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Courts & Law

Attorney Paul Lang,
Crime
Incarceration
Philadelphia

Bensalem teen accused of killing 12-year-old girl sentenced to 15 to 40 years

Ash Cooper, 18, pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree murder in the November 2022 death of 12-year-old Morgan Connors. Prosecutors said a motive was never revealed.

2 years ago

New Philly Police officers take the oath of office as they stand on a stage.
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

New police officers to hit the streets in Philly as city struggles to fill vacancies

The officers join Philly’s police department at a time when the Parker administration is rolling out safer streets initiatives.

2 years ago

Police academy training session
Philadelphia
Policing

Philly police face a hiring crisis. Some policies are being loosened to find more cadets

Philadelphia is already seeing the payoff of its amended fitness entry exam.

2 years ago

William Murphy
Delaware
Housing
Policing

Blind Wilmington man was wrongfully evicted, but judge dismisses his discrimination lawsuit

Constables put out William Murphy and his two daughters during a 2021 snowstorm under an order intended for a previous female tenant.

2 years ago

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Crime scene on the street
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
Public Safety

Philadelphia mass shooting suspect is headed to trial after receiving mental health treatment

Kimbrady Carriker is charged for the seemingly random shootings in Kingsessing in July 2023.

2 years ago

Aerial view from above of Texas National Guard soldiers are seen guarding the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas.
NPR
Immigration
National
Policing
Politics

What to know about SB 4, the Texas immigration law in the courts now

The controversial law would allow Texas law enforcement officers and judges to arrest and deport people in the country illegally.

2 years ago

Bam Margera
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
TV
6abc

Charges withdrawn for former TV star Bam Margera following incident outside Radnor Hotel

Margera was cited for public intoxication and disorderly conduct after a dispute at the Radnor Hotel last August.

2 years ago

crime scene
Philadelphia
Policing

4th suspect accused in SEPTA bus shooting arrested by U.S. Marshals in Virginia

All four suspects accused in the March 6 mass shooting near a SEPTA stop are in custody, according to police.

2 years ago

Listen 1:06
A close-up of Donald Trump exiting a vehicle
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

The exterior of the U.S. Supreme Court building
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

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