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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Health

After a Philly student dies of complications from COVID-19, teachers ask for a temporary return to virtual

While it’s not clear how the student contracted COVID, and minors tend to have much milder coronavirus symptoms on the whole, the current wave of new cases has many on edge.

5 years ago

A stolen pair of Revolutionary War era French military pistols are returned to the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Stolen 50 years ago, FBI returns antique guns to their rightful museums

Stolen 50 years ago by one man, a trove of antique Revolutionary War guns is returned to the museums they belonged to.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles fan Bill Farrell, of Philadelphia, tailgates prior to an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, in Denver
Community

Washington vs. Eagles moved to Tuesday at 7 p.m. amid COVID outbreak

"As one source said, 'the league is getting pressure to move games,'" ESPN's Adam Schefter reported.

5 years ago

Brianna Ocampo, 8, receives her second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Lurie Children's hospital registered nurse Yorman Gomez at Northwest Community Church in Chicago, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital's mobile vaccine clinic visited Belmont Cragin to help ensure adults and kids can be fully-vaccinated for the holiday season. 
The clinic was not be providing Dose 1 of the vaccine, and only provided youth and adult Dose 2, Dose 3 and booster vaccines. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Health

Pfizer study tests extra COVID vaccine dose for kids under 5

It's not clear how much the study change will delay the quest for vaccinating the youngest children.

5 years ago

People walk past the Fox School of Business
Education

Pennsylvania exempts canceled student loans from taxes

Pennsylvania will no longer impose state income taxes on public sector workers and nurses who receive student loan forgiveness from two major programs.

5 years ago

A gloved hand holds up a syringe of the COVID-19 vaccine
Health

Philly to keep giving Johnson and Johnson vax – with new warning – following CDC recommendation

Advisors to the CDC voted unanimously to downgrade recommending the J&J vaccine because in rare cases it can cause serious blood clots.

5 years ago

The University of Delaware campus in Newark. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

Mandatory boosters: University of Delaware adds new vaccine requirement

University of Delaware students must receive a booster vaccine before the spring semester starts next year.

5 years ago

Jon McKay at Vaux Big Picture High School in North Philadelphia. (Photo by Tezarah Wilkins)
Community
Love Now Media

Trauma, transformation and redemption: Life Outside The Streets takes a brain health approach to healing

Life Outside the Streets would focus on educating people about trauma and its effects on the brain so that they can recognize it and begin the healing process.

5 years ago

File photo: A worker passes a Dominion Voting ballot scanner while setting up a polling location at an elementary school in Gwinnett County, Ga., outside of Atlanta on Jan. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)
Courts & Law

Delaware judge rejects Fox News motion to dismiss lawsuit

A judge says that a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems can go forward.

5 years ago

FILE - Protestors light flares during a demonstration against measures to battle the coronavirus pandemic in Vienna, Austria, on Dec. 11, 2021. New research indicates that far-right extremists and white supremacists are gaining new followers and influence by co-opting conspiracy theories about COVID-19.  (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter, File)
Health

Far-right using COVID-19 theories to grow reach, study shows

White supremacists and far-right extremists are using the social media platform Telegram to expand their reach and recruit followers.

5 years ago

Pedestrians wait in line to get tested for COVID-19
Health

COVID-19 fears dash hopes for the holiday season — again

This year’s holiday season was supposed to be a do-over for last year’s subdued celebrations. Instead it’s turning into a redux of restrictions and rising angst.

5 years ago

TikTok
Community
6abc

Philly area schools on alert amid TikTok threat of violence

The threat, which is primarily being fueled on social media, has many school districts increasing police presence Friday.

5 years ago

Photos, candles and bottles dominate the shrine for 18-year-old Zion Davis-Shelton, who was gunned down Oct. 24 in the unit block of West 27th Street
Community

Surge in street ‘assassinations’ make 2021 Wilmington’s deadliest year for gun violence

Gun violence has been out of control in Delaware’s largest city since 2018. The mayor cites the “dissolution of social order” in some neighborhoods.

5 years ago

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This photo provided by the Cannon River Drug and Violent Task Force shows a box containing methamphetamine. (Cannon River Drug and Violent Task Force via AP)
Health

Stimulant use on the rise in Pennsylvania, new report finds

The data from Gaudenzia represents over 14,000 people treated at its facilities in 16 Pa. counties, Delaware and Maryland in FY2021.

5 years ago

A cyclist looks at a deer frolicking near Atlantic Drive at the Gateway National Recreation Area - Sandy Hook
Community

‘This is a crisis’: Fatal crashes involving cyclists and pedestrians in N.J. at highest number since 1989

A fatal crash involving a cyclist in Burlington County was the 20th incident in the state this year. Advocates say crashes are preventable.

5 years ago

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