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A closeup of Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture
PlanPhilly
Housing
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

‘Eviction by intimidation’: Philly housing activist heads to court with hopes of settling landlord dispute

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.

4 years ago

(From left) Randi McGinn, Brian Panish and Jesse Creed, attorneys for the family of the late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, take part in a news conference alongside portraits of Hutchins and her family, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Los Angeles. The family of Hutchins is suing Alec Baldwin and the movie producers of “Rust” for wrongful death, the attorneys said Tuesday
Gun Violence
Law
Movies
National

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.

4 years ago

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin leaves a courthouse in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Palin lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times on Tuesday when a jury rejected her claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation by erroneously linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting.
Law
Media
National
Politics

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

4 years ago

A mourner kneels beside 26 teddy bears
Gun Violence
National
Public Safety

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.

4 years ago

A closeup of Sonya Mosey
Addiction
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

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.

4 years ago

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin at a rally in 2017. (Brynn Anderson/AP)
NPR
Media

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.

4 years ago

Former Philadelphia Police Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna (center) is seen striking a protester with a baton during a protest.
Black Lives Matter
Policing
Protests
Social Justice

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.

4 years ago

A general view of the Pennsylvania Judicial Center
Gun Violence
Law
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

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.

4 years ago

A container of fentanyl pills
Crime
Delaware
Public Safety

‘Vile and deplorable.’ DEA leader excoriates Delaware fentanyl dealer whose ‘poison’ caused overdose death

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.

4 years ago

Police from London, Ontario, block protesters from the Ambassador Bridge on Saturday.
(Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Crime
International
Public Health

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.

4 years ago

One of about 50 cars lined up driving down State Road outside Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility Saturday afternoon
Incarceration
Law
Philadelphia

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.’

4 years ago

Philly Fighting COVID CEO Andrei Doroshin inside his apartment building
Law
Philadelphia
Public Health

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.

4 years ago

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Leroy Evans' nephew, Eric Evans, speaking at a rally for Leroy's freedom on Thursday morning
Incarceration
Law
Pennsylvania

Leroy 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.

4 years ago

Delaware Department of Justice (State of Del.)
Crime
Delaware
Social Justice

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.

4 years ago

Then-Delaware Republican Senatorial candidate Mike Protack takes a call at his office in Wilmington, Del., on Aug. 14, 2006. The former Delaware political candidate who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nominations for governor and U.S. Senate has been sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges of mailing threats to a lawyer who represented his wife in a divorce case. Protack was sentenced Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 after pleading guilty in August to two counts of mailing a threatening communication. (AP Photo/Pat Crowe II, file)
Delaware
Incarceration
Politics

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.

4 years ago

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