Courts & Law

In 2012, Pennsylvania passed a law requiring a minimum five-year sentence for anyone convicted of multiple straw purchase violations.

Grewal said when law enforcement officers and citizens know their encounters are being recorded, they behave better.

South Whitehall Township's manager said officials decided not to keep probationary officer Jonathan Roselle on the force following expiration of his probation period.

This is one of a series of stories examining what Democrats are saying about Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh and what Kavanaugh’s record shows on these issues.

Senators on the Judiciary Committee are likely to vote on Kavanaugh's confirmation on Sept. 20.

Senate Democrats worked into the night in a last, ferocious attempt to paint Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a foe of abortion rights and a likely defender of Trump.

The offices of the Attorneys General have set up hotlines to identify potential victims of clergy sex abuse.

Booker called it an act of civil disobedience.

Authorities searched the home of Mark D'Amico and Katelyn McClure in Florence early Thursday morning.

Pennsylvania Corrections officials announced Wednesday, they're drastically cracking down on inmates' mail privileges and increasing other security measures.

So far, Kavanaugh does not seem to have changed minds on the Judiciary Committee, which is split along partisan lines.

Twenty-nine-year-old David Desper entered the plea Wednesday in Chester County in the death of 18-year-old Bianca Roberson.

Wednesday's proceedings shed little light on what happened to the cash.

There's no end in sight, and so on Tuesday the American Civil Liberties Union began publicly raising some alarms.

Democrats, including several senators poised for 2020 presidential bids, tried to block the proceedings in a dispute over Kavanaugh records.