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Courts & Law

Al Sharpton in Wilmington
Delaware
Government Accountability
Race & Ethnicity

Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton joins Wilmington protest calling for Delaware court diversity

Carney is under pressure to diversify the court after Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock tendered his retirement.

2 years ago

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Trump in the courtroom
Crime
Elections
Government Accountability

Judge holds Trump in contempt, fines him $9,000 and raises threat of jail in hush money trial

The court won't tolerate "willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will impose an incarceratory punishment."

2 years ago

A student protests the Israel-Hamas war at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
NPR
Incarceration
Military
National
Protests

Nearly 300 people arrested at U.S. campus protests against the war in Gaza this weekend

From from Arizona to Massachusetts, universities turned to forced removal of pro-Palestinian protests and encampments as students mount organized opposition.

2 years ago

Aftermath of shooting at Eid celebration
Crime
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing

New charges announced against 4 youths arrested in gunfire at West Philly Eid celebration

Prosecutors said Friday that the 15- and 16-year-old youths arrested after the April 10 gunfire at Clara Muhammad Square will be charged as adults.

2 years ago

police car lights flashing
National
Philadelphia
Policing

Police officer hiring in U.S. increases after years of decline, survey shows

A survey released by the Police Executive Research Forum shows more officers were hired in 2023 than in any of the previous four years.

2 years ago

People flutter a Palestinian giant flag
NPR
Law
National

A student club is suing its school, saying its pro-Palestinian views were censored

The lawsuit alleges that the club was prevented from holding its Palestinian Culture Night in the way the students wanted.

2 years ago

A police officer drives in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Policing
6abc

Ex-PPD officer Ryan Pownall, who shot and killed David Jones, to be reinstated after winning arbitration

Pownall was charged with shooting Jones, who was pulled over while riding a dirt bike. A judge threw out the case in 2020.

2 years ago

John
Philadelphia
6abc

Mistrial declared in 3rd federal trial of Philly labor leader John Dougherty

The longtime union leader was convicted last year of embezzling more than $650,000 from the electrician's union he once led.

2 years ago

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping on legal challenges to vote counting in Pennsylvania, Nov. 7, 2020, in Philadelphia
NPR
Elections
Government Accountability
National

Meadows, Giuliani, 11 ‘fake electors’ from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona

Arizona is now the fourth state where charges have been brought against individuals involved in so-called "fake elector" schemes that sought to undermine Joe Biden's victory o

2 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Government Accountability
National

Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump’s claim of absolute immunity but decision’s timing is unclear

The Supreme Court is taking up former President Donald Trump's bid to avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.

2 years ago

Agnes Callamard
Crime
International
Military

World seeing near breakdown of international law amid wars in Gaza and Ukraine, Amnesty says

The human rights organization's annual report says powerful governments, including the U.S., Russia and China, have led a global disregard for international rules and values.

2 years ago

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate
Government
National

What to know in the Supreme Court case about immunity for former President Trump

The core issue being debated before the Supreme Court boils down to whether a former president is immune from prosecution for actions taken while in office.

2 years ago

Crime
New Jersey
Religion

Man charged with hate crime for vandalizing Islamic center at Rutgers, prosecutors say

The incident came a few weeks after the state attorney general's office had reported a recent spike in bias incidents in New Jersey.

2 years ago

In this Nov. 19, 2021 photo, Wildwood N.J. Mayor Pete Byron gestures toward a section of the Wildwood, N.J. boardwalk that is being rebuilt. The popular seaside town is repairing or rebuilding most of its century-old boardwalk over the next five years
Crime
Government Accountability
New Jersey
6abc

Former Wildwood mayor accused of official misconduct, tax evasion in new 7-count indictment

According to the N.J. Attorney General's Office, Pete Byron abused his position to request a job from a city attorney, then failed to pay state taxes on that job's earnings.

2 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner takes part in a news conference in Philadelphia, Monday, March 11, 2024. Krasner announced Monday, March 18, 2024, that a man who spent more than a decade in prison after his arrest as a teen won't be retried in a 2011 quadruple shooting. C.J. Rice, now 30, has been free since a federal judge late last year found his trial lawyer deficient and the state's case weak. (
Crime
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Politics

Warrant for Pa. state Rep. Kevin Boyle withdrawn on primary eve, DA Krasner says

Philly's district attorney said Monday that a warrant issued to the Northeast Philadelphia Democrat — for a violation of a protection from abuse order — has been withdrawn.

2 years ago

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