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EPA announces new plan to clean up arsenic contamination at Vineland chemical site
The Vineland Chemical Company produced arsenic-based herbicides and fungicides for 45 years, causing widespread contamination.
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Montgomery County launches voter services chatbot ‘Mo’
The generative AI-powered chatbot uses information from Montgomery County’s voter services website to answer basic election questions.
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Listen 0:48WHYY’s ‘Fresh Air’ co-hosts each receive lifetime achievement honors
Terry Gross and Tonya Mosley are being honored, respectively, by the Radio Television Digital News Association and EBONY magazine.
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After a disappointing loss to Chicago last year, volunteers in Philadelphia say they hope to prove a point while also cleaning up the streets.
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2 Philadelphia theaters are first in line to produce new Broadway shows
The Arden Theatre and Philadelphia Theatre Company were first to secure rights to “Girl from the North Country” and “Liberation.”
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Educators say the plan opens old wounds from a previous effort where the money went to outside consultants instead of teachers’ classrooms.
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Listen 1:04In 2025, international student enrollment declined for the first time in years, leading to an estimated $50 million loss for Pennsylvania.
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Listen 1:50Modern research shows that breast cancer can be treated with chemotherapy during pregnancy with safe outcomes for mother and baby.
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Listen 5:03How one Upper Darby vintage synth shop is preserving old tech in the age of ‘disposable electronics’
Since starting in 2016, Bell Tone Synth Works has repaired instruments for influential artists such as Roger Waters and Dan Deacon.
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Listen 4:05Children account for 45% of e-scooter-related injuries, according to a Johns Hopkins study.
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Philadelphia’s Chinatown celebrates resilience, immigrant rights at Mid-Autumn Festival
Asian Americans United founded the festival in 1995 to mark the holiday, celebrated widely across Asia, that honors family reunions and the end of harvest season.
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Listen 0:58PGW upgrading infrastructure to cut a small fraction of its climate pollution
The project will reduce methane releases and cut the utility's overall greenhouse gas emissions by a fraction of a percent.
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The 40,000-square-foot facility, dubbed “The Generator,” is set to break ground in fall 2027 and open in early 2029.
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‘It’s going to be a genocide’: HIV activists from N.Y. and Philadelphia rally at City Hall
Over 100 HIV activists, nonprofit leaders and a city council member took to City Hall this afternoon to demand a reversal of President Donald Trump’s Medicaid cuts.
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The Welcoming Center to release new report on immigration’s impact in Philadelphia region
An Oct. 6 event will explore data on immigrant entrepreneurship, homeownership, education and more.
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