Morning Rush

Could natural gas fracking come to Pennsylvania?

LOCAL HEADLINES

  1. Pa., N.J. Await Key Ruling (Inquirer)
  2. Hundreds Mourn Fallen Officer (Tribune)
  3. Second Suspect in Officer Walker’s Killing Back in Philadelphia (CBS3)

WEATHER

  • Rainy in the morning
  • HIGHS: 86°
  • WIND: W 10 mph

TODAY IN HISTORY

  • 1996 – After four years of separation, Charles, Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne, and his wife, Princess Diana, formally divorce.
  • 1963 – On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the African American civil rights movement reaches its high-water mark when Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to about 250,000 people attending the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
  • 1917 – President Woodrow Wilson is picketed by woman suffragists in front of the White House, who demand that he support an amendment to the Constitution that would guarantee women the right to vote.
  • 1913 – Canadian author Robertson Davies is born in the town of Thamesville in Ontario, Canada.

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