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Penn Township fracking dispute heads to court, with state’s Environmental Rights Amendment at center of lawsuit

A dispute over a local law that opens up much of a Pittsburgh suburb to oil and gas drilling has made it to a Westmoreland County courtroom.

8 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, physician and philanthropist Priscilla Chan (right), on Capitol Hill on Monday. Zuckerberg has accepted the blame for security lapses at the world's largest social network  as he girded for appearances this week before angry lawmakers
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In comments to Congress, Zuckerberg will embrace a broader responsibility for content

When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appears before Congress this week, he's kicking things off by with an apology — an expansive one.

8 years ago

Police in Princeton, N.J. closed Nassau Street between Washington and Witherspoon streets after a person with a gun entered the Panera restaurant there. (Dana Difilippo/WHYY)
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Man killed in Panera standoff was armed with what turned out to be BB gun

New Jersey officials have released surveillance footage in last month's shooting death of an armed man inside the Panera Bread restaurant, near Princeton University's campus.

8 years ago

Michael Cohen, right, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, leaves Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017.

Attorney: Federal agents seize documents from Trump lawyer

Federal agents carrying court-authorized search warrants have seized documents from President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen.

8 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Monday, April 9, 2018, in Norristown, Pa. (Corey Perrine/AP Photo)
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Prosecutors reveal Cosby paid his accuser nearly $3.4M

Comedian Bill Cosby paid out nearly $3.4 million in a civil settlement with Andrea Constand, the woman he is on trial for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting in 2004.

8 years ago

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Mary Daly, 40, to the newly created post of opioid coordinator in February, making her the hub for the Justice Department's efforts to try to get a grip on the epidemic.
NPR

Federal prosecutor takes on new case as DOJ point person for opioid crisis

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Daly, 40, to the newly created post of opioid coordinator in February.

8 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case, Friday, March 30, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania

Cosby trial take two: What you need to know

After jury selection and recent motions in retrial, here's the latest.

8 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions at a roundtable meeting on sanctuary cities hosted by President Trump earlier this month.
(Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
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Sessions orders ‘zero tolerance’ policy for border crossers

His one-page order lacks specifics on how the policy will be carried out.

8 years ago

Philly DA Larry Krasner announces a new Victims Advisory Committee (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Amid criticism, Philly DA Krasner establishing crime victims advisory panel

Families of crime victims have criticized the new district attorney. Krasner has apologized and says the 'door is open.'

8 years ago

Anti-abortion-rights demonstrators stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2014 after oral arguments over buffer zones around abortion clinics. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
National

What free speech has to do with skim milk, condoms and corporate political spending

Below are a few of the cases from the 21st century that highlight what the right to free speech has come to embody.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Law
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Update on special counsel Mueller’s investigation

Guest: Josh Gerstein We get an update on Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian collusion. Politic ...

Air Date: April 6, 2018

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Jury selection finished Thursday, and the sexual assault retrial of Bill Cosby is set to begin Monday at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania

Jury set for Bill Cosby’s second criminal trial

The criminal retrial of Bill Cosby is slated to start Monday with a jury of seven men and five women.

8 years ago

Aerial view of Graterford State Prison in Southeastern Pennsylvania. (Chris Gardner/AP Photo)
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Philadelphia

‘This is not ordinary’: 5 inmate suicides in 3 months at Graterford

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is under pressure to act after five inmates at Graterford Prison have committed suicide in the last three months.

8 years ago

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Bill Cosby, right, arrives for his sexual assault case spokesperson Andrew Wyatt, center, at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in Norristown, Pa.
NewsWorks Tonight
Pennsylvania

Jury selected in Cosby retrial after defense team accuses prosecutors of racial bias

The 12 people who will decide whether Bill Cosby should be convicted of sexual assault have been selected.

8 years ago

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Martin Luther King speaks in Atlanta in 1960.
NPR
History
Race & Ethnicity
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Despite swirl of conspiracy theories, investigators say the MLK case is closed

Authorities have investigated the death of Martin Luther King Jr. five times since his murder in April 1968.

8 years ago

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