Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

PASSINGS: Bernard Waber

2013-05-21 22:04:00

Bernard Waber, 91, the author of such children's favorites as "The House on East 88th Street" and "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile," died Thursday at his Long Island, N.Y., home after a long illness, according to a statement from his publisher, Houghton Mifflin...

Lakers' Kobe Bryant in a legal battle with his mother

2013-05-04 05:00:00

Kobe Bryant is locked in a court battle with his mother because she is trying to auction off his old Lakers and high school memorabilia. Pamela Bryant was given $450,000 up front by Goldin Auctions, a New Jersey auction house, so it could sell...

PASSINGS: Robert W. Edgar, Chrissy Amphlett, Robert Earl Holding

2013-04-23 22:43:00

Robert W. Edgar Six-term Pennsylvania congressman Robert W. Edgar, 69, who represented Pennsylvania for six terms in the House of Representatives, served as president of the Claremont School of Theology and went on to lead the public interest group...

Wharton School says L.A. company misusing its name

2013-03-28 14:30:00

There’s only one Wharton School. The University of Pennsylvania wants to make sure there’s no confusion about that. The university filed a lawsuit accusing a Beverly Hills company of operating an online university that uses the well-...

Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z tour coming to Rose Bowl on July 28

2013-02-22 11:19:00

Details of the previously reported summer tour pairing Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z have been unveiled, with a dozen stops across North America beginning July 17 in Toronto and including a July 28 performance at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Their Legends...

Stanford becomes 1st school to raise more than $1 billion in a year

2013-02-20 08:49:00

The nation’s top fund-raising institution last year, Stanford University, raised $1.03 billion from donors, the first to raise more than $1 billion in a given year. Out of the nation's top 10 fund-raising institutions, two others were in...

James DePreist dies at 76; artistic advisor to Pasadena Symphony

2013-02-08 20:31:00

James DePreist, artistic advisor to the Pasadena Symphony and Pops and one of the few African American conductors to lead major orchestras in the United States and abroad, died Friday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 76. The cause was...

Leonard Apt dies; UCLA pediatric ophthalmologist was 90

2013-02-06 00:00:00

During the first half of the 20th century, pediatricians generally believed that children's eye problems were largely self-corrective — that a child would grow out of his or her crossed eyes or poor vision. But they were wrong. Unless a vision...

Storm system rumbles toward East Coast; tornadoes in South kill 2

2013-01-30 12:01:00

A long line of storms stretching from the deep South to upstate New York continued to roll across the nation on Wednesday, with reports of two fatalities in separate tornadoes. It's the traditional dead season for tornadoes, but northern Georgia was...

Pennsylvania: Philly shows off its 'Silver Linings'

2013-01-21 07:30:00

Fans of Philly can now discover several of the spots featured in Philadelphia native Bradley Cooper’s Oscar-nominated film, "Silver Linings Playbook." The Philadelphia skyline is prominently featured in the film, and the tallest of those buildings...

Exterminator charged with murder in death of Philadelphia doctor

2013-01-24 14:21:00

An exterminator has been arrested and charged with strangling a Philadelphia doctor who was found tied and burned in her home, police said on Thursday. Dr. Melissa Ketunuti, 35, a second-year infectious disease fellow at Children’s Hospital of...

Man arrested in Philadelphia subway assault caught on video

2013-01-18 10:32:00

A Philadelphia man has been arrested for allegedly throwing a woman onto the tracks of a subway in the third recent incident of underground violence on a major metropolitan mass transit system. William Clark, 36, was arrested Thursday in connection with...

Frank Goldstein, of Philadelphia, Pa., gets his new shoulder boards put on by his mother Joann, left, after the 163rd traditional U.S. Naval Academy commissioning and graduation ceremony at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

2013-05-24 00:00:00

PHILADELPHIA, PA - MAY 19: Freddy Galvis #13 of the Philadelphia Phillies leaps home after hitting a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Citizens Bank Park on May 19, 2013 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Phillies won 3-2.

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Philadelphia, PA. 4/2/00 Kelly Schumacher blocks a shot by Kyra Elzy of Tennessee during the second half of Sunday nights game. She had 8 blocks at this point with about 10 minutes remaining in the game.

2013-05-06 11:43:00