Courts & Law

Elected officials praised police handling of the Wednesday night shooting, and used the occasion to make passionate pleas for increased gun control.

Philly DA Larry Krasner is reviewing “options” in case against driver who struck and killed bicyclist Emily Fredricks.

The diocese launched its compensation program in February. Those wishing to apply had to do so by mid-May.

Forty people in Pennsylvania have alleged they were sexually abused when they were in the Boy Scouts. Some allegations go back decades, but accusers may still be able to sue.

Among the recommendations: Impose fewer license suspensions for failure to pay fines and fees, and continue to promote the use of payment plans.

A juvenile has been arrested and charged with the murder of a woman in Ocean County, prosecutors say. 

"No defendant should ever wind up with a criminal record because a judge for whatever reason handed out the wrong complaint form."

A handful of blocks in Philadelphia get fined again and again for trash, but it doesn't seem to be stopping the litter.

The ACLU of PA dropped its opposition. The NRA hasn't.

The review of Cosby's sexual assault conviction comes as movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and other accused predators await trial.

Delbert Africa is one of nine MOVE members sentenced in the August 1978 shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer.

Rashaun Washington, 37, of Bridgeton, was carrying garden shears but claimed he had an explosive during the July 2018 confrontation.

Chester County DA Thomas Hogan says constables overstepped their bounds when patrolling a suburban development.

Judge John Foradora filed an order Wednesday that scheduled the proceeding for Sept. 23.