Courts & Law

An Inquirer/The Caucus investigation detailed abuses of power by Superintendent John Reilly. A new oversight board hopes to prevent future impropriety.

PennEast Pipeline LLC suffered a potentially huge setback when a federal court Tuesday denied the company’s bid to rehear a case.

Kratz is accused of murdering a young man on a Bucks County farm and helping his cousin burn and bury two more. He faces life in prison if convicted.

Kratz is charged with three counts of first-degree murder. He rejected a plea deal that resulted in cousin Cosmo DiNardo serving four life sentences.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has revoked Hahnemann University Hospital’s state license.

A federal judge put on hold a Trump administration rule requiring immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas.

Authors say the system is expensive, ineffective and harmful for Pennsylvania youth.

VisionQuest, the controversial facility for immigrant minors, has been given the greenlight to reopen after a judge rules zoning permits were wrongly denied.

"The last place I thought that I was going to get help was a courtroom," one woman said.

The only African American director in the agency alleges she has been treated differently than her peers and touched without her consent.

Law enforcement officials announced charges against 22 defendants, all of whom, they say, belong to a pair of Chester-based drug gangs.

Laboratory analysis shows heroin was found in a child's bag at a southern New Jersey trunk or treat event.

Dougherty and his co-defendants, including Councilmember Bobby Henon, will appear before a judge in September 2020.

Dion Wilson had been profane and angry at earlier meetings but that didn’t give Hanifa Shabazz to deny him the right to address members Sept. 19.

The swing vote for decades on the U.S. Supreme Court, Anthony Kennedy was awarded the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia. He called for tolerance and civic discourse.