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Longtime radio DJ Pierre Robert, a staple across the Philadelphia airwaves for almost half a century, has died. He was 70. Robert, pronounced “Ro-Bear” was found dead at his home on Wednesday, according to his station, WMMR’s parent company Beasley Media Group. No foul play is suspected in his death, but further details were not released. Pierre Robert in the WMMR studio. The longtime Philadelphia disc-jockey died on Oct. 29, 2025. Pierre Robert/Instagram “We all have heavy hearts today,” Beasley Media Group CEO Caroline Beasley said. “Pierre’s unwavering love for music and his deep connection with listeners made him one…

On February 24, 2022, therapist Nathalie Timtchenko watched the news in horror. Russian tanks rolled toward Kyiv, the beloved city where she’d counseled clients for all of her nearly decade-long career. She had recently moved to working in Boston-area psychiatric hospitals while her husband attended graduate school there.Yet she couldn’t stop thinking about all the friends, family, and colleagues back in Ukraine, sheltering in place as air raid sirens punctured the night air, or others picking up rifles to man checkpoints around the city. She quickly built a Google form asking fellow mental health professionals to volunteer their services as…

Jordi Fernández benched his first-round draft pick point guards Egor Dëmin and Ben Saraf for the entire fourth quarter Wednesday in a comeback bid led by veterans Tyrese Martin and Terance Mann.  “I thought Tyrese was awesome,” said Fernández. “It’s about us, and whoever helps the team fight right there. There’s nothing given to anybody. I’m rewarding a player who had a great summer, and he was playing well.”  Martin played the entire fourth with eight points and four boards. He had 13 and five for the game. Dëmin has struggled to get downhill, something Fernández said the lottery pick…

Few horror performers can claim to be as synonymous with independent filmmaking as Sarah Nicklin. From early experimental shorts and splatterpunk epics to small indie releases with major potential, Nicklin has carved out a niche for herself as an actress who somehow treads the line between uncompromisingly raw human emotion and boldly imaginative genre filmmaking. Sarah […]

LOS ANGELES — As vaunted as this Dodgers starting rotation — headed by Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto — was as this World Series began, it’s the Blue Jays now on the cusp of a championship because of proficiency in that area. Trey Yesavage’s legend only grew Wednesday night as the rookie, who began the season pitching in Single-A, tamed the Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series. It’s the Blue Jays’ series to lose headed home following a 6-1 victory over the reigning champions at Dodger Stadium. Yesavage set a World Series rookie record with 12 strikeouts on…

An 80-year-old who tragically died after she failed to board a cruise ship on Lizard Island has been identified, as her daughter speaks about her horror final moments Australian retiree Suzanne Rees, who was travelling solo, was allegedly left behind by the Coral Adventurer on the first stop of a 60-day, $52,681 USD circumnavigation of Australia, and was not reported missing until hours later on the night of October 25. She reportedly died in “sudden and non-suspicious” circumstances after failing to board the ship off Lizard Island, an exclusive Far North Queensland hotspot. Rees’ daughter Katherine Rees has broken her…

Most people spend a good deal of time thinking about how we are coming across to others versus how we perceive ourselves. It will be frustrating or worse when our contributions do not seem to be understood, accepted, or appreciated. We are wise to pay attention to how we are being perceived in personal life (e.g., how an in-law regards us as a parent), in professional life (e.g., how an administrator evaluates a project we created), and in community life (e.g., how family or friends react to a speech we present). We each have our own goals for how we…

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Jamaica was so badly battered by Hurricane Melissa that officials still have no idea how many people died, government officials grimly admitted — with just four deaths confirmed on Wednesday. The island nation’s government “is not in a position to make an official statement on deaths,” Minister for Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie told reporters Wednesday. “We have not had alerts of any deaths so far. So we cannot presume that there are deaths,” he added. St. Elizabeth Parish bore the brunt of the storm and was devastated by winds and severe flooding. REUTERS The shocking situation comes…

A Philadelphia sports radio staple died at 77 following a battle with cancer.  Harry Donahue, a longtime sports and morning drive anchor at KYW Newsradio, died Wednesday, the station’s parent company, Audacy, announced.  Donahue had a 35-year career at the station, which began in 1974 as a freelance reporter before he started work as an anchor in 1979.  Harry Donahue in the KYW Newsradio studio. KYW Newsradio. Across the course of his career, Donahue served as the play-by-play voice for the USFL’s Philadelphia Stars in the 1980s, and he was the TV and radio voice for Temple University football and…