Courts & Law

McClain's name is among those used as a rallying cry during nationwide protests over racial injustice and police brutality.

Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to sign a bill this week advocates say will help people with criminal records get better jobs by obtaining professional licenses.

Wilmington Trust is the only financial institution to be criminally charged in connection with the federal bank bailout program.

Activists from all over New Jersey came to Trenton calling on the state to implement reforms to police departments.

Face coverings have been shown to be an effective tool in fighting the pandemic’s spread.

The civilian Police Advisory Commission says it’s been stonewalled trying to investigate.

Despite making up 22% of the population, Black people make up nearly half of those shot by Del. police. Now, the state’s AG wants to change the use-of-force law.

The decision is likely to play a significant role in the upcoming election. Polling data shows a hefty majority of the public approve of the right to abortion.

The killing of Ahmaud Arbery prompted calls for the state to pass a hate crimes law. Until Friday, Georgia had been one of just four states without one on the books.

A federal judge ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the prolonged detention of families during the pandemic.

Members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and the Philadelphia Police Department are teaming up with hopes of solving more homicides and non-fatal shootings.

Officials found 30 more sticks of dynamite and two magazines loaded with live rounds of ammunition.

The bill has an exemption that lets police use the tactic if they “reasonably believe” they or a civilian is in danger of serious injury or death.

Later this year the high court will hear a case that seeks to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act. In a court filing Thursday, the Trump administration supported it.

The deputy in charge that day took a voluntary demotion, and there’s now a moratorium on tear gas use by Philly police.