Law
Court to decide if Pennsylvania school mask mandate is legal
The two sides are set to argue their respective positions before the justices Wednesday in Philadelphia.
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Suspect in killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi arrested in France
A French judicial official said the suspect was being held Tuesday on the basis of a Turkish arrest warrant.
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The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell: What happened this week
The federal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, former companion of late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, began in earnest this week.
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Lawyers allied with Trump ordered to pay $175K in sanctions
Among the nine sanctioned lawyers were Sidney Powell and L. Lin Wood.
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Once the national leader in the charge to open a supervised injection site, the nonprofit group is mired in legal battles, with no clear path out.
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Roe v. Wade’s future in doubt after opening Supreme Court arguments
The state of Mississippi is asking the court to overturn those decisions and uphold its law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.
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As sex abuse lawsuit window closes, long road for victims
Since the law went into effect in December 2019, more than 1,000 suits have been filed in the state, with about two-thirds naming religious entities as defendants.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court says school mask mandate can stay for now
Pennsylvania’s school mask mandate was set to expire on Saturday. Now, the state Supreme Court said the mandate can stay in place while a lawsuit plays out.
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Biden vaccine rule for health workers blocked in 10 states
The preliminary injunction applies to a coalition of suing states that includes Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota.
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The Ghislaine Maxwell trial is about to begin. Here’s what to watch for
Opening arguments in the highly anticipated trial of Ghislaine Maxwell begin on Monday in a Manhattan federal court.
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Philly’s former chief defender on why the jury convicted Ahmaud Arbery’s killers
Keir Bradford-Grey, former chief of the Philadelphia Defenders Association, explains why the defendants’ claims of self-defense did not hold up in court.
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Listen 6:00‘There’s some hope for this country’: Philly civil rights advocate responds to Arbery verdict
Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler, co-director for the racial justice organization Power Live Free said the case was about much more than what happened to Ahmaud Arbery.
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Listen 5:27Jury awards $26M in damages for Unite the Right violence
A jury has ordered 17 white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay $26 million in damages over violence that erupted during the deadly 2017 rally in Charlottesville.
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With incumbent’s concession, Dems have flipped a Pa. Commonwealth Court seat
Dumas will become the sole person of color on the 10-member court. That makes her just the second out of 31 judges on all three Pennsylvania appellate courts.
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N.J. man in GoFundMe scam pleads guilty to federal charge
Mark D'Amico, his ex-girlfriend Katelyn McClure, and Johnny Bobbitt Jr. had made up a story that led to hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations, prosecutors say.
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