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Philadelphia 76ers' James Harden reacts to ringing the bell before the team's NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

James Harden culture guide: 8 things you might not know about the new Sixers star

He’s on the board of Saks and co-owns a women’s soccer team.

4 years ago

FILE - Mickey and Minnie Mouse perform during a parade as they pass by the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The theme park resort announced Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, that face coverings will be optional for fully-vaccinated visitors in all indoor and outdoor locations, with one exception. Face masks still will be needed for visitors ages 2 and older on enclosed transportation, such as the resort's monorail, buses and the resort's sky gondola
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Health Care
Public Health
Travel

Disney theme parks say face masks are now optional for vaccinated visitors

However, Disney says guests who aren't fully vaccinated must continue to wear face coverings in all indoor locations.

4 years ago

The main parking lot at the Los Angeles Angels Tempe Diablo Stadium remains closed as pitchers and catchers are not starting spring training workouts as scheduled as the Major League Baseball lockout enters its 77th day and will prevent pitchers and catchers from taking the field for the first time since October in Tempe, Ariz., Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
National
Sports

Lockout gets real: MLB’s spring showcase goes silent

It’s Day 77 of a lockout that’s become the second-longest work stoppage in baseball history.

4 years ago

Brooklyn Nets' Ben Simmons, right, looks on during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin)
Mental Health
National
Philadelphia
Sports

Simmons: Struggles in Philadelphia began before last season

Ben Simmons says his mental health struggles began well before the 76ers’ season ended and he didn’t believe he’d be able to overcome them in Philadelphia.

4 years ago

P.J. O'Rourke in 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
NPR
Comedy
Media

Satirist P.J. O’Rourke, panelist on NPR’s ‘Wait…Wait Don’t Tell Me,’ dies at 74

O'Rourke wrote more than twenty books about a range of topics, from politics to cars, and he was a longtime panelist on the NPR show Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!.

4 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers' James Harden holds up his new jersey after taking questions from the media at a press conference at the NBA basketball team's facility, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Camden, N.J. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Philadelphia
Sports

James Harden says Sixers were his ‘first choice,’ calling the team ’a perfect fit’

Harden excited to join Sixers, calls Philly home to ’best fans in the NBA.’

4 years ago

Mary J. Blige performs at the halftime show
Media
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Roots Picnic returns this summer with Mary J. Blige, Summer Walker, Jazmine Sullivan, and more

Now expanded to two days, the Fairmount park event will take place from Saturday, June 4, through Sunday, June 5.

4 years ago

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp (10) is congratulated by teammates after scoring a touchdown against the Cincinnati Bengals during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 56 football game Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Sports

Kupp’s late TD lifts Rams over Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl

 In a venue built for champions, the Los Angeles Rams carried off the crown jewel: a Super Bowl trophy.

4 years ago

Here's some background on the teams facing off in this Sunday's Super Bowl. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Sports

Here’s how to enjoy the Super Bowl, even if you don’t follow football

The Los Angeles Rams take on the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl 56 at SoFi stadium in Inglewood, Calif.

4 years ago

Erin Jackson of the United States hoists an American flag after winning the gold medal in the speedskating women's 500-meter race at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Race & Ethnicity
Sports

Erin Jackson of U.S. 1st Black woman to win speedskating gold

Jackson won the 500 meters Sunday with a time of 37.04 seconds, giving the American speedskating program its first medal of the Beijing Games.

4 years ago

Betty Davis in New York in 1969. (Anthony Barboza/Getty Images)
NPR
Music

Game was her middle name: The world was never ready for Betty Davis

Her songs were filled with gritty yet sultry style of electrified funk — dirtier than James with more blues than Sly.

4 years ago

Kamila Valieva of Team ROC skates during a figure skating training session on day eight of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium practice rink on February 12, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
NPR
International
Sports

How did the anti-doping system for the Beijing Olympics break down so badly?

Kamila Valieva submitted a doping sample December 25th. It showed she used a banned substance, but the results weren't revealed until after she competed in Beijing.

4 years ago

''The Dead Girl,'' painting by artist Juan Soriano
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

20th century grief on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

“Elegy” traces grief across different cultures through the 20th century at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

4 years ago

Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden (13) during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Philadelphia
Sports

76ers wait on Harden’s debut following big trade for Simmons

James Harden will not play for the Philadelphia 76ers in games Friday and Saturday night. The earliest Harden could play for the 76ers is at home Tuesday against Boston.

4 years ago

Jillian Patricia Pirtle, CEO of the Marian Anderson Museum & Historical Society, holds a letter written by Marian Anderson. Pirtle and actor Bryan Anthony Wilson will perform dramatic a reading of letters sent between Anderson and husband, Orpheus Fisher, at Philadelphia’s Penn Museum on February 13, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
History
Music
Race & Ethnicity

Hear Marian Anderson’s love letters performed in time for Valentine’s Day

The 60-year romance between the famed opera singer and her architect husband, as documented in their private letters, will be made public, on stage, on Sunday.

4 years ago

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