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After 25 years in prison, Anthony Wright was acquitted of the rape and murder of Louise Talley, 77. The city of Philadelphia has paid Wright a record-setting $9.8 million settlement. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Exonerated after 25 years in prison, Philly man gets record-setting $10 million from city

Anthony Wright was granted a new trial in the 1991 slaying on the basis of new DNA evidence, and a jury acquitted him in 2016.

7 years ago

Members of the New Sanctuary Movement protest outside City Hall
NewsWorks Tonight
Immigration
Philadelphia

Federal judge says Philly’s sanctuary city policies made ‘in good faith,’ delivers blow to Sessions

Mayor Jim Kenney declares U.S. ruling “total and complete victory” for Philadelphia.

7 years ago

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In this May 21, 2018 photo, a sign opposing an industrial hog farm is displayed at a home in Berwick, Pa. Residents who complain about foul smells from the nearby hog farm have taken their fight to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. (Michael Rubinkam/AP Photo)
Food & Drink
Pennsylvania

In cases of ‘nuisance’ farms, Pa. plaintiffs are often out of luck

Pennsylvania law makes it near-impossible to sue farms for nuisances like smells.

7 years ago

In this Aug. 26, 2016, file photo, a one-month dosage of hormonal birth control pills is displayed in Sacramento, Calif. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo, File)
Health Care
Medicine
Politics

Pa. attorney general fights Trump rule to cut birth control from health insurance plans

The case has moved to the U.S. Court of the Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

7 years ago

Screenshot of the YouTube video showing Wildwood Police striking the woman before officers handcuffed her. (YouTube)

Wildwood officers in beach arrest won't face criminal charges

Prosecutors say officers involved in the violent arrest of a Philadelphia woman accused of underage drinking at a New Jersey beach over t ...

7 years ago

Wildwood Police Dept
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Safety

Man displayed ‘disturbing’ sign referencing bomb in Wildwood, police say

A Pennsylvania man was arrested Monday morning after displaying a sign referencing a bomb in a Wildwood supermarket parking lot, authorit ...

7 years ago

 (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)
LGBTQ

Supreme Court justices side with Colorado baker on same-sex wedding cake

Supreme Court rules narrowly for Colorado baker who wouldn't make same-sex wedding cake

7 years ago

Kevin Cruz-Cuebas, 19, of York, was found guilty of drug delivery resulting in death and related offenses (Provided)
Pennsylvania

Pa. prosecutors focus on charging dealers who sell fatal doses of heroin

Lancaster County DA Craig Stedman said some counties view the stricter interpretation of the state law as one more way to combat the opioid crisis.

7 years ago

An unconventional drilling site is prepared in Butler County, Pennsylvania in the winter of 2014. (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Study finds health threats from oil and gas wastewater spread on roads

Pennsylvania stopped the practice after a lawsuit alleging pollution.

7 years ago

The Environmental Protection Agency (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Feds charge 5 with scheme to get around Clean Air Act

They allegedly tampered with diesel trucks.

7 years ago

Bill Cosby accuser Andrea Constand smiles as she listens during a news conference after Cosby was found guilty in his sexual assault retrial in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Cosby accuser makes first public statements since trial

The woman whose claims that Bill Cosby drugged and molested her led to the comedian’s conviction on sexual assault charges is speak ...

7 years ago

Rapper Meek Mill leaves Philadelphia's Criminal Justice Center Wednesday morning, May 30, 2018, where his request for a new judge was denied.
Criminal Justice
Music

Philly judge says he doesn’t have authority to reassign Meek Mill’s case

Common Pleas Judge Genece Brinkley has presided over Mill’s case since his 2007 arrest on drug and gun charges. The rapper and the longtime judge have publicly feuded.

7 years ago

Jeffrey Colmyer, 42, and Tiffany Cimino, 34, both of Little Egg Harbor. (New Jersey Office of Attorney General)
Down the Shore
Insurance
New Jersey

Prosecutors to recommend a 7 year term for N.J. contractor who stole from Sandy victims

A New Jersey couple has admitted stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from more than 20 victims who hired them to repair or rebuild their homes after Superstorm Sandy.

7 years ago

(File/Newsworks)
Business
Delaware

$210M settlement eyed in Wilmington Trust shareholder suit

Wilmington Trust has agreed to a $210 million cash settlement in a shareholder lawsuit alleging the bank fraudulently concealed billions of dollars in bad loans.

7 years ago

Screenshot of the YouTube video showing Wildwood Police striking the woman before officers handcuffed her. (YouTube)

Mayor strongly defends Wildwood police after beach incident

A Philadelphia woman seen on video being punched in the head by a police officer on a New Jersey beach said Tuesday she didn’t spit ...

7 years ago

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