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Courts & Law

President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence make their way to the Rose Garden to speak on COVID-19 testing at the White House Monday.
NPR
National
Politics
Taxes

Legal fight over Trump’s financial records grinds on even as tax details spill out

The president is waging multiple court battles to shield his finances from scrutiny, including two cases involving subpoenas issued to his personal accounting firm.

5 years ago

Croda Inc. manufacturing plant
Delaware
Environment
Public Health

Del. chemical plant sued for making residents ‘sacrificial lambs’ of ethylene oxide leaks

The lawsuit accuses the plant of spewing “multiple tons” of ethylene oxide on nearby communities for the past two decades.

5 years ago

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NPR
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Texas sheriff charged with destroying evidence in officer-related death

A grand jury indicted Robert Chody on charges of destroying or concealing video in an investigation into the death of Javier Ambler, a Black man who died in police custody.

5 years ago

Letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a U.S. Postal Service facility
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Warning of ‘irreparable harm,’ Pa. federal judge temporarily blocks USPS cost-cutting

A federal judge in Pa. has barred further cost-cutting to USPS, saying it could cause “irreparable harm.” It’s the fourth such decision nationwide.

5 years ago

Judge's gavel on wooden table with law books. (bigstockphoto.com)
Criminal Justice
Mental Health
Pennsylvania

Two Bucks County women plead guilty to murdering five relatives in 2019

The two women were sentenced to five consecutive life sentences after entering “guilty but mentally ill” pleas to five counts of first-degree murder.

5 years ago

A mobile phone screen displays
NPR
Business
National
Technology

US judge halts Trump’s TikTok ban, hours before it was set to start

The decision grants TikTok a short-term reprieve, but the wildly popular app's fate still faces an extraordinary amount of uncertainty.

5 years ago

President Trump and Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett walk along the Rose Garden Colonnade on Saturday. The focus on the court just weeks before the election could help energize conservatives in key states.
NPR
Elections
Law
Politics

What Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination means for the 2020 election

The focus on the court could help energize the GOP in key states. Progressives are fired up, too — after Trump's announcement, Dems tied Barrett to a fight for health care.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump walks with Judge Amy Coney Barrett to a news conference to announce Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court, in the Rose Garden at the White House, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
National
Politics

Trump picks conservative Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court

President Donald Trump is widely expected to announce the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, a 48-year-old who would be among the youngest justices to assume a high-court seat.

5 years ago

(Surf City Police Department photo)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Safety

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.

5 years ago

U.S. Attorney Williams McSwain on Sept. 14, 2020. (Dan Lee/NBC10)
Government Accountability
Philadelphia

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.

5 years ago

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., questions Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during his 2018 confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill. That took place in the run-up to her presidential bid. Now, she'll face the spotlight as her party's vice presidential nominee. (Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
NPR
Elections
Politics

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.

5 years ago

Kendall Stephens
Criminal Justice
LGBTQ
Billy Penn

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.

5 years ago

A U.S. Capitol Police honor guard surrounds the flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as lies in state in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020 in Washington. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP)
National

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.

5 years ago

A sign promoting participation in the 2020 census is displayed as Selena Rides Horse enters information into a phone for a member of the Crow Indian Tribe in Lodge Grass, Mont. in August. (Matthew Brown/AP Photo)
NPR
National
Politics

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.

5 years ago

Jeremy McDole (Courtesy of McDole family)
Delaware
Policing

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.

5 years ago

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