Courts & Law

The first intelligence brief from India arrived April 4, more than two weeks before the bombings.

The Philly rapper is still on probation — and his lawyers couldn’t get the proper signoffs for travel.

The administration had said it hoped to identify the children within six months, but it opposed a specific deadline in case finding the children took longer than expected.

Abel Perez, 27, and Pablo Alvarez, 26, both arrived from Cuba at the U.S. southern border in December 2017. Both applied for asylum, and have been held ever since.

Former Philadelphia Sheriff John Green pleaded guilty to felony and conspiracy charges Tuesday.

Former Penn State President Graham Spanier is asking a federal magistrate judge to overturn his conviction.

A $3 million fund will reimburse those whose assets were improperly seized as part of Philadelphia prosecutions.

A lawsuit filed in federal court is challenging Philadelphia’s tradition of reserving city construction work for a number of chosen labor unions.

"I let ambition take over, and I'm truly sorry," a tearful Vaughn Spencer told a federal judge in Philadelphia. "I lost my compass and for that, I have to pay the price."

Bridget Anne Kelly’s sentence is trimmed to 13 months for her role in Bridgegate political scandal. She lambastes former boss Chris Christie, saying she was a scapegoat.

A decade after SEPTA put its first surveillance cameras up, the transit authority has closed the book on its leanest year for payouts yet.

They complain that Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill has not issued a post-trial opinion explaining key trial decisions in the seven months since Cosby's sentencing.

Nearly nine out of 10 people in Philadelphia’s jail system are people of color. The prosecutors who charge them with crimes? Quite the opposite.

Author Mark Bowden examines the 1975 murder of two young sisters in suburban Washington D.C. , the detectives who broke the cold case, and their interrogation of the suspect.

As counties have scaled up the practice to fund local police, our investigation found that seemingly innocent people are getting caught in the rush for cash.