The Curtis Institute of Music has asked alumni, parents, and students to not talk publicly about an Inquirer report that one of its most revered teachers sexually assaulted a student in the 1980s.
Two years after her son died beneath a tipped Ikea dresser, Meghan Delong has sued the furniture industry as a whole. Ikea, which has its North American headquarters in Conshohocken, has not recalled the dresser.
Philadelphia police have identified Francis DiGiorgio, an eight-year veteran of the department, as the detective who shot and wounded a man panhandling Monday night in Kensington, after believing the man was armed and about to rob him.
Hundreds of people gathered at a vacant lot in Breweryton Saturday, heeding a request made in a viral letter. Philadelphia's Furnace Party was a hit. And the man behind it all was revealed.
Some former colleagues call Bashar Hanna a “bully;” others see him as a demanding, yet supportive boss. Four months into the job at Bloomsburg, Hanna was accused of harassing his executive assistant.
The union representing faculty and support staff at the Community College of Philadelphia plans to renew talks with the administration on Monday. Classes will be held for the college of 27,800 students.
Former Flyers’ forward Jori Lehtera was convicted in a Finnish court Wednesday of buying cocaine and given a four-month suspended jail sentence. According to Finnish news reports, the jail time will be lifted if Lehtera faces no more serious charges through October 2021.
