Policing

Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of 2-year-old Nikolette Rivera.

Poet and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts talks about how his years in prison lead him to poetry and criminal justice reform.

An elaborate embezzlement scheme involved funneling seniors’ funds through a shell company and a church where two of the three defendants were pastors.

The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board has upheld the Philadelphia Police Department's unilateral decision to institute a policy regarding officers' tattoos.

These demands — developed at a community forum held by the Rally For Justice Coalition — are about stopping police misconduct before it happens.

Almost as soon as the e-cigarette maker Juul launched in the Philippines this past June, Maria Encarnita Limpin started noticing the product in shops all over the capital Mani

Philadelphia Police are investigating dozens of boxes of what appears to be cremated remains left inside a shuttered Black-owned funeral home in North Philadelphia.

Jurors convicted Frank Nucera Jr. of one count, but could not reach a verdict on the most serious ones in the hate crime trial.

Jurors are still deliberating on two more serious charges: hate-crime assault and using excessive force.

Willie Veasy's long-running appeal came to an end Wednesday morning, when a judge tossed out the murder conviction.

For the first time, N.J.’s high court is hearing a challenge to the scientific merits of the methodology cops use to spot and charge drivers under the influence of drugs.

Nicetown-Tioga neighbors never expected a trauma in their community like the police shootout that happened in August. Together, they are moving forward.

The verdict hinges on the credibility of two officers who testified against their old boss.

The missing girl’s mother asked the public to focus on her daughter’s innocence and stop spreading hurtful rumors online.

For three days this week, they’re protesting that last year only 44% of Philadelphia homicides were solved.