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BRYN MAWR — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be honored by Bryn Mawr College for her trailblazing legal career.
The women's liberal arts school near Philadelphia announced Tuesday that Sotomayor will receive the 2015 Katharine Hepburn Medal, given to women who embody “the intelligence, drive and independence” of the Oscar-winning actress. Hepburn was a 1928 graduate of Bryn Mawr.
School officials say Sotomayor shows “an unflinching commitment to justice and a fundamental dedication to real equality in our diverse society.”
Sotomayor is the first Hispanic on the nation's highest court. She'll receive the Hepburn Medal on April 17.
PITTSBURGH — A local jury will hear the case against a western Pennsylvania medical researcher accused of having killed his neurologist wife with cyanide.Attorneys for Dr. Robert Ferrante asked Allegheny County President Judge Jeffrey Manning on Tuesday to vacate his earlier order to bring in a jury from another county for his criminal homicide trial.Authorities allege that the 65-year-old University of Pittsburgh researcher laced an energy drink with cyanide before giving it to his wife, 41-year-old Dr. Autumn Klein, in April 2013. She died three days later.
