
Courts & Law
Authorities say they have heard for years that stolen ammo from the store went to drug dealers and violent gangs.
2 years ago
Accused Kingsessing shooter may have begun his spree nearly 2 days earlier than police thought
On July 2, police were accidentally dispatched to North 56th Street, so they didn't discover Joseph Wamah Jr.'s body right away, authorities say.
2 years ago
Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Judge Wall dismissed with prejudice the lawsuit trying to force the city and others to make recompense for the destruction of the once-thriving Black district of Greenwood.
2 years ago
More renters facing eviction have a right to a lawyer. Finding one can be hard
New laws aim to change the power imbalance in rent court — but some cities have a shortage of attorneys or no set way to pair them with renters.
2 years ago
Authorities charge 5 more in probe of child sexual abuse among Jehovah’s Witnesses in Pennsylvania
The indictments announced Friday are the latest charges in an ongoing probe that has identified 14 suspects.
2 years ago
Conservative groups lose bid to see Delaware university’s records involving Biden Senate papers
A conservative media outlet and an activist group won’t be allowed access to records related to President Joe Biden’s gift of his Senate papers to the University of Delaware.
2 years ago
Trump valet Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case
Nauta also hired a new Florida-based lawyer to represent him as the case moves forward.
2 years ago
U.S. is barred from combating disinformation on social media. Here’s what it means
The federal government is now barred from working with social media companies to address removing any content that might contain "protected free speech."
2 years ago
The lawsuit says Polymer80, Inc. and JSD Supply “intentionally undermine” federal and state law by selling firearm kits without background checks.
2 years ago
Trump posted what he said was Obama’s address, prosecutors say. An armed man was soon arrested there
Prosecutors included the new details of the case in a motion filed Wednesday aiming to keep Taranto behind bars.
2 years ago
Five people were killed and several others injured by someone shooting an AR-style rifle “aimlessly,” police said.
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Prosecutors say Kimbrady Carriker was wearing a ballistic vest and carrying weapons in his home for “some time” before Monday’s mass shooting.
2 years ago
Activists spurred by affirmative action ruling challenge legacy admissions at Harvard
Lawyers for Civil Rights, a nonprofit based in Boston, is filing the civil rights complaint on behalf of Black and Latino community groups in New England.
2 years ago
During the three years since George Floyd’s murder, the law enforcement lobby succeeded in eroding the initial bill’s expansive provisions.
2 years ago
Wider than websites? LGBTQ+ advocates fear broader discrimination after Supreme Court ruling
One of the court’s liberal justices wrote in a dissent that the decision’s effect is to “mark gays and lesbians for second-class status."
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