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 Brittan Holland was forced to wear a GPS monitor after he was charged with aggravated assault in South Jersey bar fight. The incident sparked a challenge to New Jersey's criminal justice overhaul. (Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick via Wikimedia Commons)
New Jersey
Policing

Challenging N.J. criminal justice overhaul, South Jersey man sues for right to cash bail

One of the first major challenges to New Jersey’s new bail system hinges on an unlikely argument: that defendants should be able to ...

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Elijah Clay stands outside the Deliverance Evangelistic Church in North Philadelphia, where he works and studies theology.
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Running while black? In Abington, minor case sparks major debate over racial profiling

“They were looking to target a black male, and they didn’t care if they had the right one or not,” said Asa Khalif, an organizer for Black Lives Matter.

5 years ago

 Bill Cosby arrives at a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Philadelphia

Cosby’s retrial delayed as new legal team joins case

Bill Cosby’s retrial on sexual assault charges will be delayed as his new legal team gets up to speed on the case. Judge Ste ...

5 years ago

 U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez fields questions about his upcoming trial in which he is facing federal corruption charges after completing a flood insurance news conference, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, in Union Beach, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
New Jersey

Plenty at stake in jury selection for Menendez trial

A lengthy criminal investigation that has put U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez in the crosshairs of a federal corruption indictment — and placed ...

5 years ago

 FILE - In a May 24, 2017 file photo, Tom Mesereau, attorney for model and Playboy bunny Danielle
Pennsylvania

Cosby hires lawyer who represented Michael Jackson, ‘Suge’ Knight for sex assault retrial

Bill Cosby has hired Michael Jackson’s former lawyer to represent him at his November retrial on sexual assault charges in Pennsylv ...

5 years ago

Berks County Residential Center. Oct. 6, 2016. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Immigration
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After immigration judge frees kids from 22-month detention, ICE fights to bring them back

On a video-conferencing screen at an immigration court in York County Prison, a 4-year-old boy appears, sitting in a white plastic chair ...

5 years ago

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Activists block a street as police officers look on during an immigration protest outside of a detention center, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Elizabeth, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Immigration
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Immigration crackdown reaches deep into New Jersey communities

New data reveals that more than 90 percent of the state’s municipalities have cases pending in immigration court, the fifth-largest cas ...

5 years ago

 Kim DiSalvo holds Lorenzo's law after it was signed by Gov. John Carney in his Wilmington office.(Dan Rosenthal/WHYY)
Delaware
Home & Family
Kids

Lorenzo’s law helps Delaware parents of stillborn children

Delaware mothers who give birth to stillborn babies get a new form of support thanks to “Lorenzo’s law” signed by Gover ...

5 years ago

 This screengrab of a photo posted by Mike DeNardo @DeNardoKYW on Twitter, commenting'The blanket is off, as crews prepare to wash spray paint off of Rizzo statue' (Twitter)
Philadelphia
Policing
Race & Ethnicity

Suspect arrested for painting ‘black power’ on Rizzo statue

Updated: 10:30 a.m. Philadelphia police have arrested a man suspected of spray-painting the phrase “black power ...

5 years ago

 David Desper, 28, of Trainer, Pa., and the truck he was driving during the shooting (West Goshen PD)
Law
Streets & Roads

Suspect in fatal Pa. road rage shooting waives preliminary hearing

A man charged with fatally shooting a recent high school graduate in the head during a road rage confrontation waived his preliminary cou ...

5 years ago

 A South Seaside Park dune in 2015. (Justin Auciello for NewsWorks)
Down the Shore
Law
New Jersey
Real Estate

Judge rules against oceanfront homeowners in dune battle

A judge has ruled against a wealthy New Jersey shore enclave’s attempt to opt out of a protective sand dune plan. In a 52-pa ...

5 years ago

 Lillie Williams and Jonatan Palacios stand outside the offices of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in West Philadelphia after completing an interview to determine the legitimacy of their marriage. (Laura Benshoff / WHYY)
Home & Family
Immigration
National

After marrying U.S. citizens, undocumented immigrants coming out of the shadows attract ICE scrutiny

Marriage tests couples in any number of ways. Lillie Williams and Jonatan Palacios, both 27, have just spent about an hour being q ...

5 years ago

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 In this Monday, Nov. 7, 2016 photo, the exploded air bag that injured Rabiah binti Ibrahim, hangs from her steering wheel in her Honda City in Slim River, Malaysia. Five Malaysians have died in accidents linked to faulty Takata air bags that are at the center of one of the world’s largest auto recalls. (AP Photo/Lim Huey Teng)
Delaware
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Delaware Judge OKs Takata request to halt some lawsuits over air bags

A Delaware bankruptcy judge is temporarily halting the prosecution of lawsuits filed by Hawaii, New Mexico and the U.S. Virgin Islands ag ...

5 years ago

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Business
Economy
National

Trump disbands two White House business councils, amid criticism from CEOs for remarks on Charlottesville protest

Trump disbands two White House business councils, amid criticism from CEOs for remarks on Charlottesville protest. CEOs have been ...

5 years ago

 Anthropologists and archaeologists meet at Kimberlee Moran's lab at Rutgers-Camden to review some of the remains excavated from 218 Arch St. in Philadelphia last month.  (Elana Gordon/WHYY)
History
Infrastructure
Philadelphia

Philly judge charts future for historic human remains found at construction site

After months of uncertainty, a Philadelphia judge has outlined concrete steps for what will become of the remains of more than 300 people ...

5 years ago

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