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Protesters gathered in the Capitol to call on Wolf for further action. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Immigration
Pennsylvania

Activists renew call to shut down Berks immigrant detention center

Pennsylvania DHS already declined to renew the center's federal license, but a federal judge ordered it reinstated.

7 years ago

Parishioners receive communion at Holy Infancy Roman Catholic in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, part of the Allentown Diocese. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Religion

Allentown priest charged with sexual assault of high school student

Updated: 3:59 p.m. Lehigh County prosecutors have charged a catholic priest from the Allentown Diocese with assa ...

7 years ago

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Parishioners worship during Mass at St. Paul Cathedral, the mother church of the Pittsburgh Diocese, last week.
NPR
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Religion

More than 400 have called Pennsylvania’s hotline since clergy sex abuse report

The attorney general's office has been scrambling to keep up, pulling in specially trained investigators from other departments to handle the deluge.

7 years ago

The dome of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. (AP File Photo)
Philadelphia
Religion

2 Philadelphia priests, 1 accused of sex abuse, found unfit for ministry

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has found two priests unsuitable for the ministry

7 years ago

The federal government has shut down Backpage.com,  but it retains its
Criminal Justice
Delaware

Delaware attorney general will seek to dissolve Backpage.com

The company that advertised prostitution has been shut down by the government, but its status as a limited liability company remains in 'good standing' in Delaware.

7 years ago

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Pope Francis addresses the International Pilgrimage of the Ministrants last month in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican.
NPR
Religion

Pope Francis on clergy sex abuse: ‘We showed no care for the little ones’

"The heart-wrenching pain of these victims, which cries out to heaven, was long ignored, kept quiet or silenced."

7 years ago

Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Pennsylvania

Cash assistance program for Pennsylvania’s poor returns this fall

A form of welfare, the mandated program provided $205 a month to people with no other income.

7 years ago

Camden Police Chief John Thomson asks for the public's help in finding the men wanted in connection with the shooting of two undercover detectives. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
New Jersey
Policing

Police arrest 1 of 3 men charged in ambush shooting of Camden police detectives

Police said Saturday night that they arrested Juan Figueroa without incident in Gloucester City, N.J.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the Pennsylvania Capitol on Tuesday. A Pennsylvania grand jury says its investigation of clergy sexual abuse identified more than 1,000 child victims in records in six Roman Catholic dioceses.
Matt Rourke/AP
NPR
Religion

The clergy abuse crisis has cost the Catholic church $3 billion

The financial and reputational cost to the Catholic church continues to grow.

7 years ago

FILE - In this Thursday, July 1, 2010, file photo, Bill Hybels, then-senior pastor of the megachurch Willow Creek Community Church located in Northwest-suburban Chicago, speaks in Washington. It was announced, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill., that lead pastor Heather Larson is stepping down, and the entire Board of Elders will do so by the end of the year. Larson said the church needed new leadership in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against church founder Hybels. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
Religion
Sex & Relationships
Social Justice

Evangelicals confront sex abuse problems in #MeToo era

The victims are coming forward to expose abuse in the Protestant evangelical world where some say the misdeeds have been just as pervasive as the acts by Catholic clergy.

7 years ago

Camden Police Chief John Thomson asks for the public's help in finding three men wanted in connection with the shooting of two undercover detectives.
Criminal Justice
New Jersey
Policing

Three men face charges in ambush shooting of Camden police detectives

Still at large, the suspects are considered to be extremely dangerous, police say

7 years ago

This screen grab from an advertisement from the group Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware has been part of a marketing blitz to keep the company intact. (YouTube)
Business
Delaware

TransPerfect leaves Delaware as corporate home, citing Chancery Court dispute

Following a lengthy court battle over the court-ordered sale of the company, the multimillion-dollar language services company has moved its corporate home to Nevada.

7 years ago

Workplace civil rights law prohibits discrimination against workers 40 and older. Yet worker advocates say recruiters sometimes exclude older workers by narrowing how and where they look for candidates. (Gary Waters/Ikon Images/Getty Images)
NPR
Media
Technology

Are job ads targeting young workers breaking the law?

When an employer sets out to recruit young people for a certain job, is it discriminating against older job seekers in a way that breaks the law?

7 years ago

Numbers are shown on a stock market board.
Business

‘Habitual fraudster’ of Delaware County faces 5 years in latest scheme

Howard Appel arranged stock sales under the guise of consulting work, when in fact he was secretly a major stock owner.

7 years ago

New Jersey Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg considering proposing legislation to make police dash camera video available to the public, which would reverse this week’s state Supreme Court decision that ruled the footage could be kept secret. (AP file photo)
New Jersey
Policing

Weinberg mulls legislation to reverse N.J. Supreme Court decision on dash cam footage

The bill would not force police departments to use dash and body cameras. It would require that any dash and body camera videos that are made be available to the public.

7 years ago

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