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Philly schools will not cut 340 classroom jobs amid budget cuts, Mayor Parker says
Parker did not immediately say where the money would come from, but she said her team worked to find a “predictable and recurring revenue source.”
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Listen 1:15At a WHYY community event, historians and residents examined how one formerly enslaved woman's fight for freedom reveals the contradictions at the heart of America's founding.
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Delaware Supreme Court hears arguments over constitutionality of age-restricted gun law
Delaware gun rights advocates cheered last year’s overturning of the gun control law, but took issue with the court’s method.
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Listen 0:47“Información anónima” llevó a los investigadores de ICE a solicitar los registros salariales de 15 empresas, según declaró la fiscal general.
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El museo de Delaware combina obras de cinco artistas de la región con su colección histórica para explorar la raza, la identidad y quiénes están incluidos.
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Delaware’s use of its unclaimed property funding has led some to call it a “piggy bank.”
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Listen 0:56Temple study finds adults who got gender-affirming surgeries happy with results, not the process
As governments try to limit gender-affirming surgeries for adults, researchers looked at how the process can be better for those who can get them.
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Listen 1:41Pennsylvania Democrats rally in support of ‘ICE Out’ bills in state Senate
The legislation comes as U.S. House Republicans look to pass a $70 billion spending package for immigration enforcement.
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Listen 1:01Trump administration warns more than 500 hospitals to provide more price information or face fines
Failing to comply with the warnings comes with penalties as high as $2 million a year.
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‘Swarthmore 9’ appear in court to face trespassing charges tied to Gaza protest encampment
The students and activists, who could be the first convicted for a campus protest encampment, are facing up to a year in jail.
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Listen 1:19In the AI era, New Jersey relies on humans and a 1911 invention to spot wildfires
Perched 100 feet above the Pine Barrens, a man in a tower uses a century-old system to stop fire in its tracks.
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Listen 6:34The multi-disciplinary “Pepperpot” performance brings to life the 18th-century peddlers' songs from Philadelphia’s cobblestone streets.
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Listen 3:10After 50 years as an interview host, Gross fields questions from Nézet-Séguin about opera, life choices and smoking.
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Listen 1:34City of Camden suspends EMR’s junkyard license after 2-alarm fire
The May fire was the latest of over a dozen at facilities run by EMR in Camden since 2020. The suspension will be reevaluated in early July.
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Listen 1:00Violet Grohl plays short but sweet set at Philly’s World Stage
The daughter of rock star Dave Grohl played a sold-out concert that was cut short because she said she wasn’t feeling well.
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