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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Rite Aid pharmacy chain plans to close hundreds of stores as part of bankruptcy plan

Rite Aid, which is now based in Philadelphia, has nearly 2,100 stores nationwide.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles' Jalen Hurts reacts before an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Tampa, Fla.
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Jalen Hurts throws for TD, runs for another as Eagles thump Buccaneers 25-11 to remain unbeaten

Hurts also led on his team on a game-ending drive that lasted more than nine minutes. The defending NFC champions are off to a 3-0 start in consecutive seasons for the first t

3 years ago

Megan Rapinoe waves to the crowd before her final game on the U.S. national team on Sunday in Chicago.
(Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
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Megan Rapinoe, an icon bigger than soccer, takes a bow for the U.S. national team

Taking it all in one last time while wearing the U.S. Soccer crest, Rapinoe reflected on how she and her generation had changed the game during her 17 years on the team.

3 years ago

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PlanPhilly
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Philadelphia

PGW ordered to stop adjusting customers’ bills to account for May weather fluctuations

PGW’s weather normalization adjustment has cost customers millions in recent years. Advocates say a new change doesn't go far enough.

3 years ago

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Summer Gerling picks up her piggy bank found in the rubble of her home following the wildfire on Aug. 10, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii
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Public Safety

Lahaina residents begin returning to sites of homes destroyed by deadly wildfire

The wildfire killed at least 97 people and destroyed more than 2,000 buildings, most of them homes.

3 years ago

Haley Van Voorhis' play led to an incomplete third-down pass by the Juniata quarterback on Saturday. Shenandoah went on to win, 48-7.
NPR
Gender
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National
Sports

Haley Van Voorhis makes NCAA football history as the 1st female non-kicker player

The safety, a junior at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va., was tapped to play Saturday against Juniata College during a Division III game.

3 years ago

Wreckage of a plane crash
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
Transportation

Investigators: Plane went into stall during maneuvers before Bucks County crash that killed 2

The NTSB report states that the plane went into a stall and went out of control as the pilot was practicing maneuvers during an instructional flight.

3 years ago

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Animals
Philadelphia

ACCT Philly searches for homes outside city for multiple roosters, pigs

Anyone who lives outside the city and wants to adopt the animals can reach out to ACCT Philly.

3 years ago

People seated in City Hall watch a documentary on the screen at the front of the room.
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Philadelphia

‘A Hope that Lights the Way’: New documentary on Black men and boys in Philadelphia hosts screenings

Produced in part by Philadelphia's Office of Black Male Engagement, the two-hour documentary introduces representatives from community groups working throughout the city.

3 years ago

Victoria Rodriguez poses for a photo with her son, Silas.
Delaware
Government
Health Care
Home & Family

Giving 40 expecting moms ‘a hand up,’ Delaware pilot program provides $1,000 a month for bills, formula, diapers

Victoria Rodriguez said she’s “not sure how we would have done it’’ without the guaranteed basic income stipend. But will the state continue the program?

3 years ago

Phyllis Blackiston stands on a stairway in front of a door of her former house in Millsboro.
Delaware
Environment
Public Health

‘There’s no closure’: Millsboro residents say water is still contaminated 2 years after Mountaire settlement

Millsboro, Del. residents are getting compensation for their contaminated wells from a class action settlement with Mountaire Farms. But they say their troubles aren’t over.

3 years ago

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New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu, front right,is defended by Connecticut Sun forward DeWanna Bonner, left, during the second quarter of a WNBA basketball game, Sunday, Sept 24, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
National
Sports

Bonner and Allen lead Connecticut to a 78-63 win over New York in Game 1 of WNBA semifinal series

Game 2 of the best-of-five series is Tuesday night in New York.

3 years ago

Emergency responders gather near the scene of a fatal bus crash, in Wawayanda, N.Y., Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. A charter bus carrying high school students to a band camp hurtled off a New York highway and down an embankment, officials said. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
National
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Transportation

All students injured in New York bus crash are expected to recover, superintendent says

Two adults died and other passengers were seriously injured. It wasn't immediately clear Sunday how many passengers remained hospitalized.

3 years ago

C. DeLores Tucker (right) joins Gloria Steinem (far left) and Melba Moore (center) to sing during a protest against lyrics they say promote violence against women outside Time Warner offices in New York on Dec. 18, 1997. (AP Photo/Michael Schmelling)
History
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Philadelphia
Politics
Billy Penn

From civil rights leader to political pioneer to gangsta rap foe, Philly’s C. DeLores Tucker lived a full life in the public eye

She was the first Black woman in Pennsylvania history to hold a cabinet position, and is remembered for much more.

3 years ago

Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the women's division of the Berlin Marathon in world record time in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023.
NPR
International
Sports

Tigst Assefa smashes the women’s marathon record by more than 2 minutes

The 26-year-old Ethiopian crossed the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate with a time of 2:11:53.

3 years ago

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