Courts & Law

A judge ordered the U.S. government to better explain why it hasn’t released some of the approximate 350 parents and children in three family detention centers.

The five-stage plan coincides with the state’s color-coded reopening plan.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said 50-year-old William “Roddie” Bryan was arrested on charges of felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.

U.S. Attorney William McSwain says a judge of elections stuffed ballot boxes at his South Philly polling place on behalf of certain judicial candidates.

Court papers show Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to charges that will include prison time in the college admissions scandal.

Efforts to cut Philadelphia’s jail population to limit the spread of COVID-19 have slowed down while pressure mounts to keep the wheels of justice turning.

Absent probable cause or a court-issued warrant, police generally aren’t allowed to search a parked car without permission.

Nine sex abuse lawsuits were filed Tuesday in New York against three Boy Scout local councils

Up to now, only people showing symptoms have been tested — with 75% returning positive results.

Cosmo DiNardo confessed to luring four young men ages 19 to 22 to his family's Solebury Township farm in July 2017.

A lawsuit in Franklin County highlights challenges faced by incarcerated Muslims during Islam's holy month.

Brennan said she would use $400,000 of the settlement to pay legal fees and would donate the rest to The Waterfront Project.

Inmates in prisons and jails remain on lockdown. And without proper testing, public health experts say that can’t end anytime soon.

Families in U.S. immigration custody were presented with an either/or this week: agree to be detained indefinitely, or let your child leave without you.

A judge has reinstated all charges brought against an Amtrak engineer for his role in a high-speed derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people.