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Chief Justice John Roberts (Win McNamee/AP Pool Photo)
Politics

Roberts, right of Kennedy, is new center of Supreme Court

Chief Justice John Roberts is the Supreme Court's new man in the middle. It's just that the middle may have moved well to the right.

7 years ago

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Business
Home & Family
Law

Fireworks are (mostly) legal now in the tri-state area. Here’s what you need to know.

Over the last year, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware have all relaxed their consumer fireworks laws.

7 years ago

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Radio Times
Law
Politics

The Supreme Court: Kennedy’s retirement and recent rulings

Guests: Lisa Tucker, David Rudovsky Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced this week that he would be re ...

Air Date: June 29, 2018 10:00 am

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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaks during an event on Capitol Hill in 2016. Lee is the only member of the Senate on Trump's list. (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)
NPR
National
Politics

Trump says he will nominate new Supreme Court Justice from this list

Here is a look at who is under consideration.

7 years ago

Renee Tartaglione exits the federal courthouse in Philadelphia Wednesday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Politics

Family pleads for mercy, sentencing delayed in Renee Tartaglione’s $2 million scam

A jury last year convicted Renee Tartaglione on 53 charges including theft, fraud and tax evasion.

7 years ago

Legal representatives of the victims of a fatal propane tank explosion at Third and Wyoming streets in Philadelphia in July 2014 discuss a $160 million settlement. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Historic settlement for victims of Philly food truck explosion

Two minors injured in the explosion and fire, as well as the family of the truck owner and her daughter killed in the blast, will share the $160 million award

7 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner discusses his office's policy on unauthorized immigrants victimized by crime.
Criminal Justice
Immigration
Philadelphia

Philly DA vows to protect unauthorized immigrants victimized by crime

Larry Krasner's pledge is in response to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions saying that fleeing gangs or domestic violence no longer qualifies as cause for seeking asylum.

7 years ago

Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy is seen during a ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House April 10, 2017. Earlier in the day Neil Gorsuch, 49, was sworn in as the 113th Associate Justice in a private ceremony at the Supreme Court. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
NPR
National
Politics

Supreme court to lose its swing voter: Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire

Kennedy announced his retirement Wednesday, setting the stage for what promises to be an epic political battle over his replacement.

7 years ago

Members of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers at a center city rally. The U.S. Supreme Court decision Wednesday could cripple the political influence of teachers' unions. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. teachers unions could feel brunt of Supreme Court decision

Conservative groups cheered the decision as a triumph for free speech.

7 years ago

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People gather at the Supreme Court awaiting a decision in an Illinois union dues case, Janus v. AFSCME, on Monday. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
Business
National
Politics

Supreme Court deals blow to government unions

SCOTUS ruled Wednesday that government workers who choose not to join a union cannot be charged for the cost of collective bargaining.

7 years ago

One of the vehicles in the funeral procession for Antwon Rose Jr. has a message displayed as it arrives at the Woodland Hills Intermediate school on Monday, June 25, 2018, in Swissvale, Pa. Rose was fatally shot by a police officer seconds after he fled a traffic stop June 19, in the suburb of East Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Policing

Officer charged with homicide in fatal shooting of teen in Pittsburgh

A Pennsylvania police officer who shot an unarmed black teenager has been charged with criminal homicide.

7 years ago

A protester holds a sign outside a closed gate at the Port of Entry facility, last week in Fabens, Texas, where tent shelters are being used to house separated family members.
NPR
Immigration

Judge bars migrant family separations, orders return of children within 30 days

The order, which came down late Tuesday, is the result of an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania lawmakers formed a task force dedicated to studying capital punishment in 2011. The report came out June 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Long-awaited bipartisan report slams Pa.’s death penalty policies

The 280-page bipartisan effort, “Report on Capital Punishment in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” examined 17 aspects of the system, and proposed a series of reforms

7 years ago

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Down the Shore
Criminal Justice
New Jersey
Public Safety

Prosecutor files terrorism charge against 19-year-old N.J. man

A 19-year-old man who authorities allege threatened to shoot students and faculty at his high school graduation is now facing an additional charge of terrorism. 

7 years ago

Demonstrators at a rally in Washington, D.C., protest the Trump administration's proposed travel ban, which goes before the Supreme Court Wednesday.
Delaware
Immigration

Sen. Chris Coons says Supreme Court ruling doesn’t reflect U.S. values

Coons, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will introduce legislation to make clear that the U.S. does 'not tolerate discrimination based on religion or nationality.'

7 years ago

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