Courts & Law
A Superior Court ruled in February that early voting and permanent absentee ballot laws were unconstitutional. The state Supreme Court is now considering.
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Listen :48Widow 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.
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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."
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Letters obtained by WHYY News acknowledge state oversight responsibility while arguing that not disclosing the embezzlement was the right move.
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Listen 1:01Sen. 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Listen 1:22Jury 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.
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Trump’s attacks on U.S. justice system after his conviction could be used by autocrats, say experts
After being found guilty in his hush money case, the former president made unfounded claims of a “rigged” trial, which analysts say could undermine international relations.
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Answers to your questions about Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial conviction
Here are answers to some of the biggest questions surrounding Trump's conviction.
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4 takeaways from the historic felony conviction of Donald Trump
Despite the guilty verdict, Trump remains the Republican nominee for president. Here's how the conviction is already playing out for the campaign.
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