Courts & Law
Inmates plan to hold 2-week strike at prisons across U.S.
Inmates at prisons across the U.S. are expected to stage a two-week strike beginning Tuesday to demand better living conditions and prison reform.
7 years ago
AP sources: Cohen pleading to bank, campaign finance fraud
Michael Cohen will plead guilty to charges including campaign finance fraud, bank fraud and tax evasion.
7 years ago
Kavanaugh tells senator Roe v. Wade is settled law
Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine held a two-hour meeting with Kavanaugh in her office that she called "very informative."
7 years ago
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
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
Listen 2:22More 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.
8 years ago
2 Philadelphia priests, 1 accused of sex abuse, found unfit for ministry
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has found two priests unsuitable for the ministry
8 years ago
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.
8 years ago
Listen 2:06Pope 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."
8 years ago
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.
8 years ago
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.
8 years ago
The clergy abuse crisis has cost the Catholic church $3 billion
The financial and reputational cost to the Catholic church continues to grow.
8 years ago
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.
8 years ago
Three men face charges in ambush shooting of Camden police detectives
Still at large, the suspects are considered to be extremely dangerous, police say
8 years ago
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.
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