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DAFB Airman charged with rape of minor
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Dover Airman arrested for raping a minor

An airman stationed at Dover Air Force Based has been arrested for allegedly raping a minor

5 years ago

A map of the 7th congressional district as drawn in 2011. The district incorporates most of Delaware County and portions of Chester, Montgomery, Berks and Lancaster Counties. (Dan Gleiter/pennlive.com)
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Pa. Supreme Court details violation of voter rights in full opinion striking down congressional map

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that the state’s congressional district map deprives voters’ of their right to “free and equal” elections.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania has concealed carry permit reciprocity with 29 states . The state Attorney General's hopes to clarify rules for gun owners with a new website. (Seth Perlman/AP Photo, File)
New Jersey

Second Amendment activists challenge N.J.’s strict gun laws

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has promised to reduce the number of guns on the street.

5 years ago

Philadelphia police spokesperson Capt. Sekou Kinebrew identifies eight arrested in Super Bowl celebration mayhem and cautions Philadelphians to celebrate lawfully during the parade.
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Philly police round up ‘handful of bad actors’ in wake of Super Bowl vandalism

Police warn the hundreds of thousands expected at Thursday's celebration to observe the law: 'You’re not going to get a pass, just because it’s a parade.'

5 years ago

Former Penn State president Graham Spanier walks from the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, March 24, 2017. Spanier was convicted of hushing up suspected child sex abuse in 2001 by Jerry Sandusky, whose arrest a decade later blew up into a major scandal for the university and led to the firing of beloved football coach Joe Paterno. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Kids
Pennsylvania

Spanier seeks to have Sandusky-related conviction overturned

A three-judge Superior Court panel heard oral argument about whether to vacate or uphold the misdemeanor guilty verdict issued last year against the 69-year-old Spanier.

5 years ago

Bill Cosby, April 3, 2017 (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, File)

Cosby lawyers: Delay trial if other accusers get to testify

Bill Cosby's lawyers say they'll need to postpone his April 2 sexual assault retrial if some of his other accusers are allowed to testify.

5 years ago

File photo: Brandon Bostian, the engineer involved in the 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, departs from the center for criminal justice in Philadelphia after a hearing, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
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Amtrak engineer again faces criminal trial in deadly Philly derailment [updated]

An Amtrak engineer has been ordered to stand trial on criminal charges in the deadly 2015 derailment in Philadelphia.

5 years ago

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In this Oct. 12, 2017 photo, the hand of Arthur Jemmy, bottom, is held by his wife, Silfia, as they sit and talk at The Reformed Church of Highland Park, where they are taking sanctuary to avoid deportation  in Highland Park, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Immigration
New Jersey

Judge temporarily halts deportation of Indonesian Christians

The order Friday was issued by U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.

5 years ago

Image courtesy of the Wall Township Police Department.
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Police capture wig-wearing alleged thief

Police say they have captured a wig-wearing woman who is suspected in a series of car break-ins in New Jersey.

5 years ago

City Councilman Curtis Jones listens to testimony at a hearing on changing the cash bail system. (Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
Philadelphia
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Philly calls on Pa. lawmakers to end bail system critics say hurts the poor

City District Attorney Larry Krasner supports changes to the city's system of insuring that defendants show up for trial.

5 years ago

Image: Toms River Police Department
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Police: Wig-wearing thief strikes again

Police say a wig-wearing woman is allegedly attempting to cash stolen checks at various Jersey Shore bank branches.

5 years ago

A report from the Human Rights Watch makes the case that federal law enforcers, police and local prosecutors are concealing the origins of evidence and intelligence in scores of criminal cases, especially drug arrests.
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NPR
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Report alleges police use secret evidence collected by feds to make arrests

5 years ago

In this Aug. 5, 2017, file photo, a vehicle drives past polyvinyl chloride piping attached to a utility pole, signifying an outdoor area known as an eruv where Jewish residents observing certain restrictions during the Sabbath are permitted to carry items from home, along Airmount Road in Mahwah, N.J. The New Jersey state attorney general's office issued a subpoena to Mahwah township in August 2017 after the township adopted a rule limiting a public park to state residents, which opponents say targets the Jewish community from a nearby New York town. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo, File)
New Jersey
Religion

N.J. town accused of targeting Jews settles lawsuit over boundary

The lawsuit was sparked by a now-reversed township ordinance that would have effectively banned the building of an eruv.

5 years ago

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
New Jersey
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DOJ will not retry Menendez on corruption charges

Government prosecutors decided Wednesday not to retry Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez on corruption charges, after a judge threw out some of the counts last week.

5 years ago

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Immigrants from 23 countries recite the Oath of Allegiance during the naturalization ceremony
Speak Easy

Immigrants’ real stories show a commitment to U.S. citizenship too often out of reach

Not for a moment do I regret deciding to immigrate, even though now is not the best of times to be an immigrant in this country.

5 years ago

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