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White House Senior adviser Jared Kushner attends a bilateral meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (Thomas Peter/Pool Photo via AP)
Politics & Policy

Senate Judiciary presses Kushner in Russia investigation

The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee are saying President Donald Trump's son-in-law hasn't been fully forthcoming.

8 years ago

John Raines and his wife, Bonnie, at their home in Philadelphia in September. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

John Raines, who helped expose FBI spying with 1971 burglary, leaves legacy of activism

The burglary in Media, Pennsylvania, exposed FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's spying on protest groups, and it forever changed the way the agency conducted its investigations.

8 years ago

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Joined by law enforcement and community leaders , New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino announces the
Courts & Law

N.J. launching $1 million effort to help prevent conflicts between police, citizens

Videos airing on television, social media, and in movie theaters will provide tips to help ensure encounters between police and residents are safe and mutually respectful.

8 years ago

This photo shows an Amtrak train following a crash Sunday, April 3, 2016, in Chester, Pa. Amtrak said the train was heading from New York to Savannah, Ga., when it struck a backhoe outside of Philadelphia. (Glenn R. Hills Jr via A
Courts & Law

NTSB: Amtrak at fault for ’16 Chester rail crash that killed two

An Amtrak passenger train struck a backhoe on the tracks, resulting in the death of two maintenance workers and injuries for 39 passengers in April 2016.

8 years ago

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Rapper Meek Mill arrives at the criminal justice center in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. A Philadelphia judge has sentenced rapper Mill to two to four years in state prison for violating probation in a nearly decade-old gun and drug case.
Courts & Law

Meek Mill lawyers want rapper released on bail, judge removed from case

Meek Mill’s attorneys believe the two- to four-year prison term stemmed from a series court violations that Judge Genece Brinkley took as personal insults.

8 years ago

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore waits to speak at the Vestavia Hills Public library, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in Vestavia Hills, Ala. According to a Thursday, Nov. 9 Washington Post story an Alabama woman said Moore made inappropriate advances and had sexual contact with her when she was 14. Moore is denying the allegations.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Moore and Moore sickening, and the cult of winning

At what point does partisan tribalism and the cult of winning become so toxic that common decency becomes a casualty of war?

8 years ago

People holding Free Meek Mill signs crowd up to a barrier outside the center for criminal justice
Courts & Law

Hundreds call for release of Meek Mill, saying punishment was ‘excessive, cruel’

Supporters called for the Philly rapper to be released from prison in a rally outside the courthouse where a judge last week sent him to serve at least two years behind bars.

8 years ago

A bicyclist rides past Pennsylvania State University's shuttered Beta Theta Pi fraternity house Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, in State College, Pa. Centre County, Pa., District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller announced Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, that more charges have been filed against fraternity brothers after investigators recovered deleted surveillance video footage recorded before the Feb. 4, 2017, death of 19-year-old Tim Piazza, of Lebanon, N.J., after a night of heavy drinking.
Courts & Law

Video recovered, 10 more charged in Penn State frat death

Investigators are filing new charges after recovering deleted security camera footage taken in a Penn State fraternity house the night a pledge suffered fatal injuries.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania's capitol dome against the blue sky
Money

For second time, malpractice insurer sues Pa. over funding

State lawmakers are running into legal issues over a component of the budget plan they passed last month.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Money

The Paradise Papers / GOP tax plan update

Guests: Damian Paletta, Jesse Drucker The Paradise Papers, millions of leaked documents from the Bermuda law firm ...

Air Date: November 11, 2017

Listen 49:15
U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Roy Moore pedophilia accusations test GOP’s cracked moral compass

The GOP, which once prided itself as the party of high moral character, keeps sinking lower.

8 years ago

Man in an olive suit at podium
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Following damaging reports, Pa. Congressman Marino defends his opioid law

“It’s a typical hatchet job,” Marino said of the reports.

8 years ago

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Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski walks from the federal building in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 27, 2017.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

 Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski, facing 54-count indictment, wins a fourth term

Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski won a fourth term in Tuesday’s election despite a 54-count federal indictment hanging over his head.

8 years ago

state police officers
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. State Police seeks to shut down grand jury review of its in-house investigation policy

When a Pennsylvania State Police officer is involved in a shooting, the agency investigates the matter internally, but that approach is currently being challenged.

8 years ago

Assistant District Attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo is the No. 2 prosecutor in the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Manhattan DA’s policies offer glimpse of how Krasner might shape Philly office

Philadelphia's new DA promises an emphasis on leniency and providing options other than incarceration to low-level offenders. That seems to be working out in Manhattan.

8 years ago

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