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PPA amnesty program a ‘blessing’ for Philly ticket scofflaws

Under the two-month program, the PPA will forgive all unpaid parking tickets issued before 2013, as long as you agree to pay any fines from 2013 to the present.

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Krasner files charges against former Philly cop for alleged brutality

The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has filed criminal charges against a former police officer for allegedly brutalizing a pedestrian while making an on-duty arrest.

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 Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski arrives at the federal building in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 27, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
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Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
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Allentown mayor’s corruption trial in hands of jury

Democratic Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski faces charges including fraud, bribery, attempted extortion and lying to the FBI.

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Fact check: Sessions vows to probe FISA abuse, but Trump’s patience appears thin

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is trying to defend President Trump in the Russia imbroglio, but Trump has slapped Sessions down — again — for work he says isn't good enough.

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Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
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GOP lawmakers confront Pa. Supreme Court justices in hearing

This week's annual budget hearings are giving lawmakers a rare chance to publicly question Pennsylvania's Supreme Court justices.

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In February 2017, Dr. Alan Summers confessed to his role in overseeing a now-defunct South Philadelphia clinic specializing in helping addicts. (https://goo.gl/maps/d5NdUNVS5RQ2)
Addiction
Pennsylvania

Ambler doctor gets prison for supplying prescription pills to addicts, dealers in South Philly

Judge tells Dr. Alan Summers, 79, that his clinic 'made an absolute mockery' of the medical profession by supplying addicts and dealers with drugs.

8 years ago

Immigrants, suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, are transferred to be processed at the Tucson Sector of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Arizona in 2016. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)
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Supreme Court ruling means immigrants could continue to be detained indefinitely

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigrants, even those with permanent legal status and asylum seekers, do not have the right to periodic bond hearings.

8 years ago

An unidentified man walks in front of the Microsoft logo at an event in New Delhi, India. Microsoft is at the center of a Supreme Court case on whether it has to turn over emails stored overseas. (Altaf Qadri/AP)
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New front in data privacy at the Supreme Court: Can U.S. seize emails stored abroad?

In a rare convergence, Fox, CNN, the ACLU, GOP and Democratic, Apple and Microsoft agree: The U.S. government should not unilaterally seize data stored in a foreign country.

8 years ago

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions gestures during a speech on Security and Immigration priorities before a group of law enforcement officials in Norfolk, Va., Friday, Jan. 26, 2018.
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Immigration

Two towns, two approaches to immigration enforcement in Pa. Which is safer?

Experts can't say whether it's safer to keep ICE at arm's length with "sanctuary" policies or to work closely with federal immigration officers.

8 years ago

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Capt. Sekou Kinebrew, a police spokesman, talks with reporters outside of the Philadelphia Police Department's headquarters about a student who brought a loaded handgun to Fels High School Monday morning.
K-12
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15-year-old with fully loaded gun stopped on way into Philly school

Police say a Fels High School student was carrying a .40-caliber Smith and Wesson handgun loaded with 12 rounds in his backpack.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania's new ongressional map as drawn by the Pa. Supreme Court after it found the previous version an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
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Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Politics

Federal judges decline to immediately throw out court-drawn congressional map

A three-judge panel declined to temporarily hold up implementation of the map put in place by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

8 years ago

Six-year-old Sophie Cruz speaks during a rally in front of the Supreme Court next to her father Raul Cruz and supporter Jose Antonio Vargas in 2016.
NPR
Immigration

Supreme Court declines to take DACA case, leaving it in place for now

The U.S. Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a setback over the DACA program, which shields hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation.

8 years ago

Members of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees union, or AFSCME, listen to a council executive speak about conditions at state prisons and detention centers in Illinois.
NPR
Business

Supreme Court hears fiery arguments in case that could gut public sector unions

A 40-year-old Supreme Court decision is on life support at the nation's highest court, and the expected outcome could further undermine an already shrinking union movement.

8 years ago

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National

‘The Post’ renews attention for Pentagon Papers ruling

Much of the movie focuses on the Washington Post's decision to publish the papers after a federal court injunction against the Times, which broke the story.

8 years ago

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International
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On a tense press tour of Guantánamo’s prison complex, signs of expansion

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