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The overturning of Roe has prompted some people to seek permanent birth control methods, as doctors consider their role in educating patients about irreversible procedures.

How will the appointment of a "special master" impact the DOJ investigation into Trump's handling of classified documents?

The settlement resolves one of the biggest legal threats facing the company, which still faces separate lawsuits from other states and individuals.

A new bipartisan gun safety law makes it more difficult for intimate partners convicted of domestic abuse to obtain firearms.

State legislative leaders say they’ll take a procedural vote on the proposal early next year. 2023 primary voters would then get to weigh in.

Gov. Carney says he’ll execute his duty to oust McGuiness once she’s sentenced for her crimes. Yet voters will make the final decision on her political future.

For 10 years, Caitlin Nagel has fought for Philadelphians at Community Legal Services. When it comes to justice, she says we need more than “Band-Aid solutions.”

The 2020 shooting in Philadelphia is part of an alarming rise in violence against transgender women.

The judge said the department must file its redacted version by noon Friday.

The department has released a 2019 memo laying out the case for not prosecuting former President Trump for obstruction of justice in connection with the Russia investigation.

A cascade of new abortion restrictions known as "trigger bans" are taking effect in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to the medical procedure.

A federal appeals court has agreed to temporarily put on hold a lower court’s order requiring that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham testify before a special grand jury.

New Jersey Supreme Court said the changes will make jury selection more equitable and expand the pool of eligible jurors.

Albert Woodfox died this month at the age of 75. In 2019, we talked about solitary confinement in US prisons and the mental and physical effects on incarcerated people.

The department had argued the memo represented the private deliberations of its own lawyers before any decision had been formalized, and was therefore exempt from disclosure.