Courts & Law

Philly teens could simultaneously go to local colleges and learn to be police officers during the yet-to-launch cadet program, but it won’t be an easy sell with all youth.

The remaining four officers have a May 6 trial date in federal court. A trial has not yet been set in state court.

The move partly fulfills a promise made more than two years ago to close the facility amid reports of sexual abuse and misconduct there.

These yes/no questions are often overlooked by voters, but they give judges up to a decade more on the bench.

The lawsuit claims city cops bend the rules to search for evidence, especially with probationers, but Mayor Purzycki calls the allegations “offensive.”

District Attorney Larry Krasner presented part of his extensive review into what led to the escape. He would not make it totally public due to security issues.

Commonwealth Court said the Department of Environmental Protection did not have the constitutional authority to collect revenue from the program.

His testimony is expected to be followed by his younger brother Eric, another vice president of the family's landmark business.

When someone is shot on a Philadelphia street, residents often handle the crime scene. City leaders are piloting a new protocol to help.

The cases — from Michigan and California — echo issues raised in a now-defunct suit against then-President Donald Trump for blocking his critics on Twitter.

Anyone arrested in the next several years will have to find bail from some other source besides the Philadelphia Bail Fund.

The Colorado hearing is the first of two states' lawsuits that could end up reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.

There’s also a pending federal extortion charge against the formerly powerful IBEW leader.

The lawsuit seeks monetary damages to restore natural resources and for public health services.

Robert Edmond Davis, 19, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the killing.