Courts & Law
Georgia attorney general asks for DOJ probe into handling of Ahmaud Arbery case
Arbery’s death sparked a national outcry and demands for justice after a cellphone video of the shooting began circulating online last week.
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Father, son charged with murder in Ahmaud Arbery shooting
The charges came more than two months after Ahmaud Arbery was killed on a residential Georgia street. Outrage over the case swelled after video of the shooting was released.
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Arrests made in shooting death of black man after outcry
The charges came more than two months after Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was killed on a residential street just outside the port city of Brunswick.
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AP Exclusive: Justice Dept. dropping Michael Flynn’s criminal case
The move is a stunning reversal for one of the signature cases brought by special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Supreme Court tosses two convictions in N.J. ‘Bridgegate’ scandal
Two allies of former Gov. Chris Christie had been convicted, but the court said those verdicts were based on a faulty interpretation of the law.
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Justice Ginsburg in hospital with infection, court says
The 87-year-old justice underwent non-surgical treatment for what the court described as acute cholecystitis, a benign gallbladder condition, at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Religious objectors v. birth control back at Supreme Court
Does signing a form expressing a religious objection to providing birth control to employees burden the religious freedom of employers as much as paying for the birth control?
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Over 75% of people tested in Philly jails are positive for COVID-19
Most are considered to have recovered, and 17 have been released.
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Federal judge dismisses U.S. Women’s Soccer Team’s equal pay claim
A spokesperson for the U.S. Women's National Team says they'll appeal after a judge dismissed the claim that they're paid less than the men's team.
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Philly police roll back COVID freeze, resume arrests for burglaries, theft and other offenses
Warmer weather and a spike in some crimes were cited as reasons for the change.
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Coronavirus update: Delaware is flattening curve, but ‘not there yet’
Despite an increase of 184 new cases Friday, Gov. John Carney says Delaware is seeing improvement, especially in declining hospital admissions.
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U.S. Supreme Court tells Gov. Wolf to defend business closure orders
The high court has not agreed to take the case, but wants Gov. Tom Wolf to provide more information about the claim that his closure order is unconstitutional.
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Former Philly DA Seth Williams released from federal prison after three years
Williams was convicted of accepting bribes from two wealthy businessmen.
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Marking 150 years since Philly’s historic civil rights rally
150 years ago this week, Philadelphia was the site of a historic, but little-known march celebrating the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving black men the right to vote.
Air Date: April 27, 2020
Listen 17:05Former Philly cop wants to add new defendants to ‘Free Meek’ defamation suit
Fired Philly cop Sequeta Williams says the five-part documentary defamed her. Rappers Meek Mill and Jay-Z are currently named as defendants.
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