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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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File photo: A picture of Mountain Region Champion Little League team member Easton Oliverson, from Santa Clara, Utah, is shown on the scoreboard at Volunteer Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Little League World Series baseball tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Wednesday, Aug 17, 2022. Oliverson was injured when he fell out of a bunk bed at the dormitory complex. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Community

Boy hurt in fall at Little League World Series alert, walks

An Instagram account the family set up to share updates said he is back in a standard hospital room and can communicate with his parents.

4 years ago

File photo: People shop at an Apple Store in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
Community

Apple warns of security flaw for iPhones, iPads and Macs

Security experts have advised users to update affected devices — the iPhone6S and later models, newer iPads and Mac computers running MacOS Monterey.

4 years ago

Darby NAACP President Sheila Carter speaks Thursday at a news conference at Sharon Hill Borough Council demanding release of a lawyer's report on the death of Fanta Bility and police  policies and procedures on deadly force. Philadelphia NAACP President Cathy Hicks is at far right. (Abdul R, Sulayman/ Tribune Photo)
Courts & Law
The Philadelphia Tribune

Activists demand full report on Fanta Bility shooting

After a grand jury investigation, three Sharon Hill police officers were arrested in January and charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment.

4 years ago

Defense attorney Nathaniel Barone, left, and Hadi Matar, 24, right, listen during an arraignment in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, NY., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022.  Matar was arrested Aug. 12 after he rushed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and stabbed Salman Rushdie in front of a horrified crowd. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)
Courts & Law

Judge denies bail for Rushdie’s attacker, bars interviews

Hadi Matar appeared in a western New York courtroom after a grand jury indicted him on charges that he rushed the stage and stabbed Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institution.

4 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline is pictured at night
Health

Philly launches primary care finder tool to help connect residents to free and low-cost providers

The city’s health department launched a web-based tool this week with the goal of making it easier for residents to identify where they can seek free and low-cost primary care

4 years ago

Rowhouses in North Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Community

Data highlights racial disparities in mortgage lending at TD Bank in Philly region

Between 2018 and 2020, TD bank denied a higher percentage of Black applicants seeking residential mortgage loans than white applicants.

4 years ago

Pa. Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro criticized his opponent's stance on labor unions during a campaign stop on Aug. 18, 2022. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Democratic candidate Josh Shapiro rallies with union supporters during campaign stop

Union supporters held signs and chanted their support for Shapiro’s bid as the race for Pennsylvania Governor nears the final stretch.

4 years ago

Harold Verner III was the first player to tee off Thursday. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Our Super Bowl’: Golf fans celebrate as top PGA stars tee off in Wilmington

Officials expect the biggest sporting event in the history of northern Delaware to draw more than 130,000 fans, and pump tens of millions of dollars into the economy.

4 years ago

File photo: Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson throws during NFL football practice in Berea, Ohio, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/David Dermer, File)
Courts & Law

Deshaun Watson suspended 11 games, fined $5 million after settling with NFL

The league had sought to ban him for at least one year for violating its personal conduct policy.

4 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers' James Harden reacts during the second half of Game 4 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Miami Heat, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Community

76ers to play 34 nationally televised games, including Christmas Day

The 76ers to kick off the season with a nationally televised away game against defending Eastern Conference Champions, the Boston Celtics, on Oct. 18.

4 years ago

A sign for Crozer Health is visible in the foreground, with buildings in the background.
Health

ChristianaCare backs out of deal to buy Crozer Health from Prospect Medical Holdings

Crozer is planning to return to nonprofit status as it seeks to evaluate the services that it offers at its hospitals.

4 years ago

State Rep. Stephen Kinsey and Pastor Rob Harrison look over a map of Northwest Philadelphia.
Community

Ending the ‘silos’: Northwest Philly anti-violence groups seek to collaborate with lawmakers

Northwest Philly advocates say red tape and poor communication remain the biggest impediments to making a dent in the city’s gun violence crisis.

4 years ago

The Capitol building is pictured in Harrisburg
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. lawmakers are set to get huge raises next year. They can return them, but almost nobody does

Inflation is pushing the Pa. legislature’s annual cost-of-living adjustments even higher, with base salaries expected to exceed $100,000 in 2023.

4 years ago

From left, Verdine White, Ralph Johnson and Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire perform at the Race to Erase MS drive-in event at the Rose Bowl, Friday, June 4, 2021, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Folk Fest, Santana and Earth Wind & Fire, Clay Fest in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

As the summer days wane, The Philadelphia Folk Festival celebrates 60 years. Plus Ardmore Rock & Ride and cultural festivals at Penn’s Landing.

4 years ago

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Education

Delaware battling teacher shortages as students prepare to return to classroom this fall

HB315 will open up $2 million in grant funding to help staff low-income districts considered to have a “high need” for substitutes.

4 years ago

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