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Meet the Philly-area winemaker who isn’t afraid of a little glitter in her glass
The founder of a Black-owned micro-winery in Hatboro looks to triple her sales in 2024.
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Listen 1:20The report comes after the settlement of a lawsuit that accused the state of being complicit in the disparities experienced by low-income students and others.
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Listen 1:176-year-old boy traveling from Philadelphia to visit grandma for Christmas put on wrong Spirit flight
The boy's grandmother had to pick him up from the Orlando airport instead of Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers.
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N.J. has a new diversion program for people with mental illness who commit certain types of crimes
People with mental illness who commit certain crimes in N.J. may be diverted out of the criminal justice system.
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Listen 1:29Editor’s note: Civic dialogue will take root in newsrooms in 2024
Civic dialogue in news promotes the next level of public service journalism.
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Philly fire commissioner tapped to be city’s next managing director
Thiel, who has led the city’s fire department since 2016, says he’s ready to take on the challenge. “As our folks will say in the fire department," he said, “‘We got this.’”
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Listen 1:00Philly is the first city in the U.S. to ban medical deportations. Here’s what that means
The new law provides guidelines for how hospitals should treat immigrant patients and gives immigrants more say.
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Listen 0:48Despite ethics concerns, Shapiro will keep accepting tickets from a group that gets state money
Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s gift ban says he can’t take tickets from groups with “financial relations with the Commonwealth."
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Biden orders strikes on an Iranian-aligned group after 3 U.S. troops injured in drone attack in Iraq
The latest attack on U.S. troops follows months of escalating threats and actions against American forces in the region since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
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Matt Quinn of Mt. Joy says it was ‘truly a dream’ aiding charities during 2 shows at Johnny Brenda’s
“If you would have told me that I could even get a show at Johnny Brenda's would have been a dream,” Matt Quinn told WHYY News.
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Listen 1:11With photos and audio, a new exhibition highlights Chinese migration to Costa Rica, and how the people and their culture changed over time.
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Listen 3:20To die for: The Science History Institute shows us how we dye
A new exhibition at the Science History Institute, BOLD, tracks the cultural and environmental impacts of synthetic dyes.
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Listen 2:57Camden lacks transitional housing for homeless youth. Here’s what is being done about it
Organizations and Camden County work to address a lack of transitional housing in Camden to get youth acclimated to adulthood.
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Listen 4:41Eagles end 3-game skid, keep NFC East title hopes alive with 33-25 win over Giants
The Eagles need to win their final two games against Arizona and a rematch against the Giants to clinch the NFC East.
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Philly is ready to light its first official kinara for the start of Kwanzaa
Local artist Maisha Sullivan-Ongoza created the kinara and says she’s elated that the city has finally added the symbol central to Kwanzaa.
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