
Courts & Law
Dem: Axing deputy AG would help obstruction case
Updated 3:17 p.m. — The House Judiciary Committee’s top-ranking Democrat says President Donald Tru ...
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New Jersey may require extra steps before utilities can shut off power
A new bill would require electric companies to inquire if customers suffer a health impairment before power was cut off.
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Del. investigating how 1,600 DNA samples were not added to federal database
State forensic lab failed to enter 1,600 samples of convicted felons from 2002 to 2014 into CODIS.
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As Senate hearing set for Kavanaugh, new accuser emerges
The New Yorker magazine reported Sunday night that Senate Democrats were investigating a second woman's accusation of sexual misconduct dating to the 1983-84 academic year
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Bill Cosby’s sentencing: how we got here, what his punishment could be
The sentencing hearing may conclude with Cosby losing his freedom for the rest of his life, but his attorneys are expected to appeal.
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Kavanaugh, Ford will testify in open hearing Thursday
The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, a woman who says he sexually assaulted her.
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Sentencing options for Cosby include prison, jail, probation
Bill Cosby could be sent to prison next week.
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Listen :59Concerned about new DOC policy, attorneys halt mail to Pa. inmates
Advocates argue that the new mail policy — aimed to keep drugs out of prisons — violates inmates' rights.
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Chester County DA: Man who shot at ex, killed parents is found dead
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said during a media briefing early Thursday that 59-year-old Bruce Rogal was dead after a manhunt and a police chase.
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Shore condo association to pay woman $12.5K under discrimination settlement
A New Jersey condo association will pay $12,500 to a resident who said she was not allowed to remove carpeting to relieve her allergy symptoms.
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Pa., an outlier in life-without-parole, faces growing push for change
Pennsylvania sentences more people to life in prison without the possibility of parole than any other state.
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The grand jury report named 301 predator priests, but noted it had information on more than 400, and more than 1,000 victims in the state.
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Listen 1:35Kavanaugh accuser wants FBI investigation before she’ll testify
Lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford said she wants an FBI investigation of her allegation of being sexually assaulted decades ago by Suprem ...
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Pennsylvania leads world in imposing life sentences
Life without parole applies automatically to first- and second-degree murder, and sometimes to third-degree murder.
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Tesla says it has turned over documents to feds
Tesla has turned over documents to the DOJ after statements by CEO Elon Musk about taking the company private.
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