In 2011, a new app hit the iTunes store that parodied the Philadelphia School District's budget woes. Inspired by Angry Birds, the game, "Teachers of Philly" depicted three schoolteachers as superheroes going up against villains such as the Superintendent and the Mayor, doing battle on game levels reminiscent of the district headquarters at 440 N. Broad St.; the School Reform Commission meeting auditorium
The daughter of one of the victims of Philadelphia abortion doctor and accused murderer Kermit Gosnell has filed a federal lawsuit against Philadelphia’s public health department and the health commissioner, claiming her mother’s death is somewhat attributable to the city’s alleged lax oversight of the abortion clinic where her mother met her demise.
Seven area black woman who claim their respective firings from the Vanguard Group were racially motivated have filed a federal lawsuit against the Malvern, Pa.-based company.
