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Courts & Law

Sgt. Brian Pixley and Sgt. Troy Pezzuto oversee the school resource officer program for Delaware State Police in New Castle County. (Screenshot)
Delaware
K-12

Delaware school district approves funding to continue police presence in schools

Leaders in the Christina School District presented a defense of their school resource officers before the board of education approved funding for them.

6 years ago

A protest near Dover on June 9 ended with the arrest of 22 people. (Del. Dept. of Justice)
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Policing

Del. police groups slam AG’s decision not to prosecute protesters

Del.’s AG said it served “no good purpose” to prosecute 22 protesters arrested last month. The state’s largest police unions say they’re “under attack.”

6 years ago

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Protesters raised fists for nine minutes in front of Philadelphia’s Municipal Service Building on the Fourth of July. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Social Justice

Mayor Kenney waives code violation notices for recent Philly protests

The waiver applies to any code violation notices given out in the last month, including for all forms of disorderly conduct as well as failure to disperse.

6 years ago

The Supreme Court (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
Gender
Health Care
Social Justice

Supreme Court undercuts access to birth control under Obamacare

They made it more difficult for women to get access to birth control as part of their health plans if their employer has a religious or moral objection to contraceptives.

6 years ago

AMC movie theater in Clifton, N.J.
NPR
Business
New Jersey

Movie theaters sue New Jersey for right to reopen

In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs argue that because churches and retailers have been allowed to open in the state, the movie theaters should be permitted to reopen as well.

6 years ago

A pedestrian walks past graffiti that reads
PlanPhilly
Housing
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

Philly landlords sue city over coronavirus-related renter protections

“You’re basically taking away money from the landlord,” argued Paul Cohen, an attorney for The Homeowners Association of Philadelphia.

6 years ago

A Philadelphia Police Department cruiser is seen traveling down a Philly street.
Philadelphia
Policing
The Philadelphia Tribune

Black leaders call on Philadelphia police to end stop and frisk — again

As police continue to stop and frisk Black Americans at higher rates than whites in the city, Black groups renewed demands that Mayor Kenney end the law enforcement tactic.

6 years ago

Keandra McDole stands with a sketch of her brother, Jeremy
The Why
Delaware
Policing
Race & Ethnicity

Changing Delaware’s use-of-force law

Del. police have shot 56 people since 2005, but no officer has ever been charged with a crime — even when prosecutors wanted to. Now, change could be coming.

Air Date: July 6, 2020

Listen 15:47
Supreme Court
Elections
National

Supreme Court rules states can require presidential electors to back popular vote winner

So-called faithless electors have not been critical to the outcome of a presidential election, but that could change in a race decided by just a few electoral votes.

6 years ago

Bill Cosby
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Cosby invokes systemic racism as he fights #MeToo conviction

Cosby's appeal is playing out as protests erupt over racial inequality. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in the case next year.

6 years ago

In this June 27, 2020, file photo, Sheneen McClain speaks during a rally and march over the death of her 23-year-old son Elijah McClain, outside the police department in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Policing
Race & Ethnicity

One officer shown in Elijah McClain photos resigns

In a tweet, the department said that Jaron Jones was one of those depicted in the photos, which were taken sometime after McClain's death last summer.

6 years ago

(Emma Lee/WHYY)
New Jersey
Policing

N.J. State Police say all troopers will have body cameras by October

Originally, New Jersey said all troopers would have been outfitted with body cameras by 2019.

6 years ago

In this Sept. 20, 2012, file photo, Ray Kemble, of Dimock, Pa., holds a jug of his well water on his head while marching with demonstrators against hydraulic fracturing outside a Marcellus Shale industry conference in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
The Why
Criminal Justice
Environment
Pennsylvania

Gas driller charged with environmental crimes

Pa.'s Attorney General has filed criminal charges against Cabot Oil and Gas — over 10 years after problems surfaced in Dimock, which became ground-zero in the fracking debate.

Air Date: July 2, 2020

Listen 17:56
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
NPR
National
Politics

Trump and McConnell, via swath of judges, will affect U.S. law for decades

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been advancing the White House’s judicial candidates with single-minded focus. Two hundred have been confirmed.

6 years ago

Special counsel Robert Mueller speaks at the Department of Justice in Washingto
National
Politics

Supreme Court keeps hold on secret Russia investigation material

The high court’s action will keep the documents out of congressional hands at least until the case is resolved, which is not likely to happen before 2021.

6 years ago

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