Courts & Law
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
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
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
Listen 5:05Bill 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
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
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
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
Trial set to start on charges Smollett faked racist attack
Jussie Smollett is going on trial this week, accused of lying to police when he reported he was the victim of a racist, homophobic attack in downtown Chicago.
4 years ago
For cop who shot Daunte Wright, will ‘wrong gun’ plea work?
Legal experts say a conviction isn’t as certain as it might seem — at least on the most serious charge she faces, manslaughter.
4 years ago
Gunfire erupts at a Chester County Moose Lodge leaving one person dead
Police say gunfire erupted just before 1 a.m. Saturday at the lodge on the 1200 block of Airport Road in West Caln.
4 years ago
Man killed by stray bullet during Thanksgiving dinner; gunman at large: DA
A bullet went through a window of a home and struck a man inside. A family member and several neighbors told Action News that man did not survive his injuries.
4 years ago
Philly’s former chief defender on why the jury convicted Ahmaud Arbery’s killers
Keir Bradford-Grey, former chief of the Philadelphia Defenders Association, explains why the defendants’ claims of self-defense did not hold up in court.
4 years ago
Listen 6:00‘There’s some hope for this country’: Philly civil rights advocate responds to Arbery verdict
Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler, co-director for the racial justice organization Power Live Free said the case was about much more than what happened to Ahmaud Arbery.
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