Week In Review

associated press  Health officials say there are at least 46 cases of the mumps at Temple University and three others from surrounding counties, the most cases in the city since 2010. That’s up from 16 cases reported last week. The Department of Public Health for Philadelphia said Friday it recommends anyone experiencing fever, headache, jaw…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Rep. Rabb and his Phenomenal Women of the 200th awardees: from left front row: Jamila Medley,  Jean Kirkley, Kathy Moore, Gloria Blount, Velma C. Fisher, Rosa Keele, Marian Aiken Garfield; from left back row: Clarice Nicholson, Denise M. Gilbert, Angela Vinson-Burton, Jene E. Martin, Ruby Zeigler, State Rep. Christopher Rabb, Catherine Hicks, a…

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ABOVE PHOTO: In this photo taken from the Ethiopian Airlines Facebook page, the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde Gebremariam, looks at the wreckage of the plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Sunday March 10, 2019. An Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Ethiopia’s capital on Sunday morning, killing all…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Chicago Police mugshot of Jussie Smollett By Don Babwin associated press CHICAGO — News that a grand jury had indicted “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly lying to Chicago police about being attacked by two masked men may not have made much of a splash except for one thing: The lone felony count…

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ABOVE PHOTO: CCP president Dr. Donald Guy Generals addresses students. By Dr. Donald Guy Generals, president of Community College of Philadelphia  The Faculty and Staff Federation of Community College of Philadelphia (“the Union”) took a “strike authorization vote” on February 19-25, 2019.  According to the Union leadership, 91 percent of those who voted agreed to give the…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Robert Runcie speaks to the media on the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019.  (Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP) By Terry Spencer associated press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The mother of a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting victim…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Keith and Jacquelyn Smith ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE — A Maryland woman whose death last year was blamed on an attack by a panhandler was actually killed by her husband and his adult daughter, police said Sunday. Keith Smith, 52, had told police that his wife, Jacquelyn, an engineer from Harford County, was trying…

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ABOVE PHOTO: R. Kelly  (Photo: Kathy Hutchins / shutterstock.com) By Michael Tarm ASSOCIATED PRESS UPDATE: CHICAGO —  A suburban Chicago woman posted the $100,000 bail for R. Kelly to be freed from jail while he awaits trial on sexual abuse charges. The Chicago Tribune reports that court records show a 47-year-old Romeoville, Illinois, woman posted…

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AOVE PHOTO: Precious Hall is a registered voter and a victim of the #NC09 scheme. Hall received an absentee ballot but did not remember requesting one. She normally votes in person. People showed up at her home, she completed ballot, people witnessed it, and they took the ballot with them. (Twitter video grab: Courtesy Kristen…

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By Evens Sanon and Danica Coto ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Businesses and government offices slowly reopened across Haiti on Monday after more than a week of violent demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moise over skyrocketing prices that have more than doubled for basic goods amid allegations of…

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