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A sign at the entrance to Facebook's corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Advocacy groups are asking the Federal Trade Commission to open an investigation into Facebook practices that let children make in-game purchases without their parents' permission.
(Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Kids
Technology

Advocates ask FTC to investigate Facebook over kids’ in-game purchases

Parents also say Facebook made it challenging to find out how to report what had happened and often would not reimburse parents.

6 years ago

Downed power lines and a battered road is what superstorm Sandy left behind as people walk off the flooded Seaside Heights island, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Couple pleads guilty to stealing Sandy relief funds

A North Jersey couple has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $153,000 by filing fraudulent applications for relief funds.

6 years ago

Visitors wait to enter the Supreme Court as a winter snow storm hits the nation's capital making roads perilous and closing most Federal offices and all major public school districts, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. The Supreme Court is ruling unanimously that the Constitution's ban on excessive fines applies to the states. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

The end of civil asset forfeiture? U.S. Supreme Court ruling has advocates hopeful

The U.S. Supreme Court placed limits on the civil asset forfeiture, but Pennsylvania’s high court already reined in the program throughout the state.

6 years ago

This image provided by the U.S. District Court in Maryland shows firearms and ammunition that figure in the case against Christopher Paul Hasson. Prosecutors say that Hasson, a Coast Guard lieutenant, is a
National
Public Safety

Coast Guard lieutenant had hit list of lawmakers and media figures, feds say

Federal agents found 15 firearms and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition when Christopher Hasson was arrested. Authorities deem him a 'domestic terrorist.'

6 years ago

Corrections officers arrive for a shift at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. (Marc Levy/AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice

Is Pa.’s prison mail policy legal? It might depend (in part) on how fast guards can read

A federal trial is underway on whether Pennsylvania's policy for handling legal mail sent to prisons violates inmates' First Amendment rights.

6 years ago

Visitors wait to enter the Supreme Court as a winter snow storm hits the nation's capital making roads perilous and closing most Federal offices and all major public school districts, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. The Supreme Court is ruling unanimously that the Constitution's ban on excessive fines applies to the states. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
National

Court: Constitutional ban on high fines applies to states

The case drew interest from liberal groups concerned about police abuses and conservative organizations opposed to excessive regulation.

6 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks to the media during a news conference, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in Philadelphia. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Philadelphia

Philly DA Krasner: Cashless bail system works

A year ago, Philadelphia started offering bail to low-level offenders without them having to post money. According to DA Larry Krasner, an independent analysis says it worked.

6 years ago

Jay Jordan, 33, is the director of the #TimeDone/Second Chances project for the nonprofit Californians for Safety and Justice. The clinic involves public defenders who volunteer to help people get their criminal charges or records reduced or expunged (Philip Cheung for NPR)
NPR
Criminal Justice
National

Scrubbing the past to give those with a criminal record a second chance

In the last two years more than 20 states have expanded or added laws to help people move on from their criminal records — most involve misdemeanors.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Police Department headquarters at 7th and Race streets. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Policing

Ex-Philly detective faces charges in sexual assault of witnesses

A former Philadelphia police officer was arrested Tuesday on allegations he sexually assaulted male witnesses and suspects over his decade-plus career as a detective.

6 years ago

Corrections officers arrive for a shift at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. (Marc Levy/AP)
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Trial slated to begin today over mail policy in state prisons

Corrections maintains the retained letters are kept secure, but the ACLU argues they can't be sure the letters aren't tampered with.

6 years ago

Critics of the law that is meant to stop witness intimidation, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, have called it redundant,  “excessively broad,” and potentially unconstitutional.(Junial/Bigstock)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

New law to curb witness intimidation in Pa. is criticized by watchdogs

Critics call the law redundant, “excessively broad,” and potentially unconstitutional.

6 years ago

Kathy Jennings, Delaware’s Attorney General. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Delaware

Delaware’s new AG says her office won’t prosecute possession of up to six ounces of pot

Delaware’s new Attorney General says her office will no longer prosecute cases of possession of up to six ounces of marijuana, among other changes.

6 years ago

Listen 1:10
James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna is currently locked down due to what the Delaware Department of Correction is calling an emergency situation. (Licensed under Creative Commons)
Delaware

Trial over Delaware prison riot ends with no convictions

The trial for four inmates charged with murder in a 2017 Delaware fatal prison riot has ended with no convictions.

6 years ago

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
NPR
Immigration
Kids

U.S. agency tightens immigration rules to spotlight child marriage

The Department of Homeland Security has announced new guidelines to track child marriages among immigrants in the United States.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump turns back to the audience after speaking during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
Politics

Trump declaration faces uncertain fate in coming court fight

Let the lawsuits begin.

6 years ago

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