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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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storm damage
Weather

More than 3 million without power after Hurricane Milton slams Florida, causes deaths and flooding

The storm tracked to the south in the final hours and made landfall as a Category 3 storm Wednesday night in Siesta Key, about 70 miles south of Tampa.

2 years ago

Stevie Wonder performs
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Stevie Wonder, Chinatown Night Market and the Scrapple and Apple Fest in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Oct. 10–13: OURfest in Philly, Atlantic City Comedy Festival in New Jersey and Diamond State Black Film Festival in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

2 years ago

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chips of paint
Science

Pennsylvania to receive $43 million in federal funds to remove lead paint from homes

More than 70% of homes in Pennsylvania are estimated to have been built before the 1978 lead paint ban, leaving many kids vulnerable to lead poisoning.

2 years ago

Listen 1:05
St. Joseph’s Family Hope Center
Community

As temperatures dip, the stakes rise for one of Delco’s only family shelters

The family shelter in Brookhaven is facing imminent closure after a local church sold the building it operates in to the borough.

2 years ago

Listen 1:10
a parked electric school bus
Education

Schools in Pa. and N.J. are getting money for electric school buses

Electric buses don’t release tailpipe pollution, so they’re better for the climate and healthier for kids.

2 years ago

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Carlos Estévez walks off the field and looks up
Arts & Entertainment

Phillies out of the playoffs after 1-4 loss to Mets in NLDS Game 4

It was a bitter exit for the NL East champion Phillies, who won 95 games and finished six ahead of the wild-card Mets during the regular season.

2 years ago

People line up outside a school board meeting in Souderton
Education

Souderton Area School District is sued, drops ID checks at Wednesday’s board meeting

The complaint alleges the school district violated the state Sunshine Act by excluding people without photo IDs at two recent board meetings.

2 years ago

Listen 1:10
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Community
6abc

Philadelphia homicides drop; Mayor Parker says work needs to continue

A 6abc data team found there were 10 homicides in the city in September. That's the lowest number of homicides in one month since April 2015, when there were six.

2 years ago

Sickle Cell disease
Health

Philadelphia health providers and patients seek a new treatment roadmap for sickle cell disease after drug recall

Voxelotor, which was sold under the brand name Oxbryta, was suddenly pulled from the market over safety concerns from clinical trials outside the U.S.

2 years ago

Listen 4:28
Boxes containing Electoral College votes
Politics & Policy

What is the Electoral College and how does the U.S. use it to elect presidents?

Here's a look at the Electoral College and how it works, as Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris compete for the White House on Election Day, Nov. 5.

2 years ago

Harris-Walz supporters cheer
Politics & Policy

Democrats hope the latest court rulings restricting abortion energize voters as election nears

Advocates hope the rulings will serve as reminders about what’s at stake in a post-Roe America just weeks before a presidential election partly defined by abortion rights.

2 years ago

Trump Bible
Politics & Policy

Trump has long blasted China’s trade practices. His ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were printed there

The Trump Bible’s connection to China reveals a deep divide between the former president’s harsh anti-China rhetoric and his rush to cash in while campaigning.

2 years ago

Flooding after the hurricane
Weather

Climate change boosted Helene’s deadly rain and wind and scientists say same is likely for Milton

The warming climate boosted Helene's wind speeds by about 13 miles per hour, and made the high sea temperatures that fueled the storm 200 to 500 times more likely.

2 years ago

Mark Cohen
Courts & Law

Philadelphia judge receives unpaid suspension for his political posts on Facebook

The court imposed the punishment against Common Pleas Judge Mark B. Cohen, who before he became a judge spent more than four decades as a Democratic state representative.

2 years ago

David McMahon and Sarah Burns speak
Arts & Entertainment

WHYY Media Lab students hear advice from filmmakers Sarah Burns and David McMahon ahead of documentary premiere

The two-part, four-hour documentary on Leonardo da Vinci will air on WHYY Channel 12 on Nov. 18 and 19 at 8 p.m.

2 years ago

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