Courts & Law

Two officers and their 10-day-old baby were unhurt when shots were fired into their home. The police chief says they were not the intended target.

Thirteen people allege Devereux allowed them to be sexually abused as children while in the organization’s care and failed to stop that abuse.

The new term will see eight justices, not the usual nine. And because of COVID-19, once again the justices will gather by telephone hookup to hear the arguments.

Activists have long called for the equipment to increase trust between police and civilians, but the program had been stalled over alleged funding concerns.

Office of Defense Services Chief Defender Brendan O’Neill said a backlog of jury trials being scheduled will challenge the entire criminal justice system.

With another conservative nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy moves to codify abortion rights into state law.

The recording could answer lingering questions about how prosecutors have handled a case that has fueled protests in Kentucky and across the nation.

President Donald Trump has nominated Barrett to take the seat of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an abortion-rights supporter who died last month.

The Philadelphia Inquirer says Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health has abandoned the plan to shelter 40 unaccompanied minors at its Devon site.

People in Pa. can even use the outdated “gay panic” defense to justify violence.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf may once again enforce size limits on gatherings while it appeals the lower court order.

An investigation by The Appeal and Spotlight PA found that troopers in three counties have taken drivers’ money with little evidence, sometimes the result of illegal searches.

Starting in 2016, officials were repeatedly told about dangerous lead levels in drinking water in at least 10 schools, but failed to fix tainted fountains and sinks.

A day after the Census Bureau tweeted out a new "target date" of Oct. 5 for ending 2020 census counting, a federal judge said she thinks the change may violate a court order.

Linda Favre, 65, of Camden-Wyoming, was arraigned on 19 charges, including animal cruelty.