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Cosby declines to take the stand as his defense rests its case
Cosby faces three counts of aggravated indecent assault.
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Listen 4:38Amid licensing limbo, immigration advocates push to shut down Pa. detention center
Immigrants' rights advocates have launched two initiatives, trying to pressure the state government to close down the detention center.
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Cosby retrial continues with more defense questioning of main accuser
Bill Cosby’s attorneys will continue questioning main accuser Andrea Constand this morning.
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On the stand, Cosby’s main accuser said she came to court ‘for justice’
Andrea Constand remembers thinking it was “absurd” for Bill Cosby, her friend and mentor, to have a romantic interest in her.
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Listen 4:45Third Cosby accuser says he gave her pills, then she passed out on backgammon board
Janice Baker-Kinney was the third woman to tell a Montgomery County jury the 80-year-old comedian gave her a substance that knocked her out before he sexually assaulted her.
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Second Cosby accuser tells jury ‘Dr. Huxtable’ humped her leg at the Las Vegas Hilton
Bill Cosby accuser Chelan Lasha testified on Wednesday that the comedian drugged her and humped her leg in a suite at the Las Vegas Hilton in 1986.
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Cosby accuser told Constand, ‘I got your back, sister’
Bill Cosby’s attorneys sought to portray one of his accusers as an attention-seeker influenced by other women sharing their allegations against the comedian
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Listen 2:48As refugee arrivals fall by two-thirds in Pa., program changes likely to further slow travel
Data from the midway point of this fiscal year show the U.S. and Philadelphia region are far off pace to reach the federal 45,000-refugee ceiling.
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Prosecutors reveal Cosby paid his accuser nearly $3.4M
Comedian Bill Cosby paid out nearly $3.4 million in a civil settlement with Andrea Constand, the woman he is on trial for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting in 2004.
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Listen 4:08Cosby trial take two: What you need to know
After jury selection and recent motions in retrial, here's the latest.
7 years ago
Cosby trial take two: What you need to know
This time, there’s a new jury, new defense attorneys, and new era of accountability for sexual assault, guaranteeing the trial won’t just be a rerun of the first.
7 years ago