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Courts & Law

Sen. Bob Menendez leaves federal court, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in New York.
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Prosecutors oppose Sen. Bob Menendez’s effort to delay May bribery trial until July

Menendez has pleaded not guilty to a bribery conspiracy charge alleging he and his wife accepted bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car from three New Jersey businessmen.

2 years ago

New Jersey Sen. Teresa Ruiz speaks into a microphone
Behavioral Health
Criminal Justice
Mental Health
New Jersey

N.J. has a new diversion program for people with mental illness who commit certain types of crimes

People with mental illness who commit certain crimes in N.J. may be diverted out of the criminal justice system.

2 years ago

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Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Reno, Nev. In a brief filed Saturday, Trump asked a federal appeals court to dismiss an election interference case against him, arguing he's immune from prosecution. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP)
NPR
Criminal Justice
Government Accountability
Law
National

Trump asks appeals court to toss election interference case, arguing that he’s immune

The legal filing late Saturday comes after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to fast track a dispute on whether the former President is immune from prosecution.

2 years ago

Benjamin Ledyard arriving at the courthouse
Crime
Delaware

Former Delaware bank executive whose second wife’s murder remains unsolved gets 2 years in prison for brutalizing third wife

Victim Stephanie Ledyard begged the court to give her husband probation, but the judge said pictures of her New Year’s Day beating looked like “autopsy photos.”

2 years ago

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference after his defamation trial outside the federal courthouse in Washington, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. A jury awarded $148 million in damages on Friday to two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
NPR
Elections
Law
National
Politics

Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy a day after a judge orders him to pay $146 million

Giuliani reported millions of dollars in debt from lawsuits, unpaid taxes and outstanding legal fees.

2 years ago

Thao Le stands next to a fence and an open area that's her property.
Business
Law
New Jersey
Real Estate

Cinnaminson business owner wins court fight to keep her properties

The court ruled the township did not show that her properties posed a risk to the “safety, health, morals, and welfare of the community.”

2 years ago

Listen 1:15
File photo: A Star of David hangs from a fence outside the dormant landmark Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, April 19, 2023.
Criminal Justice
National
Religion

White supremacist sentenced for threatening jury and witnesses at synagogue shooter’s trial

Hardy Carroll Lloyd was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison Wednesday.

2 years ago

Philadelphia K-9 unit police walk into an area of Fairmount Park where the body of a woman, suspected to be that of fourth-year medical student Rebecca Park, was discovered, July 17, 2003, during an ongoing investigation of the scene the following day, July 18, in Philadelphia.
Crime
Philadelphia

Alleged ‘Fairmount Park rapist’ charged in 2003 rape, murder of medical student Rebecca Park

In 2021, a DNA analysis helped create a series of composite sketches of the man believed responsible for the assaults.

2 years ago

File photo: Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., chair of the House Freedom Caucus, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 14, 2023.
Criminal Justice
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Rep. Scott Perry told to hand over hundreds of texts and emails to FBI in 2020 election probe

The ruling, late Monday, came more than a year after Perry’s personal cellphone was seized by federal authorities.

2 years ago

File photo: A Rite Aid sign is displayed on the facade of a store in Pittsburgh, Jan. 23, 2023.
Business
Health Care
Race & Ethnicity

Rite Aid banned from facial recognition tech use for 5 years after faulty theft targeting in stores

Rite Aid said it disagrees with the allegations, though the company is pleased to reach an agreement to resolve the issue

2 years ago

Philadelphia police and others stand at the front of a room during a press conference
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

Suspect believed to be the ‘Fairmount Park rapist’ arrested after 20 years, officials tout DNA advancement

Police believe a man charged in a series of machete attacks last month is also responsible for a 2003 murder and several sexual assaults near Fairmount Park.

2 years ago

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Trump speaks at a podium. The U.S. flag is visible in the background.
Government
Law
National

Colorado Supreme Court bans Trump from the state’s ballot under Constitution’s insurrection clause

The decision marked the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate.

2 years ago

A close-up of a police car.
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Policing
6abc

Suspect believed to be Fairmount Park rapist now in police custody: Sources

Additional details about the suspect's identity have not yet been released.

2 years ago

Children pass by the portait of Sandra Day O'Connor as mourners pay their respects as the flag-draped casket of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor lies in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. O'Connor, an Arizona native and the first woman to serve on the nation's highest court, died Dec. 1 at age 93.
Government
Law
National

Sandra Day O’Connor called a pioneer and ‘iconic jurist’ as she is memorialized by Biden, Roberts

The rancher’s daughter was nominated in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan and came to wield considerable influence on the nine-member court.

2 years ago

Google said Monday it agreed to pay $700 million to settle an anti-trust case brought by a group of states focused on the tech giant's powerful app store. (Jeff Chiu/AP)
NPR
Business
National
Technology

Google to pay $700 million in case over whether its app store is an illegal monopoly

The deal with dozens of states resolves a lawsuit that claimed Google engages in anticompetitive behavior through its Google Play store.

2 years ago

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