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Courts & Law
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Suspect charged after shootout with officer at King of Prussia Mall identified

According to Upper Merion Twp. police, the incident started with a hit-and-run in the area of the mall.

3 years ago

A video exhibit plays as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington
Courts & Law

Jan. 6 committee eyes referring criminal charges for Trump

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is considering recommending the Justice Dept. pursue three criminal charges against former President Trump.

3 years ago

In this Oct. 8, 2020 file photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich. In an indictment released Thursday, Dec. 17, a federal grand jury charged six men with conspiring to kidnap Whitmer in what investigators say was a plot by anti-government extremists angry over her policies to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Courts & Law

Lengthy prison terms for 3 who aided Whitmer kidnap plotter

Three men who forged an early alliance with the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for assisting him in 2020.

3 years ago

A closeup of Philadelphia City Hall
Courts & Law

City Council investigates real estate dealings that locked Philadelphia homeowners out of the right to sell their homes

Homeowners told City Council that MV Realty deceptively locked them into a 40-year exclusive sales agreement for a few hundred dollars.

3 years ago

FILE - Musician Meek Mill, right, speaks about his incarceration along with Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin at the launch of REFORM Alliance in New York on Jan. 23, 2019. The pair shared laughs Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, at an outing meant to brighten the day for kids from families caught in the criminal justice system. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Courts & Law

Meek Mill goes deep for Philly kids caught in justice system

Meek Mill and Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin shared laughs Tuesday at an outing arranged to brighten the day for children from families caught in the criminal justice system.

3 years ago

The exterior of Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center.
Courts & Law

Grand jury investigating abuse allegations at Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center chooses not to recommend charges

Despite uncovering a culture of violence, cover-up, and “sexually inappropriate conduct” by staff, the grand jury opted against recommending criminal charges.

3 years ago

File photo: The FTX Arena logo is seen where the Miami Heat basketball team plays on Nov. 12, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)
Money

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas

Bankman-Fried is under criminal investigation by U.S. and Bahamian authorities following the collapse last month of FTX.

3 years ago

Protesters take to the streets to demand freedom for Mumia Abu Jamal. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law
The Philadelphia Experiment

Cruel and unusual: How the justice system is failing Mumia Abu-Jamal

Patterns of misconduct in Abu-Jamal’s case have convinced people that his constitutional right to equal justice under the law was violated, argues Linn Washington.

3 years ago

A gravestone reads,
Community

Philadelphia police identify victim in city’s oldest unsolved homicide case

The boy, discovered in a box in Northeast Philadelphia more than 60 years ago, has been identified as 4-year-old Joseph Augustus Zarelli.

3 years ago

Bill Cosby
Courts & Law

Cosby, NBC, studio face new sex abuse lawsuit from 5 in N.Y.

The lawsuit comes more than a year after Cosby left prison after his 2018 sexual assault conviction in Pennsylvania was overturned.

3 years ago

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Hilton Anatole on Aug. 06 in Dallas, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Former President Donald Trump’s company is found guilty of criminal tax fraud

Trump and his company have repeatedly faced criminal investigations but this case marks the first time his company has been charged, tried, and convicted on criminal charges.

3 years ago

Posters say missing on them and have photos of people.
NPR
Community

Racial bias affects media coverage of missing people. A new tool illustrates how

The database tool estimates that younger, white women will get increasingly more news coverage than other racial groups — such as Black, Latino and Indigenous people.

3 years ago

Hydraulic fracturing opponents, including Ray Kemble of Dimock, Pa., front, demonstrate before Gov, -elect Tom Wolf takes the oath of office to become the 47th governor of Pennsylvania, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

‘Gasland’ driller will pay millions for new water system in Dimock

Cabot Oil and Gas admits responsibility for contaminating drinking water wells.

3 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner speaking at a press conference on Monday, August 22, 2022. (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly DA Krasner calls for longer sentence for Eric Ruch over Dennis Plowden killing

DA Krasner filed a motion to reconsider the sentencing, claiming the current sentence of 11.5 to 23 months is well below recommended guidelines.

3 years ago

NPR
Courts & Law

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes convicted of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 trial

A federal jury has found Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and one other defendant guilty of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

3 years ago

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