law-and-order

After sentencing, Pgh synagogue shooter will fade from the public eye. Here’s why

BY: - July 16, 2023

Whatever sentence he gets, survivors say they want to make sure the message of hate stops with him.

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he makes a visit to the Cuban restaurant Versailles after he appeared for his arraignment on June 13, 2023, in Miami. Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges including possession of national security documents after leaving office, obstruction, and making false statements. (Photo by Alon Skuy/Getty Images)

What was Trump’s motive for keeping those classified documents? | Fletcher McClellan

BY: - June 27, 2023

Here are four theories, ranging in intent from innocuous to devious.

TEMPLE POLICE MEMORIAL

Temple University offers counseling, support after campus police officer’s death

BY: - February 21, 2023

'We are grieving the senseless loss of a heroic first responder,' Temple University President Jason Wingard said.

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Sarah Gonzales-McLinn appears May 25, 2021, in Douglas County District Court to accept a deal that reduced her first-degree murder sentence from a Hard 50 to a Hard 25. (Mackenzie Clark/The Lawrence Times)

A Kansas woman killed her abuser. At every level, the system failed her | Opinion

BY: - February 9, 2023

Sarah Gonzales-McLinn has already spent the better part of a decade behind bars.

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POLICE PROTEST ART

What Congress can — and can’t — do about fixing local policing | Opinion

BY: - February 1, 2023

Tyre Nichols' death has prompted renewed calls for reform. The real change happens at the state and local level.

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Harrisburg Republicans have fiddled this summer while our communities suffer | Opinion

BY: - August 25, 2022

Instead of really trying to fight crime, GOP lawmakers are focused on trying to oust elected Philly DA Larry Krasner.

The officer who fatally shot a black teen in East Pittsburgh was acquitted. But that’s not the end of the story in Harrisburg

BY: - March 26, 2019

On Friday, the former police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in East Pittsburgh was acquitted of murder and manslaughter charges. Supporters of Antwon Rose II, who was 17 at the time of his death in June 2018, took to the streets of neighboring Pittsburgh to protest the decision. State representatives, including Summer […]

Convicted Penn State abuser Jerry Sandusky to be re-sentenced, report

BY: - February 6, 2019

Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky will be resentenced for his 2012 conviction on multiple counts of sexual abuse. But the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected his request for a new trial. From Yahoo Sports: “The re-sentencing order does not mean that Sandusky will face less time in prison. It just sends the issue […]