Courts & Law

A judge says that a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems can go forward.

Delaware AG Kathy Jennings plans to sue Seaford after it approved a law forcing women to bury or cremate “fetal remains” following an abortion.

Chauvin’s plea Wednesday means he will not face a federal trial in January, though he could end up spending more years behind bars when a judge sentences him at a later date.

New York Mayor-elect Eric Adams instead chose Keechant Sewell to be the first woman to lead the nation’s largest police department.

The District of Columbia has filed a civil lawsuit seeking harsh financial penalties against far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

The settlement comes as more than 82,000 sexual abuse claimants face a Dec. 28 deadline to vote on a previously announced Boy Scouts reorganization plan.

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away a challenge to New York state's vaccine mandate for healthcare workers—a mandate that provide no exceptions for religious objectors.

Surrounded by community supporters who accepted his apology, Krasner said his comments on Philadelphia’s violence epidemic “unintentionally hurt people.”

A Wilmington man pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in an accidental shooting that paralyzed a 6-year-old Wilmington boy in 2017.

This latest GOP strategy could cut short the state Supreme Court’s Democratic majority.

The investigation into the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi nearly 70 years ago ended as it began, with a mystery that might never be solved.

Much of the most damning evidence has come from rioters' own words and videos.

Pennsylvania schoolchildren may soon be attending classes unmasked under a state Supreme Court ruling throwing out the Wolf administration’s statewide mandate.

A member of the Philadelphia Police Foundation’s board has resigned over allegations that he pressured two young people to have sex with him.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Texas abortion providers can sue over the state’s ban on most abortions, but the justices are allowing the law to remain in effect.