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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
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Sports in America

Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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Criminal Justice

Security footage of a prisoner who escaped custody in University City
Courts & Law

Teenage fugitive in Philadelphia may have been picked up by accomplice, authorities say

According to U.S. Marshals, the suspect may be driving a stolen Ford F-150 with PA Tag ZTS-0503.

2 years ago

File photo: Canada goalie Carter Hart (31) makes a save during the first period in the semifinals of the world junior championships against the Czech Republic, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)
Community

5 players from 2018 Canada world junior team take leave of absence from their clubs

Players from the team, including Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, have taken a leave of absence from their current clubs in recent days.

2 years ago

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., departs the Senate floor in the Capitol, Sept. 28, 2023, in Washington
Courts & Law

Sen. Bob Menendez says gold bars and cash at his residence were illegally found and seized

Along with his wife, the Democrat is charged with accepting bribes to carry out favors for three businessmen who are also charged. All have pleaded not guilty.

2 years ago

FIle photo: Items fill a makeshift memorial for Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald, Feb. 23, 2023, in Philadelphia. On Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, Miles Pfeffer of suburban Philadelphia waived his right to a preliminary hearing and is headed to trial on charges including murder and murder of a law enforcement officer in the Feb. 19, 2023, slaying of 31-year-old Fitzgerald. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Courts & Law

Suspect in slaying of Temple University police officer faces trial after waiving hearing

Miles Pfeffer is charged with murder, criminal homicide of a law enforcement officer, disarming an officer, robbery, theft, evading arrest and weapons crimes.

2 years ago

Election 2024 New Hampshire Democrats
NPR
Politics & Policy

New Hampshire is investigating a robocall that was made to sound like Biden

Recorded calls appear to use a voice crafted to sound like President Biden to tell voters not to cast their ballot in the state's primary.

2 years ago

yellow police crime scene tape with a blurred police car in the background.
Community
6abc

Hatboro man charged with killing neighbor after feud over loud snoring

A man is accused of stabbing to death a neighbor with whom he had long feuded over the accused man's loud snoring that could be heard through a wall connecting their homes.

2 years ago

A man kneels in front of a memorial surrounding the sign that reads,
NPR
Community

Justice Department report finds ‘critical failures’ in response to Uvalde attack

The Justice Department's critical incident review comes more than a year and a half after the gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

2 years ago

Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture stands inside a dining room
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Landlord’s brother charged in connection to illegal eviction attempt in West Philly

The charges stem from an extraordinary ordeal marked by violent threats, visits from police and frayed nerves.

2 years ago

Listen 1:00
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., departs the Senate floor in the Capitol, Sept. 28, 2023, in Washington
Courts & Law

Sen. Bob Menendez and wife seek separate trials on bribery charges

The New Jersey Democrat and his wife, Nadine, were each charged in the fall with aiding three New Jersey businessmen in return for cash, gold bars and a luxury car.

2 years ago

Trainer Moises Morales (left) and Eric Coleman (right) on a model rooftop. (Sophia Schmidt/WHYY)
Community

‘You’re part of a movement’: This solar industry training program focuses on justice-involved Philadelphians

The program, geared toward people impacted by the justice system, teaches solar panel installation and electric work. It pays $15 an hour.

2 years ago

Listen 1:11
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced he's suing to block a new state law creating a special prosecutor for crimes on SEPTA, at a press conference on Jan. 11, 2014.
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Philly DA Krasner sues over legislation that strips some of his authority

Gov. Josh Shapiro signed legislation last month to give a special prosecutor the option to take over the investigation of any crimes committed within SEPTA in the city.

2 years ago

Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's son (center) accompanied by his attorney Abbe Lowell (right) sit in the front row at a House Oversight Committee hearing as Republicans are taking the first step toward holding him in contempt of Congress, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Courts & Law

Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to federal tax charges after an earlier deal imploded

Hunter Biden has also been charged in Delaware with lying in October 2018 on a federal form for gun purchasers when he swore he wasn’t using or addicted to illegal drugs.

2 years ago

The exterior of the Capitol Building in Harrisburg, surrounded by fall foliage
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania provides state money for public defense for the first time

The state legislature approved $7.5 million for indigent defense. Until now, Pennsylvania was one of the few states to not provide state funding for public defenders.

2 years ago

File photo: Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump gather on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.
Courts & Law

Ray Epps, a target of Jan. 6 conspiracy theories, gets a year of probation for his Capitol riot role

Right-wing media outlets amplified conspiracy theories Epps was an undercover government agent who helped incite the Capitol attack to entrap Trump supporters.

2 years ago

File photo: Audrey Strauss, acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell during a news conference, July 2, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Courts & Law

Jeffrey Epstein documents: Here’s what we know so far

The documents released late Wednesday are likely to disappoint sleuths online, where the plan to release documents prompted rumors of a list of “clients” or “co-conspirators.”

2 years ago

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