Hy Lit, 73, pioneer DJ, dies after knee injury

He joined the district attorney’s office in 1960, worked as assistant district attorney in the major trials unit, and handled hundreds of cases involving murder, assault, robbery, and other crimes.

Prolific writer and veteran teacher Bennett Fairorth was looking forward to a 100th birthday party with former students, his brother said.

A fellowship in India after graduation challenged Steinem — and transformed her

His sultry baritone, coifed hair, and funky songs about romance — notably “Let’s Straighten It Out” — made him a musical fixture of the 1970s and ’80s

She served as editor-in-chief of Ms. magazine for five years and helped organize one of the first protests of the Miss America pageant.

He played on at least 188 albums in a career spanning seven decades.

He championed what he called “the two cities, one waterfront strategy” and was especially adept, former colleagues said, at marshaling funds and projects in Philadelphia and Camden.

Dubbed America’s best singer by Time magazine in 2001, Ms. Wilson was best known for her genre-bending voice.

With her trademark streaked hair parted down the middle and large aviator glasses, Ms. Steinem was a hugely recognizable presence wherever she went.

She joined Penn’s School of Nursing in 1980, took charge of its new primary care nursing unit, and became director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation primary care nurse practitioner program.

The Kentucky farmer wrote lyrical poems, novels and essays — mostly in pencil and without electric light — that explored his elegiac visions of the life and death of agrarian America.

He worked in military intelligence at the Pentagon, was stationed at presidential retreat Camp David in Maryland, and took part in the operation that captured military dictator Manuel Noriega in 1989.

He began his career at age 16 as an apprentice in the sheet-metal shop of American Export Airlines.

His 44 years of research and clinical work, from 1978 to 2022, advanced the understanding and management of diseases, and extended the life expectancy of Marfan syndrome patients by 30 years.

He represented his country in sailing in three Olympic Games and was praised for his support of diversity and tolerance.

She was “mesmerized” by Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, her sister said, and predicted in the 1970s that one personal device would eventually send messages, stream content, and still make phone calls.

At 15, he became one of the original dancers when the old WFIL-TV station hosted Bandstand and then American Bandstand in the 1950s and ‘60s.

She joined the International Ladies’ Garment Workers' Union in the 1950s and supplemented her weekday work by producing gowns, dresses, suits, and other clothing for family, friends, and clients.

The beloved music and film star was known for her vibrant personality and poignant songwriting.

The United States has sharply escalated its trade war with Canada, banning some Canadian imports after retaliatory Canadian tariffs took effect on about $20 billion in U.S. goods.

Three jurors opened up about the grueling week of deliberations in which the jury of nine women and three men were deadlocked.

The country’s leaders are taking a more aggressive approach as Iran faces mounting economic pressure and they worry that their grip on the Strait of Hormuz is slipping.

Chinatown has moved beyond boba, the Health Department takes on Heavy Metal Sausage, and the inside story of how one of Philly’s top restaurants won a $1.5 million grant.

The sequence of events detailed by National Transportation Safety Board investigators likely cost the pilots hundreds of feet of runway length and crucial seconds.

And the 9/11 artifacts spread across the region.