells a meeting of U.S. mayors.
4 years ago
Anti-abortion protesters optimistic at March for Life in DC
Thousands of anti-abortion protesters marched in the nation’s capital with a growing sense of optimism about the prospects this year of a sweeping rollback of abortion rights.
4 years ago
Company that opened pop-up COVID-19 testing site in Philly faces lawsuit
The lawsuit filed in Minnesota alleges Center for COVID Control either failed to deliver results or delivered inaccurate results.
4 years ago
Sharon Hill Borough Council fires 3 police officers charged in Fanta Bility’s death
The action came two days after the Delaware County DA filed charges in the August shooting death of the 8-year-old and the wounding of three others.
4 years ago
Top Delaware court rejects ex-Trump adviser’s defamation case against Yahoo, Huff Post
Delaware’s Supreme Court denied former Trump adviser Carter Page’s defamation lawsuit over media reports on his connections to Russian officials.
4 years ago
Pope Benedict XVI failed to stop sex abuse when he was an archbishop, law firm says
Pope Benedict XVI failed to take action in four instances — including two that resulted in legal charges — while he was the archbishop of Munich and Freising.
4 years ago