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Yale University has set new evolving standard with their new gender-neutral bathrooms, now located in 23 buildings throughout the campus. It is one of several changes made in the past school year designed to make the university friendlier to transgender students, staff and visitors, school officials said. Professors are now permitted to use students preferred name when addressing […]
HOWARD HIGH SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY LOSES ANOTHER STUDENT Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, Delaware is mourning the loss of 15-year-old Brandon Wingo was shot and killed on yesterday afternoon. A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. The killing comes just weeks after the death of sophomore Amy Joyner-Francis, a […]
STRENGTHENING REPORT OF CAMPUS ASSAULTS Delaware state Senate has unanimously approved a bill aimed at strengthening reporting of sexual assaults on college campuses. The bill approved today requires employees of higher education institutions to offer to report sexual assault incidents to law enforcement officials if the alleged victim agrees. Source: 6abc Twin Brothers Accused Of Bombing Spree […]
GRATZ HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL RECEIVES BOMB Simon Gratz High School in the Tioga section of Philadelphia was placed on lock down this morning after the principal received a bomb threat text message. The principal called police and placed the school on lock down. Authorities say after the bomb squad was notified, an hour later the […]
According to Deadline, the movie is “billed as a sci-fi thriller” that producer Larry Kasanoff says is “not at all what you think,” but will instead “be a cool surprise.” China and the United States are said to be co-producing the $80 million project under Kasanoff and Bruno Wu’s new company Threshold Global Studios. Filming is […]
PRINCETON STUDENT HUNGER STRIKE 32-year-old Rachel Barr started a hunger strike to protest Princeton University’s handling of disabled students. Barr has dyslexia and attention deficit disorder. She was on full scholarship when she says the university failed to make accommodations during exams. As a result, she got a B- instead of a B+ and was […]
PHILADELPHIA DOCTORS CHARGED IN PRESCRIPTION DRUG BUST According to a federal indictment, three doctors illegally sold over $5 million worth of prescription drugs out of their Philadelphia clinic on South Broad Street. Prosecutors say the group claimed to help people overcome drug addictions, but instead ended up exploiting the problem. JOB FAIR RETURNS TO TEMPLE […]
NJ TRANSIT RIVER LINE COLLIDES WITH VEHICLE The New Jersey Transit River LINE collided with a vehicle in Riverton, Burlington County this morning. At least one person from the vehicle was carried away in a stretcher. A number of people were helped off the River LINE light rail by emergency workers. River LINE service has […]
‘PHILLY JESUS’ ARRESTED…AGAIN The man known as Philly Jesus was arrested in Center City Apple Store last night. Police received a call from the store manager about a man who would not leave the store when asked. He was taken into custody and charged with Defiant Trespassing and Disorderly Conduct. This is not the first […]
The NFL Draft may be headed back to Philadelphia. Sources tell ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, Philadelphia is the leading candidate to host the 2017 NFL Draft. Philadelphia has hosted the NFL Draft many times in the past, but not since 1960 at the Warwick Hotel.
A student has died after being assaulted by several other students inside of Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, Delaware today. The 15-year-old girl was involved in a fight witnesses say over a boy, “She was fighting a girl, and then that’s when all these other girls started banking her -like jumping her – […]
Fresh off her victory in New York, Hillary Clinton will make two appearances Wednesday in Philadelphia. She will join a discussion with former Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and the Mothers of the Movement at 4:15 p.m. at St. Paul’s Baptist Church, the event is invitation only. Clinton will appear Wednesday night at the […]
