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Courts & Law

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Health Care
Pennsylvania
Transforming Health

Pa. trial lawyers and doctors clash over planned medical malpractice rule change

The debate is pitting doctors and health systems against personal injury trial lawyers and the state Supreme Court.

7 years ago

Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby walks through a city neighborhood on August 24, 2016. (Larry French/Getty Images)
NPR
Criminal Justice

Baltimore state’s attorney will no longer prosecute marijuana possession cases

Instead of marijuana, Marilyn Mosby asserted that resources should be used to police and prosecute Baltimore's growing homicide rate.

7 years ago

Prisoners call out to protesters and family members gathers outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal prison where prisoners have been without heat, hot water, electricity and proper sanitation due to an electrical failure since earlier in the week, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Kathy Willens/AP Photo)
Criminal Justice
Government Accountability

Protesters pushed back at NYC federal jail where power out

Protesters have gathered outside the facility in recent days following news reports that those housed there have largely been without heat or power for the past week.

7 years ago

The state Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Politics

Voters may be asked to weigh in on victims’ rights this year

The ACLU says the amendment could make it harder for defendants to get the information they need to defend themselves.

7 years ago

A London jury convicted a woman of committing female genital mutilation on her daughter, when the child was 3. It is first time anyone in the U.K. has been found guilty of the crime since it became illegal in 1985. (Kirsty O'Connor /Press Association Images via Getty Images)
NPR
International

In UK first, court convicts mother for female genital mutilation

Advocacy groups celebrated the verdict on Friday on behalf of victims.

7 years ago

A bunk bed and desks are seen inside a cell at a Virginia detention center contracted by ICE. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Immigration

ICE failed to hold detention center contractors accountable, report finds

According to the report, ICE found 14,000 deficiencies between October 2015 to June 2018 but only issued two fines.

7 years ago

Evelyn Piazza, seated with her husband James, and son Michael, speaks during an interview on Monday May 15, 2017, in New York. The Piazza's talked about Timothy Piazza, 19, a brother, son and Penn State sophomore who died in February after he was put through a hazing ritual at his fraternity house and forced to drink dangerous amounts of alcohol in a short amount of time. (Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo)
Higher Education
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Parents of Penn State pledge sue frat members over his death

Lawyers for Tim Piazza's parents announced the federal wrongful death lawsuit Friday and also disclosed they have reached a confidential monetary settlement with Penn State.

7 years ago

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar delivers remarks to reporters while participating in a roundtable about health care prices at the White House on Jan. 23. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR

Trump administration wants to cut drug prices by eliminating middlemen’s rebates

The draft rule from the Department of Health and Human Services would encourage drug companies to offer discounts directly to consumers and would reduce the role of middlemen.

7 years ago

PPL's Brunner Island is a three-unit, coal-fired plant located on the west bank of the Susquehanna River, is seen in York Haven, Pa. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Delaware
Environment
New Jersey

Delaware, New Jersey join lawsuit against EPA’s cross-state pollution rule

Delaware, New Jersey and four other states are challenging the EPA’s ruling on reducing pollution that blows across state lines.

7 years ago

Union Leader John Dougherty exits federal court after he pled not guilty at his arraignment Friday afternoon. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Philadelphia

Philadelphia union leader ‘Johnny Doc’ pleads not guilty to bribery, theft

Dougherty pleaded not guilty and was released on $50,000 bail.

7 years ago

Ray Kemble of Dimock, displays a jug of what he identifies as his contaminated well water in this August 2013 file photo (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Gas driller Cabot wants Dimock man thrown in jail for contempt

A gas driller is escalating its campaign against a Pennsylvania homeowner who’s long accused the company of polluting his water, demanding that he be thrown in jail over his f

7 years ago

Stenographers take rapid-fire dictation at twice the speed of speedy typists, deciphering regional accents and paying ardent attention to the most arcane talk. (AP Photo/Haraz Ghanbari)
Radio Times
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Race, dialect, and the courtroom

A new study finds that Philadelphia court stenographers often make errors when transcribing the testimony of African Americans.

Air Date: February 1, 2019 10:00 am

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Philadelphia City Councilman Bobby Henon wears a Local 98 T-shirt at the Labor Day parade. Henon's office at City Council was searched by the FBI a month before. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics
PlanPhilly

Councilman indicted on union corruption charges introduces contractor review bill

Bobby Henon did not attend Council because of his arraignment but Councilman Bill Greenlee introduced the bills on his behalf.

7 years ago

Andrea Constand walks to the courtroom during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 6, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, Pool)
Pennsylvania

Cosby victim Andrea Constand settles defamation suit with ex-prosecutor

Andrea Constand has settled a defamation lawsuit against a former prosecutor Bruce Castor who said she added details to her story over time.

7 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Criminal Justice

Henon pleads not guilty to federal corruption charges

Philadelphia City Councilman Bobby Henon pleaded “not guilty” to a string of criminal charges outlined in a sweeping federal indictment.

7 years ago

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