
Courts & Law
Report: Pennsylvania child abuse workers swamped, underpaid
The county caseworkers who investigate child abuse in Pennsylvania are underpaid, inadequately trained, plagued by high turnover and face ...
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NAACP demands equal justice in building collapse case
The Philadelphia NAACP said it wants the black contractor involved in the 2013 fatal Center City building collapse to receive the same tr ...
8 years ago
Lancaster knows how to keep people out of jail, but it’s expensive
After nearly two decades in prison, Isaac Rivera was ready to remake himself. The 41-year-old from Lancaster served time after a 1 ...
8 years ago
ListenProsecutors cite private plane trip as bribe in Sen. Menendez trial
A wealthy donor on trial for bribery with U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez spent more than $8,000 to fly Menendez back to Washington from Florida o ...
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Delaware slips in ranking in legal climate report
Delaware has fallen short this year in an annual report that explores how fair the states’ tort liability systems are to businesses. ...
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Supreme Court weighs gun ban in Delaware parks, forests
Delaware’s Supreme Court is weighing a decision in a lawsuit challenging bans on non-hunting firearms in state parks and forests. ...
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Ralliers try to convince Pa. lawmakers to act on gerrymandering
Advocates for overhauling the redistricting process packed the Capitol rotunda in Harrisburg Tuesday hoping to persuade lawmakers to take ...
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Judge dismisses charges against Amtrak engineer
A judge has dismissed criminal charges against the engineer in an Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people. The ...
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Listen2 N.J. contracting companies allegedly scammed Sandy victims
State authorities allege that contractors doing business along the Jersey Shore used deceptive practices to obtain more than $1.3 million ...
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Philly cop who killed suspect has good chance of getting job back
A soon-to-be-fired Philadelphia police officer could get his job back. On Thursday, the police department announced that Officer R ...
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ListenDelaware daycare terrorized, man accused of grabbing infants
Police say a Newark man ran into a daycare center, grabbed two infants and tried to kidnap them. 47-year-old Calvin Davis rang the ...
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Why lawmakers, neighbors want to crack down on Philly’s ‘stop-and-go’ stores
Pastor William Brawner shook his head. Across the street, a handful of older men was carousing around a car parked at the far end ...
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Listen 4:51Wilmington leads the country in shooting rate among young people
When the shots rang out — “pop, pop, pop,” and then a thunder roll of gunfire — Maria Williams hit the floor. The ...
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Judge warns prosecutors against turning Menendez case into ‘tabloid trial’
Minutes after the first witness took the stand Thursday in the federal corruption case against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat from Ne ...
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ListenNew Jersey hoping an amnesty approach on Medicaid fraud might work
New Jersey is trying a pilot program that will allow Ocean County residents who fraudently obtained Medicaid to avoid prosecution if they ...
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