Courts & Law

A white Philadelphia prisons official has sued the city for discrimination, saying city officials passed him over in favor of a less-experienced black woman.

New Castle County Police have arrested 11 members of the Exit 4/Mag Boys Gang after a four month investigation into heroin and marijuana sales in Edgemoor.

Two associates of U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, D-Philadelphia, have been charged after an investigation into a Brady opponent bowing out of the 2012 primary race.

Philadelphia's onetime top prosecutor accepted posh dinners and Caribbean getaways in return for favors. A federal judge has sentenced him to 5 years for corruption.

How a savvy purchase of a cloud storage company helped the company behind Taser snag big contract for Philly police body cameras.

Sessions said he would urge federal prosecutors to use whatever laws they can think of to “dismantle” the transnational criminal organization with an estimated 40,000 members.

The gunman accused of shooting five coworkers in Maryland, killing three of them, then shooting a sixth person in Wilmington will be tried in Delaware first.

A coalition of Philadelphia activists who want to end the city's longstanding cash bail system aren't waiting for the system to change.

Former Philadelphia DA Seth Williams will be sentenced Tuesday. Prosecutors want 5 years in prison.

About 35 volunteers spent their Saturday working together to harness the power of technology to help people coming out of prison rebuild their lives.

An attorney specializing in intellectual property said the case is significant because no lawsuit under the statute has been tried by a jury before.

Sessions' speech went on without incident, but by mid-afternoon protesters that had gathered and marched through the city clashed with Philadelphia officers.

A multi-million dollar gambling ring has been broken up in Philadelphia. Philadelphia police have arrested nine people and charged ...

An attorney for Bruce L. Castor says the personal-injury complaint will claim Andrea Constand sued Castor for defamation in 2015 so he would lose the prosecutor's race.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court disbarred Philadelphia's former top prosecutor, the latest blow to the jailed ex-district attorney who pleaded guilty in a bribery scandal.