Courts & Law

In response to a surge in gun violence, Philadelphia has added four homicide investigators and specially-trained detectives are monitoring social media.

Gov. Wolf let the deadline pass without filing an appeal of Commonwealth Court's divided decision that the Marsy's Law state constitutional amendment bundled too many changes.

Charles Peruto will run against Krasner as a Republican, but said he will drop out if Krasner loses the Democratic primary in May.

Expanding access to benefits comes at a time when schools are experiencing declines in enrollment, and more people are going hungry.

Rachel Powell, 40, a mother of eight children, stopped short of confirming to The New Yorker magazine this week that she had bashed in a window.

Sanjay Bhatnagar’s federal suit also claims he didn’t receive due process but “white-skinned Christian women’’ on the county legal team got slack.

"Human error" by the Department of State derailed a constitutional amendment on whether survivors of decades-old sexual abuse should be able to sue.

The former president is accused of having incited a mob of his supporters on Jan. 6, leading to the insurrection at the Capitol.

With more authority to investigate misconduct, backers hope citizen police oversight agency will help restore public trust.

Officials said the late-night attacks at the prison in Hunterdon County left the victims with scratches, concussions, and at least one orbital fracture.

More than 1,000 people are serving life without parole in Pennsylvania, even though they never intended to kill anyone. Seventy percent of those people are Black.

The 116-mile line would ship Marcellus Shale gas from Northeast Pennsylvania across the Delaware River to New Jersey.

The Canadian government designated the Proud Boys group as a terrorist entity on Wednesday, noting they played a pivotal role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6

Police Chief Robert Tracy said COVID reduced the ability of officers to interact with the community and to solve the high number of violent crimes in Wilmington last year.

One month into the new year, Philadelphia is on pace to set new records for shootings and homicides after a violent 2020.