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Courts & Law

Some senators have called for the FBI to investigate an accusation of sexual assault against Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Getting that to happen is not straightforward, though.
(Carolyn Kaster/AP)
NPR
National
Politics

Fact Check: Can the Senate enlist the FBI to reopen a Kavanaugh investigation?

The short answer: No.

7 years ago

Book donation programs were curtailed in late August when a rash of illnesses among prison staff — thought to be related to synthetic drug exposure--prompted DOC officials to lock down the entire prison system. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Policing
Public Health

Concerned about new DOC policy, attorneys halt mail to Pa. inmates

Advocates argue that the new mail policy — aimed to keep drugs out of prisons — violates inmates' rights.

7 years ago

Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan speaks about the shooting at Bellingham Retirement Community on East Boot Road in East Goshen Township, Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. Authorities are searching for a man who they say shot at his ex-wife and then killed his parents at the retirement center. Hogan says authorities are looking for 59-year-old Bruce Rogal of Glenmoore. (Pete Bannen/Daily Local News via AP)
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Chester County DA: Man who shot at ex, killed parents is found dead

Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said during a media briefing early Thursday that 59-year-old Bruce Rogal was dead after a manhunt and a police chase.

7 years ago

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal speaks during a news conference. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Shore condo association to pay woman $12.5K under discrimination settlement

A New Jersey condo association will pay $12,500 to a resident who said she was not allowed to remove carpeting to relieve her allergy symptoms.

7 years ago

President Trump says Brett Kavanaugh has an
NPR
National
Politics

Trump says he wants to hear from Kavanaugh’s accuser

Trump said it’s not the FBI’s job to conduct an investigation of her claims, saying, “It’s up to the Senate and I really rely on them.”

7 years ago

Cells are shown at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Policing

Pa., an outlier in life-without-parole, faces growing push for change

Pennsylvania sentences more people to life in prison without the possibility of parole than any other state.

7 years ago

Mary McHale speaks at a press conference on recommendations by 40th Statewide Grand Jury, at the office of the Attorney General, in Norristown, PA, on Tuesday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Religion

AG Shapiro, Pa. lawmakers push for action on grand jury recommendations following clergy sex abuse report

The grand jury report named 301 predator priests, but noted it had information on more than 400, and more than 1,000 victims in the state.

7 years ago

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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh reacts as he testifies after questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington Sept. 6.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kavanaugh accuser wants FBI investigation before she’ll testify

Lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford said she wants an FBI investigation of her allegation of being sexually assaulted decades ago by Suprem ...

7 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 6, 2018. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR

Hearing with Kavanaugh, accuser alleging sexual assault in turmoil

7 years ago

The State Correctional Institution at Phoenix is in Collegeville. On its own, Pennsylvania sentences more prisoners to life terms than any country in the world. (Jacqueline Larma/AP file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Policing

Pennsylvania leads world in imposing life sentences

Life without parole applies automatically to first- and second-degree murder, and sometimes to third-degree murder.

7 years ago

In this Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, file photo Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk speaks after announcing Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa as the first private passenger on a trip around the moon in Hawthorne, Calif. Tesla Inc. has turned over documents to the U.S. Justice Department after statements by Musk about taking the company private, the electric car maker confirmed Tuesday, Sept. 18. (Chris Carlson/AP Photo, File)
Business

Tesla says it has turned over documents to feds

Tesla has turned over documents to the DOJ after statements by CEO Elon Musk about taking the company private.

7 years ago

Immigration authorities have been skipping a step in the process: When they served notices to appear in court, they routinely left the court date blank. Because of that omission and a recent Supreme Court decision, tens of thousands of deportation cases could be delayed, or tossed out altogether. (Liam James Doyle/NPR)
NPR
Immigration
National

Supreme Court ruling means thousands of deportation cases may be tossed out

A seemingly minor technicality has big implications.

7 years ago

People listen as names are read off a list of who will cross into the United States to begin the process of applying for asylum Thursday, July 26, 2018, near the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico. As the Trump administration faced a court-imposed deadline Thursday to reunite thousands of children and parents who were forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, asylum seekers continue to arrive to cities like Tijuana, hoping to plead their cases with U.S. authorities. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Radio Times
Immigration
Politics

Seeking asylum

Guests: Ayodele Gansallo, David Glosser, Lee Gelernt To qualify for asylum in the United States, you have to prov ...

Air Date: September 18, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
Bill Cosby arrives with his wife, Camille, for his sexual assault trial, Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Criminal Justice

Camille Cosby wants ethics board to investigate judge

Days before Bill Cosby's scheduled sentencing on felony sex assault charges, his wife demanded Monday that a Pa. ethics board investigate the judge over what she says is bias.

7 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill September 6, 2018.
NPR
Gender
Government Accountability

Kavanaugh and accuser to testify publicly before senators next week

"Her recollection of these events is crystal clear," Ford's attorney Lisa Banks told Morning Edition.

7 years ago

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