Courts & Law

The lawyer appointed by Philadelphia Municipal Court to officiate over evictions is married to a court judge — a conflict of interest, ethics lawyers say.

Prosecutors are charging the iconic cheesesteak restaurant’s owners with underreporting income and falsifying tax documents.

Federal agents appeared to deploy tear gas early Friday to force thousands of demonstrators from crowding around the federal courthouse.

Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced the inquiry the day after Portland, Ore., Mayor Ted Wheeler was tear-gassed by federal agents.

Former U.S. Rep. Michael “Ozzie” Myers went to prison in the 1980s for accepting a bribe in the Abscam sting. Now he’s charged with election fraud.

The administrator of New Jersey courts says they can’t wait for a vaccine to resume criminal trials. He said 4,700 defendants are in jail awaiting trial.

Trump painted Democrat-led cities as out of control and lashed out at the “radical left." Criminal justice experts say the increase in violence in some cities is more complex.

“It would be only our communities — they’re not going to target white communities when they come in this city,” warned Philly NAACP's Rodney Muhammad.

Officials say evidence ties Den Hollander, the alleged "primary subject" in an attack that killed a judge’s son and wounded her husband, to the death of Marc Angelucci.

The Trump administration is facing growing pushback — in the courts and on the streets — to sending federal agents to Portland, Oregon.

Officer Richard Nicoletti is seen on video pepper-spraying three protesters kneeling or sitting on I-676 at close range, pulling down one of their face masks.

Roy Den Hollander is suspected of posing as a FedEx driver when he opened fire at the judge’s home on Sunday, killing her son and wounding her husband.

The president suggested he wanted to see what’s happening in Portland spread to other U.S. cities.

A self-described “anti-feminist” lawyer found dead in the Catskills of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound is being investigated as the possible gunman.

The system was closed for several months, dealing a blow to the LGBTQ community.