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Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, and the biases that shape our choices.

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police officer pepper spraying a protester
Courts & Law

Judge rules retrial of ex-Philadelphia officer in 2020 protest actions should be held outside city

Richard Paul Nicoletti, whose previous trial ended in a mistrial, faced charges including simple assault and reckless endangerment.

2 years ago

Anthony Allegrini Sr. and Jennifer Allegrini hold a photo of their son, Anthony Allegrini Jr.
Courts & Law

Facts don’t line up in the police shooting of Anthony Allegrini Jr., independent investigator says

Law enforcement officials still haven’t released findings about the Pa. state trooper killing of 18-year-old Anthony Allegrini Jr. on June 4.

2 years ago

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington.
Courts & Law

Special counsel got a search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Trump’s account, documents say

The court filing says the court “found probable cause to search the Twitter account for evidence of criminal offenses.”

2 years ago

File photo: In this Thursday, March 11, 2021 file photo, desks are arranged in a classroom at an elementary school in Nesquehoning, Pa
Education

Test results show Delaware students are continuing to struggle after post-COVID return to classrooms

Test results for the 22-23 school year show that only 40% of students in grades 3-8 scored proficiently in English language arts, a 2 percentage point decline from last year.

2 years ago

A copy of the book ''And Tango Makes Three'' is photographed on a bookstore shelf in Chicago, Nov. 16, 2006.
Education

Shakespeare and penguin book get caught in Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ laws

Several Shakespeare plays use suggestive puns and innuendo, and it is implied that the protagonists have had premarital sex in “Romeo and Juliet.”

2 years ago

firetrucks responding ata scene
Community
6abc

Firefighters on scene of hazardous materials spill in Downingtown

The county's hazardous response team shut down streets in the area when the call came in around 10 a.m. Wednesday.

2 years ago

Fireworks explode over the Philadelphia Museum of Art during an Independence Day celebration, Friday, July 4, 2014, in Philadelphia.
Arts & Entertainment

Philly philanthropies launch $9 million fund for America’s 250th birthday

America’s 250th birthday is coming in 2026, along with the World Cup, All-Star Game, and PGA Tour. Will you be ready?

2 years ago

(Courtesy of 6abc)
Community
6abc

Wrong-way driver causes chain-reaction crash in Havertown; 4 people hurt

Chopper footage showed an SUV in the air wedged between a SEPTA bus and a tractor-trailer.

2 years ago

The Philadelphia metro area has recovered all its jobs since the COVID-19 pandemic began, this includes retail stores such as those along Fairmount Avenue. (Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Money

Philadelphia Fed president says regional economy on track for ‘soft landing’

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s president forecasts inflation decline without more interest rate hikes.

2 years ago

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A contractor installs an LED street light
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly starts replacing its street lights with more efficient LEDs

The project is expected to cut the energy used by street lights in half, saving enough electricity annually to power nearly 3,700 homes.

2 years ago

Gillian Gehri holds up Narcan
Health

‘I didn’t have it in my bag before’: Incoming Penn students say carrying Narcan is shaping their outlook on medicine

Many new first-year Penn Medicine students had never administered or carried Narcan nasal spray before attending the school’s third consecutive naloxone “boot camp.”

2 years ago

Bottles of tomato sauce on a supermarket shelf
Community

Camden-based Campbell Soup will buy maker of Rao’s sauces for $2.7 billion

The transaction will help diversify and strengthen Campbell’s Meals & Beverages division, Campbell’s President and CEO Mark Clouse said in a statement.

2 years ago

People surround a sign that reads
Arts & Entertainment

Made In America festival canceled

The annual music festival at Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway was set to include headliners Lizzo and SZA. Tickets will be refunded.

2 years ago

inside a warehouse
Urban Planning
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. advocacy group’s guide encourages municipalities to update distribution center zoning laws

Recently, PennFuture released a model zoning law and guidebook for logistics center developments. They hope municipalities across Pa. will use it to update zoning ordinances.

2 years ago

Otis Pena (left) a friend of O'Shae Sibley, walks off stage after speaking during a celebration of life for Sibley on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, at The Met Philadelphia, in Philadelphia
Community

Friends gather in Philadelphia to remember O’Shae Sibley, killed in a confrontation over dancing

Sibley's friend Otis Pena called Sibley “a beacon of light.”

2 years ago

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