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Courts & Law

Donald Trump during a January 2016 campaign event awarding a $100,000 check to a veterans charity in Sioux City, Iowa. Trump's use of his personal foundation during the campaign raised legal questions about the foundation's activities. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics

Trump Foundation to dissolve amid New York AG’s investigation

New York AG Barbara Underwood has announced that the Trump Foundation will dissolve. The foundation was established by Donald Trump well before he ran for president.

7 years ago

Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, July 10, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Marsy’s Law backers prep for final Pa. push — but some are still skeptical

Advocates want an amendment that would ensure victims' legal rights in the state constitution, just as defendants' rights are. Gov. Wolf supports it. The ACLU does not.

7 years ago

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
New Jersey
Policing

N.J. lawmakers advance bill requiring AG probe of deaths in police custody to Murphy

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal says it would indicate prosecutors are incapable of prosecuting law enforcement officials in their own county, an idea he says is untrue.

7 years ago

Wilmington Trust headquarters on Rodney Square in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. (Wikimedia Commons)
Delaware

Ex-Wilmington Trust president, CFO get 6 years prison for fraud, conspiracy [updated]

The bank's former president Robert Harra Jr. and former CFO David Gibson have both been sentenced to six years in prison for fraud and conspiracy.

7 years ago

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signs legislation to enable judges to order people to temporarily give up their firearms if they are found to pose an immediate danger, one of more than 200 bills he signed on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, in Annapolis, Md. Hogan also signed a bill to ban bump stocks, which can increase a semi-automatic rifle's firing rate, as well as a bill to require convicted domestic abusers to surrender guns to law enforcement or a firearms dealer. ( Brian Witte / The Associated Press)
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
PA Post

Red flag laws and the push for one in Pa., explained

In Maryland, a recent request to remove guns ended with a man's death.

7 years ago

The Affordable Care Act that protects people with pre-existing conditions is at risk after a federal judge in Texas ruled it unconstitutional. (Rick Bowmer/AP)
NPR
Health Care
National

What you need to know about the Affordable Care Act after Texas ruling

The decision risks throwing the nation's health care system into turmoil should it be upheld on appeal.

7 years ago

(Image from PennEast Pipeline Company
Energy
Environment
New Jersey

PennEast now faces tough scrutiny from DEP after winning court battle

Federal judge grants eminent domain in New Jersey, but pipeline company must still meet many environmental standards.

7 years ago

Amanda Spillane of Philadelphia was denied a cosmetology license because of her criminal history. (Courtesy of the Institute for Justice)
The Why
Criminal Justice
Health Care
Law

Tangled up in the process: Should a criminal history bar you from a career in cosmetology?

Requirements for a cosmetology license in Pennsylvania include having "good moral character," which can disqualify even those who say they've turned their lives around.

Air Date: December 17, 2018

Listen 13:10
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz (11) throws a pass throws a pass during warm ups before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Sports

Eagles’ Wentz out for Sunday with stress fracture in back

Carson Wentz's back injury will sideline him for Sunday's game at the Los Angeles Rams.

7 years ago

Downed trees mark the route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in Deerfield, Va., in February. A federal appeals court has blocked development of portions of the pipeline. (Steve Helber/AP)
NPR
Energy
Environment

Quoting ‘The Lorax,’ court pulls permit for pipeline crossing Appalachian Trail

The judges cited Dr. Seuss' The Lorax: "We trust the United States Forest Service to 'speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.'"

7 years ago

Information cards displayed during an Affordable Care Act enrollment event in San Antonio, Texas, in 2016. A federal judge struck down the health insurance law as unconstitutional Friday.
(Eric Gay/AP)
NPR
Health Care
National

Federal judge strikes down Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional

A federal judge in Texas issued a ruling Friday declaring the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional, apparently setting the stage for a Supreme Court hearing.

7 years ago

Johnny Bobbitt Jr., (left), Kate McClure, and Mark D'Amico pose at a gas station
New Jersey

Homeless vet in alleged GoFundMe scam released on bail

Johnny Bobbitt will be released and live in his apartment in Philadelphia, subject to electronic monitoring.

7 years ago

In this Nov. 20, 2008, file photo, the execution chamber at the Washington State Penitentiary is shown with the witness gallery behind glass at right, in Walla Walla, Wash. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo, File)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Prosecutors driving dip in Pa. death sentences, not moratorium

Pennsylvania has a moratorium on executions, but the report from the Death Penalty Information Center finds prosecutors are driving a drop in death sentences.

7 years ago

A sign on the side of a barn on Riegelsville Road in Holland Township, New Jersey, shows local opposition to the PennEast pipeline. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Energy
New Jersey
Real Estate
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PennEast pipeline can take New Jersey lands using eminent domain, judge rules

The PennEast Pipeline Co. can take private land through eminent domain to build a natural gas pipeline, a New Jersey federal judge ruled on Friday.

7 years ago

 David Desper, 28, of Trainer, Pa., and the truck he was driving during the shooting (West Goshen PD)

Driver in Chesco road rage killing sentenced to 20-40 years

“I’m so sorry to Bianca’s family. I’d do anything to give her back,” killer tells court.

7 years ago

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