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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Crime

Rex Heuermann, center, charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings on Long Island, appears for a hearing, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y.
Courts & Law

Suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings is charged in the death of a Philly woman

Rex Heuermann, 61, is charged with killing six other women whose remains were found on Long Island.

12 months ago

a pool dyed green
Courts & Law
6abc

Atlantic City man indicted after drone used to drop dye packs in pools

Prosecutors say the 31-year-old conspired with another man to fly the drone over pools between June and September of 2023.

12 months ago

Cerron Cade headshot
Politics & Policy

Delaware budget director accused of serial shoplifting. Gov. Carney’s ‘trusted adviser’ arrested for alleged Home Depot thefts

Cerron Cade, whose salary is $164,000 a year, is charged with shoplifting on six occasions. The total value of the alleged thefts was $394.

12 months ago

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FILE - Assistant District Attorney Karen Agnifilo attends a news conference in Manhattan Supreme Court, in New York, Feb. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Courts & Law

Former Manhattan prosecutor to represent suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

Friedman Agnifilo’s law firm confirmed late Friday that she had been retained to represent Mangione.

12 months ago

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2009, file photo, Michael Conahan, center, a former Pennsylvania judge involved in a scheme to send youths to a for-profit jail in exchange for kickbacks, leaves the federal courthouse in Scranton, Pa. (AP Photo/David Kidwell, File)
Politics & Policy

Biden’s commutation in ‘kids for cash’ scandal angers some Pennsylvania families

What became known as the “kids for cash” scandal is considered one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history.

12 months ago

A lone ice skater skates on the rink in front of City Hall
Courts & Law

14-year-old charged in shooting of 3 teens near Dilworth Park ice rink in Center City

Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said police believe there was a fight near the ice rink prior to the shooting.

12 months ago

New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin's office displays a photo of a so-called Glock switch in Newark, N.J. on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024,  (AP Photo/Mike Catalini)
Courts & Law

New Jersey, Minnesota sue Glock over switch that allows pistols to fire like machine gun

It's an early pushback by mostly Democratic-led states against President-elect Donald Trump’s 2nd administration, which Platkin said “routinely sides with the gun industry."

12 months ago

Camden County Police Lt. Gordon Harvey (at podium) and Camden Mayor Vic Carstarphen
Courts & Law

Cherry Hill man charged with defacing an abandoned Camden gas station twice on the same day

The man allegedly returned to the scene of his art hours after his first arrest to finish what he began. Camden Mayor Vic Carstarphen says, “We’re not doing that.”

12 months ago

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A close-up of a police car.
Courts & Law

Fourth man released in Philadelphia in review of ‘sex for lies’ scheme in 1980s homicide unit

Russell Williams, 67, served 41 years in prison. It's the latest review of whether police offered to arrange sexual liaisons for witnesses in exchange for false testimony.

12 months ago

Members of the New York police crime scene unit investigate the scene outside the Hilton Hotel
Courts & Law

UnitedHealthcare CEO was likely killed with a ghost gun that can be made at home

A ghost gun is a firearm without a serial number. Police said Monday that the gun used in last week's shooting of Brian Thompson may have been made with a 3D printer.

12 months ago

a surveillance image of the suspect
Billy Penn
Courts & Law

Suspect in health care CEO shooting graduated from Penn

Luigi Mangione was arrested in Altoona this morning, police said.

12 months ago

Gov. Josh Shapiro, center, speaks during a press conference regarding the arrest of suspect Luigi Mangione, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Hollidaysburg, Pa., in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Courts & Law

Penn graduate arrested in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO charged with murder, court records show

Luigi Nicholas Mangione, 26, was taken into custody Monday after police got a tip that the suspect had been spotted at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

12 months ago

Suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Courts & Law

Days after gunman killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, police push to ID him and FBI offers reward

Nearly four days after the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, police still do not know the gunman’s name or whereabouts or have a motive for the killing.

12 months ago

Suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Courts & Law

Police believe the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO quickly left NYC on a bus after shooting

Police have video of the man entering the bus station but no video of him exiting.

12 months ago

Matthew J. Platkin speaks
Courts & Law

7 indicted in connection with 2 human trafficking rings in Bridgeton and North Jersey

In the Bridgeton case, a new group of victims were allegedly brought to a house on a weekly basis and instructed not to leave.

12 months ago

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