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Debbie Africa, (left), participates in a news conference alongside her son Michael Africa, Jr. and granddaughter Alia, 6, Tuesday June 19, 2018, in Philadelphia. Africa, a member of the radical group MOVE, was released from prison on Saturday, nearly 40 years after the group engaged in a shootout that killed a Philadelphia police officer in 1978. Michael Africa, Sr., has now also been released.  (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
History
Philadelphia

Mike Africa Sr., member of the MOVE 9, released after 40 years in prison

A second member of the MOVE 9 has been released from prison on parole.

7 years ago

Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski, pictured in this Thursday, July 27, 2017 file photo, announced his resignation days after being found guilty of federal corruption charges. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
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Pennsylvania
Politics

Former Allentown mayor gets 15 years in prison on corruption charges

Pawlowski was denied bail. After sentencing, he was handcuffed and taken from the courtroom.

7 years ago

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor says she has been diagnosed with
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National

Sandra Day O’Connor says she has dementia, withdraws from public life

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor says she has been diagnosed with "the beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer's disease," in an open letter.

7 years ago

Four people are charged with murder, kidnapping and other crimes in the February 2017 riot at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center. (WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Delaware

As first Del. prison riot trial begins, defendants accuse state of sketchy plea deals

Men standing trial in connection with the deadly Delaware prison riot in February 2017 contend the court system is stacked against them b ...

7 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
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Immigration

ICE appears to end use of federal prisons for immigrant detainees

A total of only three ICE detainees remain across the five prisons that once held hundreds of immigrants.

7 years ago

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, pictured speaking at an event in September, died after a fight broke out in the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul earlier this month, according to Saudi state TV. (Middle East Monitor via Reuters)
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International

Jamal Khashoggi died in Istanbul consulate, Saudi state TV reports

Saudi Arabian officials confirmed the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who had been missing for 18 days, in a statement issued Saturday morning local time.

7 years ago

FILE – This Nov. 9, 2017, file photo shows Pennsylvania State University's shuttered Beta Theta Pi fraternity house in State College, Pa. Centre County, Pa.,(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Law named for Penn St. pledge who died after hazing signed

The death of a Penn State student after a night of drinking in a fraternity house is bringing a new anti-hazing law to Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

Carolyn Fortney, a survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of her family's Roman Catholic parish priest as a child, awaits legislation in the Pennsylvania Capitol to respond to a landmark state grand jury report on child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Religion

Justice Department investigating sex abuse of kids in Pa.’s Catholic Church

The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation of child sexual abuse inside the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

Philadelphia mob boss Joseph
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Philly mob figure ‘Skinny Joey’ Merlino gets two years in federal prison for gambling

Joey Merlino, a former Philadelphia mob boss, was sentenced Wednesday in Manhattan to two years in federal prison for operating an illega ...

7 years ago

This Aug. 9, 2018, file photo provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shows a scene from a tour of South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP, File)
Immigration
National
Politics

New deal keeps open facility that detains immigrant families

The U.S. government has quietly reached a new agreement to keep open a 2,400-bed detention facility used to detain immigrant mothers and children.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
PlanPhilly

Police Commissioner rejects key Starbucks arrest report recommendation

The PPD agrees that anti-racist training could help officers de-escalate conflicts but can’t commit to providing that training.

7 years ago

Young Asian-American student holding books at chalkboard. (Deborah Lee/NPR)
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What to know about affirmative action as the Harvard trial begins

7 years ago

A man displays his concealed handgun in this 2013 file photo. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)
Delaware
Public Spaces

Delaware judge rules gun restrictions in state parks unconstitutional

The Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association and other gun advocates took fault with the stipulations and filed a lawsuit.

7 years ago

John Wetzel, Secretary of Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections, in a 2018 file photo. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Mental Health
Pennsylvania

Pa. launches center to help counties reduce prison population with mental illness

Pennsylvania leaders are teaming up in an effort to reduce the number of people with mental illness in county jails across the commonweal ...

7 years ago

Down the Shore
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

Shore couple sentenced for stealing $1.4M from Sandy victims

A New Jersey couple faced a judge Friday to learn their fate after admitting to stealing from more than 20 Sandy victims.

7 years ago

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