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New museum on the Mall, Chestnut Hill home fest, and streaming Mozart in this week’s ‘Things to Do’
April 29 - May 2: The week’s events include roller skating at Dilworth Park, drive-in movies in Wilmington, and an evening stroll in a Jenkintown botanical garden.
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Listen 4:10‘We are not subjects of study!’: Protesters march on Penn Museum to decry handling of MOVE remains
The marchers called for an investigation into how bones thought to be from children killed in the 1985 bombing ended up floating around Ivy League universities for decades.
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Delaware police officer dies days after being attacked while responding to fight
Cpl. Keith Heacook, 54, was declared "clinically dead" Wednesday at 12:48 p.m. at a Baltimore hospital, Delmar Police Chief Ivan Barkley said.
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Philly creates new ‘network’ for grassroots criminal justice reform with $200k grant program
Gun violence continue to rise, but the city’s biweekly briefings may have already be having a positive effect.
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In China, Atlanta shooting victim’s kin struggle to understand her — and her death
Feng Daoyou, who'd lived in the U.S. for about five years, died a stranger in a strange land.
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Philadelphia high school students offer reaction to guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial
WHYY asked students from its Media Lab how they were feeling about the Chauvin verdict. Here are some of their responses.
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Residents along 52nd Street expected the worst. Post-Chauvin verdict, there’s relief.
Saj Blackwell, a partner in WHYY’s News and Information Community Exchange, spoke to her neighbors along 52nd Street about the relief they’re feeling after the Chauvin verdict
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OutFest 2021 is canceled, but Philly Pride celebration is ON for Labor Day weekend
A “lite” version of an in-person festival is better than another virtual event, organizers say.
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Woman shot dead at Smyrna Middle School in Delaware
The shooting happened in the front parking lot around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday.
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In Camden, a son’s death moves parents to ‘break the silence’ on mental health issues
Nah’Jole Frazier had been dealing with mental health issues when he was struck by a driver earlier this month. Now, his parents want to address a need for better services.
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There she is, online: Miss America archives digitized at Rowan University
One hundred years of American history will have a digital home at the South Jersey university for scholarly use.
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Listen 1:46New fund aims to help Kensington community groups address impacts of the opioid crisis
Philadelphia has a new fund to help address the impact of the opioid epidemic on the city’s Kensington neighborhood.
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Listen 1:32N.J. coronavirus update: Outdoor gathering, indoor event capacities increased
Starting May 10, outdoor gatherings will be limited to 500 people — up from the current 200-attendee cap.
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Vaccinated U.S. travelers will be allowed to visit Europe again starting this summer
The EU president expects all 27 EU member states will accept visitors who've received COVID-19 vaccines, but the CDC is still warning against travel to much of Europe.
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1st time gun buyers help push record U.S. gun sales amid string of mass shootings
Data from the FBI's firearms background check database shows six days in March of this year made up the top 10 highest days of firearms background checks since 1998.
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