Courts & Law
New Castle County agrees to pay more than $1 million to settle lawsuit over fatal police shooting
Officials in Delaware’s largest county have agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle a lawsuit stemming from a fatal police shooting in 2021.
2 years ago
Pittsburgh synagogue gunman has been sentenced to die in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack
It was the first federal death sentence imposed during the presidency of Joe Biden, who pledged during his 2020 campaign to end capital punishment.
2 years ago
The latest Trump indictment lists 6 unnamed co-conspirators. Here’s what we know
The six unnamed allies have not been criminally charged or officially named by prosecutors.
2 years ago
Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election
This is the third criminal case brought against Trump in the last six months.
2 years ago
Wildwood, N.J. mayor sentenced in federal tax fraud case
Mayor Pete Byron, 67, learned his fate before a federal judge in Camden on Wednesday.
2 years ago
Philly landlord-tenant officer expected to resume evictions ‘within weeks,’ sources say
Marisa Shuter had agreed to temporarily stop performing evictions after a string of shootings involving her deputies.
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The Pittsburgh synagogue gunman will be sentenced to death for the nation’s worst antisemitic attack
A federal jury recommended Wednesday that Robert Bowers be sent to death row. A judge must formally impose the sentence.
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Pence fought an order to testify but now is a central figure in his former boss’s indictment
On Tuesday, Pence said that the indictment “serves as an important reminder: Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be President of the United States."
2 years ago
Two Northeast pharmacies fined $3.5 million to settle charges of Medicare Fraud
The alleged scheme was carried out from 2012 to 2016, and the medication that the government was billed for included treatments for asthma, depression, and some anesthetics.
2 years ago
The election-meddling indictment against Trump is sprawling. Here’s a breakdown of the case
A sprawling indictment unsealed Tuesday says the one who tried to steal the election was Trump, in a desperate bid to cling to power.
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Here’s where all the cases against Trump stand as he campaigns for a return to the White House
Here’s a look at some of the top probes against Trump as he campaigns for the 2024 Republican nomination.
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Henrietta Lacks’ descendants reach a settlement over the use of her ‘stolen’ cells
Her genetic material, taken without her knowledge in 1951, has helped facilitate numerous scientific breakthroughs, including the development of the polio and COVID-19 vaccine
2 years ago
Inside Hunter Biden’s tax crimes: How the president’s son blew off the IRS while making millions
The lawyer and businessman repeatedly admitted in court that he broke the law while ignoring request after request by associates to pay tax debts.
2 years ago
Princeton University student pleads guilty to joining mob’s attack on Capitol
On Jan. 6, 2021, 22-year-old Larry Fife Giberson joined other rioters in a coordinated push against police officers in a tunnel on the Capitol's Lower West Terrace.
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Jury poised to deliberate death penalty or life sentence for gunman in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
The same jurors who convicted 50-year-old Robert Bowers in June on 63 criminal counts listened to closing arguments in the penalty phase of his federal trial Monday.
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