Courts & Law

Stars in the opera world offered their gratitude to the supreme court justice and lover of the musical genre.

The judge noted after a hearing that Trump had repeatedly attacked voting by mail by making unfounded claims that it is rife with fraud.

The decision handed Republican lawmakers a long-sought — though possibly temporary — political victory over Wolf after a string of defeats.

It also authorized the use of satellite election offices and drop boxes — which the state plans to use to help relieve the pressure from an avalanche of mailed-in ballots.

As allegations were coming to light about immigrant women who say they've been subjected to unwanted hysterectomies and other procedures, one detainee was nearly deported.

Barr pushed his U.S. attorneys to bring federal charges whenever they could, keeping a grip on cases even if a defendant could be tried instead in state court.

The office of Attorney General Josh Shapiro asked the judge to delay enforcement of his ruling that many of Gov. Wolf's pandemic shutdown orders were unconstitutional.

Barr didn't mention particular prosecutions, but he's faced steady criticism over his decisions to intervene in cases to help people close to President Trump.

Hours before police cleared protesters near the White House on June 1, a whistleblower got an email asking to find a device that would make protesters' skin feel hot.

The companies are suing Philadelphia over a law passed last year limiting sales of flavored cigars and cigarillos to adult-only stores.

This week, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will receive the 2020 Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center.

The protests concerned the shooting death by police of a Ricardo Munoz, whose sister had called in hopes of having him involuntarily committed for mental health treatment.

Some legal experts question what effect, if any, the decision will have in the ongoing struggle between the Wolf administration and those who want Pa. to reopen completely.

The settlement would be the largest sum paid by the city for a police misconduct case, according to a person who has seen the settlement.

Cosby was the first celebrity to go on trial in the #MeToo era, and his appeal could resolve lingering questions about how the cases should be tried.