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Kenney tweaking stop-and-frisk more than ending it
Over the years, stop-and-frisk has acquired a lot of enemies. Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter wasn’t one of them, he suppo ...
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ListenShould the dwelling of a one-time Philadelphia Mafia boss be blessed as a city landmark? It’s a question at the heart of a d ...
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ListenVirus common on cruise ships listed as cause for Ursinus College sickness
Montgomery County Health officials said norovirus was at the center of an outbreak that made more than 200 students fall ill last week at ...
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After week of widespread illness, Ursinus College plans to resume classes Monday
Ursinus College senior Brian Neff recently traveled to King of Prussia, a half-hour drive from the school in Montgomery County. He bought ...
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Hearings for hundreds of Pa. lifers sentenced as juveniles a daunting task
Hundreds of Pennsylvania inmates serving life sentences now have a shot at release after last month’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on ...
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ListenJudges hear appeal in case weighing public’s right to know, prosecutors’ right to text
A panel of appeals judges with the Commonwealth Court heard arguments Wednesday centering on what one judge described as the “super ...
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Castor defends Centre County DA’s office in tangled case of public records, private texts
A Pennsylvania appeals court is set to take up a case Wednesday stemming from a scandal in Centre County over whether prosecutors exchang ...
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Kathryn Knott gets up to 10 months in prison for Center City attack on gay couple
A Philadelphia judge has sentenced a Bucks County woman to five to 10 months behind bars with two years of mandatory probation for her pa ...
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ListenSentencing set for woman in Center City attack on gay couple
A judge will decide Monday on the punishment for a Bucks County woman ...
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Meek Mill gets 3 months house arrest for parole violation
Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill will be confined to his house, and won’t be able to release any music all spring and possibly longer, ...
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On eve of sentencing, Meek Mill offers advice to students at Boys Latin
Rapper Meek Mill made a stop Thursday at Boys’ Latin, the charter school in Southwest Philadelphia, urging students to double down ...
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Judge gives Fattah Jr. five years in fraud, orders him to repay $1.1M to those he fleeced
A federal judge has sentenced Chaka Fattah Jr. to five years in prison for what prosecutors describe as a wide-reaching fraud scheme. ...
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