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Courts & Law

Pennsylvania State Police vehicle
National

Supreme Court hears argument in 2 vehicle search cases

One case involves a Pennsylvania state troopers' stop of a rental car driven by a man who wasn't on the rental agreement.

8 years ago

Smyrna High School teacher Joshua Rutheford is accused of trying to meet what he thought was a teenage girl for sex at a Dover park. (photo courtesy Del. DOJ)
Delaware
K-12

Ex-teacher to plead guilty to child sex charges in Delaware

A former Delaware teacher facing child sex charges has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors.

8 years ago

Movita Johnson-Harrell
The Philadelphia Tribune
Philadelphia

Krasner names Movita Johnson-Harrell interim Victim Services supervisor

After firing 31 employees last week, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced a new appointment on Monday.

8 years ago

A view of Jerusalem Old City seen from Mount of Olives, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017.
International
Philadelphia
Religion

Israel closes door to Philly Quaker group, other organizations advocating boycott

Israeli officials said they are defending their country's right to exist and will continuing fighting efforts to “delegitimtize” it.

8 years ago

New Jersey State Prison in Trenton.
NewsWorks Tonight
New Jersey
Policing
Social Justice

New Jersey lifts prison ban on ‘The New Jim Crow,’ a popular book on mass incarceration

The New Jersey Department of Corrections has lifted a ban on the book “The New Jim Crow” at two of its prisons, following a complaint from the state chapter of the ACLU.

8 years ago

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Pauline stands in her room after coming home from a day program for adults with intellectual disabilities.
NPR
Gender
Mental Health
Sex & Relationships

The sexual assault epidemic no one talks about

Unpublished Justice Department data on sex crimes shows that people with intellectual disabilities are seven times more likely to be victims of sexual assault.

8 years ago

Ed Zaleski, pictured with his sons in a family photo, was found dead in his jail cell at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility hours after he was arrested.
NewsWorks Tonight
Addiction
Philadelphia
Policing

Family demands answers after Philly man addicted to heroin dies hours after incarceration

Three-quarters of Philly's prison inmates have a history of substance addiction. Is the system equipped to help them?

8 years ago

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at a news conference in Baltimore, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, to announce efforts to combat the MS-13 street gang with law enforcement and immigration actions. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Immigration

Sessions takes aim at judges’ handling of immigration cases

Sessions on Friday launched a review of a little-known but widely used practice of immigration judges closing cases without decisions.

8 years ago

Larry Krasner speaks with members of the media outside of his polling place
Philadelphia

Philly’s new DA fires 31 from office

The mass firing is part of fulfilling campaign promises for a shake-up of the office, says a representative of District Attorney Larry Krasner.

8 years ago

Thousands of used needles litter the ground at a heroin encampment in Kensington. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Philadelphia

‘Safe-injection site’ more likely for Philly, but big hurdles to clear

According to sources close to the talks, the controversial proposal aimed at addressing the city’s deadly opioid crisis must first overcome resistance from some key players.

8 years ago

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File image of Pennsylvania State Troopers line up outside the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona. (AP image)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Policing
Public Safety

Grand jury calls for independent investigations of Pa. State Police officer-involved shootings

Report says Pennsylvania State Police standards for internal investigations of trooper-involved shootings are inconsistent and cause public distrust.

8 years ago

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers his remarks on the Project Safe Neighborhoods during the Major Cities Chiefs Association Fall Meeting, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City Philadelphia, on Saturday October 21, 2017. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
National

US to end lenient policy that let legal pot flourish

Sessions is rescinding an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country.

8 years ago

Camden police cars on the street with lights flashing
New Jersey
Policing
Public Safety

Number of murders in Camden hits 30-year low

One of the state’s most crime-ridden communities recorded a double-digit drop in murders in 2017.

8 years ago

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Delaware
Military

Ex-airman at Dover Air Force Base sentenced for child sex abuse

A former Dover Air Force Base airman been sentenced to 30 months in prison for sexually abusing a teenage runaway.

8 years ago

The Harrison Power Station in West Virginia is one of the power stations addressed in the letter of intent to sue.
NewsWorks Tonight
Delaware
Environment
Public Health

Delaware to sue EPA over pollutant controls

The state of Delaware threaten to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for allegedly failing to protect its residents from poor air quality, unless it takes action.

8 years ago

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