Courts &amp; Law

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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Police investigate a shooting on 7th St. in May. A 13-year-old boy was arrested after a brief chase. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)

Delaware

Public Safety

Wilmington 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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Sen. Bob Menendez, center, arrives at the courthouse with his children, Alicia Menendez and Robert Menendez Jr., in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)

Law

National

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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Insurance

New 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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Philly officer will be fired for shooting fleeing suspect in back

Social Justice

A Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a fleeing suspect in the back during a routine traffic stop has been suspended and will be ...

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These undated photos provided by the Bucks County district attorney's office in Doylestown, Pa., show Cosmo DiNardo of Bensalem, Pa., an admitted drug dealer with a history of mental illness (left), and Sean Kratz of Philadelphia. The two are charged in the deaths of four young men in July. (Bucks County District Attorney’s Office via AP)

Pennsylvania

DiNardo, cousin will stand trial in slaying of 4 men in Bucks

A judge has held both defendants accused in the Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, killings of four young men for trial in October. ...

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Rochelle Bilal (center), president of the Guardian Civic League, and Brian Mildenberg (right) attorney for a group of African American police officers, level charges of racism against the leadership at the Philadelphia narcotics unit. (

Several African-American cops allege racism, corruption in Philly police unit

A group of African-American cops wants the Philadelphia Police Department to investigate allegations of racial discrimination and corrupt ...

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Philadelphia woman sentenced to 8 years in prison for aiding ISIS

A 33-year-old mother of two from North Philadelphia was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in federal prison for online support of the Is ...

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Sen. Bob Menendez, center, arrives with his children, Alicia Menendez and Robert Menendez Jr., to court for his federal corruption trial in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Prosecutors: Menendez did favors for friend to protect his lavish lifestyle

Justice Department prosecutor Peter Koski began his opening arguments in federal court in Newark with a seemingly innocuous story: “ ...

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Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA chant slogans and hold signs while joining a Labor Day rally in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 4, 2017.

Delaware

Immigration

Del. State Dreamers fear deportation following Trump DACA announcement

Dreamers in Delaware are concerned after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end of DACA. When Kevin Gutierrez was 8 ...

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Mayor criticizes McNesby over ‘rabid animals’ comment

Philadelphia’s mayor is criticizing the head of the city police union for labeling protesters outside an officer’s home a ...

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Menendez case could turn on legal issue at heart of previous Supreme Court case

It has been a busy year for the legal issue at the heart of the corruption case against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, whose trial begins in fed ...

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Drivers who use these lanes without an EZ Pass toll pass face an additional $50 fine. (NewsWorks file photo)