Courts & Law

Ten officers and supervisors face criminal charges after a violent assault at New Jersey’s only women’s prison.

The current dispute stems from Tinker v. Des Moines, the Vietnam-era case of a high school in Des Moines, Iowa.

The 116-mile pipeline would ship Marcellus Shale gas from Luzerne County in Northeast Pennsylvania across the Delaware River to Mercer County, New Jersey.

The Justice Department announced federal hate crime charges Wednesday in the death of a Georgia man who was killed while out for a run last year.

Police say Lymond Moses drove at a high rate of speed ‘directly’ at officers, but a lawsuit says bodycam footage undermines that account and shows officers were in no danger.

Agents searched Giuliani’s home on Madison Avenue and his office on Park Avenue, people familiar with the investigation told the Associated Press.

The City of Alameda, Calif. released body camera footage Tuesday showing the police encounter with Mario Gonzalez. He died after being pinned to the ground.

Law enforcement across the country pulls drivers over for alleged, minor traffic infractions with the intent to look for possible criminal activity. Pa. is no exception.

Krasner sits down with WHYY in the wake of Derek Chauvin’s murder trial. He also speaks to where the case against former Philly Police Officer Ryan Pownall stands now.

Officers testified against their colleague and helped convict him in George Floyd’s death. Was it a sea change, or just one high-profile prosecution?

Ex-Wilmington Councilman Bill Freeborn is charged with stealing from the city’s Land Bank. Ex-state Rep. Rebecca Walker is charged with falsifying records.

Sheriff's deputies shot and killed Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, while carrying out search and arrest warrants at his home Wednesday in Elizabeth City, N.C.

The rules of the road in Pennsylvania are changing to protect first responders. Starting Tuesday, drivers need to “move over” or slow down when they see flashing lights.

The system isn’t perfect, but it’s more than most cities have.

Across the country, police departments are increasingly using body-worn cameras to better monitor what officers are doing out in the field.