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Just keep swimming: A New Jersey swimmer’s journey to the English Channel
This week, a New Jersey swimmer heads out to swim the English Channel. Guided by local inspirations, Andrew Robinson is ready for the challenge.
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Listen 3:45One Brandywine administrator was fired, two school leaders had their pay docked, and a state official received unspecified discipline in the John Arnold scandal.
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Listen 2:05Fast fashion is creating more and more clothing waste. A PhD student at University of Delaware has a new and simple solution.
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A museum of formerly incarcerated people opens in Germantown
The Formerly Incarcerated Renaissance Museum documents the resilience and creativity of people during and after their prison sentences.
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Embattled Camden school advisory board president resists calls to step down as meeting ends in chaos
Residents and activists spent more than an hour calling on Wasim Muhammad to leave the board before the meeting went out of control.
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‘We can learn from them’: Transit professionals to gather in Philly for green bus conference
It will be the first time the Zero Emissions Bus Conference has come to the East Coast. Organizers say there’s growing interest across the country.
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Trump campaign staff had altercation with official at Arlington National Cemetery
Two staff members had a verbal and physical incident Monday with an official at Arlington National Cemetery, where the former president took part in a wreath-laying ceremony.
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Harris campaign highlights affordable housing, inflation plans
Kamala Harris has a new ad for her plan to build 3 million new homes. Her campaign also plans to hold housing affordability events in Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh.
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Resident doctors at Penn Medicine to demand contract both inside and outside the hospitals this week
After almost a year of negotiations, the big sticking point now is over wages. Residents say they make a little above minimum wage after accounting for long hours.
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Listen 1:27Feds file new indictment in Trump Jan. 6 case, keeping charges intact but narrowing allegations
The new indictment removes a section of the indictment that dealt with Donald Trump’s interactions with the Justice Department.
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Philly school district sued over Nicolas Elizade’s killing
The mother of a 14-year-old who was shot and killed after a high school football scrimmage in Roxborough is suing the School District of Philadelphia in federal court.
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More than 200 former Republican presidential staffers endorse Harris over Trump
In a letter, 238 people who worked for George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, John McCain and Mitt Romney ask “moderate Republicans and conservative independents” to back Harris.
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Kelces cash in: Travis and Jason Kelce take popular ‘New Heights’ podcast to Amazon’s Wondery
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his brother, former Eagles center Jason Kelce, are taking their popular “New Heights” podcast to Amazon’s Wondery under a three-year deal.
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The city has finally released its Sixers arena impact studies. Here’s what they say
The four analyses are expected to help stakeholders weigh the value of building a privately funded basketball arena in Center City.
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Listen 11:57RFK may be unable to withdraw his name from ballots in some swing states
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he'd seek to remove his name from about 10 battleground state ballots, but an NPR review finds it is likely not possible in certain states.
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