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Living on Earth is an environmental news and information program. Each week host Steve Curwood guides the listener through a mix of news, features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues.

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Villanova head coach Jay Wright throws up a peace sign
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Wright resigns as Villanova coach, Neptune takes over

The 60-year-old Wright guided Villanova to titles in 2016 and 2018 and just led the Wildcats to the Final Four.

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Justin Dugarry makes first legal purchase of recreational marijuana at Curealeaf Bellmawr. (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
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New Jersey’s recreational marijuana market open for business

New Jersey is now among 18 states, plus the District of Columbia, with legalized recreational marijuana markets.

3 years ago

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Activists, Black-owned weed businesses say N.J. can do more to ensure social equity

Some business owners and advocates of color want the state to invest in educational programs for prospective business owners and grants for minority-led businesses.

3 years ago

Patty Torres, organizing director for Latino advocacy group Make The Road PA, speaks at the capital. She's accompanied by member leaders of Make The Road, State Sen. Nikil Saval, and State Representatives Sara Innamorato and Elizabeth Fiedler. (Armando Jiminez-Carbarin / Make the Road Pennsylvania)
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Pennsylvania needs rental assistance and eviction diversion programs, activists and lawmakers say

Study cites housing affordability exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic.

3 years ago

Glass containers display varieties of marijuana for sale on shelves
New Jersey
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Billy Penn

Where can Philadelphians buy recreational marijuana in New Jersey — and is it allowed?

Heads up: Some dispensaries won’t accept out-of-state IDs. Also, crossing the border comes with high stakes.

3 years ago

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NPR
Government Accountability
Higher Education
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Student loan borrowers will get help after an NPR report and years of complaints

The U.S. Department of Education unveils a plan to help millions of borrowers who have been hurt and held back by its troubled income-driven repayment plans.

3 years ago

Local civilians walk past a tank destroyed during heavy fighting in Mariupol
International
Public Safety

Russia pressures Mariupol as it focuses on Ukraine’s east

In addition to pounding the holdout in Mariupol, Russian forces have intensified their attacks along the Donbas.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Police Department Homicide Captain Jason Smith. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
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Philly police see more suburban young people getting involved in city violence

Teens from the suburbs lured by social media are coming into Philadelphia and winding up shot or dead, according to Philly homicide investigators.

3 years ago

H.F. 'Gerry' Lenfest is pictured here in this 2016 file photo. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
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Gerry Lenfest posthumously donates $100 million to two Philly organizations

The Museum of the American Revolution and the Lenfest Institute for Journalism will each receive $50 million from the deceased philanthropist.

3 years ago

Mark Marston slides a MERV 13 air filtration filter back into the HVAC system outside of a gym
NPR
Business
Employment
Public Health

Better ventilation would create a healthier workplace — but companies have to invest

The research is clear that air exchange and filtration curb COVID's spread, but upgrading systems is expensive, and there is little federal authority over indoor air quality.

3 years ago

Riders ready at the starting line during the Wilmington Grand Prix in 2019
Delaware
Sports

The bikes are back. Wilmington announces the return of Grand Prix weekend

Some of the top cyclists in the country will race through the streets of Wilmington this May after a two-year pandemic break.

3 years ago

An interior ministry sapper collects unexploded shells, grenades and other devices in Hostomel
International
Public Safety

Russia ratchets up battle for control of eastern Ukraine

After a Russian push to the capital failed to overrun the city, the Kremlin declared that its main goal was the capture of the eastern Donbas region.

3 years ago

Travelers wearing face masks line to check in at the Los Angeles International Airport
National
Public Health
Transportation

Court ruling creates mishmash of transportation mask rules

Here's a look at how U.S. transportation centers and providers are responding to a decision by a federal judge to throw out a national mask mandate for public transit.

3 years ago

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Higher Education
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

CCP alum makes $100K gift to Center on Disability to help students like him succeed

Legally blind when he attended college, Gunter Pfau is now CEO of an ecommerce company with 150 employees.

3 years ago

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Philadelphia
Public Health
Transportation
6abc

SEPTA says masks will not be required in vehicles, stations, and concourses

The announcement came after a federal judge struck down the mask mandate covering airlines and other public transportation.

3 years ago

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