City Council Member Wants Local Universities To Adopt 'Yes Means Yes' Policy
A Philadelphia City Council member wants to coax local universities into adopting stricter standards on what constitutes a sexual assault.
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A Philadelphia City Council member wants to coax local universities into adopting stricter standards on what constitutes a sexual assault.
Police say a 23-year-old woman was attacked by a man in his mide 30s.
Pennsylvania's Department of Corrections is settling a federal lawsuit filed by a prison clerk whose rape by an inmate led to a leadership shake-up and changes in prison operations.
A music teacher at a southern New Jersey high school will now be suspended without pay after he was indicted on numerous charges stemming from an alleged sexual relationship with a female student.
Rich covered all angles of the Ferguson grand jury decision not charging police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown. He also talked to New Jersey Assemblyman Troy Singleton about a rape law he's proposed and CBS 3 Meteorologist Kate Bilo about tomorrow's storm.
The alleged assault happened on Nov. 18, 2014 at 8 a.m. on the 3700 block of Lawrence Street in North Philadelphia.
Officials say Deovanny Ortiz was arrested Tuesday night in connection with a robbery and sexual assault in the Kensington section of the city Sunday night.
Authorities say the 18-year-old victim was trailed after he left a Chinese restaurant at North Second and Ontario Streets about 12:20am. The suspect's image was caught on tape.
After sexually assaulting the victim, the suspect took his cell phone, $120 and house keys before fleeing the scene.
Police in Darby Borough say a 18-year-old man is in jail and facing sexual assault and kidnapping charges for an alleged attack on a 14-year-old girl this week.
The newspaper says that in both cases the man spoke to the victims, and nothing was taken from the homes.
A Baptist minister in Alabama said Thursday that he was inappropriately touched by a man now accused of sexually assaulting students at a state university in northeastern Pennsylvania.
A Central Pennsylvania man deemed a sexually violent predator has been sentenced to a minimum 203 to 406 years in prison for what prosecutors called a "reign of terror" on young people.
Prosecutors say the man engaged in sexual violence against his daughter when she was a teenager and his stepdaughter, who was in her early 30s, between 2007 and 2011.
Hundreds of people came out Sunday evening for an anti-bullying rally in a central New Jersey town that's been rocked by allegations of sex-related hazing involving its high school football team.
Authorities in Bensalem have arrested a 20-year old man that they say confessed to sexually assaulting a young girl over a 2-year span.
Both officers are expected to be arraigned on Wednesday in New York Superior Court.
Police say the suspect, who is not being named because he is a juvenile, is from Harrington.
On Sunday, Sept. 14, a 22-year-old female resident of the Tree Tops at Chester Hollow Apartments reported that after she parked her vehicle, a male suspect approached her and touched her inappropriately.
A former Hun School of Princeton information technology teacher has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old female student.
Princeton University is considering creating a team of trained investigators to look into campus sexual misconduct accusations.
The NFL has announced new penalties for domestic violence incidents.
A Chester County community is on alert after police say a 16-year-old was sexually assaulted near a school.
Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday in Bucks County Court in Doylestown for 19-year-old Joshua Benson, charged with numerous counts of sexual assault and related crimes.
The big legal issues the kids face on campus these days are drinking, hazing, and sexual assault, so you need to talk to your kids about them.
A massive fire destroyed a home in the Villanova section of Radnor Township, Pennsylvania.
Get the outdoor plans done before Wednesday afternoon in the Philadelphia region if you want to assure dry weather.
Charle Young, an All-Pro tight end who helped the San Francisco 49ers win their first Super Bowl title, has died.
Forty-four dogs are now under the care of the Brandywine Valley SPCA after being rescued from a home in Delaware County.
A crash had closed part of I-95 North in South Philadelphia on Tuesday night.
A massive fire destroyed a home in the Villanova section of Radnor Township, Pennsylvania.
Get the outdoor plans done before Wednesday afternoon in the Philadelphia region if you want to assure dry weather.
The Philadelphia 76ers finally beating the Boston Celtics in the NBA playoffs was not enough to save president of basketball operations Daryl Morey's job.
An estimated 200,000 people are expected to attend the 108th PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
Charle Young, an All-Pro tight end who helped the San Francisco 49ers win their first Super Bowl title, has died.
Forty-four dogs are now under the care of the Brandywine Valley SPCA after being rescued from a home in Delaware County.
Rory McIlroy is dealing with blister issues under his right pinky toe ahead of the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club.
A Boeing aircraft electrician is celebrating a major milestone after years of balancing work, family and a nonprofit.
A former piano teacher will be behind bars for 18 to 54 years after prosecutors say he abused more than a dozen young men for three decades.
A shooting in West Philadelphia left three men and a woman injured Tuesday night, police said.
Two men are facing charges after over 260 pounds of meth were seized by law enforcement in New Jersey in April, the largest meth bust in state history.
A New Jersey community is taking extra precautions for a carnival after disorder at other recent events in the area.
The Gloucester County community is rallying around a family after they lost their 7-year-old son, who was hit and killed by a school bus.
Doctors in New Jersey say an illness known as CHS that affects cannabis users is on the rise.
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A Delaware man is in custody after he barricaded himself and started a fire inside a Wawa store on Limestone Road, police say.
A New Castle County, Delaware, refinery is starting repairs that could increase its sulfur dioxide emissions levels past permitted limits.
At 108 years old, Susan Young Browne still exercises, drives and visits the Dover, Delaware, senior center she's been a member of for more than 50 years.
Delaware State University students are taking off from Chandelle Airport in Dover as they work to become future Army aviators.
Crews were called out to the 2000 block of North Harrison Street for a reported blaze at a three-story building.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
Doctors in New Jersey say an illness known as CHS that affects cannabis users is on the rise.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has activated its 24/7 emergency center in Atlanta to monitor the recent deadly hantavirus outbreak onboard the MV Hondius.
If you dine out in Philadelphia during the 2026 FIFA World Cup events, you could end up paying more.
Bimbo Bakeries USA employs over 20,000 people and has been headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania, for the past 17 years.
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Gas prices are climbing, putting a strain on the transportation industry and its workers in the Philadelphia area.
FIFA officials have canceled hundreds of hotel rooms in Philadelphia previously booked for this summer.
A crash had closed part of I-95 North in South Philadelphia on Tuesday night.
A serious crash in Hainesport, New Jersey, forced Route 38 to close Thursday night.
The ramp from Front Street to northbound I-95 and the ramp from southbound I-95 to Front Street will reopen the afternoon of May 8 until the morning of May 11.
Breeze Airways launched its first flights out of Atlantic City International Airport just days after Spirit Airlines shut down suddenly.
The sudden shutdown of Spirit Airlines is having an outsized impact on Atlantic City International Airport, where the budget carrier accounted for about 75% of all flights.
Charle Young, an All-Pro tight end who helped the San Francisco 49ers win their first Super Bowl title, has died.
Rory McIlroy is dealing with blister issues under his right pinky toe ahead of the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club.
Kyle Schwarber homered in his fifth consecutive game and the Phillies beat the Red Sox 2-1 on Tuesday night.
The Philadelphia 76ers finally beating the Boston Celtics in the NBA playoffs was not enough to save president of basketball operations Daryl Morey's job.
Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died, his family announced Tuesday.
Uzo Aduba and Darren Criss announced the 2026 Tony nominees for select categories on "CBS Mornings" on Tuesday.
If you dine out in Philadelphia during the 2026 FIFA World Cup events, you could end up paying more.
Call Your Mother, a Washington D.C. based bagel and deli chain, now has the keys to Metropolitan's Rittenhouse Square location.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is embracing a statue it once kept at arm's length.
The "Dog Days Are Over" for the Flyers, but their return to the playoffs comes at the cost of the Florence + the Machine concert.
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Middle school students in Philadelphia got the opportunity to do hands-on learning during the school district's five-day career and technical camp.
With her Girl Talk mentoring program, one Philadelphia teen turned her camp days into a safe space to discuss social issues young girls face every day.
Recent high school graduate Sylvain Farrell says his temporary position at a local clinic is the pathway to a full-time career.
A Philadelphia student won an award from NFL Films for his documentary on bringing back sports teams at his Kensington school.
A group of East Norriton eighth graders took what started as an Earth Day project and made a whole initiative.
Bill Kelly is tracking rain for the Philadelphia region on Wednesday. Here's the latest NEXT Weather forecast.
Police said Richard and Jayden West were both wearing masks and were armed with a handgun and a knife when they carjacked a 2012 Jeep Cherokee with two women inside in Northeast Philly.
A PGA program gives recent college graduates exposure to careers in golf, with PGA Work Fellows from across the country touring Aronimink. Nikki DeMentri reports.
The shooting wounded three men and a woman, according to Philadelphia police. So far, no arrests have been made.
The dogs, including newborn puppies, were pulled to safety by the Brandywine Valley SPCA rescue team.