Courts & Law

A 39-year-old woman died Sunday when she was ejected from a small boat in Atlantic County and struck by the propeller, authorities say. 

A lawsuit has been filed against Harrisburg's Roman Catholic diocese for covering up alleged brutal sexual abuse of a boy more than 40 years ago.

Claire DeMatteis, known for her political work, is the new commissioner for Delaware prisons.

A 39-year-old woman sued her father in federal court in Delaware for allegedly raping her as part of a child sex trafficking ring out of their home in Newark.

A defense lawyer argued Tuesday that any mistakes made by Brandon Bostian do not amount to a crime, and a city judge agreed.

New Jersey may limit when judges can order physical or psychological tests on sexual assault victims.

Attorney General Josh Shapiro is teaming up with anti-violence groups to educate women about the risks of buying a gun for someone else.

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross announced Thursday that 13 officers will be terminated over violent or discriminatory Facebook posts.

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said the lawsuit challenges the Trump administration's cap as "unlawful" and a "violation of our federal tax code."

The courts also announced mandatory sexual assault and implicit bias training for all judges.

There’s currently no way to track what happens at bail hearings. Plaintiffs in a new lawsuit say that makes it harder to monitor problems with the city’s controversial system.

Democrats have demanded documents related to the origins of Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

Public defender Timothy Weiler was en route to the Grand Opera House when a man stabbed him in the back. The suspect, a former client, said, “That’s from me to you.”

Kevin Barnhardt, a Democrat, had previously defended the Berks County Residential Center.

For the first time, a federal court in Ohio is releasing a trove of data that offers far more detail about the size and scope of the nation's opioid epidemic