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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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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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Courts & Law

Veteran NY judge named as arbiter in Trump Mar-a-Lago probe

Raymond Dearie, a former federal prosecutor who for years served as the chief judge of the federal court based in Brooklyn.

4 years ago

Protesters demanding the University of Pennsylvania divest from fossil fuel companies formed an encampment outside the school's administration building, camping into the morning of September 15, 2022.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Penn students camp out to demand university take further action against climate change

Nearly a dozen students slept on a campus green Wednesday night, according to an organizer. Among their demands for UPenn: divest from fossil fuels

4 years ago

The skyline in Philadelphia is pictured along the Schuylkill River
Courts & Law

Philadelphia area company accused of racism by ex-employee

Jerome Staley alleges AAMCO used him as a shining example of its diversity program while paying him $40,000 a year less than his white counterparts.

4 years ago

Protesters confront a construction crew for the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline in central Pennsylvania. (Marie Cusick / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law

Catholic nuns seek damages against pipeline company, citing religious freedom

The Adorers of the Blood of Christ say the Transco Atlantic Sunrise pipeline that runs through their land violates their commitment to care for the Earth.

4 years ago

Rowhouses are seen in Philly
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

City Council seeks to extend Philly’s eviction diversion program past December

The heralded program is currently set to expire at the end of the year. A bill moving through the City Council would change that.

4 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia Museum of Arts is opening a new department for African and African Diasporic art.  (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Arts & Entertainment

Union workers at Philadelphia Museum of Art plan one-day strike

After 22 months of negotiations with art museum management, PMA union workers are taking action with a one-day strike.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly City Council at-large seats will be filled by special election in November

Last week, just two vacancies on council were scheduled to be filled by special election. Now, all four open spots will be voted on in November.

4 years ago

Lilly Freeman holds up a that helped her transition at a rally ahead of the Central Bucks School District’s vote to remove books perceived to have sexualized content from their libraries
Education

Central Bucks West tells teachers not to use students’ preferred names and pronouns without parent approval

Central Bucks West teachers pushed back against the directive, saying they won’t deadname trans students or out them to others.

4 years ago

The state Capitol building in Harrisburg.
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Clandestine plan to force a vote on Pa. legislative gift ban fails, lawmakers shrug

Activists who want the Pennsylvania General Assembly to ban lobbyists from giving gifts to legislators thought they had a way around the institutional blockade.

4 years ago

Emergency crews on the scene at SCI Phoenix prison on Thursday morning following an accident during a training exercise. (6abc)
Courts & Law
6abc

5 law enforcement officers injured in explosion during training exercise at SCI Phoenix prison

According to authorities, three members of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad, a Pennsylvania State Police trooper and an FBI Philadelphia agent were injured.

4 years ago

Legislation sponsored by Republican state Sens. Ryan Aument and Scott Martin of Lancaster County would ban classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in kindergarten through fifth grade, claiming it’s not 'age appropriate.' (Leise Hook for Spotlight PA)
Education
Spotlight PA

Efforts to ban, restrict LGBTQ curriculum in Pa. schools hinge on who becomes the next governor

The proposed legislation would ban classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in kindergarten through fifth grade, claiming it’s not “age appropriate."

4 years ago

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Courts & Law

Judge says Delaware vote-by-mail law is unconstitutional

The judge ruled that the law violates a provision in Delaware’s constitution that spells out the circumstances under which a person is allowed to cast an absentee ballot.

4 years ago

Quinta Brunson checks on Jimmy Kimmel as he lays on stage at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards
Arts & Entertainment

‘Abbott Elementary’ creator Quinta Brunson visits Kimmel, collects apology

Brunson played her own gag on Jimmy Kimmel's Emmy prank with one of her own, and then collected an apology from the late-night host whose bit was criticized.

4 years ago

Joe Biden speaks at the Amtrak Johnstown Train Station
Politics & Policy

Biden: Tentative railway labor deal reached, averting strike

A strike starting Friday could have shut rail lines across the country. The tentative agreement will go to union members for a vote.

4 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner addresses supporters at Mother Bethel AME Church
Politics & Policy

Krasner supporters pack Philly church after Pa. House contempt vote: ‘We are supporting democracy’

The Pennsylvania state House voted to hold Philadelphia’s DA in contempt for failing to cooperate with a review of his practices as part of a GOP-led impeachment effort.

4 years ago

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