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Protesters Sammi LeMaster and Katherine Fuchs carry the top of an alarm clock display that reads
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Politics
Technology

FCC takes another step toward repeal of net neutrality

The agency took the requisite formal step of publishing the rules on Thursday, opening the door for lawsuits from a number of state attorneys general and advocacy groups.

8 years ago

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business partner Rick Gates are facing more charges from Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
NPR
National
Politics

Mueller brings more charges against Manafort, Gates

Manafort and Gates already faced money laundering and other charges in federal court in Washington, D.C. They have pleaded not guilty.

8 years ago

In this April 2, 2015, file photo, Dr. Salomon Melgen arrives at the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Courthouse for his arraignment, in Newark, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo, File)
Health Care
New Jersey

Florida eye doctor gets 17 years for Medicare fraud

A prominent Florida eye doctor once accused of bribing Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey received a 17-year sentence Thursday for stealing $73 million from Medicare.

8 years ago

SCHOOL SHOOTING FLORIDA
Radio Times

Preventing gun violence

Guests: Scott Charles, Cassandra Crifasi After the school shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Doug ...

Air Date: February 22, 2018

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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announces that the city’s prosecutors will no longer seek cash bail for nonviolent defendants while they await trial.(Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Philadelphia

New DA telling Philly prosecutors not to seek bail for defendants in low-level crimes

The policy shift is expected to affect defendants in thousands of cases, easing systemic bias against the poor and people of color.

8 years ago

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Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski walks from the federal courthouse in Philadelphia after a pretrial hearing, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.
Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Politics

Indicted Allentown Mayor Pawlowski takes stand to ‘bare his soul’

Now serving his fourth term, Pawlowski is charged with 54 counts of corruption, including bribery, conspiracy, fraud, extortion, and lying to the FBI. He's pleaded not guilty.

8 years ago

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A person wearing an ankle monitor. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo, file)
New Jersey

Federal appeals court hears challenge to New Jersey bail overhaul

Attorney claims his client has a constitutional right to be offered money bail instead of home detention.

8 years ago

High school students from Parkland, Fla., where a young man gunned down 17 people, react as the state's House of Representatives voted not to hear a bill banning assault rifles. (Mark Wallheiser/AP)
NPR
Government Accountability

Florida House declines debate on assault rifles, calls porn a ‘health risk’

The motion to debate the bill, introduced by a Democrat, required a two-thirds vote and failed. Thirty-six lawmakers supported it, while 71 voted no.

8 years ago

This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy. (Toby Talbot/AP Photo)
Addiction
New Jersey

Camden County sues drug makers to recoup the millions its spent fighting opioid crisis

The county is the latest local government in the Philadelphia area to sue drug makers for flooding the market with legal, but highly addictive painkillers in recent years.

8 years ago

Representatives from Common Cause Pennsylvania largely praised the new map, but noted they have concerns about how it will impact black voters' representation. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Some worry Pa. court’s congressional map dilutes black votes

The 2rd district now appears to have nearly 10 percent fewer black voters than the corresponding district did in the previous map.

8 years ago

The federal courthouse in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Policing

Corruption trial of former Philly sheriff, associate underway

John Green will be taking the stand to testify in his defense. Also planning to testify is his successor who has been granted immunity in the case.

8 years ago

A device called a
PBS

Trump directs Justice Department to ban gun modifications like bump stocks used in Las Vegas shooting

8 years ago

The U.S. Supreme Court (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
PBS

Supreme Court rejects 2 challenges by gun rights groups

8 years ago

Dozens of semi-automatic rifles line a pair of walls in a gun shop Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in Lynnwood, Wash.
PBS

Trump said mental illness leads to gun violence. Here’s why doctors disagree

8 years ago

Congressional districts in Southeastern Pennsylvania as they were adopted in 2011 and then ruled unconstitutional by the Pa. Supreme Court in January 2018.  (Google Maps)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Outside expert advises Pa. Supreme Court in drawing congressional district map

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is expected to decide Monday where Pennsylvania’s congressional boundaries will fall for the next two election cycles.

8 years ago

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