Emerging from a tragic, battered childhood, hope in a college future

The pause came hours after the school said it placed two fraternities on interim suspension as it investigates allegations of sexual misconduct and hazing. The pause affects 300 student groups.

J.S. Jenks, on Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill, sent its 350-plus students home early Wednesday because of a water service disruption. It's not clear when the issue will be resolved.

The two fraternities on suspension are Pi Kappa Phi and Lambda Chi Alpha, a university spokesperson said.

Helen Bowman, executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer at Drexel, will start her new role at Boston University as executive vice president on Jan. 1.

The Justice Department asked Harvard for applicants’ grades, test scores, essays, extracurricular activities, and admissions outcomes, along with their race and ethnicity. Harvard refused.

“By shifting to breakfast after the bell, we removed every barrier standing our students and the nourishment they need in order to fully engage in our instructional program,” one principal said.

“We’ve got to invite young people into the profession,” said Sharif El-Mekki, a longtime Philly teacher and principal, now the founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development.

The idea was born about three years ago on Mount Roberts in Alaska, when a Bryn Mawr College professor and several colleagues were on a hiking trip.

A lifelong naturalist, he learned scientific glassblowing technology at what is now Salem Community College, studied the structure of flowers, and made these flowers the centerpiece of his art.

Ismael Jimenez filed suit against the school board Wednesday in federal court, alleging violations of his First Amendment rights.

The district is moving forward with major renovations at Bache-Martin, Catharine, Patterson and F.S. Edmonds schools. City Council members also pushed back on 17 forthcoming school closures.

Superintendent Matthew Friedman is on leave effective immediately, the district said. Assistant Superintendent Lisa Hoffman will oversee day-to-day operations.

Matthew Friedman formally resigned after going on leave last month. Lisa Hoffman, who filled his role during the recent student ICE walkout, was appointed interim superintendent.

She spent 20 hours secretly reporting from a nearby house during the two-day confrontation between Philadelphia police and members of the MOVE group in May 1985.

The hearing is set to resume on Nov. 16 with council members vowing to continue their probe on how to reopen the museum and why it was closed in the first place.

An audit of the Delaware County Intermediate Unit "should be a wakeup call for every IU across the commonwealth," Auditor General Tim DeFoor said at a news conference.

The lawsuit brought by Evie Parts, a transgender athlete and former Swarthmore College track captain, represents a new frontier in the legal fight over trans women’s participation in college sports.

Police are investigating a sexual assault involving two students at an off-campus apartment complex at Temple University.

School employees will now be required to report suspected hazing to a state child abuse hotline under a law passed in response to the Cheltenham football scandal.

Wet leaves can behave "like ice," and beware of a California-like hazard.

The winning Powerball numbers were white balls 15, 34, 41, 53, 56, and red Powerball 21.

Brown had perhaps his best game with the 76ers with 30 points and a big block late on Cade Cunningham in a win over Detroit.

The pretty new SUV from Nissan’s luxury brand makes quite an entrance, looking as handsome as any. Step inside and the beauty increases. Its downhill from there.

The court’s two oldest conservatives — Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., 76, and Clarence Thomas, 78 — could face pressure to retire during the lame-duck period.

If you’ve heard about how people are struggling with affording healthcare but haven’t been touched by it or seen it, then this pop-up clinic just outside Washington, D.C., put the problem on display.