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Timere Jones, right, carries a life-sized picture of his brother, Jameek Lowery
Black Lives Matter
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New Jersey
Policing
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A New Jersey man didn’t trust police but sought their help anyway. Two days later, he was dead

Paterson police repeatedly punched Jameek Lowery before putting him into an ambulance. He arrived unconscious at the hospital handcuffed to a gurney and died two days later.

1 year ago

File photo: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 14, 2023. A lawyer for The Wall Street Journal said Thursday, March 21, 2024, that Russia must face consequences for its detention of Gershkovich, one of the newspaper's reporters. Gershkovich was arrested on March 29, 2023, on espionage charges, which he and the newspaper deny.
NPR
Criminal Justice
Government
International

U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich has now spent a whole year jailed in Russia

It's been a year since Russia detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on spying allegations.

1 year ago

Atlantic City N.J. Mayor Marty Small holds a news conference on his city's Boardwalk
Government
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Law enforcement officials search Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr.’s home

A lawyer for the mayor said he would be able to comment after reading the warrant.

1 year ago

SEPTA station with police tape
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety
6abc

Teen arrested for murder at SEPTA station has been cleared of wrongdoing, Philadelphia DA says

SEPTA surveillance video showed that he was not involved in the murder.

1 year ago

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrives for a bail hearing at Manhattan Federal Court in New York City on Aug. 11, 2023. Bankman-Fried was sentenced on Thursday to 25 years in prison after being found guilty of fraud last year.
NPR
Criminal Justice
Technology

Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for his FTX crimes

The sentence marks a stunning fall for the 32-year-old former crypto executive who was once seen as the future of finance.

1 year ago

The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., on March 17, 2023.
International
Kids
Technology

TikTok is under investigation by the FTC over data practices and could face a lawsuit

The agency is also scrutinizing the company over potential violations of a children's privacy law.

1 year ago

mifepristone
Government
Medicine
National
Pennsylvania
Sex & Relationships

‘Safe and effective’: Pa. pols, doctors and activists react to SCOTUS hearing on abortion pill

A group of doctors challenged the FDA’s authority to approve mifepristone, an abortion drug. The case went to the Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments Tuesday.

1 year ago

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Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the press in a hallway outside the courtroom at the end of a hearing to determine the date of his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on March 25, 2024. Trump faces twin legal crises today in New York, where he could see the possible seizure of his storied properties over a massive fine as he separately fights to delay a criminal trial even further. (Photo by JUSTIN LANE / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN LANE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Criminal Justice
Elections
Government
National

N.Y. judge issues a limited gag order on Trump ahead of hush money trial

The new gag order on former President Donald Trump specifically bars him from making public statements about witnesses, prosecutors or jurors in his first criminal trial.

1 year ago

An image of a Stop sign in the middle of flooding.
Environment
Government
Law
Outdoors
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Bucks County files climate lawsuit against Big Oil

Filed a year after devastating flash floods killed seven people in Bucks County, the lawsuit alleges the oil industry deceived the public about its climate impact.

1 year ago

Listen 1:08
Larry Krasner speaking at a podium.
Health Care
Medicine
Philadelphia
Public Health

‘Profits over patients’: Philly DA goes after insulin makers and distributors on price-fixing collusion allegations

The ever-increasing cost of life-saving diabetes medication is forcing some patients to ration their supply of insulin, risking massive health complications.

1 year ago

Listen 1:13
A Yeadon Borough Police Department vehicle
Pennsylvania
Policing

Former Yeadon police chief reaches settlement with borough following discrimination suit

Former Yeadon police chief Anthony “Chachi” Paparo accused borough officials of firing him because he is white.

1 year ago

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024.
Crime
Government Accountability

Court agrees to block collection of Trump’s $454 million civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175M

The development came just before New York Attorney General Letitia James was expected to initiate efforts to collect the judgment.

1 year ago

Attorney Paul Lang,
Crime
Incarceration
Philadelphia

Bensalem teen accused of killing 12-year-old girl sentenced to 15 to 40 years

Ash Cooper, 18, pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree murder in the November 2022 death of 12-year-old Morgan Connors. Prosecutors said a motive was never revealed.

1 year ago

New Philly Police officers take the oath of office as they stand on a stage.
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

New police officers to hit the streets in Philly as city struggles to fill vacancies

The officers join Philly’s police department at a time when the Parker administration is rolling out safer streets initiatives.

1 year ago

Police academy training session
Philadelphia
Policing

Philly police face a hiring crisis. Some policies are being loosened to find more cadets

Philadelphia is already seeing the payoff of its amended fitness entry exam.

1 year ago

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