Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO:  Cheryl Boone Issacs  (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) By Sandy Cohen Associated Press When the Oscar nominations revealed a second consecutive year of all-white acting nominees, it lit a fire under film academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the first African-American to lead the organization. “I really was disappointed,” she said after the Jan. 14 nominations….

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Charles Ramsey (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) By Don Babwin Associated Press CHICAGO — A former deputy superintendent of the Chicago Police who left to head departments in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia is returning to the city to help reform a force that’s trying to regain public trust in the wake of a video showing…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., top center, speaks outside of the federal courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, in Philadelphia. Fattah has been indicted on charges he misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal, charitable and campaign funds. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Congressman’s four criminal lawyers ask judge to quit the case because they…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  New Eagles head coach Doug Pederson (r) with owner Jeffrey Lurie at this week’s press conference.  (Photo by Webster Riddick) By Chris Murray The Eagles began their transition from the Chip Kelly to the Doug Pederson era when they introduced him as their new head coach. Even before his first practice at OTAs…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  (Photoman29 / Shutterstock.com) By Mark Sherman associated press WASHINGTON— The Supreme Court stepped into a boiling political dispute over immigration Tuesday, setting up a likely decision in the middle of a presidential campaign marked by harsh rhetoric about immigrants. The justices agreed to review whether President Barack Obama, acting without congressional approval, has…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Former Nebraska running back Lawrence Phillips, right, and his attorney Hal Anderson leave a Lancaster County courtroom Dec. 1995 in Lincoln, Neb., after Phillips received his sentencing for a Sept.10 assault against his girlfriend. Phillips was found unresponsive in his California prison cell on Wednesday, and officials said they suspect suicide. (AP Photo/Staci…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune Associated Press [The President’s address to be run in its entirety next issue of sun] President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union speech offered little in the way of new policy initiatives, but plenty of upbeat talk about prospects for a strong future. His hour-long address predicated…

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President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, during a meeting with law enforcement officials to discuss executive actions the president can take to curb gun violence. The president is slated to finalize a set of new executive actions tightening U.S. gun laws, kicking off…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Bill Foster In order to make Philadelphia the best it can be, a lot of Divine Guidance was requested at Monday’s City Government Inaugural Ceremonies. By Denise Clay While it wasn’t quite a church service, the Inauguration of Mayor Jim Kenney and the 2016-2017 version of Philadelphia City Council was a ceremony filled…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Stop Mass Incarcerations Network sponsored a children’s march on the one year anniversary of Tamir Rice’s death at the hands of the Cleveland police.  (a katz / Shutterstock.com) By Mark Gillispie Associated Press CLEVELAND — Nearly 400 days after a white police officer fatally shot a black 12-year-old carrying a pellet gun in…

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