Are plastics recycling cases the new mega tort fueled by distorted theories of public nuisance law? If attorneys general and municipal officials have their way, they could be. The mad dash to file ...

When you see the phrase “nuisance alarm resistant” on a smoke alarm box, you are being promised a device that can tell the ...

These “chronic nuisance” or “crime-free” ordinances are some of the most troubling examples of the criminalization of poverty. In the United States, they date to the 1980s and the War on Drugs, when ...

PITTSBURGH — New surveillance video shows a violent beating that ended with a man being stabbed. Police are investigating the stabbing early Sunday in the city’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood.

Residents at Fifth Street School apartments, a senior apartment building at 2770 N. 5th St., pleaded with their property manager for help when drug use, public nudity and other illicit activity took ...

Most recently in Macon-Bibb County, the government cracked down on a house on Carnation Street, which, according to court records, was the site of a “bootleg” bar and restaurant. The amount of crime ...

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - A Millington motel was declared a public nuisance Wednesday and shut down until further notice after hundreds of reports of crime over the years. In a joint announcement, Shelby ...

RANKIN, Pa. — Allegheny County District Attorney Steven Zapalla charged Palisades Plaza in Rankin as a public nuisance Friday due to deplorable conditions. Residents have dealt with everything from ...

CONCERN ARE NEAR RESIDENTIAL AREAS, SCHOOLS, PARKS, LIQUOR STORES AND BARS..#### TONIGHT THE WATSONVILLE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO OFFICIALLY DECLARE A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT ALONG CORROLITAS CREEK.... A ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The crackdown on quality-of-life crimes is moving forward with some high-tech help in ...