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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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A medical helicopter rests next to the Drexel Hill United Methodist Church
Public Safety
Transportation

Infant, 3 crew members suffer non-life threatening injuries in medical helicopter crash

Officials said it is a "miracle" no one on board was critically injured.

5 years ago

Current waste water treatment plant operations. (Google maps)
Energy
Pennsylvania

Phoenixville’s wastewater treatment plant to get a first-of-its-kind upgrade

The borough’s wastewater treatment plant is currently the largest user of energy in the municipality — but not for long, Phoenixville officials say.

5 years ago

With only an elbow visible, a person experiencing homelessness sleeps in a door way at a Center City Church (Tom MacDonald, WHYY)
Homelessness
Philadelphia
Public Health

Cold temps and COVID create problems for Philadelphia’s homeless

Cold weather and a COVID surge are making things harder for those living on Philly’s streets.

5 years ago

Bob Saget attends the premiere of Dave Chappelle's untitled documentary during the closing night celebration for the 20th Tribeca Festival, at Radio City Music Hall, on Saturday, June 19, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Philadelphia
TV

Philly remembers Bob Saget as a ‘kind’ man who loved the city ‘with his whole heart’

Long before he reached fame, Saget was a graduate of Abington Senior High School and Temple University, where he attended film school.

5 years ago

Danya Henninger (Billy Penn)
Food & Drink
Health Care
Philadelphia
Public Health

Some Philly restaurant workers feel like they can’t call out — much less ask for sick pay — as omicron causes staff shortages

“There’s not a lot of people in service work that have a safety net,” said the manager at one Center City spot.

5 years ago

People line up for free COVID-19 tests outside Cibotti Recreation Center
Radio Times
Health Care
K-12
Sustainability

The Regional Roundup [1/10/22]

The latest on Covid-19 in our region with the city's health commissioner. How schools are dealing with learning loss and staff shortages. And a circular fashion economy.

Air Date: January 10, 2022 10:00 am

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Protesters march down Broad Street
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

A hard look at the numbers behind 2021’s record gun violence in Philly, and an overview of what’s being done

People of color and young adults bore the brunt of city shootings.

5 years ago

The Pasta Lab Philadelphia (Instagram)
Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

The Pasta Lab is turning out amazing noodles in a Kensington warehouse

It’s all made with Pennsylvania wheat and Lancaster dairy.

5 years ago

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 09: Emergency first responders remain at the scene of an intense fire at a 19-story residential building that erupted in the morning on January 9, 2022 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Reports indicate over 50 people were injured. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images)
NPR
National

A five-alarm fire in the Bronx has left 19 people dead, including 9 children

5 years ago

Sycamore Ridge Apartments, where the crime happened. (Google Maps)
Crime
New Jersey
6abc

Police investigating fatal home invasion in Camden County

Upon arrival, they found 62-year-old Darlene Randall with a gunshot wound.

5 years ago

Equipment for print-making at The Plastic Club (Kimberly Paynter, WHYY)
Philadelphia
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

125 years after women founded The Plastic Club to break into a men-only scene, the arts group is thriving

With headquarters in Center City and a popular exhibit on Instagram, the club is recruiting new members.

5 years ago

New Jersey residents will need a Real ID to board domestic flights beginning in 2023. (NJ Spotlight)
New Jersey
Travel

If you don’t get a Real ID when you renew your license in N.J., it could take months

The state of New Jersey is limiting appointments for converting a standard license to Real ID, so people who want one should convert at renewal time.

5 years ago

Children sled on a slope in Williamson Park in Morrisville. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Outdoors
Pennsylvania
Public Spaces

‘It would change the soul of Morrisville’: A Bucks County community fights to keep its park

Some residents are suing the borough in Orphans Court, saying a plan to develop the park as apartments and business 40 violates state law.

5 years ago

Closeup of a police vehicle in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Policing

Chemical mixture in Philadelphia police waiting area prompts evacuation

Police say the mixture, which appears to have been a combination of mace and some other substance, was deployed at about 9:15 p.m. Friday.

5 years ago

Philadelphia police car
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Philly looks to expand initiative offering support to potential shooters before they pick up a gun

The goal of Group Violence Intervention is to offer support, such as job placement and training, to stop participants from picking up a gun.

5 years ago

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