Courts & Law

Three nonprofits hope to force the federal government to regulate hydrogen fluoride more strictly. The chemical is still used at a Delaware County refinery.

Allentown newspaper The Morning Call said Luis Leon, 82, ended up in Guatemala after being handcuffed in a Philly immigration office while replacing his lost green card.

A state-appointed prosecutor has started taking control of cases that ordinarily would have been handled by Philly’s district attorney.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche made the request Friday, asking judges to unseal transcripts from grand jury proceedings that resulted in indictments.

This case follows ongoing national debates and legal battles over transgender athletes' participation in women's sports.

The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court in Miami. It seeks at least $10 billion in damages.

It comes a day after a Wall Street Journal story put a spotlight on Trump’s relationship with Epstein.

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Bove's nomination to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. All of the panel's Democrats walked out and did not vote.

Thirty-two-year-old Ian Cleary faces a proposed four- to eight-year sentence after Thursday’s plea.

The settlement was announced in Delaware’s Court of Chancery at the start of the second day of trial.

The judge sentenced Mark Dial to 9 1/2 months in jail and immediately granted him parole because he had already been jailed for 10 months following his arrest in 2023.

One teen was handcuffed when state trooper Dempsey Walters broke his eye socket. Walters served prison time for assault and other crimes.

Serious crime has remained low, the report says. That includes a reduction in homicides, aggravated assaults, thefts and arsons.

The settlement brings the total recovered in the 2016 class action suit to more than $90 million. Three other companies settled for more than $65 million in 2021.

Justin D. Mohn, 33, was found guilty in the January 2024 shooting death of his father at their home in the Philadelphia suburb of Levittown.