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A chaplain adapts to a lack of embrace
Hospital chaplain Camille Turner says the pandemic has taken away one of her most important tools of the trade: physical touch. Here's how she's adapting to the new normal.
Air Date: May 12, 2020
Listen 12:30‘Troubling’ number of anti-Semitic incidents recorded in Philadelphia region
Pennsylvania and New Jersey both ranked in the top five states that saw anti-Semitic incidents in 2019.
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No fireworks? Philly’s July 4th Welcome America festival will take place indoors
There’ll still be a big concert, but people can only attend virtually.
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Jersey Shore on path of N.J. Air National Guard ‘morale boost’ flyover
The New Jersey Air National Guard will conduct a flyover Tuesday to honor COVID-19 frontline workers.
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This week; NJ Congressman Andy Kim, the centuries old quarantine station in Pa., tracking coronavirus through wastewater in Delaware.
Air Date: May 11, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:46MOVE 101: Why, 35 years ago, Philadelphia dropped a bomb on itself
How did an attempt to arrest MOVE members turn into a fiery inferno that killed 11 people and destroyed a neighborhood of more than 60 homes?
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South Jersey food bank highlights growing demand from the newly unemployed
As jobless claims rise again, food banks expect the high need to persist for months.
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US census stirs uncertainty for those displaced by virus
The pandemic has fostered sudden, unexpected dislocation, making a typically easy question confusing for the newly displaced.
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Facebook just gave Philly media $465k to focus on what’ll really save local news: you
This relief money isn’t a bailout. It’s a bet on sustainable futures.
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Former Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr.: Philly must apologize for MOVE bombing 35 years ago
Former Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr. is calling on the city to issue a “formal apology” 35 years after the MOVE bombing that killed 11 people.
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El Bar, Monkey Bar, Lost Bar: Classic Philly dives join the virtual city flourishing online
Constructing familiar places in Minecraft or Sims is bringing comfort during quarantine.
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Ahmaud Arbery’s death raises echoes of US racial terror legacy
It took more than two months for Arbery's pursuers — who told police they suspected he was a burglar — to be arrested and taken into custody.
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Shuttered Philadelphia Zoo celebrates new baby critters in Mother’s Day video
The zoo may be closed to humans during the pandemic, but that hasn't stopped animal moms and their newborns from celebrating this Mother's Day.
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The ‘Last Dance’ connection to Iverson, Haverford and how it all comes back to Philly sports
The producer of the Michael Jordan docuseries grew up in the region, and his dad was a local basketball star.
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Little Richard, rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dead at 87
Pastor Bill Minson, a close friend of Little Richard's, told The Associated Press that Little Richard died Saturday morning.
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