Courts & Law

The jury convicted Cardinal George Pell of abusing two 13-year-old boys whom he had caught swigging sacramental wine in Melbourne's St. Patrick's Cathedral in late 1996

R&B singer R. Kelly's attorney entered a not guilty plea on behalf of his client Monday as the singer faces multiple charges of sexual abuse in Chicago.

Pennsylvania's Human Relations Act grants certain groups of people extra legal protection against discrimination. One group it misses? LGBTQ+ people.

Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks have twin sons, born four minutes apart. The U.S. State Department has maintained that one is a U.S. citizen and one is not.

Kelly is being allowed to go free as he awaits trial after posting $100,000, or 10 percent of the bond.

Citing Manafort's lies to the FBI, several government agencies and his own lawyer, prosecutors said that "upon release from jail, Manafort presents a grave risk of recidivism.

When it comes to adoption, Americans might assume that each child is treated equally. But research shows that darker-skinned children are repeatedly discriminated against.

The woman who sued natural gas driller Range Resources over alleged air and water contamination at her Mt. Pleasant, Pa. home, testified before an investigative grand jury.

The DOC has confirmed it will stop photocopying inmates’ legal mail and go back to giving them original copies.

Delaware County is the latest public entity seeking to join the ongoing lawsuit, which alleges unsafe conditions and a need for more emergency planning.

Hundreds of private entities like universities and hospitals receive access to the list.

Jupiter Police Chief Daniel Kerr announced the charges on Friday as part of a sting on a local spa.

Steve Luxenberg tells the history around Plessy v. Ferguson, the disastrous 1896 Supreme Court decision that made racial segregation legal as “separate but equal.”

The exact timing of Mueller's endgame is unclear.

STEVE LUXENBERG, a former Washington Post editor ...