
Courts & Law
On the stand, Cosby’s main accuser said she came to court ‘for justice’
Andrea Constand remembers thinking it was “absurd” for Bill Cosby, her friend and mentor, to have a romantic interest in her.
7 years ago
Listen 4:45Bill would weaken standards on conventional oil and gas drillers in Pa.
The measure marks the latest move in a protracted legal and political battle over how to regulate the state’s oil and gas industry.
7 years ago
In Pennsylvania, it’s open season on undocumented immigrants
ICE’s Philadelphia office is making more 'at-large' arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions than anywhere else in America.
7 years ago
Cosby accuser on omitting assault in memoir: ‘I wasn’t under oath when I wrote book’
Not long before reality TV star and former model Janice Dickinson says Bill Cosby raped her in 1984, she snapped a picture of the iconic entertainer in a hotel in Lake Tahoe.
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Third Cosby accuser says he gave her pills, then she passed out on backgammon board
Janice Baker-Kinney was the third woman to tell a Montgomery County jury the 80-year-old comedian gave her a substance that knocked her out before he sexually assaulted her.
7 years ago
Catalyzed by Cosby, advocates aim to end time limits on reporting sexual assault
Comedian Bill Cosby's retrial is underway, and some activists hope the case will highlight their fight to end statutes of limitations on prosecuting sex crimes.
7 years ago
Listen 3:03Second Cosby accuser tells jury ‘Dr. Huxtable’ humped her leg at the Las Vegas Hilton
Bill Cosby accuser Chelan Lasha testified on Wednesday that the comedian drugged her and humped her leg in a suite at the Las Vegas Hilton in 1986.
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Cosby accuser told Constand, ‘I got your back, sister’
Bill Cosby’s attorneys sought to portray one of his accusers as an attention-seeker influenced by other women sharing their allegations against the comedian
7 years ago
Listen 2:48F.B.I. raid on Michael Cohen’s offices
Guest: Mimi Rocah Yesterday the F.B.I. raided the offices and home of Michael Cohen, President Trump’s personal ...
Air Date: April 11, 2018
Listen 14:16Appealing a public records request denial in N.J.? Don’t hold your breath
For one public records requester, the wait to have her complaint ruled on surpassed two years.
7 years ago
Listen 5:20Lawsuit alleges Penn missed opportunities to prevent student’s suicide
Penn formed a task force to address the suicide rate in 2014 that issued some recommendations in an eight-page report. An attorney contends it hasn't taken sufficient action.
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Listen 2:09First Cosby accuser takes stand, says he preyed on ‘little nobody from Colorado’
Cosby defense will cross-examine witness on 1984 encounter in Reno.
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Defense attorneys attack Cosby accuser in opening statement
The defense in Bill Cosby's retrial used its opening statement on Tuesday to portray a $3.4 million settlement paid to Constand as evidence of her greed.
7 years ago
Listen 1:05A dispute over a local law that opens up much of a Pittsburgh suburb to oil and gas drilling has made it to a Westmoreland County courtroom.
7 years ago
Man killed in Panera standoff was armed with what turned out to be BB gun
New Jersey officials have released surveillance footage in last month's shooting death of an armed man inside the Panera Bread restaurant, near Princeton University's campus.
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