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Police in Delaware will distribute decks of playing cards that have pictures and stories of unsolved murders in hopes that inmates will join their effort to solve the crimes. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)

Police will distribute decks of playing cards that have pictures and stories of unsolved murders in hopes that inmates will join their effort to solve the crimes.

7 years ago

In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Cody Wilson, with Defense Distributed, holds a 3D-printed gun called the Liberator at his shop in Austin, Texas. A federal judge in Seattle has granted an injunction that prohibits the Trump administration from allowing a Texas company to post 3D gun-making plans online. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)

National

Public Safety

Judge blocks online plans for printing untraceable 3D guns

A U.S. judge in Seattle blocked the Trump administration Monday from allowing a Texas company to post online plans for making untraceable 3D guns.

7 years ago

The local sheriff reported a mass shooting at The Jacksonville Landing complex in downtown Jacksonville.

NPR

Sheriff: ‘Multiple fatalities’ after shooting in downtown Jacksonville

A "mass shooting" has taken place at a shopping center in downtown Jacksonville, Fla., according to the sheriff's office, resulting in "multiple fatalities."

7 years ago

In this Monday, July 23, 2018, file photo, Immigrant seeking asylum Ildra Medreano wears an ankle monitor at a Catholic Charities facility not long after she was reunited with her son in San Antonio. Federal authorities' shift away from separating immigrant families crossing into the U.S. illegally now means that many parents and children are quickly released from custody only to be fitted with electronic monitoring devices, a practice that has spiked in recent years but which both the government and advocacy groups oppose for different reasons. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Immigration

National

As more immigrants wear monitors, effectiveness is disputed

Federal authorities’ shift away from separating immigrant families caught in the U.S. illegally now means that many parents and chi ...

7 years ago

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2011 file photo, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick prays during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall assembly in Baltimore. Seton Hall University has begun an investigation into potential sexual abuse at two seminaries it hosts following misconduct allegations against ex-Cardinal McCarrick and other priests. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Religion

Letter: Vatican knew about disgraced archbishop’s behavior

Updated 5:46 p.m. — The Vatican’s retired ambassador to the United States accused senior Vatican o ...

7 years ago

Community groups offer support and guidance outside the county courthouse in Wilmington as part of the launch of the community court concept. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)

Criminal Justice

Delaware

Wilmington Community Court aims to connect low-level offenders with services

A new community court in Wilmington will rely less on fines and prison time for low-level misdemeanors, as it focuses on helping defendants solve problems through treatment

7 years ago

Jim and Evelyn Piazza left the courthouse with their lawyers after hearing closing statements for the second preliminary hearing for the hazing case resulting in the death of their son, Tim Piazza, in March.
(Min Xian/ WPSU)

Higher Education

Pennsylvania

A third judge has dismissed the most severe charges in Penn State hazing case

Magisterial District Judge Carmine Prestia has dismissed all involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges in the February 2017 death of Timothy Piazza.

7 years ago

Trump Tower in New York Thursday, Aug. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Criminal Justice

Politics

Reports: Trump Organization finance chief gets immunity

Allen Weisselberg is believed to be one of two Trump executives mentioned in the suit who reimbursed Cohen and covered up the payments by saying they were legal expenses.

7 years ago

A grand jury report on sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Pennsylvania has proved to be especially difficult reading for parishioners of St. Therese’s Church outside Wilkes-Barre. Now Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses say they are willing to set up a victims compensation fund as they face the prospect that state lawmakers will give victims of decades-old child sexual abuse another chance to sue the church. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)

In a single Pennsylvania parish, 5 priests accused of abuse

A lacerating grand jury report on sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Pa. is especially difficult reading for a church where five of the accused priests served as pastor

7 years ago

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

4 more accused of Sandy relief fund fraud

New Jersey authorities announced Thursday criminal charges against four more people for allegedly filing fraudulent federal Superstorm Sandy relief fund applications.

7 years ago

In this May 25, 2017 photo, a handgun is shown under a camera at the New Jersey state police forensics lab in Hamilton, N.J. Technicians study the inside of weapons to look for blood, body tissue and fibers after shootings.(AP Photo/Josh Cornfield)

New Jersey AG orders police to share info on crime guns

New Jersey’s Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has ordered all state and local police forces to share information on buyers and seller ...

7 years ago

Pennsylvania

Policing

State prisons make changes after staff mysteriously sickened

Pennsylvania's state prison system is tightening security and revamping procedures after 18 staff members were treated at hospitals for exposure to a yet-unidentified substanc

7 years ago

Immigration

Chester County man, arrested while seeking green card, to be deported

Martinez has been detained in York since his January arrest in Philadelphia as he was interviewing for a green card with his husband, U.S. citizen Paul Frame.

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