
Courts & Law
NPR sues Trump administration over executive order to cut federal funding to public media
The lawsuit from NPR and three local stations argues that Trump’s executive order to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR violates the First Amendment.
2 weeks ago
Some of Trump’s loyalty-first picks for prosecutors draw opposition from senators who can block them
Some picks have drawn Senate pushback because of their politics and, in certain cases, lack of robust legal experience.
2 weeks ago
Trump administration sues 4 New Jersey cities over ‘sanctuary’ policies
The Justice Department filed the suit Thursday against Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Hoboken in New Jersey federal court.
3 weeks ago
Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma
The outcome keeps in place an Oklahoma court decision that invalidated a vote by a state charter school board to approve the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School.
3 weeks ago
Supreme Court allows Trump to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans who risk deportation
The status allows people already in the U.S. to live and work legally because their native countries are deemed unsafe for return due to natural disaster or civil strife.
3 weeks ago
Dial was found not guilty of third-degree murder, but was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter.
3 weeks ago
Although most winners received endorsements from bar associations and their parties, a candidate for Superior Court advanced with neither.
3 weeks ago
Listen 0:59New Jersey Democratic Rep. McIver released on recognizance on federal assault charges
The prosecutor’s complaint says McIver attempted to stop the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and pushed into and grabbed ICE and Homeland Security Investigations agents.
3 weeks ago
Bucks County climate lawsuit against big oil tossed by Pa. judge
The county hoped to make fossil fuel companies pay to help it address the impacts of climate change, such as worsening flood risk.
3 weeks ago
Listen 1:01Trial to begin for former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial in killing of Eddie Irizarry
In August 2023, Dial shot Irizarry multiple times through the driver's side window during a traffic stop.
3 weeks ago
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans under 18th century law
The high court had already called a temporary halt to the deportations from a north Texas detention facility in a middle-of-the-night order issued last month.
4 weeks ago
‘Absolutely unthinkable’: Delaware principal admits to raping student when she was a teacher
Tasha Oliver sexually abused the female student repeatedly when she taught at Stanton Middle School more than a decade ago.
4 weeks ago
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka says officials fingerprinting him second time tried to ‘humiliate’ him
The New Jersey mayor appeared in federal court for a trespassing charge stemming from his arrest at an immigration detention center last week.
4 weeks ago
Chester receiver asks Pa. court to halt stormwater authority board salaries and remove members
Chester receiver Michael Doweary requested permission from the Commonwealth Court to block salaries of Chester stormwater board members.
4 weeks ago
Teen escapes after allegedly being held captive for years and sexually abused in South Jersey home
The victim, now 18, said Brenda Spencer, 38, and Branndon Mosley, 41, had been abusing her since around 2018 in their Gloucester Township home. The couple was arrested Sunday.
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