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Courts & Law

A maid walks through a bedroom in a suite in Atlantic City, N.J. (Mike Derer/AP Photo, file)
Law
New Jersey
Public Safety

New Jersey hotel workers could soon carry panic buttons

Responding to an assault, New Jersey state lawmakers are considering panic buttons for hotel workers.

7 years ago

John Draper pours glyphosate into the tank of his sprayer at the University of Maryland's Wye Research and Education Center. (Dan Charles/NPR)
NPR
Business
Public Health

Safe or scary? The shifting reputation of glyphosate, aka Roundup

Farmers have been using this chemical, often under the trade name Roundup, for about four decades now. But now it's under fierce attack, accused of causing cancer.

7 years ago

A Range Resources well site in Washington County in 2018. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Judge bars release of document in gas drilling suit

A judge has issued a court order barring The Allegheny Front, StateImpact Pennsylvania and 90.5 WESA from publishing a publicly available legal document.

7 years ago

In this Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, photo, Maria Orbelina Cortez, (right), walks with her 3-year-old son, Julio, (center), and a worker at the Catholic Charities shelter in McAllen, Texas. Orbelina says she decided to flee El Salvador after her husband attacked her and caused a pan of hot oil to fall, scalding Julio and leaving a scar on his head. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
Immigration
Kids
National
ProPublica

Over 200 allegations of abuse of migrant children; 1 case of Homeland Security disciplining someone

From 2009 to 2014, at least 214 complaints were filed against federal agents for abusing or mistreating migrant children.

7 years ago

Bill Cosby
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Bill Cosby drops defamation claims against 7 accusers

Bill Cosby has dropped his countersuit against seven women who accused him of sexually assaulting them.

7 years ago

Karen Muir, (front), Becker's attorney, walked out of the Centre County Courthouse on Thursday, after the jury rendered a verdict for Becker. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Higher Education
Pennsylvania

Jury finds former Penn State fraternity brother guilty of hindering investigation

To find Becker guilty of hindering, the jurors needed to believe that he concealed or destroyed evidence for a police investigation and that he did so intentionally.

7 years ago

Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in April as the justices hear oral arguments over the citizenship question the Trump administration wants to add to the 2020 census.
NPR
Government Accountability
National

GOP redistricting strategist played role in push for census citizenship question

Thomas Hofeller concluded that adding the question would produce the data needed to redraw political maps that would be "advantageous to Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites."

7 years ago

This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy. (Toby Talbot/AP Photo)
Addiction
Health Care
New Jersey

New Jersey sues Sackler family over ‘deceptive’ opioid marketing

New Jersey has filed a civil lawsuit against the Sackler family, which controls the opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma.

7 years ago

Janet Africa (right) embraces Betsy Piet while on the left, Janine Africa greets a well wisher. Janet and Janine Africa were recently released after serving 40 years in prison for their role in the shooting death of a police officer. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Two of the ‘MOVE 9’ speak days after serving four decades in prison

Janet and Janine Africa were released from prison Saturday after serving more than 40 years in the death of a Philadelphia police officer.

7 years ago

In this aerial photo, sand fills the streets in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, along the Jersey Shore, N.J. (Mike Groll/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

Prosecutor accuses Sandy contractors of stealing more than $2M

Two Superstorm Sandy contractors stole more than $2 million dollars from clients, prosecutors allege. 

7 years ago

Phillies center fielder Odúbel Herrera in 2017. (Kim Klement/USA Today Sports)
Billy Penn
Sports
Billy Penn

The ‘deeply disturbing’ Odúbel Herrera incident: What you need to know

MLB is investigating the Phillies center fielder’s arrest for alleged domestic violence.

7 years ago

Bucks County Justice Center (Google Maps)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Bucks County faces $67 million verdict in records case

Nearly 67,000 people's expunged prison booking history was available through an inmate lookup tool on the Bucks County website.

7 years ago

Room 296 in City Hall, where civil court paperwork can be filed in person. (Max Marin/Billy Penn)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Officials have no clue when the Philly courts website will be fixed

Right now, you can’t even check in for jury duty online.

7 years ago

A bicyclist rides past Pennsylvania State University's shuttered Beta Theta Pi fraternity house Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, in State College, Pa. Centre County, Pa., District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller announced Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, that more charges have been filed against fraternity brothers after investigators recovered deleted surveillance video footage recorded before the Feb. 4, 2017, death of 19-year-old Tim Piazza, of Lebanon, N.J., after a night of heavy drinking.
Higher Education

Trial starts over video deletion related to Penn State frat death

A former Penn State fraternity brother erased security camera footage from the night a pledge died because he knew it would be damaging.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Police investigate a shooting in October 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing

Philly putting ‘dozens’ more cops on the street this summer as murders, shootings rise

Murders and shootings are up in Philly over this time last year. The police department will deploy dozens of additional officers to patrol the streets this summer.

7 years ago

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