Courts & Law

The DA’s comments come as Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a bill cracking down on people riding ATVs on city streets.

Pandemic restrictions left many people sitting in jails waiting for their days in court. Their loved ones and attorneys want the wheels of justice moving again.

Judge Paul Diamond in Philadelphia ruled the GOP had no legal right to sue, writing the dispute "is primarily partisan and is best resolved through the political process.”

Faced with a #MeToo reckoning, the FBI says it is getting serious about sexual harassment in its ranks.

A son of Pakistani immigrants has just been confirmed as the first Muslim American federal judge in U.S. history.

Patrik Jordan Mathews briefly lived in the Newark area when he was caught on tape constructing rifle parts and talking about committing violent crimes, authorities say.

The PPD officer who arrested Jacob Giddings allegedly deleted the video of the arrest on Giddings' phone, which was all on police body camera footage.

Attorney Elise Wolpert says the defendants who have been “sitting and waiting” for up to two years are entitled to finally get their day in court.

It’s a troubling trend on top of this year’s substantial increases thus far in both shooting victims and homicide victims.

Sheilah Coley was praised for diversifying and modernizing the department, but was criticized for the city’s violence and telling officers to stand down during unrest.

State law prevents Philadelphia from enacting its own gun control measures. A new lawsuit against the General Assembly aims to change that.

Keith Gibbson has been arrested following the killing of Dunkin' store manager Christine Lugo in North Philadelphia. Sources say he's also a suspect in two other murders.

The $64 billion pension fund claimed in a new IRS filing that its previous disclosures were poorly worded and filed in "error."

The city is asking the court to invalidate a Pa. rule that makes it illegal for municipalities to pass their own measures aimed at curbing gun violence.

Two Senate committees have found that U.S. Capitol Police and others were in possession of more alarming intelligence clues ahead of the attack than previously documented.