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A rear view of Hockessin Colored School #107C (Courtesy of Hagley Library and Museum)
Delaware
History
K-12
Race & Ethnicity

Delaware marks 70th anniversary of its role in landmark Brown v. Board decision

The First State still struggles with creating a quality education for all students despite its consequential role in the Brown v. Board decision.

2 years ago

Listen 4:42
Land-based wind turbines spin in Atlantic City
Energy
Environment
New Jersey

New Jersey and wind farm developer Orsted settle claims for $125M over scrapped offshore projects

The state and Orsted have settled claims against each other stemming from the company’s decision last October to scrap two wind farms off New Jersey's southern coast.

2 years ago

Former President Donald Trump sits in Manhattan criminal court, May 21, 2024, in New York.
Elections
Government
National

Trump prosecutor focuses on ‘cover-up’ in closing arguments while defense attacks key witness

The New York prosecution is one of four criminal cases Trump is confronting as he seeks to reclaim the White House from Joe Biden.

2 years ago

shoppers holding case of water
Environment
Law
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Philly residents eligible for $25 from Delaware River spill settlement

The lawsuit alleges residents suffered financial losses from purchasing bottled water and driving to grocery stores.

2 years ago

Listen 1:24
District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer and Chester Police Commissioner Steven Gretzky stand behind a podium
Crime
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania

DA charges Wilbert Rosado-Ruiz in deadly Delaware County Linen shooting

District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer alleges Rosado-Ruiz “took out his anger” on his colleagues, two of whom were killed.

2 years ago

Sign for oysville Youth Development Center
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Pennsylvania

Lawsuits claim 66 people were abused as children in Pennsylvania’s juvenile facilities

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

2 years ago

Cory Booker
Criminal Justice
Employment
Incarceration

Sen. Cory Booker questions U.S. prison labor policies, calls for change

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

2 years ago

Bob Menendez
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Trial of Sen. Bob Menendez takes a weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator

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.

2 years ago

Police car
Crime
Delaware
Policing
Technology

‘Purgatory is on the roll again’: Indictment details online group’s alleged ‘swatting’ crimes in Delaware, other states

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.

2 years ago

Listen 2:03
Pa. State Trooper car
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
Spotlight PA

Race data from traffic stops by State Police, other departments won’t be available under Pa.’s public records law

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

2 years ago

Trump in the courtroom
Crime
Government Accountability

Defense rests without ex-President Trump taking the witness stand in his New York hush money trial

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

2 years ago

A cannibis plant that is close to harvest grows June 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Delaware
Government
Law

Bill giving medical dispensaries first crack at recreational marijuana growing faces opposition in Del. House committee

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

2 years ago

Listen 1:01
Bob Menendez
Government Accountability
Law
New Jersey

Testimony at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial focuses on his wife’s New Jersey home

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.

2 years ago

Sam Lemon, right, speaks during a news conference with Susie Williams Carter, center, and lawyer Michael Pomerantz, Monday, May 20, 2024, in Philadelphia. Carter is the sister of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania, Alexander McClay Williams, 16, and Lemon is the great-grandson of the attorney who represented him. Carter is suing the county where the Black teenager was convicted in 1931. The suit comes two years after Williams' conviction by an all-white jury was vacated. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Criminal Justice
History
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Family of Black Pa. teen wrongly executed in 1931 seeks damages after 2022 exoneration

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.

2 years ago

inside a prison
Economy
Incarceration
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Costs for Pa. prison system are soaring despite facility closures, putting officials in the hot seat

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.

2 years ago

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