Courts & Law
Delaware fights challenge to assault weapons, large-capacity magazine bans in appeals court
The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia is weighing whether to grant requests by gun rights advocates to bar Delaware laws they argue are unconstitutional.
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Two 18-year-olds charged in mass shooting at SEPTA bus stop
Two people have been arrested and charged in last week’s mass shooting that hurt eight Northeast High School students at a SEPTA bus stop.
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Listen 1:11Sen. Bob Menendez enters not guilty plea to latest criminal indictment
Menendez and his wife Nadine entered the pleas on Monday to a rewritten indictment containing new charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice.
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2 arrested in connection to SEPTA bus stop shooting that injured 8 teens: sources
Northeast High School students have returned to class after the mass shooting injured 8 students.
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New Jersey sees spike in incidents of bias in 2023
The number of incidents recorded is the highest the state has seen since record keeping began about 30 years ago.
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The Pa. legislature created a special prosecutor to go after crimes committed in the transit system, and Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker promised to beef up police patrols.
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Pa. trooper charged at Philly LGBTQ+ leader as she recorded traffic stop, lawyers say
The arrest made national headlines over the weekend and has prompted questions over the car stop and use of force.
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Listen 1:12Married LGBTQ leaders were taking car for repairs before their arrest in Philadelphia traffic stop
Celena Morrison, who leads the city’s Office of LGBT Affairs and is a top aide to Mayor Cherelle Parker, and her husband were detained Saturday for about 12 hours.
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Man freed from prison after 34 years after judge vacates conviction in 1990 murder
61-year-old Ronald Johnson was released from SCI-Phoenix on Monday night following a Philadelphia judge's decision and the prosecutor's move to dismiss charges.
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The beatings and deprivation were captured on video cameras Mary and Charles Vinson put in the boys’ bedroom. Charles Vinson was sentenced to 49 years behind bars.
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The Philadelphia DA is vowing to get to the bottom of Monday’s quintuple shooting, and a car stop Saturday that involved a member of the Mayor’s administration.
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New obstruction of justice crimes levied against Sen. Bob Menendez in rewritten indictment
Menendez is accused of taking actions that benefited the governments of Egypt and Qatar to help two N.J. associates get financial deals linked to those two countries.
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Dartmouth men’s basketball team votes to unionize, though steps remain in forming labor union
The players voted 13-2 to join Service Employees International Union Local 560, which already represents some Dartmouth workers.
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Former Twitter executives sue Elon Musk over firings, seek more than $128 million in severance
The lawsuit says not paying severance and bills is part of a pattern for Musk.
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Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty under a deal that calls for at least 11 years in prison
Teixeira pleaded guilty in Boston’s federal court Monday to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act.
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