
Law
The case for televising U.S. Supreme Court proceedings
The first Monday in October, the start of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term, prompts an almost annual question: Why don’t ...
8 years ago
Claiming predatory practices, Pa. attorney general sues student loan servicer Navient
Pennsylvania's attorney general is suing Navient, the country's largest student loan servicer.
8 years ago
Ending gerrymandering is fundamental, but Harrisburg doesn’t want to hear it
Fixing gerrymandering is one of the most pressing repairs we can apply to our faltering democracy, but leaders in our state government are all but refusing to discuss it.
8 years ago
Attorney: Delays at N.J. Board of Nursing endanger public, leave health care workers uncertain
The New Jersey Board of Nursing is broken, and the next governor will have to fix it.
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Listen 0:00Major fentanyl bust marks Montco’s designation as heavy drug-trafficking area
"Enough fentanyl to kill half the population of Montgomery County" was confiscated during a drug bust at a Cheltenham shopping center, county officials said Tuesday.
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Is ‘Jungle Jabbah’ a ruthless killer or vendetta victim? Two portraits emerge in Delco man’s trial
Mohammed Jabbateh came to the U.S. on a visitor's visa in 1998, shortly after the end of Liberia's first civil war.
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Listen 2:22Brady opponent to plead guilty — what will he say?
The former candidate whom prosecutors say U.S. Rep. Bob Brady paid to drop out of a 2012 primary challenge is scheduled to plead guilty in federal court Monday.
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Judge upholds releasing names of Philly cops involved in shootings within 72 hours
Common Pleas Court Judge Daniel Anders has decided that city officials can continue releasing the names of officers in police-involved sh ...
8 years ago
Kenney slams Trump administration over ICE arrests of 100 in Philly
Large-scale arrests in Philadelphia and other "sanctuary cities" netted about 400 unauthorized immigrants Thursday.
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Listen 0:00U.S. intervenes in Medicare billing lawsuit against Delaware MRI practice
The U.S. DOJ has intervened in a lawsuit against Orthopaedic and Neuro Imaging. The suit alleges the practice submitted false claims for Medicare reimbursement.
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Weighing decades of good works with inconsolable loss, Philly judge resentences juvenile lifer
Handcuffed, Andre Martin clutched a single sheet of paper and began to weep.
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Federal court tosses Delaware lawsuit over forced company sale
The ongoing battle for control over TransPerfect continues in federal court.
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Philly defense attorneys’ group: Oversight tightened in wake of whistleblower lawsuit
After learning one of their attorneys was working with a suspended license, the Defender Association of Philadelphia has tightened the rules.
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Delaware murder suspect hit by train in NYC
A man accused of killing his girlfriend Friday in Newark was found in a New York City hospital after being hit by a train.
8 years ago
Philly ministry student credits prayer with beating racial profiling case
Abington police have withdrawn charges against a ministry student they accused of crashing a stolen Maserati, cursing at witnesses, and then fleeing the scene.
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