Courts & Law
Should Trump’s trial be televised?
There would need to be an exception to a rule barring cameras and microphones in federal courtrooms to make it happen.
8 months ago
Prosecutors ask judge to issue protective order after Trump post appearing to promise revenge
Prosecutors want U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan to issue a protective order concerning evidence in the case.
8 months ago
Pa. court reverses PUC decision on East Whiteland sewer sale to Aqua
Pa.’s Commonwealth Court recently ruled on the side of ratepayers in a major Office of Consumer Advocate case against the Public Utilities Commission and Aqua.
8 months ago
Trump was told not to talk to witnesses in 2020 election conspiracy case. That could be a challenge
His lies about the election — which form the basis of the charges — are repeated in nearly every speech he gives.
8 months ago
What is straw purchasing a gun? And how will tackling it slow the flow of guns in Philadelphia?
Philadelphia is the latest city to crack down on straw purchases in an effort to curb gun violence.
8 months ago
New Castle County agrees to pay more than $1 million to settle lawsuit over fatal police shooting
Officials in Delaware’s largest county have agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle a lawsuit stemming from a fatal police shooting in 2021.
8 months ago
Pittsburgh synagogue gunman has been sentenced to die in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack
It was the first federal death sentence imposed during the presidency of Joe Biden, who pledged during his 2020 campaign to end capital punishment.
8 months ago
The latest Trump indictment lists 6 unnamed co-conspirators. Here’s what we know
The six unnamed allies have not been criminally charged or officially named by prosecutors.
8 months ago
Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election
This is the third criminal case brought against Trump in the last six months.
8 months ago
Wildwood, N.J. mayor sentenced in federal tax fraud case
Mayor Pete Byron, 67, learned his fate before a federal judge in Camden on Wednesday.
8 months ago
Philly landlord-tenant officer expected to resume evictions ‘within weeks,’ sources say
Marisa Shuter had agreed to temporarily stop performing evictions after a string of shootings involving her deputies.
8 months ago
The Pittsburgh synagogue gunman will be sentenced to death for the nation’s worst antisemitic attack
A federal jury recommended Wednesday that Robert Bowers be sent to death row. A judge must formally impose the sentence.
8 months ago
Pence fought an order to testify but now is a central figure in his former boss’s indictment
On Tuesday, Pence said that the indictment “serves as an important reminder: Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be President of the United States."
8 months ago
Two Northeast pharmacies fined $3.5 million to settle charges of Medicare Fraud
The alleged scheme was carried out from 2012 to 2016, and the medication that the government was billed for included treatments for asthma, depression, and some anesthetics.
8 months ago
The election-meddling indictment against Trump is sprawling. Here’s a breakdown of the case
A sprawling indictment unsealed Tuesday says the one who tried to steal the election was Trump, in a desperate bid to cling to power.
8 months ago