Courts & Law

When a Pennsylvania State Police officer is involved in a shooting, the agency investigates the matter internally, but that approach is currently being challenged.

Philadelphia's new DA promises an emphasis on leniency and providing options other than incarceration to low-level offenders. That seems to be working out in Manhattan.

Cpl. Seth Kelly, 39, remained hospitalized in critical condition after suffering gunshot wounds to his neck and shoulder area and to his leg in the close-quarters gunfight.

We should not be voting for judges. The partisan process taints the impartiality so critical to the bench, and diminishes public confidence in the court system.

The shooting happened on a highway in Plainfield Township, Northampton County, about 65 miles north of Philadelphia.

A former prison culinary instructor is suing Delaware education officials in federal court, claiming he was wrongfully fired for speaking about a deadly prison riot.

City Councilman David Oh's bill fall short in committee, despite homeowners telling stories of spending months trying to get illegal squatters out of their homes.

Anthony Coletta was left paralyzed and brain damaged after he was thrown from his sulky and trampled by a horse in a crash his attorney blamed on poor track conditions.

I am at once relieved that the Kenney administration made the right decision, and grieved that removing a symbol of brutality does not change the substance of this moment.

A man dressed in black tactical-style gear and armed with an assault rifle opened fire inside a church in South Texas on Sunday, killing 26 people and wounding about 20 others

Castor alleges the women harmed his reputation and cost him a chance to return as DA in suburban Philadelphia by publicly criticizing him and suing him for defamation.

During a sentencing hearing Friday, Bergdahl was sentenced to dishonorable discharge, loss of pay and benefits, and reduction in rank from sergeant to private.

As the Republican and Democratic parties compete for seven appellate court judgeships, ads are hard-hitting.

Ruling expected soon on whether Trump administration can withhold grant money in retaliation for city shielding immigrants from ICE agents.