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File photo: Former President Donald Trump is escorted to a courtroom, April 4, 2023, in New York.
Elections
Government Accountability
Law
Politics

Trump says he will surrender Thursday on Georgia charges tied to efforts to overturn 2020 election

“Can you believe it? I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED,” Trump wrote on his social media network, hours after his bond was set at $200,000.

3 years ago

crime scene
Crime
Delaware
Gun Violence
Public Safety

Dismantling of Wilmington’s NorthPak gang continues with two more members convicted of murder

Two years ago, prosecutors announced charges against 15 alleged members. To date, 13 have been convicted of gang-related crimes.

3 years ago

Trump wearing a MAGA hat
Elections
Government Accountability

Trump and his allies double down on election lies after indictments for trying to undo 2020 results

Although Trump’s allegations have repeatedly been disproven — often by his own advisers — they’ve taken a firm hold among his party.

3 years ago

Proud Boys leader Henry
Criminal Justice
National

Justice Department seeks 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case

The sentence, if imposed, would be by far the longest punishment that has been handed down in the massive prosecution of the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

3 years ago

Stop work order sign hanging on a door
Business
Employment
Food & Drink
New Jersey

New Jersey shutters 27 Boston Market restaurants over unpaid wages, related worker issues

There were citations for unpaid or late payment of wages, hindering the investigation, failure to pay minimum wage, records violations, and failure to pay earned sick leave.

3 years ago

Side by side headshots of Kathy McGuiness and Kathy Jennings
Delaware
Government Accountability

Did Delaware prosecutors violate auditor’s civil rights and defame her over criminal charge that judge tossed?

While Kathy McGuiness appeals her official misconduct and conflict of interest convictions, she’s suing over false statements made against her.

3 years ago

screenshot of Trump's twitter account
NPR
Crime
Government Accountability
Media

Trump’s tweets count as an ‘overt act’ in the Georgia case. What does that mean?

The case centers on the idea that Trump and 18 others worked together "knowingly and willfully" as part of a broad conspiracy to attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

3 years ago

mifepristone
NPR
Health Care
Medicine
Public Health

Ruling deals blow to access to abortion pill mifepristone — but nothing changes yet

The pills will remain on the market in states where abortion is legal and available by telemedicine and mail for the time being.

3 years ago

Crystal Arthur with photos of her son Kristian
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

‘Nobody really called’: 6 years after her son’s murder, a Philadelphia mother wants answers

Kristian Hamilton-Arthur was murdered in 2017. In the years since, his mother has had to advocate for her son, while simultaneously grieving him.

3 years ago

Listen 1:33
Starbucks store
Business
Employment
New Jersey
Social Justice
6abc

Starbucks ordered to pay extra $2.7M to Pa. employee who said she was fired for being white

The ruling comes after a Camden jury ordered the coffee giant to pay Shannon Phillips $25.6 million in settlement money.

3 years ago

Former President Donald Trump is facing charges stemming from an investigation into his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia, led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
NPR
Criminal Justice
Elections
Government Accountability
Politics

3 reasons Trump’s latest charges could be hard for him to shake

The former president has been charged four separate times in just over four months. But the latest indictment stands out in terms of its scope, evidence and location.

3 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
Pennsylvania
WITF

Pa.’s connection to Georgia’s indictment of Trump

Actions by Trump allies in Pennsylvania, were included in the indictment as “acts of racketeering activity and overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy.”

3 years ago

Danielle Outlaw speaking at a podium
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
Social Justice

PPD reversal: Body cam footage disproves initial police narrative on deadly Kensington shooting

When asked about rebuilding trust with the public, Police Commissioner Outlaw likened the incident to taking “50 steps back.”

3 years ago

Listen 1:25
Michael Oher
NPR
Social Justice
Sports

Michael Oher of ‘The Blind Side’ says he wasn’t adopted, but put in a conservatorship

Michael Oher, the subject of the hit 2009 movie The Blind Side, has alleged that a central part of his story — that he was adopted by a wealthy family — is false.

3 years ago

Trump speaks into a microphone. A U.S. flag is visible behind him.
Government Accountability
National

How the Georgia indictment against Donald Trump may be the biggest yet and other key takeaways

This may be the last of the Trump indictments, but it was the big one.

3 years ago

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