Law

Forty people in Pennsylvania have alleged they were sexually abused when they were in the Boy Scouts. Some allegations go back decades, but accusers may still be able to sue.

New Jersey is now the eighth state, plus the District of Columbia, to allow terminally ill patients to acquire lethal medication to end their lives.

People seeking jobs in New Jersey will no longer be required to divulge their salary history during the application process.

Ahead of Wednesday’s testimony, we'll get up to speed on what Congress has been doing since the release of the report and what line of questioning Democrats plan to pursue.

Attorney General Josh Shapiro is teaming up with anti-violence groups to educate women about the risks of buying a gun for someone else.

Philadelphia Democrat Sharif Street and Beaver County Republican Camera Bartolotta think the new law should go a little further.

New Jersey has some of the strictest gun laws in the U.S. On Tuesday, Gov. Murphy signed measures aimed at reducing gun suicides and restricting gun sales.

The new measures boost awareness of opioid misuse, add warning labels on medicine bottles containing opiates, and write MAT into law in New Jersey.

Keith Byrne has lived in Pennsylvania for more than a decade and could be deported any minute. He’s one of an estimated 50,000 unauthorized Irish immigrants in the U.S.

On a rainy day in June, Kim stood in her house in Levittown. The room was unlit, smelled of rotting food and was cluttered with things Kim had collected.

The new law exempts certain “vulnerable” inmates from being kept in isolation and lessens use of the practice on prisoners for whom it is deemed necessary.

Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro pledged to continue collaborating with his Philadelphia counterpart to stem the rising tide of gun violence in the city.

We discuss Vice President Joe Biden's record on busing and desegregation in schools and whether the policy has achieved racial integration in schools across the country.

As Congress bears down on big tech, two senators want to force giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon to tell users what data they're collecting and how much its worth.

In a win for advocates of free speech, the Supreme Court struck down a ban on trademarking words and symbols that are "immoral" or "scandalous."