Law
‘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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Multilevel marketing & pyramid schemes
Is there a difference? Millions of people participate in direct-sales companies, recruiting friends and families to sell products, with the ultimate promise of hope.
Air Date: November 19, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Pa. state officials, lawmakers, and judges get big 2022 pay raise
It is the largest year-over-year increase since 1991, according to the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Officials release prisoner who was key in juvenile life debate
In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled in Miller v. Alabama that mandatory sentencing of life without parole for juvenile offenders was “cruel and unusual” punishment.
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Rittenhouse lawyers ask judge to declare mistrial over video
Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorneys have asked the judge to declare a mistrial, saying the defense received an inferior copy of a key video from prosecutors.
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‘Philadelphia cannot simply shrug’: A call for change greets news of Henon’s guilty verdict
The verdict comes more than 6 years after the FBI began wiretapping phones belonging to Henon and Dougherty, and five years after the federal investigation exploded into view.
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John Dougherty and Bobby Henon convicted of conspiracy in federal corruption trial
A jury found City Councilmember Bobby Henon and union boss John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty guilty on most counts in the federal corruption case against them.
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If you haven’t been following the day-to-day drama, here’s a handy recap.
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Federal appeals court reaffirms hold on President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate
The court ruled that OSHA cannot take steps to enforce the mandate until a further decision is made.
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Jury in Henon, Dougherty bribery trial to continue deliberations on Monday
The jury in the bribery trial for Bobby Henon and Johnny “Doc” Dougherty ended its third day of deliberations Friday without reaching a verdict.
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Jury in Dougherty-Henon corruption trial asks for guidance as deliberations continue
The jurors’ question may indicate they are nearing the end of their deliberations in the federal corruption trial of Bobby Henon and John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty.
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Former Philly priest pleads guilty to lying to investigators about clergy sex abuse
Former Philadelphia priest Robert Brennan, 83, changed his plea to guilty Wednesday in federal court, according to court documents.
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