Law

The gun lobby promised a legal challenge when the bills were proposed. They object to a ban on assault-style weapons, and age and magazine size limits.

Several Pa. groups represented by the ACLU have filed suit in federal court seeking to have votes from mail-in or absentee ballots counted even if they lack proper dates.

Philadelphia is the latest in a national trend of lawsuits accusing chemical companies of contaminating water supplies with long-lasting toxic chemicals.

Legal observers say the question of whether to count mail-in ballots with handwritten dating errors is still open.

After a jury recommended the sentence, the judge could not change it. But she did allow victims and families to speak directly to Nikolas Cruz for the first time.

Less than a week before Election Day, Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner says handcuffs will be waiting for anyone trying to interfere with the voting process.

The ballots in question, which arrive on time at county election offices and are otherwise valid, are missing dates on their outer envelopes or include incorrect dates.

Jennings says her approach to equal justice has earned the right to a second term. Julianne Murray says the incumbent is soft on gun criminals.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has been asked to determine whether mail ballots that a voter failed to date should be thrown out or counted on Nov. 8.

Kenyatta Johnson, the District 2 council member who represents part of South Philadelphia, is facing federal bribery charges.

The brief filed with the state Supreme Court on Tuesday says that's partially because the Legislature in 1968 acted to deemphasize the importance of dates on envelopes.

In the lawsuit filed Friday, city officials said there were 223 youths at the facility designed to temporarily hold 184.

The Office for Civil Rights will begin probing allegations at Central Bucks, which allegedly resulted in pervasive bullying against LGBTQ kids.

The Eight Circuit Court of Appeals issued the stay Friday evening.

Steve Bannon was convicted of defying a subpoena from the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.