Courts & Law

His new lawyer — a prominent death penalty litigator who represented one of the Boston Marathon bombers — signaled he might be open to a plea deal.

Ten days after powerful Philly union leader John Dougherty was indicted for stealing union funds, the international union has sent a team to monitor his local branch.

Closing arguments scheduled Monday in the second trial of inmates charged in 2017 riot that claimed the life of a James T. Vaughn Correctional Center guard.

Former Allentown managing director Francis Dougherty, who pleaded guilty to a corruption charge almost two years ago, was sentenced Friday to three years' probation.

United States Coast Guard members apprehended a man with an outstanding warrant on a commercial fishing vessel off the northern New Jersey coast on Friday. 

Authorities have launched an investigation after a dead dog was found in a trash can on a Jersey Shore road. 

The National Enquirer's alleged attempt to blackmail Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos with intimate photos could get the tabloid's parent company and top editors in deep legal trouble.

Bill Cosby has been moved to a general population unit as he serves three to 10 years in prison for sexual assault in Pennsylvania.

A three-judge federal panel finds that the requirement for Delaware judges violates “freedom of association rights.”

New Jersey wildlife officials say they have caught three would-be poachers thanks to the help of a "robotic" deer decoy.

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania says David Sommers on Monday admitted to sending a package to Canada in 2014 containing 11 turtles.

The civil lawsuit is the first time the federal government has intervened in the hotly debated issue of supervised injection sites.

After a year in office, Larry Krasner, considered one of the most progressive district attorneys in the nation, sees himself as orchestrating his own movement.

The state police just implemented a policy banning some of the most egregious behavior exposed in an investigation last year.

Jerry Sandusky, 75, was sentenced in 2012 to 30 to 60 years, but a Pennsylvania Superior Court panel said that included the improper application of mandatory minimums.