Courts & Law

James MacColl faces three charges for allegedly lying to investigators about the gun he used to shoot 18-year-old Yahim Harris during a chase in 2019.

During a forum hosted by the Philadelphia Bar Association, three candidates debated how they would deal with the city’s historic gun violence crisis.

The jury includes three Black men, including two immigrants; one Black woman; two women who identify as multiracial; two white men; and six white women.

An environmental group sued the township in mid-March, saying that its conditional approval of the project endangers public health and violates its own rules.

Authorities said Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was from the Denver suburb of Arvada and that he engaged in a shootout with police inside the Boulder store.

Dr. Ardel Cirio, 61, of Springfield, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged with indecent assault after a patient accused him sexually assaulting her.

Days after a young man was murdered on prison grounds, Philadelphia’s union for city correctional officers is calling on Prisons Commissioner Blanche Carney to resign.

The suspects allegedly conspired to fraudulently transfer the ownership of North Philadelphia homes, stealing houses out from under their rightful owners.

"There were at least 150 people in there that fled and believed they had to flee for their lives, so that’s a pretty big deal,” Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said.

Union president Omari Bervine said the vote was near unanimous, 133 to 1.

Keir Bradford-Grey will become a partner at Center City law firm Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP, where she’ll run an executive leadership practice group.

A new court filing seeks to order Philly police to end the practice of stop-and-frisks premised on “quality of life” issues.

The rulings were a blow to Derek Chauvin's defense. His attorney sought to halt or move the trial due to concerns that the family settlement had tainted the jury pool.

Four judges — three Republicans and a Democrat — are vying for the state’s high court and will be on the primary ballot in May.

A county judge vacated the Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center after the Public Defender’s Office sent a letter detailing allegations of abuse.