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Courts & Law

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Thursday afternoon, Nov. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Elections
National
Politics

Hundreds of GOP members sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit

106 members of Congress and multiple state attorneys general signed onto the case even as some have predicted it will fail.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump listens during a ceremony to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former football coach Lou Holtz, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pennsylvania blasts Texas’ bid to overturn Biden’s election

The lawsuit from the Texas attorney general demands that the 62 total Electoral College votes in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin be invalidated.

5 years ago

U.S. Attorney William McSwain outside the federal courthouse in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paytner/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Policing

Federal prosecutors charge four with murder of Philly police officer

A federal grand jury has indicted Hassan Elliott and three co-defendants in connection to the shooting death of Sgt. James O’Connor in March.

5 years ago

Protestors calling for equality, justice, and an end to police brutality. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Philadelphia
Policing

Will Philly’s new police oversight commission be any better?

Philadelphia voters approved a new independent commission for people to file complaints against the police last month. The old one was criticized as ineffective.

Air Date: December 10, 2020

Listen 17:01
A sign pointing to a side entrance is pictured outside district court.
Law
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Piles of records and months of reporting lead to eye-opening report on Pa. district judges

In 2019, many of the state’s roughly 500 district judges only had courtroom appearances scheduled a few days a week.

5 years ago

President Trump is trying to overturn the results of the election he lost to Joe Biden. (Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR
Elections

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him join widely scorned Texas election lawsuit

Officials in the states targeted in the suit — Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — derided it as nothing more than an unfounded publicity stunt.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden, right, embraces his son Hunter Biden, left, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
Delaware
Taxes

Hunter Biden facing federal investigation over ‘tax affairs’

Hunter Biden has long been a target of President Donald Trump and his allies, who have accused him of profiting off his political connections.

5 years ago

In this 2018 file photo, Kabeera Weissman, a co-founder of DelcoCPR, lays out the reasons the group and other residents want the privately managed George W. Hill Correctional Facility in the the public's control. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Delco Jail Oversight Board recommends deprivatization transition team

CGL Cos. has been recommended by Delaware County’s Jail Oversight Board to help deprivatize the George W. Hill Correctional Facility.

5 years ago

Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., speaks during a Pennsylvania Democratic Party fundraiser in Philadelphia, Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Mental Health
Policing

Sen. Casey introduces bills to improve interactions between police and people with disabilities

“It’s easy to describe this problem. It’s exceedingly more difficult to solve it, but we have to try,” said Casey during a virtual news conference on Wednesday.

5 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying before a House Financial Services Committee hearing
NPR
Media
Technology

48 AGs, FTC sue Facebook alleging illegal power grabs to ‘neutralize’ rivals

The officials say Facebook's acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram violated competition laws and served to stifle rivals by giving the social network an unfair advantage.

5 years ago

Police stop traffic on Broad Street
The Why
Policing
Race & Ethnicity

A decade after lawsuit, Philly is still stopping and frisking

Ten years after it was sued for racial bias, the city still employs the controversial police tactic known as stop-and-frisk. Mayor Jim Kenney says he wants it to end. Will it?

Air Date: December 8, 2020

Listen 14:45
President Trump participates in a video teleconference call with members of the military on Thanksgiving at the White House.
Government Accountability

Does Trump have power to pardon himself? It’s complicated

President Donald Trump has declared that he has the “absolute right” to issue a pardon to himself. Yet the law is much murkier than his confidence suggests.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Police Department van
Philadelphia
Policing
Social Justice

Philly DA drops first-degree murder charges against former police officer

An investigating grand jury recommended that Eric Ruch Jr. face first-degree and third-degree murder at trial.

5 years ago

Philadelphia police face protesters following the killing of Walter Wallace Jr. in West Philadelphia.
Philadelphia
Politics

Philly Police Department seeks outside funding for early intervention system

Implementing the system is part of the city’s Pathways to Reform, Transformation and Reconciliation, launched after protests of police brutality and racism.

5 years ago

Chris Welsh (right), director of Delaware County's public defenders office, gathers with staff in the law library at the Delaware County Courthouse in Media, Pa. Pictured are (from left) Lee Awbrey, Emily Mirsky, Taylor Dunn, Steven Papi, Stephen Deavor, Alyssa Poole, and James Wright. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Reinvented Delco Public Defender’s Office wants to lead the way on criminal justice reform

The Delaware County Office of the Public Defender believes that change starts there. It has new leaders pledged to work toward that goal.

5 years ago

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