Amish and abused
Despite the Lancaster County Amish community's efforts to increase reporting and intervention in sexual abuse cases, critics and victims say it's not enough.
In between lives
Connecticut’s Clean Slate Law promised to erase some formerly incarcerated people’s criminal records — only to leave them in limbo for more than a year.
Unsettled scores
A proposed city ordinance is the most recent in a decades-long string of attempts to fight wage theft in New Haven. But little progress on the ordinance’s implementation raises the question of why the issue still has not been addressed.
Outdoor eating spaces became a fixture of D.C. dining. Now they are disappearing.
Business owners say the red tape and requirements of building permanent ‘streateries’ are burdensome and expensive.
Shelter closure in Lancaster County strains resources for homeless population
Lancaster County’s sole low-barrier shelter recently closed, leaving a six-month gap until the new shelter opened. Homeless Lancaster residents and local homelessness nonprofits are feeling the strain of its absence.
The Park Police allow chases. One just ended in a deliveryman’s death.
The Venezuelan immigrant was delivering food in D.C. when he was struck by the suspects. Experts called the police chase reckless.