Courts & Law

Some attacks were reported to other staffers and were ignored or met with disbelief.

While most incarcerated workers today help maintain correctional facilities, others are leased out to private companies or take part in work-release programs.

Judge Sidney H. Stein said jurors were trapped in an elevator for several minutes during what was supposed to be a 10-minute afternoon break that lasted almost a half hour.

One caller reported an active shooter inside a Delaware high school, where another said he was going to kill a teacher and students, the FBI charges.

Pennsylvania State Police will be directed to release an annual report on traffic stop data, but public information experts say that’s not enough.

The judge has said he expects closing arguments to happen on May 28, the Tuesday after Memorial Day.

Some opponents say the license fees are not substantial enough and the proposal could hurt the current supply of medical cannabis.

A lawyer testified Monday that a businessman saved the senator's then-future wife's home from foreclosure just as the senator allegedly helped him secure business with Egypt.

Sixteen-year-old Alexander McClay Williams remains the youngest person the state has put to death. He was exonerated by Gov. Tom Wolf after researchers dug up new evidence.

Prison officials want $300 million in additional taxpayer money in next year’s budget despite a declining population of incarcerated people and the closure of two facilities.

Here's a look at what the two sides have argued, who has been missing from the case, what to listen for in the final days and what prosecutors will have to prove.

The request came at the end of a busy Monday, which included Michael Cohen, prosecutors concluding evidence presentation and the judge admonishing a witness for his behavior.

While disclosures filed by state officials are published online, judges’ forms aren’t. The public must ask for copies — provided they know where to go for that information.

Timothy Boyce faces three misdemeanor charges of simple assault, harassment and indecent assault without consent.

Previously, lawyers for Nadine Menendez had requested her trial on charges in the case be delayed after she had been diagnosed with a serious health issue.