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Crime tape is seen in the area of a shooting in Philly
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
6abc

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

Supreme Court chambers
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Pa. Supreme Court justices up for retention make rare public appearance together in face of campaign to oust them

The three Democratic justices argued that partisanship does not guide their decisions. They face an unprecedented effort to unseat them.

4 weeks ago

Listen 1:27
Justin Lee Smith holding up a book in a classroom
Crime
Delaware
K-12
Public Safety

‘Makes me want to vomit’: Ex-religious school leader in Delaware who shared child abuse videos gets 24 of 25 counts dropped

Justin Smith received a four-year prison sentence for one felony count. State police said many videos showed girls being forcibly raped.

1 month ago

A view of fentanyl and other drugs seized by law enforcement in Delaware
Addiction
Crime
Delaware

‘Major, major drug trafficker’ in Delaware who led biggest fentanyl ring gets 25-year prison sentence

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 1:51
Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted in the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police Officer Daniel Faulkner, in Philadelphia.
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Mumia Abu-Jamal advocates blame Pa. Dept. of Corrections for his deteriorating eyesight, delaying corrective surgery

The 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

SEPTA 32 bus at south broad street bus stop
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Transportation

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

People walking in American Dream
Business
Law
New Jersey

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

George Bochetto speaks
Government Accountability
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Transportation

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 1:29
Katrina Blackwell addressing members of the Council from a podium
Crime
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Chester 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 0:46
Kilmar Abrego Garcia leaves a jail accompanied by three people
Criminal Justice
Immigration
National
Politics

U.S. seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he refused plea offer in his smuggling case

After Abrego Garcia left jail on Friday, the Department of Homeland Security notified his attorneys that he would be deported to Uganda.

1 month ago

Dozens rallied at City Hall on Dec. 10, 2024, calling on Philadelphia elected officials to reaffirm sanctuary city protections for undocumented residents. (Emily Neil/WHYY)
Immigration
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Politics

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

Senator Chris Van Hollen, right, sits with Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Salvadorian citizen deported by the Trump administration — in El Salvador on April 17, 2025
NPR
Criminal Justice
Immigration
National

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

FILE - Nadine Menendez, wife of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves Manhattan federal court in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
Crime
New Jersey
Politics

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

Alina Habba
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Judge says former Trump lawyer Alina Habba has been unlawfully serving as U.S. attorney in New Jersey

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

Animal cruelty and the scales of justice (Eric Harris)
Crime
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Upper Darby woman convicted of torturing, killing animals live on the internet sentenced to probation

Anigar Monsee was convicted of posting videos to the internet of her torturing and killing animals while soliciting likes and viewers on YouTube.

2 months ago

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