Courts & Law
The poverty penalty: Should states suspend driver’s licenses for court scofflaws?
When it comes to court debt, most states — including Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey — will suspend your driver’s license un ...
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Does cellphone-sweeping ‘StingRay’ technology go too far?
Civil liberties and privacy groups are increasingly raising objections to the suitcase-sized devices known as StingRays.
8 years ago
Gorsuch establishes conservative cred in 1st year on court
The 50-year-old justice has been almost exactly what conservatives hoped for and liberals dreaded when he joined the court in April.
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Does the Meek Mill case reflect problems with probation in Philly?
Philadelphia's top public defender, Keir Bradford-Grey argues the Philadelphia rapper's case "amplifies the problem."
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Listen 10:12Another man’s confession, DNA evidence may pave way for new hearing in 1980 slaying
Leroy Evans has spent three decades in prison for a homicide he denies committing. His attorney believes new evidence could clear Evans' name in the Chester City case.
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Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein supervises Mueller probe but he’s also a witness
Legal ethics experts said they are puzzling over the issue.
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DOJ gives funding advantage to cities cooperating with immigration authorities
The news comes not long after a number of federal courts blocked the Trump administration from attempting to keep grant funding from sanctuary cities.
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With protected status ending in 2019, Haitians in the Philadelphia region weigh tough options
On Monday, the Trump Administration announced it will end a program that protects an estimated 4,800 Haitians in New Jersey and Pennsylva ...
8 years ago
Listen 3:02Uber reveals cover-up of hack affecting 57M riders, drivers
Uber is coming clean about its cover-up of a year-old hacking attack.
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Facing Title IX discrimination suit, Penn settles with student accused of rape
U.S. District Judge John Padova tossed out several of the plaintiff’s claims, including that the school’s investigation was racially motivated, finding no evidence of that.
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Pa. lawmakers battle sexual misconduct with bill to ban settlement secrecy
Pa. Sen. Judy Schwank, D-Reading, has introduced a bill to ban nondisclosure agreements in sexual misconduct settlements.
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Charles Manson, whose cult slayings horrified world, dead at 83
Charles Manson, the hippie cult leader who became the hypnotic-eyed face of evil across America, died Sunday after nearly a half-century in prison. He was 83.
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Why so few women of color in the wave of accusers? ‘Stakes higher’
In the weeks since dozens of women have accused movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of rape or harassment, women and men of color have been largely absent from the national furor.
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FBI report on black ‘extremists’ raises new monitoring fears
An FBI report on black "extremists" is stirring fears of a return to a time when the bureau spied on civil rights groups.
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