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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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Education

Here’s what could happen to UArts’ $61 million endowment and its historic campus

UArts is still responsible for ensuring its endowment is spent the way donors intended. Regulators will control the transition of both buildings and the money.

2 years ago

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Hayley Arceneaux
Health

Fit to fly? Penn researchers find some temporary cognitive decline among civilians who travel into space

In 2021, four people became the first all-civilian team to orbit Earth multiple times. Researchers studied their cognition, behavior and psychological performance.

2 years ago

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The Delaware General Assembly in session at the Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware
Politics & Policy

Delaware Senate could soon vote on end-of-life legislation

A bill would allow terminally ill people with less than six months to live to request medication to end their lives.

2 years ago

Listen 0:56
Dancers rehearse a movement called ''Rock Family''
Arts & Entertainment

‘Blood Baby’ explores queer parenting with dance, theater and installation

Meg Foley’s multisite, multidisciplinary festival puts queer parenting on par with shifting tectonic plates.

2 years ago

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Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump motions to the crowd after speaking at a campaign rally Sunday, June 9, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Politics & Policy

Trump campaign opens outreach office in a heavily Latino part of Pennsylvania

President Donald Trump’s campaign has teamed up with the Republican National Committee and the Pennsylvania GOP to open a “Latino Americans for Trump” office in Reading.

2 years ago

Bob Menendez
Courts & Law

New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor testifies for government in Sen. Bob Menendez prosecution

His testimony Wednesday represented the second time that a top law enforcement figure has said the Democrat tried to speak about a criminal case affecting a businessman.

2 years ago

Penn's Lia Thomas waits to swim in a qualifying heat of the 200 yard freestyle at the Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard University, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Cambridge, Mass. Thomas, who is transitioning to female, is swimming for the University of Pennsylvania's women's team
Community

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas fails in challenge to rules that bar her from elite women’s races

Rules bar the former Penn swimmer from competing in the Paris Olympics.

2 years ago

State Senator Nikil Saval arrested at the Aramark protest. (@SenatorSaval/X)
Community
6abc

Police arrest Aramark workers, state Sen. Nikil Saval protesting in Center City

About 300 union members stood in solidarity outside Aramark's headquarters in Philadelphia.

2 years ago

People on the beach
Politics & Policy
6abc

Wildwood bans backpacks on N.J. beach, boardwalk after chaotic start to season

Wildwood has had a chaotic start to the season after rowdy groups of teens on the boardwalk forced the resort to declare a state of emergency over Memorial Day Weekend.

2 years ago

Beachgoers enjoy the sand and surf in North Wildwood N.J. on July 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Community

Jersey Shore cops, pols want to hold parents responsible for kids’ rowdy actions after melees

Police chiefs and Republican lawmakers say parents should be held responsible for the actions of their children that create disturbances or damage in public places.

2 years ago

Jay-Z
Education

Here’s what you need to know about Jay-Z’s campaign to help Philly students afford private school

Jay-Z’s Roc Nation is hosting events in Philly to give information to families about a bill proposal slated to provide funds for students who want to attend private schools.

2 years ago

SEPTA trolley
Community
6abc

SEPTA’s historic trolleys to return to Girard Avenue

Beginning June 16, the restored 1947 trolleys will once again provide service from Port Richmond to West Philadelphia along Route 15 on Girard Avenue.

2 years ago

pencil sharpener in a classroom
Education
Spotlight PA

Jay-Z enters one of Pa.’s messiest political fights

Jay-Z’s company Roc Nation is funding informational events to get Philadelphians on board with using taxpayer money for private school vouchers.

2 years ago

Jerry West and Kobe Bryant
Community

Jerry West, a 3-time Hall of Fame selection and the inspiration for the NBA logo, dies at 86

West was “the personification of basketball excellence and a friend to all who knew him,” the Clippers said in announcing his death.

2 years ago

Tree on the park grounds
Politics & Policy

Delaware County ditches plan to place mental health facility at Delco Woods

Delco’s previous decision to assess the possibility of placing long-term structured residences at the county’s largest park garnered widespread criticism.

2 years ago

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