Courts & Law

The Trump administration recently put an expiration date on the Obama-era program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Is action of either president lawful?

A prominent restaurant in Philadelphia's Washington Square agrees to pay back wages and damages to settle an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Eighteen inmates have been charged in connection with February's prison riot at Vaughn Correctional that resulted in the death of Lt. Steven Floyd.

On the first Friday of this month, four inmates at the Cumberland County jail in South Jersey overdosed in their cells almost simultaneously.

Gov. John Carney signed three bills Thursday that aim to divert juveniles away from the criminal justice system —where about 3,000 juveniles are arrested every year.

A federal grand jury charged the former employee of the DuPont spin-off with conspiracy.

City Controller Alan Butkovitz says eliminating cash bail could save Phillly millions — and help poor suspects who could lose their jobs while in jail and awaiting trial.

Investigators find that Philip Ahr, who heads Radnor Township's board of commissioners, had shared and solicited graphic child pornography since 2013, the DA's office says.

Prosecutors are appealing a judge's decision to throw out criminal charges against the engineer in a deadly Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia.

Wilmington Trust has reached a $60 million settlement with the U.S. Attorney’s office for its alleged role of hiding the amount of past due loans on the bank’s books.

Attorneys have agreed to dismiss a federal lawsuit filed by a former Delaware state trooper who claimed she was forced to resign because she was overweight.

The two-man unit scours all sources for information on unsolved murders in northern Delaware, from DNA evidence to social media.

Two current inmates are suing Philadelphia's Federal Detention Center to overturn a policy that blocks some of their loved ones from visiting them as they await trial.

State Sen. Joe Pennacchio, a Republican from Morris County, said 27 people in New Jersey have been exonerated since 1989 after an average of 10 years behind bars.

The first Monday in October, the start of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term, prompts an almost annual question:  Why don’t ...