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Former President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight
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Government Accountability

How much prison time could Trump face? Past cases brought steep punishment for document hoarders

How much prison time the former president could face in the event of a conviction is impossible to say, with such a decision ultimately up to the trial judge.

2 years ago

Demonstrators stand outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, as the court hears arguments over the Indian Child Welfare Act on Nov. 9, 2022, in Washington.
Government
Kids
Law
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Supreme Court rejects challenge to Native American child welfare law

The justices rejected a broad attack from Republican-led states and white families who argued that the system is based on race.

2 years ago

Daniel Penny in handcuffs
Black Lives Matter
Social Justice

Grand jury indicts Daniel Penny in chokehold death of New York City subway rider Jordan Neely

If convicted, Penny could face years in prison.

2 years ago

Police officers are pictured outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse before the arraignment of former President Donald Trump in Miami on Tuesday
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Criminal Justice
Government Accountability
National

Here are the legal next steps in the Trump documents case

While special counsel Jack Smith wants a speedy trial, Trump's lawyers could file motions that would delay it.

2 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing
Crime

Bill Cosby sued by 9 more women in Nevada for alleged decades-old sexual assaults

A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Nevada alleges that the women were individually drugged and assaulted between approximately 1979 and 1992.

2 years ago

Harvard Medical School
Biology
Crime
Pennsylvania

Former Harvard morgue manager stole brains, skin and other body parts to sell them, indictment says

They say 55-year-old Cedric Lodge stole dissected portions of cadavers that were donated to the Harvard Medical School from 2018 to early 2023.

2 years ago

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Government
Health Care
National
Politics

Nearly a year later, most Americans oppose Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe

The latest Gallup poll also finds increased political polarization.

2 years ago

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is pictured during a Justice Department event on May 24. On Wednesday, he defended the integrity of the special counsel investigation into former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents after leaving office.
NPR
Government Accountability
Law
National
Politics

Attorney General Garland defends special counsel’s integrity in Trump indictment

In the face of allegations of bias, Attorney General Merrick Garland called Jack Smith a "veteran career prosecutor" with a "commitment to integrity and the rule of law."

2 years ago

The Starbucks sign is displayed in the window of a Pittsburgh Starbucks, Jan. 30, 2023.
Business
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Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Ex-Starbucks manager awarded $25.6 million in suit over firing after 2018 arrests of 2 Black men

Jurors in Camden found on Monday that race was a determinative factor in the company’s firing of Shannon Phillips.

2 years ago

European Union antitrust regulators on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, took aim at Google's lucrative digital advertising business, ordering the tech giant to sell off some of its ad services to address competition concerns
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International
Law
Technology

Google must break up digital ad business over competition concerns, European regulators say

The European Union has led the global movement to crack down on Big Tech companies but rather than splitting up businesses it has previously issued blockbuster fines.

2 years ago

Gerard McShea at a podium
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Policing

No body cam footage in the Anthony Allegrini Jr. case, Pa. State Police say. His family still wants answers

Allegrini’s family is currently piecing the story together from snippets of video posted to social media by people who were on the interstate that night.

2 years ago

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Trump waves from the car
Government Accountability
National

Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he illegally kept classified documents at Florida estate

Trump appeared before a judge in Miami’s federal courthouse on Tuesday in a stunning moment in American history.

2 years ago

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Crime

Jeffrey Epstein victims settle sex trafficking lawsuit against J.P. Morgan for $290 million

According to the lawsuit, JPMorgan provided Epstein loans and allowed regular withdrawals of cash from 1998 through 2013, while knowing of his sex trafficking practices.

2 years ago

Donald Trump delivers remarks Saturday in Greensboro, N.C.
NPR
Government Accountability
National

Trump is expected to appear in a Miami court on Tuesday. Here’s what to expect

Tuesday's court appearance will likely mark a new era in Trump's political tenure as the charges levied against him grow in number and severity, all as he mounts a 2024 bid.

2 years ago

Trump Classified Documents
Crime
Government Accountability
Law

A timeline of events leading to Donald Trump’s indictment in the classified documents case

Nearly two years before Donald Trump’s indictment for mishandling classified records, federal prosecutors say he was showing off “highly confidential” military plans to guests

2 years ago

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