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Students working in a classroom
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pennsylvania court throws out governor’s school mask mandate

Commonwealth Court sided 4-1 with the ranking Republican in the state Senate and others who sued to challenge the masking order that took effect in early September.

5 years ago

Crime tape is seen at the scene of a fatal shooting in LOVE Park.
Crime
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
6abc

Christmas Village security guard charged for fatally shooting man in LOVE Park: Police

According to police, the suspect was working security when he became involved in a disturbance with the 29-year-old victim.

5 years ago

The exterior of the PSERS building
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

A massive probe of Pa.’s largest pension fund is nearly done, but taxpayers may never know the results

Some PSERS staff believe the probe’s findings could be damaging to their reputations. Their lawyers are pushing for the report to be kept private or contain rebuttals.

5 years ago

File photo: President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A federal judge is questioning Donald Trump's efforts to withhold documents from Congress related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Judge Tanya Chutkan was skeptical Thursday, Nov. 4, of attorneys for the former president who asked her to block the handover of documents to a House committee
Government
National
Politics

Judge refuses Trump request to block Jan. 6 records

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan says President Joe Biden is “best positioned” to determine whether to waive executive privilege on documents sought by the House.

5 years ago

John
PlanPhilly
Law
Philadelphia

Juror in Henon-Dougherty corruption trial tests positive for COVID

The interruption comes in the sixth week of the trial, following the conclusion of closing arguments by prosecution and defense attorneys on Monday.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 1981, file photo, Philadelphia newspaper columnist Chuck Stone speaks with newsmen after a hostage situation ended at Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pa., as Stone mediated with inmates who were holding hostages in a kitchen area of the prison following an aborted escape attempt. Longtime journalist and educator Charles Sumner
History
Incarceration
Media
Billy Penn

40 years ago, a legendary Philly columnist helped defuse a prison hostage situatoin

The Graterford crisis was one of many negotiated by well-trusted Chuck Stone, who spent two decades at the Daily News.

5 years ago

John
PlanPhilly
Crime
Government Accountability
Philadelphia

Prosecutors tell jurors to hold Dougherty and Henon ‘accountable’ as bribery trial closes

Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank Costello argued that Dougherty “bought Henon” in the government’s closing courtroom argument.

5 years ago

Kyle Rittenhouse, center, looks back as Kenosha County Sheriff's deputies enter the courtroom
NPR
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
National

4 takeaways from the first week of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial

Nearly three hours of testimony came from a video producer for a right-wing news site who filmed Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wis.

5 years ago

Judge Timothy Walmsley speaks to defense attorney Franklin Hogue during the jury selection process in the trial of the men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery at the Glynn County Superior Court, on October 27, 2021 in Brunswick, Georgia. Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor, William
NPR
Black Lives Matter
National
Race & Ethnicity

How the jury in the Ahmaud Arbery case ended up nearly all white — and why it matters

5 years ago

Influencer Dana Chanel. (Instagram/6abc)
Crime
Media
New Jersey
Philadelphia
6abc

South Jersey social media influencer, Philly-based companies sued for misleading customers

Dana Chanel co-owns and operates one company with her sister and the other with her father.

5 years ago

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a news conference
Elections
National

Biden administration sues Texas over new voting restrictions

The Justice Department says new restrictions surrounding mail-in voting requirements and voter assistance violate federal civil rights protections.

5 years ago

A closeup of Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon
PlanPhilly
Crime
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Politics

Corruption trial continues as Councilmember Bobby Henon’s lawyer drills into fundraising

Among the character witnesses called for Henon were former nurses union president Patricia Eakin and Michael Bresnan, president of the firefighters and paramedics union.

5 years ago

Community leaders and members of the clergy lead a march on Locust Street from the site where Walter Wallace Jr. was killed to the police precinct at 55th and Pine streets.
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety
Billy Penn

Philly in the ‘final stages’ of multi-million dollar reforms promised after police killed Walter Wallace Jr.

One crisis responder says the city is “living up to its commitment.”

5 years ago

Bobby Henon walks while wearing a face mask
PlanPhilly
Criminal Justice
Government Accountability
Philadelphia

Witnesses called by defense in bribery trial testify to Henon’s dedication to his community

Character witnesses for the City Council member included a state representative, a priest, and a community advocate.

5 years ago

immigration center guard
Immigration
Incarceration
Pennsylvania
Social Justice
WITF

A major immigrant detention center just closed in Pa. but plans for new a one could mean more detainees here than ever

A lawsuit against Clearfield County could at least pause the establishment of one of the largest and private detention centers in the northeast.

5 years ago

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