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Penn Museum’s new Native North America exhibition collaborates with Indigenous curators
Eight curators from eight Indigenous nations redesigned Penn Museum’s Native North America display.
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Council members contend foster care support is lacking in Philadelphia
Council members want to know what happens when 43% of youth “age out” of the system and have to find a job and a home of their own.
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New Jersey sets April 2026 special election as Sherrill resigns House seat ahead of inauguration
Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday set the primary for Feb. 5 and the special general election for April 16.
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Philadelphia Art Museum’s new director and CEO will be Daniel H. Weiss
Weiss has ties to the Philly region and had been the head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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Listen 0:55Sea-level rise accelerates in New Jersey, raising coastal flooding risk, study says
Landmark report forecasts water levels and temperature gain but avoids policy prescriptions.
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Philly native Mo’ne Davis drafted 10th overall in first Women’s Professional Baseball League draft
Mo'ne Davis, the household name more than a decade ago as a Little League World Series star, was drafted into the WPBL on Thursday night.
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What Philly’s new Michelin stars mean for the city’s food scene
Local food critic Jon Deutsch dives into Philadelphia’s fine dining scene with WHYY’s “Morning Edition” host Jennifer Lynn.
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Listen 6:02What to know about the Justice Department’s Jeffrey Epstein files
Here’s a look at what’s expected to be made public, what isn’t, and a refresher on how we got to this point with the files on Jeffrey Epstein.
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Philly school board hears on closures, stalled contracts and student wellness
Thursday’s board meeting featured principals and parents alike concerned about the state of contract negotiations and school closures.
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Philly punk band Open City returns for benefit show supporting immigrant advocacy group
After five years away, the punk supergroup returns to the stage Sunday for a show benefitting the human rights organization Juntos.
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‘Not Safe’ For Teens opens a haunted house of teenage political anxieties in former Philly church
With “You Are Here,” teenagers carve out their own space in West Philly to express themselves freely.
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Listen 2:50Delmarva’s legal power forces 2 villages to vacate laws banning new electricity towers
The “tree huggers” of Ardentown and Ardencroft wanted Delaware’s dominant utility to reroute a project to replace seven high-voltage towers.
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Listen 2:07Transit advocates gathered at the Friends Center in Center City to hear from legislators their thoughts on the state budget.
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Listen 1:10Upper Makefield jet fuel leak prompts U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick to propose pipeline safety reforms
Kristine Wojnovich's well water is contaminated from the Sunoco pipeline leak. She hopes the legislation will protect other communities at risk of contamination.
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Listen 0:56After 47 years and 16,000 babies, a Bryn Mawr birth center will close its doors early next year
The Lifecycle Wellness and Birth Center will stop delivering babies by Feb. 15 and wind down all other services by late March.
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