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Conceived as a cross between a Sunday newspaper and CBS' Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.

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Crime
Criminal Justice
LGBTQ
Philadelphia

Arrest in 2022 attack on transgender woman in Philly comes amid rise in crime against LGBTQ+ community

City prosecutors say the arrest is a sign of improving cooperation between the LGBTQ+ community and law enforcement.

2 years ago

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Addiction
Medicine
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. opioid settlement money: What you need to know

There’s currently no single resource for people to see how counties and local governments plan to spend the money. But understanding the process can help you influence it.

2 years ago

In this courtroom sketch, in federal court in New York, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, Sayfullo Saipov, center, is flanked by his attorneys, David M. Stern (left) and federal Defender Andrew John Dalack, right, during victim impact statements in the sentencing phase of his trial. Saipov, an Islamic extremist who killed eight in a New York bike path attack, was convicted of federal crimes, Jan. 26 2023
Criminal Justice
National
Public Safety

Man who killed 8 in NYC terrorist attack gets 10 life sentences plus 260 years

In March, a jury rejected the death penalty for the Uzbekistan citizen and onetime New Jersey resident. A life sentence is mandatory.

2 years ago

A sign for the prison on the outside of the building.
Incarceration
Philadelphia

2nd man who escaped Philadelphia prison now in custody

Ameen Hurst, 18, is accused of committing four murders.

2 years ago

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Business
New Jersey
Social Justice
6abc

Elite New Jersey golf club accused of discrimination against women settles complaint

The AG said the club engaged in practices that prevented women from being members and gave few women the chance to be employees.

2 years ago

FIle photo: Special counsel John Durham, the prosecutor appointed to investigate potential government wrongdoing in the early days of the Trump-Russia probe, leaves federal court in Washington, May 16, 2022. Durham ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The report Monday, May 15, 2023, from Durham offers withering criticism of the bureau but a meager court record that fell far short of the former president’s prediction he would uncover the “crime of the century.”
Elections
Government Accountability
National

Prosecutor ends probe of FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation with harsh criticism, but no new charges

The report offers withering criticism of the bureau but fell far short of the former president’s prediction he would uncover the “crime of the century.”

2 years ago

Elon Musk poses prior to his talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, May 15, 2023 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. A federal appeals court says Musk cannot back out of a settlement with securities regulators over 2018 tweets claiming he had the funding to take Tesla private. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Monday, May 15, 2023 just days after hearing arguments from lawyers in the case. 
(AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool), file
Business
Media
Technology

Elon Musk must still have his tweets approved by Tesla lawyer, federal appeals court rules

A federal appeals court says Elon Musk cannot back out of a settlement with securities regulators over 2018 tweets claiming he had the funding to take Tesla private.

2 years ago

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Crime
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
Elections 2023

How Philly’s gun violence crisis fluctuated across 30 years of police commissioners

A look at how the city has fared under its most recent top cops.

2 years ago

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A sign for the prison on the outside of the building.
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Philadelphia prison escape aided by man charged in deadly cheesesteak shop brawl, police say

Authorities say two escaped prisoners in Philadelphia were helped by a fellow inmate who’s charged with murder for a brawl outside a famed Philadelphia cheesesteak shop.

2 years ago

Cassandra Nuñez standing in her house
Crime
Social Justice

Trump’s sexual assault verdict marks a rare moment of accountability. And women are noticing

It comes as women across the U.S. ponder the cultural landscape amid sweeping threats to their hard-won progress.

2 years ago

A sign for the prison on the outside of the building.
Incarceration
Philadelphia

Authorities capture 1 of 2 men who escaped from Philadelphia prison

Hurst and Grant were gone for nearly 19 hours before officials knew they were missing.

2 years ago

A sign for the prison on the outside of the building.
Crime
Incarceration
Philadelphia
Policing
6abc

Woman charged in connection with Philadelphia prison break; 2 prisoners remain at large

According to Philadelphia police, there is evidence of communication between the woman and one of the escaped inmates.

2 years ago

Tamika Morales holds a photo of herself and her son, Ahmad Morales.
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing

Three years, no arrests: Ahmad Morales and Philadelphia’s homicide clearance rate

The national homicide clearance rate is at an all-time low. Philadelphia’s numbers are lower.

2 years ago

E. Jean Carroll, center, walks out of Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in New York
Law
National
Politics

Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards accuser $5M

The verdict was announced in a federal courtroom in New York City on the first day of jury deliberations.

2 years ago

A sign for the prison on the outside of the building.
Incarceration
Philadelphia
Policing

2 men escape Philadelphia prison, undetected for hours

They escaped from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center around 8:30 p.m. Sunday by cutting a hole in a fence surrounding a recreation yard.

2 years ago

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