Courts & Law
Allentown company founder arrested over graffiti supporting Pawlowski
A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of painting slogans on Allentown buildings in support of the city’s embattle ...
7 years ago
Lawmakers file memos to initiate a Pennsylvania constitutional convention
Two lawmakers are looking to introduce legislation that would force Pennsylvania to re-evaluate its constitution. The process is k ...
7 years ago
Judge frees mom, toddler from Berks immigrant detention center after 22 months
A mother from Honduras and her 3-year-old son are free after nearly two years in an immigrant detention center in Berks County, Pennsylva ...
7 years ago
Listen 5:25Expungements can erase the stigma that haunts people of color
A criminal record can haunt a person long after a case has ended, even if that person is found not guilty or all the charges against them ...
7 years ago
Prisons’ silence on Philadelphia inmate’s murder perturbs reformers
Sterling Cole was a father of five, a loyal Eagles fan, and a handyman and mason whose favorite project was fixing up his own house. ...
7 years ago
Police in Wildwood are searching for a teenager who was reported missing early Sunday morning. Trinity Christianson, 13, failed to ...
7 years ago
Family considering lawsuit in Philadelphia’s Brewerytown incident
The fallout stemming from a rock-throwing incident between neighborhood teens and members of a new gym in Brewerytown resulted ...
7 years ago
If people get interracial marriage wrong, it can be worse with divorce
My first real clue that things actually weren't as rosy as I thought came when people anxiously wanted to know if I would keep my married name.
7 years ago
Was the youngest person executed by Pennsylvania actually innocent?
The O.J. Simpson parole hearing is dominating the non-politcal news, but the legacy of race relations looming large in the criminal justi ...
8 years ago
Family of N.J. teen killed by train disputes suicide ruling, sues to prove kidnap-murder plot
It took less than a day, after Tiffany Valiante got hit by a New Jersey Transit train, for investigators to decide she committed suicide. Her parents never believed it.
8 years ago
Listen 4:11First responders rescue several people from capsized boat in canal
No one was injured when a boat overturned and several people were tossed into the water in northern Ocean County late Sunday afternoon. ...
8 years ago
Cops revive driver with Narcan after chain reaction collision at the Shore
A 26-year old Cape May County man is facing a variety of charges after police say they had to revive him from an apparent drug overdose a ...
8 years ago
This white chocolate martini does not mean what you think it means
It wasn't until eight years later that my husband and I realized the pun: a white bride and black groom. We felt a little embarrassed by the unintended joke.
8 years ago
The opioid crisis in Philadelphia
Guests: Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, Silvana Mazzella, Carol Rostucher, Mike Newall The cleanup of the heroin encamp ...
Air Date: July 12, 2017
Listen 48:59New York City reports speed enforcement cameras are ‘very effective’
What can Philadelphia learn from New York’s automated speed enforcement camera program? Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia ...
8 years ago