Jefferson Health has announced the expansion of Thomas Jefferson University into the Lehigh Valley starting later this year. The network plans to offer onsite and online nursing education at the Lehigh Valley Health Network Center for Healthcare Education in Center Valley. Graduate level programs will include doctor of nursing practice in nurse anesthesia, master of science in nursing, doctor of nursing practice in gerontology, acute care nurse practitioner, family nurse practitioner and mental health nurse practitioner, among other programs and specialties.
About 15 months after a fatal crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the woman who allegedly was responsible is in police custody. 25-year-old Onanyeli Rosario-Mesa, of Allentown, was arrested Wednesday in Northeast Philadelphia by members of the U.S. Marshals Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force. She was allegedly driving the wrong way on the turnpike when investigators say she slammed into a group of motorcyclists, killing 50-year-old John Sweeney Jr. His son, Colin, says the fact that Rosario-Mesa hid from authorities tells you what kind of person she is. "That tells me what kind of person she is. She didn't really care. She didn't care about huring my family, hurting me," Sweeney says. Rosario-Mesa's bail has been set at $500,000.
OSHA is launching an investigation after authorities say a man fell to his death while working as a contractor at an IMAX theater in Reading. Police said the man slipped while working above the ceiling of the R/C Reading Movies 11 and IMAX on North Second Street and fell about 50 feet Wednesday morning. The man was reportedly wearing a safety harness at the time of the incident, but it did not hold. He is identified as 71-year-old Robert Franklin.
Sunday is Mother's Day and Pennsylvanians may spend a record amount on the special women in their life. The National Retail Federation says consumers are expected to spend a record $38 billion this year, which breaks down to about $284 per-person. Flowers remain the most popular gift, followed by food, wine or beverages, jewelry, special outings, and experiences such as concert tickets or spa days.
An almost nine foot long great white shark tagged and tracked by research group OCEARCH was hanging out off the Jersey Shore Tuesday night. The researchers named the juvenile female great white Nori, and said Nori pinged several miles offshore between Atlantic City and Sea Isle City. She is OCEARCH's first tagged shark to make it to New Jersey this spring. The non-profit research group collects migration info and biological data from the apex predators to learn more about them, and said Nori spent the winter off the Carolinas before making her way north this spring.
Two Jersey Shore beaches are being named among the cleanest in the country. Point Pleasant Beach and Stone Harbor Beach each made the list compiled by Islands-dot-com, that ranked beach cleanliness based on data from state health departments across the country. Data for Point Pleasant beach shows it passes state standards for cleanliness at least 95-percent of the time, while Stone Harbor boasts 30 miles of pure coastline with far fewer typical Jersey Shore shops and amusements. Renowned beaches like California's Coronado Beach and Hawaii's Wailea Beach also made the cut.
The 76ers had never come back from a 3-1 playoff series deficit to win a series until doing so last week against Boston. Now, they'll have to do something the franchise has never done before either and that's come back from a 2-0 series deficit after a 108-102 loss to the Knicks Wednesday night. Head coach Nick Nurse says his team played well offensively, but struggled making shots. "I thought our guys did a really good job on making the right reads. I thought we passed the ball good. We had four wide open shots in a row that didn't go. We just needed to keep the scoreboard moving and played great offense. We just didn't shot make," Nurse said. Game three is tomorrow night in Philadelphia.
When the Flyers host the Hurricanes in game three of their playoff series tonight, they'll do it without center Noah Cates, who head coach Rick Tocchet says is out through the remainder of this series. "He's a huge part. He's Mr. Consistency all year. He does a lot of things for us, but it's no different than any other team, it's the next man up," Tocchet said. Carolina leads the series 2-0.