District attorneys in three major American cities will host truth and reconciliation commissions intent on giving voice to citizens who have suffered from police violence or prosecutorial overreach.
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A federal judge ruled it is in the public’s best interest that the nation’s first supervised drug-injection site in Philadelphia be barred from opening while federal prosecutors appeal the site’s legality.
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The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether Philadelphia can choose not to contract with a Catholic foster care organization that refuses to place children with same-sex couples.
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A man dubbed the “Straw Hat Bandit” for the distinctive disguises he donned while robbing numerous banks in the Philadelphia area over a nine-year period is headed back to prison.
Read moreA Philadelphia police officer claims in federal court that Meek Mill, Roc Nation, Jay-Z, et al. defamed her in a documentary, “Free Meek.”
Read moreA Philadelphia nonprofit’s plan to open the nation’s first supervised injection site for drug users was given the green light Wednesday when a federal judge ruled that such establishments do not violate federal law.
Read moreFormer Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders and five other Democratic presidential candidates courted American workers Tuesday at a labor forum in Philadelphia.
Read moreFighting to block what could be America’s first regulated space where drug users get high under medical supervision, a federal prosecutor argued in court Thursday that the law makes no room for so-called safe injection sites.
Read moreThe Third Circuit allowed an airline passenger to sue the Transportation Security Administration for “torment” and “abuse” she suffered from TSA screeners at Philadelphia International Airport, including “forcing her to crawl under a table” to reach the belongings they had taken from her, and damaged, and allegedly causing her to be falsely charged with 10 crimes.
Read moreA federal judge denied Philadelphia’s request for summary judgment against Shaurn Thomas, who sued it after he was imprisoned for 24 years for a murder of which he was exonerated.
Read moreRapper Meek Mill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge on Tuesday to resolve a case that’s kept him on probation for most of his adult life.
Read morePhiladelphia’s police commissioner resigned Tuesday amid allegations that members of his department engaged in sexual harassment and racial and gender discrimination against two women serving in the ranks.
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s top federal prosecutor in Philadelphia opened a press conference Thursday on the shooting that wounded six police officers by laying blame for the carnage at the feet of city’s Democratic district attorney.
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An hours-long standoff in which a gunman shot at police, wounding six of them, as he was barricaded inside a Philadelphia home ended with no fatalities early Thursday.
Read moreAt least one gunman opened fire on police Wednesday as they were serving a drug warrant in a Philadelphia neighborhood, wounding six officers and triggering a standoff that extended into the evening, including a potential hostage situation, authorities said.
Read moreRepresenting the president of a powerful Philadelphia electricians’ union, an attorney argued Wednesday that his client should not be tried on charges of bribery and embezzlement alongside prominent union official John “Doc” Dougherty.
Read moreThe Philadelphia Phillies’ beloved mascot, The Phanatic, is not up for grabs says the Major League Baseball team in an ownership dispute with the company that helped design him over copyright of the famous flightless bird.
Read moreOver a year after his incarceration sparked a national outcry for criminal-justice reform complete with its own hashtag, rapper Meek Mill returns to court Tuesday to push for a retrial.
Read moreThe Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hold an investigation into whether the Philadelphia bail system suffers from systemic failures.
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