Nancy Phillips

The settlement that averted the firing of a popular Philadelphia teacher allowed both sides to claim a measure of victory and put an end to a controversy that had literally turned into a federal case.

Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam came to the birthplace of America on Sunday and, to thunderous applause, urged thousands of his followers to work with him “to build a new nation.”

Willie Cooper, convicted of strangling his brother's girlfriend to death in a Germantown apartment, was awaiting a jury's decision on whether he should be sentenced to death, when his lawyer rose to speak on his behalf.

Willie Cooper, convicted of strangling his brother’s girlfriend to death in a Germantown apartment, was awaiting a jury’s decision on whether he should be sentenced to death, when his lawyer rose to speak on his behalf.

Three women and a man say they were molested as children by Bill Conlin, a Hall of Fame baseball writer and Philadelphia Daily News columnist.

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The October death of David Hess, 17, was yet another violent chapter in a hidden history of abuse at Wordsworth.

"Wordsworth was presenting some sort of illusion of safety," said lawyer Jonathon M. Cohen. In reality, he said, "it's like some sort of nightmare prison movie."

Nine women were sexually assaulted or touched inappropriately during massages at a Massage Envy franchise in West Goshen township, Chester County in episodes that their lawyer says are part of a pattern of attacks at Massage Envy centers across the country.

Long before confessing, Lef Jenoff hinted to a reporter that he held secrets surrounding the death of Carol Neulander.