Courts & Law

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Much of what Mueller's office charges was already public. But the 37-page indictment also includes a number of fascinating new insights.

The indictment, brought by the office of special counsel Robert Mueller, represents the most direct allegation to date of illegal Russian meddling during the election.

In a statement issued Friday, the agency acknowledged that the tip should have been shared with the FBI's Miami office and investigated, but it was not.

On Jan. 31, when Jose Nuñez Martinez showed up in Philadelphia for a mandatory interview to adjust his status, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested him.