Courts & Law
Charges downgraded in fatal Center City Philadelphia shooting due to video evidence
Surveillance and cellphone video show a confrontation between Jardine and the suspect, identified by police as 45-year-old John Kelly, escalating quickly.
4 weeks ago
The three Democratic justices argued that partisanship does not guide their decisions. They face an unprecedented effort to unseat them.
4 weeks ago
Listen 1:27Justin Smith received a four-year prison sentence for one felony count. State police said many videos showed girls being forcibly raped.
1 month ago
Dwayne Fountain personally mixed the ultra-deadly opioid to make concoctions with cocaine and other drugs, then reformed them into bricks.
1 month ago
Listen 1:51The former Black Panther member, who was convicted of the 1981 murder of a white Philadelphia police officer, says corrections officials have wrongly delayed the procedure.
1 month ago
Judge grants temporary injunction over SEPTA’s service cuts
While current service reductions will remain in place, the reduced service to Regional Rail scheduled for next week has been paused pending another hearing set for Sept. 4.
1 month ago
New Jersey’s massive American Dream mall sued for selling clothes on a Sunday
Officials in Paramus argue that the mall's retailers have been open on Sundays for nearly a year, despite promises to comply with the law.
1 month ago
Lawsuit challenges SEPTA cuts over impact on minority and low-income riders
The lawsuit was filed by local attorney George Bochetto, who previously fought the removal of the Christopher Columbus statue in Marconi Plaza.
1 month ago
Listen 1:29Chester city homicides fall 85% this summer
Reported instances of both nonviolent and violent crime are down in Delaware County’s only city during the summer of 2025.
1 month ago
Listen 0:46After Abrego Garcia left jail on Friday, the Department of Homeland Security notified his attorneys that he would be deported to Uganda.
1 month ago
Judge blocks Trump from cutting funding from 34 cities and counties over ‘sanctuary’ policies
A judge has ruled the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Denver and 30 other cities and counties.
1 month ago
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from federal custody pending criminal trial
The case of Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man originally from El Salvador, raised basic questions of due process in Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants.
2 months ago
Wife of former Sen. Bob Menendez fights for reduced 1-year sentence
Nadine Menendez is scheduled to be sentenced next month for her conviction on charges that she teamed up with her husband to accept bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car.
2 months ago
U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann's decision comes in response to a filing on behalf of two New Jersey defendants who faced a trial on federal drug-trafficking charges.
2 months ago
Anigar Monsee was convicted of posting videos to the internet of her torturing and killing animals while soliciting likes and viewers on YouTube.
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