Courts & Law
With Obama DACA protections in jeopardy, young immigrants still hold fast to dreams
Five years ago, the Obama administration launched Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
The program, which temporarily allows yo
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6 years ago
2nd defense attorney wants off Bill Cosby’s sex assault case
A second lawyer who defended Bill Cosby in his sex assault trial that ended with a deadlocked jury wants off the case before the start of
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6 years ago
Delaware prison workers get new bargaining rights
Other staff members working inside Delaware’s prisons will now have similar bargaining rights as correctional officers, who already
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6 years ago
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Allentown company founder arrested over graffiti supporting Pawlowski
A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of painting slogans on Allentown buildings in support of the city’s embattle
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6 years ago
Lawmakers file memos to initiate a Pennsylvania constitutional convention
Two lawmakers are looking to introduce legislation that would force Pennsylvania to re-evaluate its constitution.
The process is k
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6 years ago
Judge frees mom, toddler from Berks immigrant detention center after 22 months
A mother from Honduras and her 3-year-old son are free after nearly two years in an immigrant detention center in Berks County, Pennsylva
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6 years ago
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Expungements can erase the stigma that haunts people of color
A criminal record can haunt a person long after a case has ended, even if that person is found not guilty or all the charges against them
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6 years ago
Prisons’ silence on Philadelphia inmate’s murder perturbs reformers
Sterling Cole was a father of five, a loyal Eagles fan, and a handyman and mason whose favorite project was fixing up his own house.
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6 years ago
Police in Wildwood are searching for a teenager who was reported missing early Sunday morning.
Trinity Christianson, 13, failed to
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6 years ago
Family considering lawsuit in Philadelphia’s Brewerytown incident
The fallout stemming from a rock-throwing incident between neighborhood teens and members of a new gym in Brewerytown resulted
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6 years ago
If people get interracial marriage wrong, it can be worse with divorce
My first real clue that things actually weren't as rosy as I thought came when people anxiously wanted to know if I would keep my married name.
6 years ago
Was the youngest person executed by Pennsylvania actually innocent?
The O.J. Simpson parole hearing is dominating the non-politcal news, but the legacy of race relations looming large in the criminal justi
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6 years ago
Family of N.J. teen killed by train disputes suicide ruling, sues to prove kidnap-murder plot
It took less than a day, after Tiffany Valiante got hit by a New Jersey Transit train, for investigators to decide she committed suicide. Her parents never believed it.
6 years ago
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First responders rescue several people from capsized boat in canal
No one was injured when a boat overturned and several people were tossed into the water in northern Ocean County late Sunday afternoon.
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6 years ago
Cops revive driver with Narcan after chain reaction collision at the Shore
A 26-year old Cape May County man is facing a variety of charges after police say they had to revive him from an apparent drug overdose a
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6 years ago