Eagles Hall of Famer Chuck Bednarik dies

He was an associate professor and director of community services for Temple University’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences from 2000 until his retirement in 2024.

He earned a degree in dental surgery at the Temple University School of Dentistry in 1968 and a medical degree from the old Medical College of Pennsylvania, now part of Drexel University, in 1972.

He was an expert on marriage, children, violence, anxiety, despair, stress, anger, sports psychology, and psychotherapy.

Termac, the dishwashing company Mr. O’Reilly cofounded in 1963, services thousands of restaurants and other commercial kitchens throughout the region.

He became the longest-serving Republican speaker of the House before falling from grace in a sex abuse scandal that came to light after he left government.

She arrived in Philadelphia in 1971 to work for Luster Products and became proficient at developing, testing, selling, and demonstrating personal care products at events around the world.

“He was the most feared reporter in my eight years in Harrisburg,” former Gov. Ed Rendell said. “He did his work. He did his digging. He really cared about the issues.”

She hosted "Frank Talk With Frank Rizzo" on WCAU radio in 1988 and ‘89, and told The Inquirer in 1989 that working with the onetime mayor was like flying a “careening aircraft for three hours.”

He turned his lifelong interest in sports, affable collegiality, and writing, reporting, and editing skills into an award-winning career as a TV and print journalist that spanned four decades.

She wrote two books on French poetry and earned a grant from the American Philosophical Society in 1981 to transcribe manuscripts at the National Library in Paris.

Once described as “Philadelphia’s resident combination of P.T. Barnum and Walt Disney,” Mr. Giles got creative trying to attract fans. The biggest draw was the mascot he green lit in 1978.

“I never refer to myself as wheelchair-bound — that sounds like I’m in chains," she said. "I’d rather describe myself as a dancer who sits down a lot.”

He worked as a young city-side reporter for the Bulletin from 1969 to 1974 and a veteran editor and reporter for The Inquirer from 2001 to 2008.

“We have a philosophy of work as rehabilitation,” he told the Daily News in 1988. “The goal is to show these people they can do a whale of a lot more than they think they can do.”

He had been open on social media and ion interviews about his struggles with addiction and mental health.

The introspective singer-songwriter whose alt-pop hit “Barely Breathing” became a Generation X touchstone also won two Tonys for composing the smash musical “Spring Awakening."

He hosted music shows at WMGK from 1977 through the early 2000s, at KISS 100 in the 1990s, and at WPEN and WHAT between 2000 and 2011.

She lived near the Delaware River waterfront on Bank Avenue for 50 years and routinely opened her home and property to family and friends on holidays, and sailors and spectators during regattas.

She was viewed as a bard of the environment, a 20th century Henry David Thoreau.

If anti-immigration enforcement tactics violate the Constitution and basic human rights, Congress must act to hold the president accountable.

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave stormwater infrastructure in the United States a “D,” in 2025, noting the need to replace aging infrastructure often outstrips local capacity to do so.

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The Department of Homeland Security says a federal immigration officer shot and wounded a Dominican man while arresting him in New York City.

Navi Pillay, a former U.N. human rights chief and judge on the International Court of Justice, has won the Nobel Peace Prize.