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Police outside of school after shooting
Crime
Gun Violence
Philadelphia

Trial ordered for 5th suspect in shooting outside Roxborough High School that killed 14-year-old, hurt others

The suspect eluded authorities for more than a year after the shooting but was arrested in October in Germantown after officials said he jumped from a fourth-story window.

1 year ago

A closeup of a protester's open carry gun
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania can’t stop young adults from openly carrying guns during emergencies, U.S. court rules

The 3rd U.S. Circuit judges, in a 2-1 decision found that 18- to 20-year-olds enjoy the same Second Amendment rights as other citizens, just as they do the right to vote.

1 year ago

Michele Brooks, whose husband Firefighter Wayne Brooks Jr. died while fighting a cargo ship fire on July 5, 2023, in Newark, N.J. speaks at a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in Union N.J. Relatives and a firefighters union called for new leadership for the Newark Fire Department, citing the death of Brooks and fellow firefighter Augusto Acabou during a cargo ship fire on July 5, 2023.
New Jersey
Public Safety
Transportation

Union, kin of firefighters killed in cargo ship blaze call for new Newark fire department leadership

Families of two New Jersey firefighters killed in a cargo ship fire and a powerful firefighters' union want the top leadership of the Newark Fire Department to be replaced.

1 year ago

Former President Donald Trump is seen during a campaign event in Atkinson, N.H., on Tuesday.
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
NPR
Elections
Government Accountability
National
Politics

Maine court puts decision barring Trump from the state’s primary ballot on hold

The issue further thrusts the Supreme Court justices into contentious election debates, as they may decide Trump's claim of presidential immunity from criminal charges.

1 year ago

The gate outside the New Jersey Training School
Incarceration
New Jersey

A New Jersey youth detention center had ‘culture of abuse,’ new lawsuit says

The lawsuit alleges virtually unchecked sexual abuse of the boys housed at the New Jersey Training School in Monroe Township.

1 year ago

In this courtroom sketch, Donald Trump sits with arms folded beside his attorney, Alina Habba in Federal Court, in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. Trump was threatened with expulsion from his Manhattan civil trial Wednesday after he repeatedly ignored a warning to keep quiet while writer E. Jean Carroll testified that he shattered her reputation after she accused him of sexual abuse
Government
Law
National
Politics

Judge threatens to boot Donald Trump from courtroom over loud talking as E. Jean Carroll testifies

Carroll was the first witness in a trial to determine damages, if any, that Trump owes her for remarks he made while he was president.

1 year ago

Washington, D.C. significant buildings on Oct. 4, 2023
NPR
Business
Law
New Jersey

Case brought to Supreme Court by Cape May herring fishermen may gut federal rulemaking power

The court is considering whether to scrap nearly 40 years of precedent in a case that could weaken federal agencies' power to regulate everything from the environment to guns.

1 year ago

Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture stands inside a dining room
PlanPhilly
Criminal Justice
Housing
Philadelphia

Landlord’s brother charged in connection to illegal eviction attempt in West Philly

The charges stem from an extraordinary ordeal marked by violent threats, visits from police and frayed nerves.

1 year ago

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A photo displayed on a video monitor in Union,N.J., Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024 shows a burning cargo ship in Newark N.J. on July 5, 2023.
New Jersey
Public Safety
Transportation

Hose kink in smoky darkness disoriented firefighter in ship blaze that killed 2 colleagues

The hearing is to continue through Thursday.

1 year ago

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., departs the Senate floor in the Capitol, Sept. 28, 2023, in Washington
Criminal Justice
Government Accountability
New Jersey
Politics

Sen. Bob Menendez and wife seek separate trials on bribery charges

The New Jersey Democrat and his wife, Nadine, were each charged in the fall with aiding three New Jersey businessmen in return for cash, gold bars and a luxury car.

1 year ago

In this courtroom sketch, prospective jurors file into the courtroom as Donald Trump (third left) stands surrounded by his defense team. Alina Habba (fourth left) Trump's lead defense attorney, stands beside him. E. Jean Carroll (background second from right) stands with her attorney Roberta Kaplan, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in New York.
Elections
National
Politics

Jury picked to decide how much Donald Trump owes in defamation trial

This defamation trial is only to set a penalty, if any, for comments Trump made about Carroll while he was president.

1 year ago

A close-up of a police car.
Law
Philadelphia
Policing

Former high-ranking Philadelphia police commander to be reinstated after arbitrator’s ruling

Carl Holmes, who spent nearly three decades on the force, was fired in 2019 after he was accused of having sexually assaulted three women at work.

1 year ago

Judges and parties stand up during a hearing at the International Court of Justice in The Hague
NPR
International

3 things to know about the genocide case against Israel in The Hague

Legal teams from South Africa, the plaintiff, and Israel, the defendant, presented their arguments in two days of hearings before the International Court of Justice.

1 year ago

An aerial view of police presence at the site of a shooting
Crime
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing

2 arrested in 2022 mass shooting in Kensington

The incident outside Jacks Bar just off the intersection of Kensington and Allegheny sent nine people to the hospital.

1 year ago

An aerial view of police presence at the site of a shooting
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
6abc

Suspect arrested in 2022 mass shooting that injured 9 people in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office is holding a news conference Friday morning to provide more on the case.

1 year ago

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