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Courts & Law

Court papers unsealed Monday, July 16, 2018, photographed in Washington, shows part of the criminal complaint against Maria Butina.
International

U.S. arrests, accuses woman of acting as Russian agent

Maria Butina was arrested Sunday on a charge of conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent of the Russian government.

8 years ago

A demonstrator is arrested at the Vigil to Shut Down Berks on the afternoon of July 15. Seventeen arrests were made after group blocked a road outside the detention facility in Leesport, Pa., which is used to house immigrant families who are fighting deportation.
Criminal Justice
Immigration

Berks County protests lead to arrests over detention center

Bern Township Police Chief Wesley Waugh said the 17 protesters were taken into custody after obstructing a nearby highway.

8 years ago

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announces indictments against 12 Russian intelligence agents for computer hacking, at a news conference at the Department of Justice on Friday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Media
Politics

The Russia investigations: 6 key insights from the cyberspy indictment

This week in the Russia investigations: Six insights about the latest master blast from special counsel Robert Mueller.

8 years ago

Moshe Porat, dean of Temple's Fox School of Business at the 2012 Musser Excellence in Leadership Award dinner.
Higher Education
Pennsylvania

Pa. AG looking into allegations against Temple business school dean

Shapiro says he has asked the Bureau of Consumer Protection to examine the case.

8 years ago

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein convened a press conference at the Justice Department on Friday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
International
Politics

Justice Department charges Russian cyberspies with attack on 2016 election

The Justice Department charged 12 Russian intelligence officers Friday with several alleged offenses related to Russia's hacking of the DNC's emails and other targets in 2016.

8 years ago

Twelve-year-old Jarryn Myers prepares to pitch. Two years ago, Myers lost his father to a heroin overdose. Jarryn helped police to find the man who sold his dad the fatal dose. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
NewsWorks Tonight
Addiction
Transforming Health

Charging drug dealers for overdose deaths is controversial. For one family, it brought justice

Since 2013, district attorneys have filed the charge at least 412 times, according to March 2018 data from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

8 years ago

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This undated photo shows Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old black Chicago boy, who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in 1955 after he allegedly whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi helped inspire the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago. (AP Photo, File)
Criminal Justice
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

‘New information’ prompts U.S. to reopen Emmett Till case

A year after a book on the killing of black teen Emmett Till revealed that a key figure in the case acknowledged lying, the federal government has reopened its investigation.

8 years ago

Renee Tartaglione exits the federal courthouse in Philadelphia Wednesday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Addiction
Mental Health
Philadelphia

Renee Tartaglione sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison for defrauding nonprofit

The sentence was far less than a punishment at the statutory maximum of 15 years of imprisonment.

8 years ago

Listen 2:05
Harvey Weinstein attends his arraignment in court, in New York, Monday, July 9, 2018. Weinstein, who was previously indicted on charges involving two women, was released on bail on Monday while fighting sex crime accusations that now include a third woman. (Jefferson Siegel/The Daily News via AP, Pool)
Criminal Justice
Delaware

Delaware judge approves revised Weinstein Co. bankruptcy sale plan

A Delaware judge approved a revised plan for the sale of the Weinstein Co., the studio forced into bankruptcy by the sexual misconduct scandal of Harvey Weinstein.

8 years ago

This June 1, 2018, file photo, shows a housing unit in the west section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo, File)
Pennsylvania
Policing

About 2,600 inmates transferring from Graterford to new Pa. prison

The first phase of transfers began just after 9 a.m. Wednesday.

8 years ago

A sign warns drivers of natural gas pipeline construction ahead. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Federal appeals court dismisses pipeline case that charged FERC with bias

Ruling: Agency's pipeline approvals not linked to its funding

8 years ago

Panelists at the National Constitution Center Annual Supreme Court Review discussed and analyzed the court’s 2017-2018 term Tuesday in Philadelphia. (Maya Aphornsuvan/ for WHYY)
Government Accountability
Philadelphia

Looking back over year of rulings — and ahead to new edition of Supreme Court

Panelists at the National Constitution Center Annual Supreme Court Review analyzed the court’s 2017-2018 term for hints on what to expect when the new session begins

8 years ago

Ten states and the District of Columbia are investigating Wendy's and other fast-food chains over the use of
NPR
Business
Food & Drink
National

Pa. AG joins investigation into ‘noncompete’ clauses at fast-food chains

The goal of the probe is to help quantify how many people are affected and how it affects workers' ability to move up the ladder, says Shapiro.

8 years ago

A diamondback terrapin turtle. (Big Stock)
New Jersey

Pennsylvania man charged with trafficking over 3,500 turtles

A Pennsylvania man has been indicted on charges of trafficking over 3,500 protected turtles. U.S. Attorney’s Office for the ...

8 years ago

Activists outside the Supreme Court in January voiced their support for abortion rights nationwide.
(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Health Care
Public Health

If High Court reverses Roe v. Wade, 22 states likely to ban abortion

What would the U.S. look like without Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide?

8 years ago

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