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The jury includes a sales professional, a software engineer, an English teacher and multiple lawyers.

In his first public comments since prosecutors on Monday charged him and his wife, Mayor Marty Small said he would not be distracted from his duties.

The council president says an investigation led by the township solicitor began about three months ago.

Prosecutors say cash and gold bars were given to the couple in return for the senator carrying out political favors.

The warrant is for a violation of a protection from abuse order. Boyle, a Democrat, represents part of Northeast Philadelphia and has served in the House since 2011.

The affidavit includes a transcript of dialogue between the Smalls and their daughter that were recorded by cell phones or laptops, apparently without the parents' knowledge.

Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife, Superintendent Dr. La’Quetta Small, allegedly “physically and emotionally” abused their daughter over the course of two months last winter.

For the first time in U.S. history, a former president will sit in a courtroom for the first day of his criminal trial. It kicks off with an 18-person jury selection.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's actions set up a series of confrontations with the Republican-supermajority Legislature over those issues.

The myth that immigrants are exerting undue influence on American elections has been floating around U.S. politics for more than 100 years.

President Biden addressed the Delaware delegation at the beginning of the event in what White House personnel said was a surprise visit.

Nadine Menendez says a newly diagnosed condition requires surgery within six weeks. A federal judge is set for a May 6 trial of the senator, his wife and two businessmen.

In Pennsylvania, forward movement on a bill that first unanimously passed the state Senate last year could send legislation to the Democratic governor’s desk imminently.

County district attorneys are in line for millions of dollars, but under-resourced public defenders say they’ve been sidelined.

Some legal scholars believe the Supreme Court’s decision could have far-reaching consequences beyond the issue of homelessness.