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The Port of Wilmington in Delaware.
Business
Delaware
Infrastructure
Law

Pa. district judge delivers another setback to Delaware on Edgemoor port expansion project

This is the latest stumbling block for the new Edgemoor terminal at the Port of Wilmington. Delaware argued it should be allowed to intervene in the lawsuit.

1 month ago

Carter Hart skating
Crime
International
Law
Sports

Court hears legal arguments in sex assault case of 5 hockey players, including ex-Flyers goalie

Arguments will continue for weeks in the case involving Carter Hart, who left the Flyers in January, and four other members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team.

1 month ago

Austin Edwards speaks
Criminal Justice
Government Accountability
New Jersey
Policing

Trenton NAACP demands police director’s resignation following federal report on unconstitutional behavior by officers

A 45-page report released last week found repeated incidents of police misconduct by Trenton police officers.

1 month ago

FILE - A bicyclist passes a college tour group outside the Baker Library at Dartmouth College, April 7, 2023, in Hanover, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Crime
Delaware
Higher Education

Dartmouth sorority, two fraternity members charged in death of student from Delaware

Won Jang, 20, of Middletown, Delaware, had attended an off-campus party in July hosted by Alpha Phi sorority.

1 month ago

Wendell Smallwood running
Crime
Philadelphia
Sports

Former Eagles player Wendell Smallwood Jr. charged with COVID-19, tax fraud

The former running back is charged with submitting fraudulent PPP loans and tax filings.

1 month ago

FILE - The Nittany Lion logo taken before an NCAA college football game between Penn State and Delaware, Sept. 9, 2023, in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)
Higher Education
Pennsylvania

Penn State wins trademark case over retailer’s use of vintage logos, images

A Pennsylvania jury awarded Penn State $28,000 in damages earlier this week over products made and sold by the firms Vintage Brand and Sportswear Inc.

1 month ago

Tape cordons off a scene of police activity, Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Trenton, N.J.
Black Lives Matter
Government Accountability
New Jersey
Policing

Justice Department finds pattern of misconduct by Trenton Police following a yearlong investigation

A 45-page report found that officers "frequently" violated people’s constitutional rights. Talks towards a consent decree are expected.

1 month ago

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The exterior of the Pennsylvania Judicial Center, home to the Commonwealth Court in Harrisburg, Pa., is pictured on Nov. 6, 2020
Government Accountability
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Philadelphia loses lawsuit that sought greater power for the city to regulate firearms

The justices ruled 6-0 to uphold the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the city, family members of gun violence victims and the nonprofit group CeaseFirePA.

1 month ago

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump
Criminal Justice
National
Politics

New York prosecutors say they oppose dismissing Trump’s hush money conviction

Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a scheme to influence the 2016 election by paying hush money to a porn actor.

1 month ago

A person holds a sign that reads Justice for Fanta in front of a sign that reads Sharon Hill Police Department.
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania

Delco man sentenced in gun battle outside football game that led to girl’s shooting death by police

Prosecutors said the man, who was 15 in 2021, fired at another person, and Sharon Hill officers shot at a car they thought was the gunfire source, killing an 8-year-old.

1 month ago

Philly DA Larry Kranser
Crime
Incarceration
Philadelphia

Man sentenced for escaping a Philadelphia prison after being involved in 4 murders

Ameen Hurst, 20, will serve 55 to 110 years behind bars following his escape from prison, where he was being held for murder charges.

1 month ago

Elon Musk jumps in the air next to Donald Trump onstage
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Philly DA Larry Krasner failed to show that Musk’s $1M-a-day sweepstakes was an illegal lottery, judge says

Krasner argued that the over 1 million people who registered were “scammed for their information.” Musk’s lawyers, defending the effort, called it “core political speech."

2 months ago

Bob Menendez
Crime
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Prosecutors say some erroneous evidence was given jurors at ex-Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial

Federal prosecutors insisted it should have no effect on the Democrat’s conviction.

2 months ago

The Trump family walks on stage at an election night party
Elections
Government
Politics

Judge cancels court deadlines in Trump’s 2020 election case after presidential win

Trump was charged last year with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

2 months ago

Wilmington's port
Delaware
Economy
Pennsylvania
Transportation

Philly ports win as federal judge slams Delaware port expansion plan

Philadelphia port leaders sued to stop Delaware’s port expansion plans, saying it would hurt ship traffic to their facilities.

2 months ago

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