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In this Aug. 30, 2012, file photo, a tour group walks through the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The Justice Department has sided with Asian-American students suing Harvard University over the Ivy League school's consideration of race in its admissions policy. (Elise Amendola/AP Photo, File)

Trump administration backs Asian-Americans in Harvard case

DOJ: the school has failed to demonstrate that it does not discriminate on the basis of race.

7 years ago

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has delivered a clear message to Philadelphia officials: If you open a supervised injection site, the federal response will be swift and aggressive. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
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Addiction
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DOJ’s Rosenstein: If Philly opens injection site, U.S. crackdown will be swift

Demonstrators press city officials to move on supervised injection site to decrease overdose death toll.

7 years ago

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With Vatican in turmoil over abuse allegations, questions remain about what Pope knew

For centuries, the words "Vatican" and "intrigue" have gone hand in hand.

7 years ago

Delaware State Police
Delaware

Delaware police kill paraplegic suspect during raid; cousin calls shooting ‘unjust’

Delaware State Police are investigating the death of 50-year-old Robert Knox, a paraplegic man who was shot by police in Harbeson Tuesday ...

7 years ago

In this July 26, 2018, file photo, Cleveland Browns' Mychal Kendricks is shown during an NFL football training camp in Berea, Ohio. Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia say Cleveland Browns linebacker Mychal Kendricks used insider trading tips from an acquaintance to make about $1.2 million in illegal profits on four major trading deals. Kendricks says in a statement released by his lawyer Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, that he’s sorry and “deeply” regrets his actions.(AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
Criminal Justice
Sports

NFL linebacker Mychal Kendricks charged with insider trading

Cleveland Browns linebacker Mychal Kendricks has been charged with using insider trading tips from an acquaintance to make about $1.2 million in illegal profits.

7 years ago

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New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

N.J. AG says municipal prosecutors have latitude in marijuana cases, but rules out decriminalization

New Jersey’s top law enforcement officer is warning municipal prosecutors that they cannot unilaterally decriminalize marijuana possession in their city or town.

7 years ago

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Gov. Jerry Brown holds a copy of a bill to end bail he signed Tuesday, Aug. 28, in Sacramento, Calif. The bill, co-authored by state Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, third from right, and Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, right, makes California the first state to eliminate bail for suspects awaiting trial. It goes into effect in October 2019. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)
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Policing
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California becomes first state to end cash bail after 40-year fight

7 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross says language in the note left taped over a work station's trash can was
Philadelphia
Policing

Philly detective under review after racially charged note emerges

Commissioner Richard Ross says the language in the note left taped over a work station's trash can was 'deeply concerning.'

7 years ago

In this Feb. 17, 2015, file photo, former elected Pennsylvania state treasurer Rob McCord walks from the U.S. District Court in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Pennsylvania
Politics

At sentencing today, former Pa. treasurer could get six years for extorting donors

Once a rising star in Pennsylvania politics, McCord launched an unsuccessful bid for governor in 2014. But the FBI secretly recorded him trying to bully campaign donors.

7 years ago

Police in Delaware will distribute decks of playing cards that have pictures and stories of unsolved murders in hopes that inmates will join their effort to solve the crimes. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Delaware

Delaware to sell playing cards featuring cold cases to inmates

Police will distribute decks of playing cards that have pictures and stories of unsolved murders in hopes that inmates will join their effort to solve the crimes.

7 years ago

In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Cody Wilson, with Defense Distributed, holds a 3D-printed gun called the Liberator at his shop in Austin, Texas. A federal judge in Seattle has granted an injunction that prohibits the Trump administration from allowing a Texas company to post 3D gun-making plans online. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)
National
Public Safety

Judge blocks online plans for printing untraceable 3D guns

A U.S. judge in Seattle blocked the Trump administration Monday from allowing a Texas company to post online plans for making untraceable 3D guns.

7 years ago

The local sheriff reported a mass shooting at The Jacksonville Landing complex in downtown Jacksonville.
NPR

Sheriff: ‘Multiple fatalities’ after shooting in downtown Jacksonville

A "mass shooting" has taken place at a shopping center in downtown Jacksonville, Fla., according to the sheriff's office, resulting in "multiple fatalities."

7 years ago

In this Monday, July 23, 2018, file photo, Immigrant seeking asylum Ildra Medreano wears an ankle monitor at a Catholic Charities facility not long after she was reunited with her son in San Antonio. Federal authorities' shift away from separating immigrant families crossing into the U.S. illegally now means that many parents and children are quickly released from custody only to be fitted with electronic monitoring devices, a practice that has spiked in recent years but which both the government and advocacy groups oppose for different reasons. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Immigration
National

As more immigrants wear monitors, effectiveness is disputed

Federal authorities’ shift away from separating immigrant families caught in the U.S. illegally now means that many parents and chi ...

7 years ago

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2011 file photo, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick prays during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall assembly in Baltimore. Seton Hall University has begun an investigation into potential sexual abuse at two seminaries it hosts following misconduct allegations against ex-Cardinal McCarrick and other priests. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Religion

Letter: Vatican knew about disgraced archbishop’s behavior

Updated 5:46 p.m. — The Vatican’s retired ambassador to the United States accused senior Vatican o ...

7 years ago

Community groups offer support and guidance outside the county courthouse in Wilmington as part of the launch of the community court concept. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Delaware

Wilmington Community Court aims to connect low-level offenders with services

A new community court in Wilmington will rely less on fines and prison time for low-level misdemeanors, as it focuses on helping defendants solve problems through treatment

7 years ago

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