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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.
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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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Nasraddin Asramat, who runs the cash register at Bill’s Deli Market, said crowds have thinned since the store resumed business. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Community

Store reopens at Wilmington corner where six were shot; for now, it’s more peaceful

\Wilmington’s police chief shut down Bill’s Deli Market after six were wounded. Days later, they reopened. Some in the neighborhood say the climate has improved.

8 years ago

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Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

New pro-Kenney super PAC in Philly mayor’s race

A second super PAC supporting Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has emerged in a mayor’s race in which all TV advertising is from independent groups

8 years ago

The Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Getty Images)
Courts & Law
PA Post

‘Sextortion’ bill would criminalize sexual coercion in Pa.

Ten other states have criminalized sexual extortion within the past two years.

8 years ago

The dome of the Capitol is seen at sunrise in Washington, Thursday, April 18, 2019. (Cliff Owen/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

The hardball constitutional crisis has arrived

This brass-knuckled president is veritably daring Congress to impeach him.

8 years ago

The sculpture “One Way” by Chakaia Booker is the first work by an African American artist to be installed at the Delaware Art Museum’s outdoor Copeland Sculpture Garden. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Delaware Art Museum works to diversify its collection

Two-thirds of the Delaware Art Museum’s purchases in 2018 were created by women or artists of color. It’s part of an museum initiative to better reflect the community.

8 years ago

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex and Britain's Prince Harry leave after attending the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey on Commonwealth Day in London, Monday, March 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Community

Ecstatic Prince Harry says Meghan has ‘healthy’ baby boy

A beaming Prince Harry said his wife Meghan gave birth to a baby boy early Monday morning.

8 years ago

Delaware Theatre Company's 2019 production of “Honk! The Ugly Duckling Musical.” (Courtesy of Matt Urban)
Arts & Entertainment

Diversity and tolerance highlighted in Delaware Theatre Co.’s ‘Honk!’

Delaware Theatre Company’s “Honk! The Ugly Duckling Musical” is heartwarming entertainment for anyone who has ever felt like a square peg in a round-hole world.

8 years ago

Sasha Mannino (center) and Iris Peron-Ames (right), both 15, look on as Kathryn Gay speaks with them Greenfield Elementary School on Tuesday. Graduates of Greenfield, Mannino and Peron-Ames now attend Science Leadership Academy and are running their second campaign to collect tampons and other toiletries for young people in need. (Heather Khalifa/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Community
Broke in Philly

Now in high school, Philly girls revisit earlier kindness, donating tampons, other items

Sasha Mannino and Iris Peron-Ames, both 15 now and living in Fairmount — started a second collection of tampons and other toiletries, this time at their high school.

8 years ago

Weeks before the May 21 democratic primary, participants filled a room at First District Plaza for a mayoral forum. (Angela Gervasi for WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Kenney a no-show at Black Women’s Leadership event

Four African-American women’s groups sponsored a candidates forum, hoping to hear Kenney’s plans for a second term. They felt snubbed when he didn’t show.

8 years ago

Volunteers Gabby Fink (left) and Carol Rowehl (right) help Emma Reed, 6, to stay upright on horse Prince Caspian on April 7, 2019. Reed is a participant in Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy's new Stepping Forward program for children of first responders. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
Community

Kids of first responders find calm, security in the company of horses

Horses help ease the anxiety of kids worried about firefighter and paramedic parents. As they learn to feed, groom and care for the horses they also learn to let go of stress.

8 years ago

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Hannah Kaptur, a student teacher at Rainbow Elementary in Coatesville, Pa., felt that voice training made it easer to use her voice all day. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

West Chester professor wants to be a voice (coach) for teachers

More than half of teachers say they’ve had some sort of voice disorder during their career. A West Chester professor is working to help them.

8 years ago

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Jennifer O'Toole gives a talk about living with autism to a group of health professionals at Jefferson Health's Navy Yard facility. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Jefferson’s autism-friendly initiative aims to make health care better for everyone

A Jefferson initiative aims to make patient care more accommodating. It offers noise-canceling headphones, chairs that rock, and ‘fidgets’ to occupy hands.

8 years ago

In this May 31, 2018, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a visit of the Federal School Safety Commission at Hebron Harman Elementary School in Hanover, Md. Education, it’s safe to say, is not President Donald Trump’s top priority. Instead, he entrusts that realm to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who after two years has emerged as one of the most polarizing figures in the Cabinet but also one of its most enduring members. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
Education

Education head DeVos: Polarizing but enduring Cabinet member

While the White House focuses on issues such as immigration and the economy, DeVos has been free to continue her push for school choice.

8 years ago

In this June 25, 2018 photo, Joyce Green of Vineland, N.J. reacts to a winning spin at a slot machine as her husband Tom looks on inside the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. The casino formerly known as Revel will turn a profit in May after months of steep losses. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Money

Atlantic City’s Ocean Casino is finally making money

A perennially challenged Atlantic City casino will finally turn a profit this month and chart the way forward under the ownership of a New York hedge fund.

8 years ago

In a Thursday, April 4, 2019 file photo, former U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump is tapping  former border patrol chief Morgan to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Trump tweeted Sunday, May 5, 2019 that Mark Morgan
Politics & Policy

Trump taps ex-Obama border patrol chief as ICE Director

President Donald Trump is tapping a former border patrol chief who served in the Obama administration to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

8 years ago

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