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Brett Kavanaugh speaks after being sworn-in at the White House last month. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
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National

Heightened security as Brett Kavanaugh formally takes Supreme Court seat

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump are scheduled to attend the ceremony.

7 years ago

Philadelphia's standing as a sanctuary city — and whether the U.S. government can penalize it by withholding a federal grant — is again the subject of a court hearing. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Immigration
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Federal appeals judges hear arguments in Philly ‘sanctuary city’ case

Lawyers for the Trump administration Wednesday tried again to legally justify its attempt to punish "sanctuary cities" like Philadelphia.

7 years ago

 Philadelphia Police Department headquarters (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philadelphia police officer wounded in shooting, 2 suspects arrested

Authorities say two suspects have been arrested in a shooting that wounded a Philadelphia police officer.

7 years ago

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Officials: Shore therapist paid undercover FBI agent to maim colleague

Authorities say a New Jersey therapist hired an FBI agent posing as a hit man to disfigure a colleague who had threatened to report her to a licensing board.

7 years ago

(Steve Ruark/AP Photo, file)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Shore man sentenced to jail for killing Navy veteran’s service dog

A Jersey Shore man who killed a Navy veteran's service dog in training has been sentenced to 90 days in jail.

7 years ago

President Barack Obama speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015.  Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa. is at right.  (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
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National
Politics

Supreme Court won’t review decision that ok’d Obama-era net neutrality rules

The Supreme Court has rejected telecom companies' attempts to quash a lower court's decision that upheld the Obama administration's net neutrality rules.

7 years ago

This March 23, 2018 file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith)
National

Trial starts over 2020 census citizenship question

A federal trial began Monday in New York City over challenges to the federal government's decision to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census.

7 years ago

Police investigators work the scene of the shooting on Friday in Tallahassee, Fla. The assailant has been identified, and details are emerging about his criminal and online history. (Steve Cannon/AP)
NPR

Gunman in yoga studio attack had a criminal history, posted racist and sexist videos

He had been charged with battery twice, and multiple news outlets have reported on evidence of his misogynist and racist beliefs.

7 years ago

Two young people speak at a rally Monday in Seattle. The Supreme Court said it would not stop the lawsuit that inspired this rally, along with others in Portland and Eugene, Ore.
(Elaine Thompson/AP)
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Environment
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Young activists can sue government over climate change, Supreme Court says

The trial could start as early as mid-November.

7 years ago

 A Princess 60 yacht. [By rdesai from Newport Beach, Ca (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons]
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Shore yacht captain pleads guilty to seaman’s manslaughter

A New Jersey yacht captain accused of causing a fatal collision off the coast of Rhode Island has pleaded guilty.

7 years ago

Harvard University denies allegations of racial bias, and the school's attorneys presented their own set of statistics to prove their case. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
NPR
Higher Education
Race & Ethnicity

Harvard discrimination trial is ending, but lawsuit is far from over

For Asian-American parent Jane Chen, this legal battle was a long time coming.

7 years ago

LaShanda Anderson, 36, of Philadelphia was killed by a Deptford, New Jersey, police officer in June. Authorities say she attempted to drive into the officer, but the attorney representing her family disputes that claim. (Facebook)
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

Grand jury clears South Jersey officer in fatal shooting of Philly woman

Civil rights lawyer Stanley King said firing shots was an abuse of power.

7 years ago

(Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philadelphia
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PlanPhilly

Judge could force SEPTA to end ban on political ads

A fed. judge may force SEPTA to scale back its effort to keep politically charged advertisements off its bus shelters and vehicles when he issues a decision later this month

7 years ago

Delaware Attorney General Matt Denn has issued a broad subpoena seeking Catholic Diocese of Wilmington records on possible sexual abuse by priest in recent decades. (WHYY, file)
Delaware
Public Safety
Religion

Delaware launches widespread probe into possible sex abuse by priests

The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington comprises 56 parishes, 18 missions and 36 schools in Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore.

7 years ago

This undated Pennsylvania Department of Transportation photo shows Robert Bowers, the suspect in the deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation via AP)
National
Public Safety
Religion

Pittsburgh synagogue suspect pleads not guilty

Robert Bowers, 46, was arraigned one day after a grand jury issued a 44-count indictment.

7 years ago

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