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Courts & Law

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Government Accountability
National

Trump wanted trial delays, and he’s getting them. Here’s the latest

The longer Trump's trials are put off, the more he'll argue that it's impractical and unfair to stick him in a courtroom instead of leaving him to campaign.

2 years ago

Donald Trump Holds Get Out The Vote Rally In Georgia
NPR
Criminal Justice
Government
Law
Politics

Trump unable to post $450M bond in New York fraud case, his lawyers say

Trump's lawyers say they've approached 30 companies through four brokers and none will accept his real estate holdings as a guarantee on the bond.

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. (
Criminal Justice
Law
Philadelphia

Charges dropped against C.J. Rice after judge deems evidence against him as ‘slender’

After spending more than a decade in prison, C.J. Rice told CNN’s Jake Tapper the “air tastes sweeter” as a free man.

2 years ago

An expanse of land with trees
Housing
Law
Pennsylvania
Real Estate

New Hanover Township is accused of blocking housing development ‘to keep the minority population’ from growing

The developers behind the huge Town Center project in Montgomery County alleged delays from New Hanover officials have cost them more than $150 million.

2 years ago

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Law enforcement officers enter an empty apartment home in Trenton, N.J.
Gun Violence
Law
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Man faces charges in Pa. and N.J. after alleged killings of family members in Bucks County

Andre Gordon Jr. has been charged in Bucks County with murder, aggravated assault and robbery. New Jersey's attorney general says he faces carjacking and weapons charges.

2 years ago

After going through addiction treatment, Felisha Buzard is a student at Camden County College and looks forward to regaining custody of her 2-year-old daughter. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Health Care
New Jersey

Camden County’s Project SAVE program reaches 10,000 referrals, adds mental health services

About 36 municipalities in Camden County participate in Project SAVE. To date, the program has helped make more than 3,400 treatment admissions.

2 years ago

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NPR
Law
Media
National
Technology

Supreme Court issues first of many expected decisions on social media

The court laid down guidelines for the lower courts to use in assessing the facts in similar cases.

2 years ago

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks into a microphone
Law
National

Fulton County DA Fani Willis must step aside or remove special prosecutor in Trump case, judge says

Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade testified at a hearing last month that they had engaged in a romantic relationship.

2 years ago

This image, contained in the indictment against former President Donald Trump, shows boxes of records stored in a bathroom and shower in the Lake Room at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. A federal judge is set to hear arguments on whether to dismiss the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump. His lawyers say the former president was entitled under the Presidential Records Act to keep the sensitive documents with him when he left the White House and headed to Florida.
Elections
Government Accountability
National
Politics

Judge rejects bid by Donald Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds

District Judge Cannon said that though the Trump team had raised “various arguments warranting serious consideration,” a dismissal of charges was not merited.

2 years ago

File photo: Former President Donald Trump leaves Manhattan criminal court, Feb. 15, 2024, in New York.
Elections
Government Accountability
National
Politics

Prosecutors say they’re open to delaying start of Donald Trump’s March 25 hush-money trial

Trump’s lawyers are seeking an 90-day delay or the dismissal of charges against Trump, alleging violations of what’s known as the discovery process.

2 years ago

The Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex building
Criminal Justice
Law
New Jersey

New Jersey is creating a new online database to allow sexual assault survivors to track cases

The trauma-informed online database aims to lessen the added burden for sexual assault survivors to monitor their cases.

2 years ago

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Evidence markers are seen following a shooting in Northeast Philadelphia on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
6abc

4th suspect sought for mass shooting at SEPTA bus stop identified; up to $5,000 reward offered

Asir Boone, 17, is wanted for attempted murder. He should be considered armed and dangerous, officials said.

2 years ago

Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee presides in court, Friday, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. The hearing is to determine whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be removed from the case because of a relationship with Nathan Wade, special prosecutor she hired in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz, Pool)
Elections
Government Accountability
National
Politics

Judge overseeing Georgia election interference case dismisses some charges against Trump

The order leaves intact many other charges in the indictment. The judge wrote that prosecutors could seek a new indictment on the charges he dismissed.

2 years ago

How does parenting work in the digital age?
Studio 2
Kids
Mental Health
Religion
Technology

Banning TikTok, ‘Coming of Age in a Digital World’, Ramadan

The House votes Wednesday on a bill to force the China-based parent company ByteDance to either divest or be banned in U.S. app stores.

Air Date: March 13, 2024 12:00 pm

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Evidence markers are seen following a shooting in Northeast Philadelphia
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
6abc

Police retract statement saying 4th suspect in custody for Philly mass shooting; remains at large

Police say they are still working to see if the bus stop shooting is connected to the killing of an Imhotep Charter High School student, 17-year-old Dayemen Taylor.

2 years ago

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