Courts & Law

Democrats, including several senators poised for 2020 presidential bids, tried to block the proceedings in a dispute over Kavanaugh records.

A former Philadelphia police officer has been indicted in the deadly shooting a 30-year-old Germantown man in the back last year.

The Senate Judiciary Committee begins confirmation hearings Tuesday on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

A court in Myanmar sentenced two journalists to seven years in prison Monday for illegal possession of official documents.

Civil rights organizations that have been combing through Kavanaugh's 300-plus decisions during 12 years as a federal appeals court judge.

Pressure from protesters calling for an end of ICE and meetings with activists helped convince Mayor Jim Kenney to end the arrangement.

A federal judge has halted the Pa. House policy banning people who don't believe in God from giving the invocations made at the start of each day.

The Burlington, New Jersey, couple who raised thousands for a homeless man living in Philadelphia has apparently missed a court-ordered d ...

When a facility goes into lockdown, it usually means the few freedoms inmates have go away.

A suit's been filed on behalf of four who claim they were molested in New Jersey Massage Envy facilities.

McClure and D'Amico have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing or misusing any of the money.

Kaepernick’s allegation that the NFL colluded to deny him a contract as punishment for his lead role in player protests will get a formal hearing.

Supporters hope Mumia Abu-Jamal will get a new trial in the murder of Philadelphia police Officer Daniel Faulkner due to what they say is a prosecutorial conflict of interest

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

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