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Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court for his criminal hush money trial in New York, Wednesday, May 29, 2024.
Criminal Justice
National
New Jersey
Sports

In the rough: Felony convictions could cost Trump liquor licenses at 3 New Jersey golf courses

The state’s attorney general’s office is looking into whether Trump’s recent felony convictions make him ineligible to hold liquor licenses at his three N.J. golf courses.

2 years ago

Jose Uribe
Crime
Government Accountability
Law
New Jersey

New Jersey businessman tells jury that bribes paid off with Sen. Bob Menendez

The businessman told a jury Monday that Menendez told him he'd look into a state criminal probe threatening his business and later assured him there was no threat.

2 years ago

Hunter Biden arrives to federal court with his wife
Addiction
Crime
Delaware
Law

Closing arguments presented in Hunter Biden’s federal firearms trial

Biden's attorney told jurors Monday the prosecution has not proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt. A prosecutor told jurors that "no one is above the law."

2 years ago

Sorting mail ballots
Delaware
Elections
Government
Law

Voting access in Delaware hangs in the balance as state Supreme Court hears early voting, absentee ballot arguments

A Superior Court ruled in February that early voting and permanent absentee ballot laws were unconstitutional. The state Supreme Court is now considering.

2 years ago

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Hunter Biden and his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden
Crime
Delaware
Law

Widow of Beau Biden tells jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial that she threw firearm in a trash can

She described Thursday how she put it into a leather pouch, stuffed it into a shopping bag and tossed it in a trash can outside a market near her home.

2 years ago

Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., leaves Manhattan federal court, Thursday, June. 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Crime
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Ex-N.J. attorney general testifies Sen. Bob Menendez confronted him twice over a pending criminal case

Gurbir Grewal told the Manhattan federal court jury on Thursday that he refused to discuss it with Menendez. He called Menendez's effort “pretty unprecedented."

2 years ago

Delaware State Capitol Building in Dover. (Paul Brady/Bigstock)
Delaware
Government
Government Accountability

Delaware agencies give more details on $181K state employee embezzlement as lawmakers press them over lack of transparency

Letters obtained by WHYY News acknowledge state oversight responsibility while arguing that not disclosing the embezzlement was the right move.

2 years ago

Listen 1:01
Nadine Menendez
Crime
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Sen. Bob Menendez’s wife excused from court after cancer surgery

Nadine Menendez was scheduled to attend a pretrial hearing next Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. Judge Sidney H. Stein said she can skip the hearing.

2 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier.
PlanPhilly
Housing
Law
Philadelphia

Philly City Council advances legislation requiring eviction contractors to carry licenses

The bill was introduced following a string of violent incidents involving deputy landlord-tenant officers last year.

2 years ago

Pa. State Trooper car
Animals
Crime
Law
Pennsylvania

Judge dismisses cruelty charges against Pa. trooper who hit horse with patrol vehicle in Chester County

A judge dismissed felony charges against Cpl. Michael Perillo, who in 2021 hit the loose animal multiple times and pinned it to the pavement, where it was then euthanized.

2 years ago

Bob Menendez
Government
New Jersey

FBI investigator gives jury at Sen. Bob Menendez’s trial an inside account of surveillance

William-Thompson's testimony about the Washington dinner highlights a key facet of the indictment against Menendez.

2 years ago

Jim Troupis
Crime
Government Accountability

Wisconsin AG files felony charges against attorneys, Pa. aide in fake electors scheme

Mike Roman is accused of delivering Wisconsin’s fake elector paperwork to a Pa. congressman’s staffer in order to get them to then-Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6.

2 years ago

Inspector Ray Evers off the Philadelphia Police (Tom MacDonald WHYY)
Crime
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Young group facing charges for high-end thefts in Philly and suburbs

The young people without previous criminal records were recruited in North Philadelphia and used to target high-end retail stores in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs.

2 years ago

Hunter Biden entering the courtroom
Crime
Delaware

Lawyers spar in Wilmington court over whether Hunter Biden ‘knowingly’ lied on federal gun purchase form about drug use

The trial will feature testimony from three of Biden’s exes — Zoe Keston, ex-wife Kathleen Buhle and Hallie Biden, the widow of Hunter’s brother.

2 years ago

Listen 1:22
Hunter Biden
Addiction
Criminal Justice
Delaware

Jury chosen in Hunter Biden’s federal firearms case, opening statements are set for Tuesday

The president's son has been charged in Delaware with three felonies stemming from a firearm purchase when he was, according to his memoir, in the throes of a crack addiction.

2 years ago

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