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A Philly design agency wants people to help spread awareness about the 988 mental health crisis line
The Jeme Agency’s new online 988 awareness branding tool includes thousands of images and designs that people can pick from.
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Listen 1:23Climate Fixers: Philly’s Get Fresh Daily wants you to eat your veggies
Jiana Murdic is on a mission to get Black communities to embrace a plant-based diet and live Earth-centered lives.
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Philly residential parking rate hike includes limits on number of vehicles per household
In addition to the three-vehicle limit, there are new rules for temporary parking permits that change how many passes residents can buy.
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Philly Gas Commission passes rules that limit public participation in PGW budget process
The city argues the new rules make proceedings more efficient, but climate activists say they’re being shut out.
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atTAcK addiction offered support and resources to incoming students at the University of Delaware in hopes of preventing overdose deaths.
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Listen 1:20Delaware County elected officials accuse the California-based Prospect Medical Holdings of starving Crozer Health to line the company’s coffers.
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Former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie will teach a course on running for office at Yale
The weekly seminar taught by Christie is titled “How to Run a Political Campaign” and is open to undergraduates as well as graduate students studying global affairs.
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Army says Arlington National Cemetery worker was ‘pushed aside’ by Trump aides
The statement Thursday comes in response to NPR's reporting on former President Donald Trump's visit to Arlington and an altercation his staff had with a cemetery employee.
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How swing states came to be critical in U.S. presidential elections
Most states consistently vote red or blue — between 2000 and 2016, 38 states voted for the same political party — but swing states are less predictable.
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Auditor faults Pennsylvania agency over fees from Medicaid-funded prescriptions
A review by Pa.'s elected financial watchdog says there are shortcomings in a state agency’s oversight of fees paid to pharmacy benefit managers in the Medicaid program.
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Speaking from the depths, Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ continues to inspire
A new special about Bruce Springsteen's 1982 album “Nebraska” debuts Aug. 31 on WHYY. Host Matt Guilhem discusses the album’s legacy with music biographer Warren Zanes.
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Listen 8:19Chaka Khan, Les Misérables and the Polish American Festival in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
Aug. 29 - Sept. 1: James Taylor in Philly, the Glassboro Car Show and Food Truck Festival in New Jersey and the People’s Festival in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlight
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Listen 5:11Conservationists find mussel life near Pennypack on the Delaware
Finding mussel life in the Delaware River is a sign of good water quality, conservationists say.
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Listen 1:13‘Completely unacceptable’: Nearly two dozen Philly libraries closed this summer due to A/C issues
Philly libraries are used as cooling centers during extreme heat. But many have unreliable A/C.
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Jury finds ex-politician guilty of murder in 2022 killing of Las Vegas investigative reporter
A jury in Nevada has found a Democratic former Las Vegas-area politician guilty of murder in the killing of an investigative journalist.
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