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Courts & Law

Tamika Palmer, mother of Breonna Taylor, addresses the media in Louisville, Ky.
National
Policing
Social Justice

Multi-million settlement reached in Breonna Taylor lawsuit

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.

5 years ago

Bill Cosby
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Legal advocates line up on both sides of Bill Cosby’s appeal

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.

5 years ago

U.S. Attorney William McSwain
Philadelphia
Policing

U.S. Attorney McSwain charges two gunmen he claims DA Krasner went too easy on

It is the latest in a long-running policy war between the Trump-appointed federal prosecutor and Philadelphia’s Democratic district attorney.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf
Pennsylvania
Politics
Public Health

Judge: Pa.’s coronavirus pandemic restrictions unconstitutional

Stickman, an appointee of President Donald Trump, wrote in his ruling that the Wolf administration’s pandemic policies have been overreaching and arbitrary.

5 years ago

Lancaster police deployed tear gas on a crowd of people protesting early Monday after an officer shot and killed a man while responding to a domestic disturbance call.
Pennsylvania
Policing
Social Justice

Police shoot, kill knife-wielding man in Lancaster, setting off protests

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Lancaster after police shot and killed Ricardo Munoz, 27, on Sunday afternoon.

5 years ago

Evidence markers identified dozens of shell casings left outside the house on Delafield Street
Criminal Justice
New Jersey
NBC10

2 dead, 6 injured after shooting at house party near Rutgers University

Evidence markers identified dozens of shell casings left outside the house on Delafield Street. A motive behind the shooting remained unclear late Sunday morning.

5 years ago

Warden Dana Metzger describes how analysts will coordinate with prison officials as they monitor more than 2,000 cameras. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Policing

More than three years after deadly prison riot, Delaware unveils advanced camera system

Analysts will monitor cameras and coordinate with officers at Delaware prisons to help prevent another riot like the 2017 incident that left one officer dead.

5 years ago

A housing illustration
Housing
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

From relief to despair, one Pa. family struggles with the ambiguity of federal eviction ban

In Pa., it’s up to individual courts in counties to decide how to interpret the federal order. With debts mounting, renters lives are in limbo, and relief is only temporary.

5 years ago

DOC commissioner Marcus Hicks told Senate committee Thursday that department has committed to improving the conditions at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women. (Courtesy of NJ Legislature)
Criminal Justice
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

N.J. agrees to settlement over allegations of long-term sexual abuse at women’s prison

The DOJ report, the result of an investigation that began in April 2018, found systemic problems at Mahan that allow sexual abuse to occur undetected and undeterred.

5 years ago

President Trump, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (center) and U.S. Attorney General William Barr walk into the White House Rose Garden for a July 2019 press conference on the census. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability
National

Court blocks Trump’s attempt to change who counts for allocating House seats

Trump's memorandum has sparked a total of eight legal challenges around the country.

5 years ago

Ships and barges are idle in the middle of the Delaware River between Chester, Pa., and Wilmington, Del. (Chris Gardner/AP Photo)
Delaware
Environment

Big Oil should pay for climate change damage, Delaware lawsuit says

Citing the long-term economic damage climate change has done and will continue to do, the state is suing 31 of the world’s largest fossil-fuel companies.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump
Elections
Politics

Trump releases list of 20 new possible Supreme Court picks

The list includes a trio of conservative Republican senators: Ted Cruz of Texas, Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Josh Hawley of Missouri — all potential 2024 Republican candidates.

5 years ago

Housing
New Jersey

N.J. investigators issue 100 violations for housing discrimination

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal says they found many ads saying people with Section 8 or state rental assistance shouldn’t bother applying.

5 years ago

A resident is pictured using a wheelchair inside a nursing home.
Aging
New Jersey
Public Health
NBC10

N.J. nursing home where 17 bodies were stuffed into morgue hit with lawsuit

The lawsuit against Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center I and II alleges that the facilities did not take the proper precautions to keep residents safe from coronavirus

5 years ago

Police hold a perimeter near the White House as demonstrators gather to protest police brutality in the morning hours of May 31, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
NPR
National
Policing
Social Justice

Political divisions drive police brutality cases

Most large civil settlements for police killings were in liberal areas the year after the Ferguson unrest. Now, lawyers say current protests are hardening political divisions.

5 years ago

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