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Courts & Law

In this Dec. 3, 2019, photo, Mohammed Hafar checks the arrivals road while waiting for his daughter Jana Hafar's flight at JFK Airport in New York. Mohammed Hafar was part of a federal lawsuit filed in August of this year over the travel ban waiver process. “Every time I speak to her, she ask, ‘When are they going to give me the visa?'
Immigration
Travel

To overcome travel ban, some Americans taking cases to court

Some Americans separated from loved ones by the Trump administration's travel ban have gone as far as suing the government in federal court.

6 years ago

Nancy Glynn of Manchester, N.H., with her son Hunter. Glynn works for several non-profits, including MomsRising, a group that advocates for paid parental leave and other policies. (Nancy Glynn via AP)
Income Inequality
National

Most US workers still pay price of no paid parental leave

Nancy Glynn could not afford a funeral for her newborn son who died after a premature birth.

6 years ago

Pedestrians walking across the street from the Twitter office building in San Francisco. (Jeff Chiu/AP Photo)
Politics
Technology

Twitter, Facebook ban fake users; some had AI-created photos

Twitter has identified and removed accounts it says were part of a coordinated effort by Saudi government and individuals to advance the country's geopolitical interest.

6 years ago

The Pennsylvania Judicial Center in Harrisburg
Elections
Pennsylvania

Republicans’ judicial election amendment would make Pennsylvania an outlier

House Republicans have voted to elect appellate court judges in regional, partisan elections. Only two other states use similar methods.

6 years ago

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the National Museum of American Jewish History. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Religion

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg inducted into Philly Jewish museum’s hall of fame

The Supreme Court member connected her strives for justice to religious tradition.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police President John McNesby; Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing

Philly’s negotiating a new police contract. Can it get reforms past the FOP union?

The city says its options are restricted by state laws. Advocates say that’s a bad excuse.

6 years ago

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Police take shooting suspect Maurice Hill into custody
Philadelphia

More than 60 new charges for alleged gunman in North Philly police standoff

A Philadelphia man accused of shooting six police officers in a standoff over the summer will stand trial on a slew of charges including attempted murder.

6 years ago

A group of Democratic senators in the Pennsylvania Senate want to reform the largely-secret nomination process for filling judicial vacancies. (Angela Couloumbis/Spotlight PA)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Politics
Spotlight PA

State senators push to end secrecy in filling empty court seats as controversial pick is approved

Critics say applicants to fill judicial vacancies and their qualifications should be posted online for public review.

6 years ago

File photo: Frank Nucera Jr., left, with his defense attorney Rocco Cipparone in 2019. (Nicholas Pugliese/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

Disgraced N.J. police chief says jurors’ racial bias tainted hate crime trial

Four jurors who voted to convict Frank Nucera Jr. of lying to the FBI say they were pressured to do so for fear of being called racist.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Treasurer Joe Torsella (AP file photo)
Pennsylvania

Firms to pay $386 million to settle price-fixing allegations

Pennsylvania's lawsuit consolidated claims by various government agencies and labor unions.

6 years ago

An aerial image of Mountaire's Millsboro facility is included in the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays report about water contamination caused by the facility. (Courtesy Delaware Center for the Inland Bays)
Business
Delaware
Environment

Delaware poultry processor to pay $500,000 for contaminating drinking water

The poultry processor has reached a deal with Delaware environmental regulators to settle violations at its wastewater treatment facility.

6 years ago

 City Councilmember Helen Gym (middle) stands next to the Sukwanputra daughters and their family attorney Chris Casazza. They are surrounded by friends and family who traveled to York, Pa., to show their support at the hearing. (Dale Mezzacappa/The Notebook)
Keystone Crossroads
Immigration
Pennsylvania
The Notebook

Indonesian parents arrested after two decades in Philly, freed on bond after ICE detention

They now likely have a legal path to staying in the U.S.

6 years ago

This Nov. 29, 2018, photo shows a Wells Fargo bank location in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Real Estate

Wells Fargo will pay Philadelphia $10M to settle city’s discriminatory lending lawsuit

Wells Fargo Bank and the City of Philadelphia have settled a 2017 lawsuit brought by the city over the bank’s alleged discriminatory lending practices.

6 years ago

John Fitisemanu, an American Samoan, filed the lawsuit against the U.S. government after he was denied the opportunity to apply for federal government jobs listing citizenship as a requirement. (Katrina Keil Youd/AP Photo)
NPR
Government Accountability
National

American Samoans’ citizenship status still in limbo after judge issues stay

John Fitisemanu woke up early Friday morning, got dressed and finally completed one of the tasks on a more than 20-year-old to-do list: He registered to vote.

6 years ago

Jersey City police Sgt. Marjorie Jordan, right, helps fellow officer Raymond Sanchez to safety after he was shot during a gunfight that left multiple dead in Jersey City, N.J. (Justin Moreau/AP Photos)
New Jersey
Policing

Shooting shows New Jersey’s gun laws aren’t stopping imports

Officials from states with strong gun restrictions have called for stricter firearm control in places with weaker laws to thwart traffickers.

6 years ago

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