Courts & Law
Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture will ask a judge to grant an emergency injunction so she can safely prepare to move out of her Cobbs Creek apartment.
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Alec Baldwin sued by family of cinematographer killed on ‘Rust’ set
Lawyers for Halyna Hutchins' family announced a lawsuit filed in the name of Hutchins’ husband, Matthew Hutchins, and their son at a Los Angeles news conference Tuesday.
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Jury rejects Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against New York Times
A jury in New York on Tuesday rejected the Republican’s claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation with an editorial linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass
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Sandy Hook families settle for $73M with gun maker Remington
The families and a survivor of the shooting sued Remington in 2015, saying the company should have never sold such a dangerous weapon to the public.
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Justice Department finds Pa. courts discriminated against people with opioid use disorder
A letter from the DOJ could have widespread ramifications for Pennsylvanians under a court’s supervision and use doctor-prescribed medications to treat opioid use disorder.
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Judge to dismiss Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against ‘New York Times’
The federal judge said Palin's legal team had failed to reach the high standards required for public figures to make their case.
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Former PPD inspector hit with civil rights lawsuit following 2020 protest beating
A former Philadelphia police inspector who was filmed striking protestors in June 2020 is facing a new civil rights lawsuit.
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Court rules against Philadelphia lost gun reporting law
One of the judges says the decision is legally correct but warns it also puts people’s lives at risk.
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Michael Younger admitted in federal court that he sold the drug that is often mixed with heroin and other drugs — and is far more potent and deadly.
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Police clear last remaining protesters from key bridge between the U.S. and Canada
The bridge, which carries about a quarter of all trade between the U.S. and Canada, has been blockaded for nearly a week by protesters, some driving semi-trucks.
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Protesting unsafe conditions in city jails, car caravan circles Northeast Philly facility
About 50 cars moved through the neighborhood around Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on State Road, decrying ‘unconstitutional conditions.’
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Philly Fighting COVID CEO Doroshin banned from working in Pa.
A complaint filed by Attorney General Josh Shapiro asserts Doroshin violated consumer protection, charitable solicitation, and nonprofit laws.
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Listen :55Leroy Evans’ family is hopeful for his release soon, 40 years after a wrongful conviction
The Pa. attorney general’s Conviction Integrity Section looked into the case. The investigation over, his attorney has petitioned Delaware County Court.
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First felony hate crime conviction for Delaware Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust
For the first time, the Delaware Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has won a conviction at trial on felony hate crime charges.
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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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