Week In Review

ABOVE CARTOON: Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons By Mark Sherman Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court abhors even numbers. But that’s just what the court will have to deal with, perhaps for many months, after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Eight justices will decide what to do, creating the prospect of 4-4 ties. Here are…

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Councilwoman Helen Gym (At Large) released the following statement following yesterday’s Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling in West Philadelphia Achievement Charter Elem. v. the School District of Philadelphia and SRC: “Yesterday’s Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling makes unmistakably clear that the School Reform Commission and Pennsylvania’s fifteen-year experiment in state takeover have been a disaster for students…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy speaks to the media during a press conference in Orchard Park, N.Y.  The former Eagles RB is under investigation for the assault of two off-duty police officers on Sunday morning at a private nightclub in Old City.  (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert, File) By Maryclaire Dale Associated Press Buffalo…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  MarShawn McCarrel   The activist worked to organize protests in Ohio after Michael Brown’s shooting in 2014.   By Keyaira Kelly HelloBeautiful.com Black Lives Matter activist MarShawn McCarrel reportedly shot himself Monday in front of the Ohio Statehouse building in Columbus, the New York Daily News reports. “My demons won today. I’m sorry,”…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Michael J. Feeney (Photo credit:Pearl Gabel) 32-Year-Old NJ Native Was Set To Begin his Dream Job as Entertainment Reporter at CNN By Monica Peters A caring human being with a caring heart is how I’d describe the late journalist 32-year-old Michael J. Feeney. His compassion, kind heart and genuine love for people from all…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Michael J. Feeney (Photo credit: Pearl Gabel ) By Monica Peters A caring human being with a caring heart is how I’d describe the late journalist 32-year-old Michael J. Feeney. His compassion, kind heart and genuine love for people from all walks of life extended beyond his stellar and successful career.  The Teaneck,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bill Cosby enters the Montgomery County Courthouse for the court appearance on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, in Norristown, Pa.  (James Robinson/PennLive.com via AP)  By Maryclaire Dale Associated Press NORRISTOWN, Pa. — As a sexual assault case against actor Bill Cosby moves forward, a key battle will be waged over explicit testimony he gave…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Chaka “Chip” Fattah Jr. (AP photo) While handing down a five-year sentence on Chaka “Chip” Fattah Jr., Judge Henry Bartle III took the time to lecture him on how his life choices led to his wasting his talent. By Denise Clay U.S. District Judge Henry Bartle III didn’t let his disappointment with the…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Cheryl Boone Issacs  (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) By Sandy Cohen Associated Press When the Oscar nominations revealed a second consecutive year of all-white acting nominees, it lit a fire under film academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the first African-American to lead the organization. “I really was disappointed,” she said after the Jan. 14 nominations….

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Charles Ramsey (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) By Don Babwin Associated Press CHICAGO — A former deputy superintendent of the Chicago Police who left to head departments in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia is returning to the city to help reform a force that’s trying to regain public trust in the wake of a video showing…

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