Courts & Law

The brief criticized Brinkley for checking up on Mill at a homeless shelter where he was doing community service.

Philadelphia Police have made an arrest in the Sunday morning murder of a popular longtime transgender rights advocate.

The plainclothes Philadelphia detective shot a panhandler when the man approached the officer’s unmarked car. The wounded panhandler is allegedly developmentally disabled.

Florida authorities have apprehended a New Jersey contractor under indictment for allegedly scamming homeowners after Superstorm Sandy. 

Nearly two dozen states and municipalities sued the federal government Tuesday to stop a new rule that lets health care clinicians decline to provide abortions.

As multiple states pass laws banning many abortions, questions have surfaced about what exactly that means for women who might seek an abortion. The short answer: nothing yet.

A federal appeals court ruled Friday the Trump administration acted in an "arbitrary and capricious" manner when it sought to end an Obama-era program.

New Jersey has placed a 30-percent cap on the annual interest-rate payday lenders are allowed to charge.

Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni want the court to hear the appeal of their 2016 convictions for causing gridlock near the George Washington Bridge.

We discuss the stringent anti-abortion bills passing in statehouses around the country, how they could impact women's health and the challenge they pose to Roe v, Wade.

DA Larry Krasner and other U.S. prosecutors hope to learn more about the decriminalization of illicit substances in favor of a public health approach.

Three years after Delaware’s Supreme Court ruled capital punishment unconstitutional, lawmakers want to reinstate it. Several police associations support the measure.

Federal prosecutors have announced charges against two Philadelphia prison guards in an alleged beating of an inmate last fall.

New measures by U.S. regulators could help thwart some of the billions of robocalls received in the U.S.

The lawsuit alleges eight companies engaged in consumer and environmental fraud.