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File photo: Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives for a CNN town hall at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., Feb. 18, 2016.
Elections
Government
Media

Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against CNN over ‘the Big Lie’ dismissed in Florida

Trump claimed in the suit that references to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election as “the Big Lie” was tantamount to comparing him to Adolf Hitler.

2 years ago

Supporters of Safehouse, Philadelphia’s proposed supervised injection site, rally outside the federal courthouse
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Philadelphia
Public Health

Safehouse supervised injection settlement talks fail as the DOJ pushes to dismiss civil lawsuit

Safehouse first entered settlement negotiations with the U.S. Department of Justice in early 2022.

2 years ago

President Biden places his hand over his heart.
NPR
Criminal Justice
Military
National

Biden implements sweeping changes to how the military handles sexual assault cases

The reforms place serious criminal cases under the authority of trained prosecutors. Previously, key decisions had been left up to victims' own commanders.

2 years ago

The Delaware County courthouse in Media.
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Pennsylvania

Delaware County makes historic change to bail retention fees

Delaware County is lowering its bail retention fees — which at 40%, is the highest in Pennsylvania.

2 years ago

police on the football field
Gun Violence
New Jersey
Public Safety

New Jersey man convicted in shooting that killed 10-year-old at Pleasantville High School football game

Alvin Wyatt, 35, of Atlantic City, had argued that he acted in self defense when he opened fire at Pleasantville High School on Nov. 15, 2019.

2 years ago

Former President Donald Trump waves before boarding his personal plane at Miami International Airport on June 13, in Miami after his first court appearance in the classified documents case.
Crime
Government Accountability

Donald Trump faces new charges in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Here’s what to know

Here’s the latest on Trump’s new charges and where his other legal cases stand.

2 years ago

An aerial view of Mar-a-Lago
Government Accountability
Law
National
Politics

Trump accused of asking staffer to delete camera footage in Florida classified documents case

The allegations were made Thursday in an updated grand jury indictment that adds new charges against Trump and adds another defendant to the case.

2 years ago

File photo: Sunoco's Mariner East 2 pipeline construction on Pennell Road in Middletown Township. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Energy
Environment
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania

Sunoco Pipeline ordered to pay $660,000 for environmental violations, DEP says

Sunoco will pay two separate civil penalties for numerous violations of the Clean Streams Law and the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act.

2 years ago

Storefronts on Jewelers Row.
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Man sentenced in theft ring that sold stolen jewels to stores on Philadelphia’s Jewelers’ Row

From May 2018 through February 2020, Duanne Pierce led a jewelry theft ring which stole from stores around the country, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

2 years ago

Former President Donald Trump visits Café du Monde in New Orleans, July 25, 2023.
Government Accountability

Trump says his lawyers have met with prosecutors ahead of possible 2020 election indictment

Trump earlier this month was informed by special counsel Jack Smith’s office that he was a target of the Justice Department’s investigation.

2 years ago

Groundbreaking ceremony
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Mental Health
Pennsylvania

Bucks County breaks ground on new mental health treatment center

The center will divert people with mental illnesses away from incarceration and into treatment. It’s expected to open by the end of 2024.

2 years ago

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Thomas Jefferson University East Falls campus in Philadelphia, Thursday, May 23, 2019
PlanPhilly
Higher Education
Personal Finance
Philadelphia

Thomas Jefferson University to pay millions in federal student loan settlement

A loan program was meant to train more community doctors, but federal regulators claim that the Philadelphia university used leftover cash to boost its investment portfolio.

2 years ago

Closeup photo of Hunter Biden walking into a building
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Law
National

Hunter Biden’s plea deal on tax and gun charges collapses under avalanche of questions by Delaware judge

U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika had loads of questions about the deal and her role, so she deferred a decision on whether to accept or reject it.

2 years ago

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NPR
Immigration
Law
National

Judge blocks Biden administration’s new rules for asylum-seekers at the border

U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar blocked a similar policy during the Trump administration, and immigrant advocates had urged him to do the same in this case.

2 years ago

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Crime
Philadelphia
Policing
6abc

Philadelphia police search for suspects involved in disorderly gathering on Broad Street

One officer was hit by a vehicle and broke his ankle while trying to disperse the crowd.

2 years ago

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