Courts & Law
Police suspect high-end car theft ring after two chases on Long Beach Island
Police are warning Long Beach Island residents to be vigilant after the theft of a high-end vehicle and subsequent pursuits early Thursday.
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Philadelphia Treasurer indicted by feds for embezzlement, fired by city
The U.S. Attorney accused the Liberian-born treasurer of embezzlement and entering into a “sham” marriage to maintain residency.
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A candidate, not a prosecutor: Harris’ role in upcoming Supreme Court hearings
Kamala Harris made her reputation as a sharp, partisan questioner in Senate hearings. As a VP nominee, that may not be her approach in the next Supreme Court confirmation.
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Arrest in attack on Kendall Stephens, Black trans woman beat up in her Point Breeze home
There’s no hate crime charge — because queer and trans people aren’t a protected class in Pennsylvania.
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Ginsburg makes history again, lying in state at Capitol
Ginsburg, who died last week at age 87, also will be the first Jewish-American to lie in state and just the second Supreme Court justice.
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Court orders census counting to continue through Oct. 31; appeal expected
After the Trump administration made last-minute changes to shorten the 2020 census schedule, a federal judge in California has ordered it to extend counting for another month.
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New Delaware AG review finds no charges in 2015 police shooting of Jeremy McDole
Family and friends called for a new review into the death of Jeremy McDole, a Black man fatally shot in his wheelchair by Wilmington police five years ago.
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Children bullied for race and gender now have broader leeway to sue in Pa.
In a case stemming from a brutal rape at a Philly school, the Pa. Supreme Court said minors deserve more time to bring discrimination lawsuits.
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The Breonna Taylor decision and five times police have botched warrants in Philly
The police killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville began with a routine search warrant gone tragically wrong. Philly is no stranger to similar tragedies.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be the first woman to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol on Friday.
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Who is Amy Coney Barrett, front-runner for Supreme Court nomination?
From guns and sexual assault on campus to health care and abortion rights, Barrett has shown herself to be a conservative jurist and legal thinker.
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Progressives pledge to keep pushing Biden to expand court
Biden, who ran a relatively centrist primary campaign, hasn't embraced those calls, worried they may intensify the nation's partisan split.
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In Breonna Taylor case, limits of law overcome calls for justice
The outcome demonstrates the vast disconnect between widespread public expectation of justice and the limits of the law when police use deadly force.
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‘Free thousands more inmates’: Advocates make push for relief from COVID in prisons
Fears of a second COVID wave are growing. Bill could affect more than 3,000 incarcerated.
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1 officer indicted in Breonna Taylor case; not for her death
Taylor, a Black emergency medical worker, was shot multiple times by officers who entered her home using a no-knock warrant during a narcotics investigation on March 13.
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