Dana DiFilippo
More from the Contributor
Protesters urge DA Williams, ‘the Darth Vader of politics,’ to resign
With Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams under federal indictment for alleged corruption, everyone from Mayor Jim Kenn ...
8 years ago
Tow companies ask for injunction to stop Philly’s new ticket-to-tow law
Car-driving Philadelphians may have no greater nemesis than tow-truck drivers, who stalk parking scofflaws as avidly as politic ...
8 years ago
After federal indictment, what’s next for Philly DA Seth Williams?
A day after federal authorities ...
8 years ago
Philly DA Seth Williams indicted on charges of public corruption in gifts scandal
Federal authorities have charged troubled Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams with 23 counts of public corruption stem ...
8 years ago
ListenPhilly’s Cinco de Mayo celebration cancelled over fears of immigration crackdown
Organizers of the annual Carnaval de Puebla, one of Philadelphia’s biggest celebrations of Latino culture, have decided to ca ...
8 years ago
Elderly woman en route to Flower Show dies after getting hit by bus
An elderly woman heading to the Philadelphia Flower Show died Monday after she got hit by the charter bus hired to take her the ...
8 years ago
Wrongly jailed as Kensington Strangler, man sues Philly and Pa. for civil rights violations
A Point Breeze man initially arrested — but later cleared — as the notorious Kensington Strangler has filed a federal lawsu ...
8 years ago
Delco authorities suspect serial pedophile had other victims
Hugh Taussig-Lux plucked his young victims from playgrounds and parks. He used video games and the thrill of secret teen parties to lure ...
8 years ago
Concerns about police body-worn cameras to be aired at public hearing
On the surface, police using body-worn cameras seems like a no-brainer: Recording cops’ interactions in the community would p ...
8 years ago
Suspended Quaker school teachers claim discrimination in cancelled-speaker scandal
Two teachers suspended from a Wynnewood Quaker school amid student protests over a canceled speaker have filed a discrimination ...
8 years ago
Teenage fugitive arrested in brutal attack on elderly Chester County woman
Chester County authorities arrested a teenage boy they say broke into an elderly woman’s home, choked her, tied her up, robbe ...
8 years ago
Morrisville abuse victims speak of a lifetime of emotional and psychological scars
A child’s bath with a babysitter in charge should be the most innocent, unnoteworthy activity. But for two y ...
8 years ago