
Courts & Law
Pennsylvania Supreme Court strikes down congressional district map
The justices, ruling just days after hearing oral arguments in the case, also state in their order that a new map will be in place by Feb. 19.
8 years ago
Listen 5:25Man accused of sexually assaulting girl he met online
A Jersey Shore man is facing charges after authorities allege he sexually assaulted an Ocean County girl after meeting on Facebook.
8 years ago
Prosecutor: Pennsylvania mayor ‘sold his office’ to donors
Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Wzorek told jurors in Allentown that Pawlowski rigged city contracts in favor of law firms and businesses that gave him money for campaigns.
8 years ago
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reflects on the #MeToo movement: ‘It’s about time’
When Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg began her legal crusade, women were treated differently than men by law.
8 years ago
Supreme Court to hear latest challenge to Trump’s travel ban
Almost a year after Trump tried to bar travelers from entering the US, the Supreme Court announced that will consider a legal challenge to the third version of that ban.
8 years ago
Prosecutors say they will retry New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez
The government has told a federal judge in New Jersey it will seek a retrial of Sen. Bob Menendez, whose 11-week corruption trial ended in a hung jury in November.
8 years ago
Listen 1:11Top N.J. court: Question on defendant’s immigration status ‘improper’
The N.J. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that attorneys cannot ask about the immigration status of a defendant in order to attack his or her credibility.
8 years ago
Fattah’s lawyer says juror was wrongly dismissed
A lawyer for imprisoned former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah on Thursday zeroed in on what he called the improper dismissal of a holdout juror.
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Deputy US marshal killed while serving Pa. warrant
Christopher David Hill, 45, was part of a team serving an arrest warrant on a woman when gunfire erupted, authorities said.
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Prosecutors want to call 19 other accusers at Cosby retrial
Prosecutors preparing for Bill Cosby's retrial on sexual assault charges want to call 19 other accusers to try to show a pattern of "prior bad acts" over five decades.
8 years ago
Fattah seeks appeal in federal corruption conviction
Lawyers for the disgraced lawmaker will go before the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals to argue Fattah should have been acquitted on several counts and given a new trial.
8 years ago
Appeals court sides with NJ Transit on arresting preachers on platform
The ruling caps a six-year legal fight over whether ministers were the targets of discrimination.
8 years ago
With move to expand open-records law pending, most Pa. agencies get few requests
A new study shows that Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know law does not burden public agencies. Still, advocates for the public's right to know say there is room for improvement.
8 years ago
DOJ appeals decision in Philadelphia’s win in ‘sanctuary city’ case
The U.S. Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
8 years ago
Montco DA tries new technology to solve a cold crime
Authorities hunting for suspects in a gunpoint rape in a Norristown park have hit a dead end, so they're turning to a new technology to help jumpstart their investigation.
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