Courts & Law

The family says the Berks County-run facility is not equipped to care for a baby. Facilities are cold and normal caretaking items have been confiscated.

Newport has long been known as a “speed trap’ for aggressive traffic enforcement. The town has been flouting a state law that earmarks money from fines for crime victims.

The order covers 141 conventional wells and five shale gas wells in Allegheny, Washington, Greene and Westmoreland counties.

Lawsuits against Purdue Pharma and its owners will be halted for six months in hopes of finalizing a settlement over the OxyContin maker's role in the national opioid crisis.

Jurors convicted Frank Nucera Jr. of one count, but could not reach a verdict on the most serious ones in the hate crime trial.

A Philadelphia jury heard opening statements on Thursday in the manslaughter case against Michael White, who is accused of fatally stabbing a real estate developer.

The change, which will involve new furniture and roomier cells, will test whether a less punitive prison environment will yield better-behaved inmates.

Some victims have used the program to put their fight with the church behind them. Others scoffed at the pricetag put on their trauma.

A judge's ruling that opening a place where people could use illegal drugs under medical supervision would not violate federal law could set a nationwide precedent.

If the courts now say it’s legal to operate a drug house, black folks need to file a class-action lawsuit to get back what we lost when it was us.

Jurors are still deliberating on two more serious charges: hate-crime assault and using excessive force.

The group’s Pennsylvania chapter is suing the county in hopes it will allow people on probation to use medical cannabis.

Willie Veasy's long-running appeal came to an end Wednesday morning, when a judge tossed out the murder conviction.

For the first time, N.J.’s high court is hearing a challenge to the scientific merits of the methodology cops use to spot and charge drivers under the influence of drugs.

A federal appeals court has granted President Trump a temporary stay of decision, and he will not have to turn over his tax returns to the Manhattan district attorney.