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Conceived as a cross between a Sunday newspaper and CBS' Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.

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Attorney Sidney Powell, a member of President Donald Trump's legal team, speaks during a rally on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in Alpharetta, Ga. Florida's Democratic agriculture commissioner, whose office polices charities, alleged Friday, June 18, 2021, that a group run by Powell, one of former President Donald Trump's most prominent election conspiracy adherents, is illegally seeking donations in the state. Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried said her office has filed an administrative complaint against Powell's Defending the Republic group demanding that it obey state law or cease Florida operations
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Lawyers allied with Trump ordered to pay $175K in sanctions

Among the nine sanctioned lawyers were Sidney Powell and L. Lin Wood.

4 years ago

People walk past the Fox School of Business
Criminal Justice
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Ex-Temple dean guilty of fraud: What exactly did Moshe Porat do, and what price will he pay?

After being convicted in the Fox rankings, Porat could end up in prison for 25 years. He’ll also likely lose his position as tenured professor.

4 years ago

Former Bordentown Police Chief Frank Nucera Jr.
Government Accountability
New Jersey
Policing

Mistrial declared again in hate crime case against former South Jersey police chief

This is the second time a jury has been deadlocked on the charges of hate crime assault and civil rights deprivation against former Bordentown Chief Frank Nucera Jr.

4 years ago

Chris Williams is accompanied by his attorney and supporters at a press confernece
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Man exonerated after 30 years in prison sues the city of Philadelphia

Christopher Williams was released in Feb. after the Philly DA’s Office found that the prosecution had coerced an informant to lie and had hidden other evidence.

4 years ago

Closeup of a police vehicle in Philadelphia
Crime
Philadelphia
Policing
6abc

Off-duty Philadelphia police officer shot multiple times

The shooting happened near the intersection of N. 13th and W. Pike streets in North Philadelphia.

4 years ago

People demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court
Law
National
Public Health

Roe v. Wade’s future in doubt after opening Supreme Court arguments

The state of Mississippi is asking the court to overturn those decisions and uphold its law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.

4 years ago

Former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2019, before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference
Elections
Government Accountability
Politics

Appeals court orders release of some Mueller report passages

The ruling came in a public records complaint from the news organization BuzzFeed, which sued for an unredacted version of the report.

4 years ago

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick
Crime
Law
New Jersey
Social Justice

As sex abuse lawsuit window closes, long road for victims

Since the law went into effect in December 2019, more than 1,000 suits have been filed in the state, with about two-thirds naming religious entities as defendants.

4 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists storm the Capitol
Government Accountability
National

Appeals court to weigh Trump arguments to withhold Jan. 6 records

Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected Trump’s claims that he could exert executive privilege overriding Biden, noting “Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not president."

4 years ago

Stanislav Jaracz experiments with plastic extraction
Business
Environment
New Jersey
Sustainability

How a lawsuit against TerraCycle shows the limits of recycling trash in the U.S.

Critics say the way we recycle doesn’t work with plastic waste, which the U.S. produces more of than any other country, sending most of it to landfills.

4 years ago

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Google employees fill Harry Bridges Plaza in front of the Ferry Building during a walkout Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, in San Francisco. Carrying signs with messages such as
NPR
Politics
Technology

Ex-Google workers sue company, saying it betrayed ‘Don’t Be Evil’ motto

4 years ago

Bill Cosby
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Bill Cosby prosecutors take case to U.S. high court

Prosecutors asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision that overturned Bill Cosby’s conviction.

4 years ago

A view from below of the Camden Federal Courthouse
New Jersey
Policing

Jury begins deliberations in hate crime trial for former South Jersey police chief

A mostly white jury will decide whether Bordentown’s former police chief Frank Nucera slammed the head of a handcuffed teenager into a door jamb because he was Black.

4 years ago

In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell looks over her shoulder to the courtroom audience
NPR
Crime
Law

The Ghislaine Maxwell trial is about to begin. Here’s what to watch for

Opening arguments in the highly anticipated trial of Ghislaine Maxwell begin on Monday in a Manhattan federal court.

4 years ago

Tara Matise teaches her prekindergarten students virtually in her classroom
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

As Pa. school funding trial resumes, here’s a cheat sheet on what’s happened so far

The landmark case could change the way Pennsylvania funds its public schools.

4 years ago

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