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In August, demonstrators call for the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal who was convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1982. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Upset with delay on Abu-Jamal ruling, officer’s widow ordered from courtroom

Final decision on Mumia Abu-Jamal appeal in murder case delayed for a month

7 years ago

Shore lawyer sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing from elderly clients

A Shore attorney who hosted a radio show and taught seminars on elder law has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing more than $3 million dollars from clients.

7 years ago

Law enforcement officials gather outside a U.S. post office facility after reports that a suspicious package was found in Atlanta, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Criminal Justice

National

Public Safety

FBI says suspicious parcel was addressed to CNN in Atlanta

Bomb squads were called to a post office in Atlanta on Monday about a suspicious package sent to CNN, investigators said Monday

7 years ago

Anti-abortion demonstrators, including Phyllis Schlafly, foreground, rally at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 1992. The high court upheld most provisions of a restrictive Pennsylvania abortion law.

A Pennsylvania case that got to the Supreme Court in 1992 could have spelled the end for Roe vs. Wade.

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Appellate court nominees Bridget S. Bade and Eric D. Miller are sworn in during a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Only two senators — Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah — were in attendance. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Politics

Trump, Republicans continue remaking the federal courts — even as Senate on recess

President Trump and Senate Republicans are remaking the federal courts in their own image.

7 years ago

People gather on a corner near the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pa., where a shooter opened fire Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, injuring multiple people. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)

National

Pennsylvania

Public Safety

11 killed, 6 injured in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting; FBI investigating as hate crime

A law enforcement official has identified the suspect in a shooting Saturday at a Pittsburgh synagogue as Robert Bowers.

7 years ago

An undated police mugshot of Cesar Sayoc, who was charged Friday with sending explosive devices to critics of President Trump. (Broward County Sheriff's Office via Getty Images)

NPR

National

Who is Cesar Sayoc? Bomb suspect has criminal history, attacked Democrats online

Cesar Sayoc has a long criminal history, including a charge of making a bomb threat.

7 years ago

A 12-member jury are deliberating charges against inmates allegedly involved in a prison riot (Cris Barrish/WHYY)

Criminal Justice

Delaware

Public Safety

‘Star witness’ testifies against fellow Delaware inmates in fatal prison hostage siege

A convicted murderer who once headed a notorious Baltimore prison gang testified Friday for Delaware prosecutors against four fellow inma ...

7 years ago

This Nov. 1, 2017, photo shows a van with windows covered with an assortment of stickers in Well, Fla. Federal authorities took Cesar Sayoc into custody on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, and confiscated his van, which appears to be the same one, at an auto parts store in Plantation, Fla., in connection with the mail-bomb scare that has targeted prominent Democrats from coast to coast. (Courtesy of Lesley Abravanel via AP)

National

Public Safety

Florida man charged after weeklong bomb-package scare

Law enforcement officials identified the man as Cesar Sayoc, 56, of Aventura, Florida.

7 years ago

Police outside the U.S. Post Office Royal Palm Processing

NPR

Authorities search Miami postal sorting facility in pipe bomb investigation

Federal agents and the Miami-Dade County Police Department searched the facility on Thursday night,

7 years ago

Down the Shore

Criminal Justice

New Jersey

Jury convicts cop, wife for Superstorm Sandy fraud

An Ocean County jury convicted a police officer and his wife of stealing $187,000 by filing fraudulent applications for federal relief funds related to Superstorm Sandy.

7 years ago