
Courts & Law
Supreme Court upholds Biden rule requiring serial numbers and background checks for ghost guns
Sales of the homemade firearms grew exponentially after kits that let people easily build them at home came on the market, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion.
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Oil companies ask Bucks County judge to dismiss climate lawsuit
A Bucks County judge must decide whether a lawsuit against several oil companies can proceed. The county says Big Oil should pay for damages.
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Listen 1:27Another U.S. judge issues temporary ban on Trump’s removal of transgender service members
On Monday, a federal judge in New Jersey issued a temporary ban on the removal of two transgender men from the Air Force. The ruling follows a similar one last week.
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At Nadine Menendez trial, prosecutors portray her as ‘partner in crime’ with her convicted husband
Lawyers gave opening statements Monday in the trial of the wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, who was convicted last year of accepting bribes of cash and gold.
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Man shot by police in Point Breeze was carrying airsoft-style BB gun
The 46-year-old officer who fired his weapon has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of this ongoing investigation.
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Tasha Oliver allegedly abused the girl from 2010 to 2014. After she was arrested last year, law enforcement and district officials said nothing.
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Listen 1:45Man grabs Philadelphia police officer’s gun outside hospital, shoots him before being fatally shot
The man was driven to a psychiatric hospital in a police van but was not handcuffed because he had agreed to go voluntarily.
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West Oak Lane tenants say their landlord illegally collected rent for months. Now they’re suing
The class-action complaint calls on Odin Properties to make Bentley Manor safe and repay tenants who unlawfully paid rent.
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Listen 1:13Police shoot man in Philly’s Point Breeze neighborhood, rifle seen lying in street
Officers confronted the man on the 1600 block of Moore Street after he was seen walking with a rifle. The man is hospitalized in critical condition; no officers were injured.
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Federal judge transfers Columbia student activist Mahmoud Khalil’s case to New Jersey
Khalil, 30, a legal U.S. resident with no criminal record, was detained by federal immigration agents March 8 for participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
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Are we headed for a constitutional crisis?
Leading Democrats see “brazen, unlawful power grabs,” but Republicans defend Trump arguing he’s within legal bounds. We’ll separate fact from fiction.
Air Date: March 19, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:14Roberts rejects Trump’s call for impeaching judge who ruled against his deportation plans
The flashpoint for the latest controversy was deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador, which is being paid by the U.S. to imprison them.
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Retired Philadelphia detectives go on trial in perjury case stemming from 2016 murder exoneration
Philly DA Larry Krasner charged former detectives Martin Devlin, Manuel Santiago and Frank Jastrzembski in 2021, days before the statute of limitations was set to expire.
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Trial begins for Nadine Menendez, wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez
Menendez was originally scheduled to face trial last year with her husband, but a breast cancer diagnosis led to surgery that forced her trial to be delayed.
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Delaware K–5 therapist with bogus doctoral degree pleads no contest to raping 5-year-old girl
John Ervin Arnold counseled kids who experienced trauma or had behavioral health issues. His rape arrest came after child disclosed abuse at summer camp.
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