[naviga:h2]Student to be tried in fraternity death[/naviga:h2]

INDIANA — A judge has ordered an Indiana University of Pennsylvania student to stand trial on felony homicide and assault charges over a deadly fight with his fraternity brother.

Indiana Borough police say 20-year-old Brady DiStefano choked Caleb Zweig during the February brawl. Zweig died at a hospital.

An attorney for DiStefano says both charges should be dropped after a pathologist testified there was no evidence showing Zweig was strangled. Instead, he points to a surgery performed on Zweig to correct a heart defect.

A trial date for DiStefano has not been set.

[naviga:h2]Gay legislator hits back at online troll[/naviga:h2]

PHILADELPHIA — An openly gay politician hit back at an Internet troll who posted a slur on his Facebook page — by calling the man’s grandmother.

WCAU-TV reports Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Sims, who represents a downtown Philadelphia district, saw the slur referencing blacks and gays Wednesday morning as he scrolled through his Facebook feed.

Sims posted on the man’s page that “She and I had a very disappointing chat about you.”

The Democrat has made gay rights a top prioritys.