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Bryan Kohberger, charged in the murders of four University of Idaho students
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Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to murder in stabbings of 4 Idaho students to avoid death penalty

Kohberger was arrested in eastern Pennsylvania in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students in 2022.

2 days ago

Sean
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs acquitted of most serious charges, convicted of prostitution-related offenses

Combs and his defense team argued that the women were willing participants and that none of his violence justified the severity of the charges.

2 days ago

Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for his arraignment hearing in Latah County District Court, May 22, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho
Crime
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Bryan Kohberger to plead guilty to killing 4 University of Idaho students, multiple media report

The criminal justice graduate student was arrested in Chestnuthill Township, roughly 90 miles north of Philadelphia, weeks after the killings.

3 days ago

A pregnant U.S. citizen stands at a protest for birthright citizenship
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Reactions to landmark SCOTUS rulings

The Court limits blocking of Trump’s executive orders, risking end of birthright citizenship in some areas. Another ruling allows parents to opt kids out of certain classes.

Air Date: June 30, 2025 12:00 pm

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A pregnant U.S. citizen stands at a protest for birthright citizenship
Immigration
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What’s next for birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court’s ruling

The legal battle over President Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is not over, despite the administration’s victory Friday limiting nationwide injunctions.

6 days ago

Books are pictured at the Bache Martin School Library in Philadelphia
Books
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LGBTQ

Supreme Court says Maryland parents can pull their kids from public school lessons using LGBTQ books

The justices reversed lower-court rulings in favor of the Montgomery County school system in suburban Washington.

7 days ago

Supreme Court
Government Accountability
Health Care
Public Health

Supreme Court preserves key part of Obamacare coverage requirements

The court rejected a challenge from Christian employers to the Affordable Care Act's preventive health care coverage requirement that affects some 150 million Americans.

7 days ago

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Nov. 15, 2023, in Washington.
Government Accountability
National

Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear

The outcome was a victory for the Republican president, who has complained about individual judges throwing up obstacles to his agenda.

7 days ago

The White House lit up in rainbow colors
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Home & Family
LGBTQ
Social Justice

‘Equal dignity’: U.S. map shows the impact of Obergefell v. Hodges decision

"They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law," then-Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the June 26, 2015, ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.

1 week ago

The U.S. Supreme Court building
Health Care
National

States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules

Thursday's 6-3 ruling comes amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country’s biggest abortion provider.

1 week ago

Temple University Police Sergeant Chris Fitzgerald poses for a photo
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Philadelphia
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6abc

Man charged with killing Temple Police Sergeant Chris Fitzgerald found guilty of first-degree murder

Miles Pfeffer was also found guilty of criminal homicide of a law enforcement officer, disarming an officer, robbery, theft, evading arrest and weapons crimes.

1 week ago

A Philadelphia Police Department cruiser is seen in a file photo.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Policing

Family of boy fatally shot by Philadelphia police officer agrees to $3M settlement

Authorities have said Thomas “T.J.” Siderio was on the ground and unarmed when the officer fired the fatal shot into his back.

1 week ago

LaMonica McIver exits the grounds at Delaney Hall
Crime
Immigration
Law
New Jersey

U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver pleads not guilty to assault charges stemming from immigration center visit

The charges stem from a congressional oversight visit at Newark's Delaney Hall facility on May 9. Mayor Ras Baraka also was arrested the same day.

1 week ago

Group portrait of the Supreme Court
Studio 2
Government
National

US Supreme Court to make decisions before end of term

As the court nears summer recess, some of its biggest cases, like birthright citizenship, age verification for online pornography, religious opt-outs in schools, remain.

Air Date: June 25, 2025 12:00 pm

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Emil Bove looks on
Law
National

Trump judicial nominee faces Senate questions, denies advising lawyers to ignore court orders

Emil Bove was nominated to serve on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which sees cases from the Delaware Valley. A whistleblower said Bove proposed ignoring court orders.

1 week ago

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