LOCAL HEADLINES
- SRC Moves to Shut 3 Philly Charter Schools (Inquirer)
- Teen’s Dirt Bike Death Caused by Police Chase? (Tribune)
- Monsignor Lynn Tells Grand Jury Abuse Case Slipped Through the Cracks (CBS3)
- Another beautiful day
- HIGHS: 75°
- WIND: SSE 9-11 mph
TODAY IN HISTORY
- 1980 – The Castro regime announces that all Cubans wishing to emigrate to the U.S. are free to board boats at the port of Mariel west of Havana, including the Mariel Boatlift.
- 2008 – Danica Patrick becomes the first woman to win an IndyCar race.
- 1999 – Two teenage gunmen kill 13 people in a massive shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.
- 1861 – Colonel Robert E. Lee resigns from the U.S. army two days after he was offered command of the Union army and three days after his native state, Virginia, seceded from the Union.
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