Courts & Law

A judge’s decision that the facility proposed by Safehouse would be legal touched off mixed emotions among those living amid the city’s opioid crisis.

The verdict hinges on the credibility of two officers who testified against their old boss.

In a decision that could pave the way for the 1st U.S. supervised injection site, a judge ruled Safehouse’s plan wouldn’t violate the Controlled Substances Act.

The magnitude of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation was brought to light by Miami Herald reporter JULIE K. BROWN who got to the bottom of this explosive story.

The magnitude of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation was brought to light by Miami Herald reporter JULIE K. BROWN who got to the bottom of this explosive story.

A Dallas jury has found former police Officer Amber Guyger guilty of murder for fatally shooting a neighbor who lived in the apartment directly above hers last year.

Delaware is working through a backlog of untested rape kits, some decades old. Advocates say it assures victims they’ll be believed if they come forward.

Theo Gregory, the ex-City Council president, has been indicted after accusations he earmarked $40,000 for a nonprofit he was leading after leaving office.

The Times Up fund, administered by the National Women's Law Center, has received more than 3,670 requests for assistance and has funded 160 cases via $24 million donations.

The Pa. Supreme Court has declined a special petition to review the constitutionality of the death penalty but says it will still consider the fairness of individual cases.

The directive signed Friday will effectively block New Jersey counties from entering into or maintaining 287(g) agreements, which train local police in immigration law.

Seventeen local defendants, including five medical professionals, are among those ensnared in a coordinated health care fraud enforcement action.

Consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson is appealing a judge's $572 million order against the company and its subsidiaries for helping fuel the state's opioid crisis.

A similar law was recently enacted in Texas, though it could face legal challenges.

A defendant convicted in a drug dealing case will receive a new trial in part because of a comment made on Facebook by a Philadelphia police officer who testified against him.