Morning Rush

Philadelphia 76ers draft Maurice Harkless, trade for Arnett Moultrie

LOCAL HEADLINES

  1. 76ers Add Harkless, Moultrie (Daily News)
  2. Stalberg: Fill Public in on Superintendent Hire (Tribune)
  3. Local Activists React to High Court’s Obamacare Ruling  (MyFoxPhilly)

WEATHER

  • Scorcher – stay inside if you can
  • HIGHS: 98°
  • WIND: WSW 15 mph

TODAY IN HISTORY

  • 1967 – Actress Jayne Mansfield is killed when the car she is riding strikes the rear of a tractor-trailer on I-90 east of New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • 1972 – In Furman v. Georgia, rules by a vote of 5-4 that capital punishment, as it is currently employed on the state and federal level, is unconstitutional. The Court did, however, suggest new legislation that could make death sentences constitutional again.
  • 2003 – Actress Katharine Hepburn dies of natural causes at the age of 96 at her home in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
  • 1995 – The Sampoong department store in Seoul, South Korea, collapses, killing more than 500 people.

About Tim Ronaldson

When I first joined Elauwit, I figured I’d be here for two years, tops, before advancing my career in journalism somewhere else. That was 2005. Great job or lack of motivation? You decide. | View all posts by Tim Ronaldson