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Wrongly convicted, Philly man released from Graterford [updated]
For Donte Rollins, Jan. 28, 2006, will always be a life divider, a way of forever sorting the rest of his days. Eighteen yea ...
8 years ago
ListenAfter judge OKs Philly sugary drink tax, appeal may bring thorny legal battle
A Pennsylvania state judge handed Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration ...
8 years ago
Philly’s soda tax declared valid in major win for Kenney administration [updated]
Philadelphia’s tax on sweetened drinks is legal, a state judge ruled Monday, delivering a significant triumph to Mayor Jim Kenney ...
8 years ago
ListenTwo years after police killed suspect, demonstrators call for Philly DA to reopen case [photos]
“You murdered my son. You support the cops who lied and murdered my son,” Tanya Brown-Dickerson shouted outside the Center Ci ...
8 years ago
With 280 homicides expected in ’16, Philadelphia murder rate has not fallen in four years
Philadelphia is on track to end a fourth consecutive year without a decline in the murder rate. Projections indicate that if ...
8 years ago
Ursinus dean, 62, claims college fired him because of age
When Ursinus College President Bobby Fong ...
8 years ago
Ruling nears on legality of Philly sweetened-drinks tax
Before 2016 is over, Mayor Jim Kenney will find out whether his tax on sugary drinks will survive a legal challenge from the American Bev ...
8 years ago
Unnecessary incarceration costs U.S. taxpayers $20 billion a year, Brennan Center study says
A new report from the Brennan ...
8 years ago
Investigation begins into alleged sex abuse of inmates in Lackawanna prison, cover-up
Guards gave female inmates cigarettes then pressured them into sexual favors. Some women were forced to undress for prison employe ...
8 years ago
Defendant’s quest for second look at case can outlast sentence in Philly
Police had their eye on Emma Turner’s Aramingo Avenue house long before November 2006. But that’s when she learned about it. ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:44Former judge will challenge Philly DA in May primary
A former Philadelphia judge is joining the growing list of candidates running against District Attorney Seth Williams, who is up for re-e ...
8 years ago
From brake linings to pedicures, Upper Darby garage run by women caters to women
Wearing a backwards red ball cap, skinny jeans and high-heel boots, Patrice Banks is doing her thing at the Girls Auto Clinic in Upper Da ...
8 years ago
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