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Rapper Meek Mill arrives at the criminal justice center in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. A Philadelphia judge has sentenced rapper Mill to two to four years in state prison for violating probation in a nearly decade-old gun and drug case.
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Philly prosecutors not opposed to releasing rapper Meek Mill

Mill was sentenced in November to two to four years in prison for violating probation on a roughly decade-old gun and drug case.

7 years ago

Soldiers wearing protective clothing prepare to lift a tow truck in Hyde Road, Gillingham, Dorset, England as the investigation into the suspected nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal continues Wednesday March 14, 2018.  The army cordoned off a road in Dorset on Wednesday as the investigated the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Authorities have cordoned off several sites in and near Salisbury, 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of London as part of their probe.  (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)
Radio Times
International
Politics

Poisoned spy inflames U.K. – Russia relations

Guest: Richard Pérez-Peña We talk about the nerve agent attack on a former spy and his daughter in Salisbury, U ...

Air Date: March 15, 2018 10:00 am

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Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Thomas Brandon (left), Acting Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation David Bowdich (center) and U.S. Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center head Lina Alathari are sworn in before testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
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NPR
National
Public Spaces

After mishandling Parkland shooter tip, FBI answers questions from Congress

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., raised his voice as he noted that the alleged Parkland shooter, Nikolas Cruz, 'didn't slip through one crack, he slipped through every crack.'

7 years ago

Charnel Brownlee participates in a Workers' Freedom March to protest efforts to weaken America's working families. The Feb. 24 march was one of 300 similar actions at works sites across the nation (SEIU 32BJ)
The Philadelphia Tribune
Business
National

Supreme Court case could affect U.S. union workers

Public sector employees of color could be adversely impacted by the Janus v. AFSCME case.

7 years ago

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Politics

FBI: Ex-aide to US Rep Bob Brady target in murder-for-hire

Milton Cranford, an Arkansas lobbyist, was arrested last month with a .45-caliber pistol and nearly $18,000 in cash that authorities say he planned to pay the hit man.

7 years ago

The Broward County state attorney will seek the death penalty in its case against Nikolas Cruz, who is charged with 17 counts of murder in the Parkland shooting. Cruz is seen here at a hearing Feb. 19 in Fort Lauderdale. (Getty Images)
NPR
National
Public Safety

Florida AG will seek death penalty for Parkland shooting suspect

Cruz has been charged with 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month.

7 years ago

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New Jersey
Public Safety

N.J. man pleads guilty in pressure-cooker bomb plot case

Twenty-one-year-old Gregory Lepsky pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.

7 years ago

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Delaware
Law

Trial for former Wilmington Trust execs begins

The trial of four former Wilmington Trust executives accused of bank fraud and conspiracy began in Delaware’s federal court Monday. ...

7 years ago

A bus leaves the correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
Criminal Justice
Housing
Philadelphia

Coalition gets data to help cut Philadelphia’s recidivism rate

The 24-page report provides a snapshot of these former inmates – their gender, race and what ZIP codes they’re expected to call home.

7 years ago

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Down the Shore

Man allegedly threatened to "open fire" with machine gun at rally

Authorities have arrested an Ocean County man for allegedly threatening to shoot a gun at a rally in support of stricter gun control laws.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court redrew the commonwealth's congressional map last month, after declaring it unconstitutionally gerrymandered. Now, Republicans in the legislature are appealing to two federal courts to stay the change.
Elections
Pennsylvania

Federal judges hear arguments in Pa. redistricting case

A fraught redistricting battle in Pennsylvania has taken a small step forward.

7 years ago

Martin Shkreli is interviewed by Maria Bartiromo during her
Business
Medicine

‘Pharma Bro’ tearfully apologizes, then sentenced to prison

Martin Shrkeli, the smirking "Pharma Bro" vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug, was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for defrauding investors.

7 years ago

Anthony White. (Image: New Jersey Office of Attorney General)
Down the Shore

Ocean County man admits to possessing massive child pornography cache

An Ocean County man is facing years in prison after pleading guilty this week to child pornography charges, state authorities announced. 

7 years ago

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NPR
Business
Medicine
National

Probe into generic drug price fixing set to widen

Forty-five states and the DOJ are claiming that generic drug prices are fixed, and the alleged collusion may have cost U.S. business and consumers more than $1 billion.

7 years ago

Bill Cosby winks as he arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Tuesday, March 6, 2018, in Norristown, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight

Cosby lawyers urge judge not to allow 19 prior accusers to testify

More than 50 women have alleged Cosby sexually assaulted them, spanning from the 1960s to the 2000s.

7 years ago

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