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The great white shark ‘Miss May’ makes holiday week appearance close to N.J. coast
Miss May, a 10-foot, 800-pound sub-adult female white shark, pinged around 12 miles off Cape May, New Jersey early Tuesday evening.
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Two friends touched by Philly graduation party shooting organize Stand 4 Peace
Two friends touched by last month’s shooting at a graduation party in Southwest Philly organized a rally that drew 50 people, including city officials.
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The Philly woman who videotaped a million hours of TV
Decades before YouTube, Marion Stokes taped everything on TV — nearly a million hours of it. Was she a hoarder or an archivist?
Air Date: July 3, 2019
Listen 12:32Fecal bacteria leads to swimming advisories at 3 N.J. beaches
Higher than acceptable fecal bacteria measurements have once again led to the hoisting of swimming advisories at New Jersey beaches.
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U.S. powers to Women’s World Cup final after defeating England 2-1
The U.S. has now made it to the finals of the last three Women's World Cups
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Analysts say Philadelphia refinery, shut down after fire, unlikely to find a willing buyer
More than 1,000 people will be out of work once Philadelphia Energy Solutions' refinery closes its doors this month.
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True conversations can lead to a true understanding
Through this year, we wanted to live out the call of journalist Krista Tippett to “speak together differently, in order to live together differently.”
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Upscale barbershop grooms not just hair, but a social mission
Jonathan Jacobs is on a mission to improve and elevate the barbering industry.
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Annual initiative underway to ensure N.J. boardwalk vendors, game operators are fair
An annual summer inspection of vendors and game operators at New Jersey's boardwalks is underway.
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Philly’s July Fourth party will be fenced in this year, for a ‘more open’ experience
You’ll be able to get a beer and roam freely along the Parkway.
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Young Olympic hopefuls tackle the Schuylkill with 2028 LA games in mind
Philly is hosting one of six Olympic development camps where young athletes are already preparing for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
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Listen 4:05Treatment plant malfunction forces ocean swimming ban in N.J. town
There's no ocean swimming allowed along a significant stretch of the Wildwood Crest beach after a malfunction at a wastewater treatment facility.
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Border community remembers a father and daughter who drowned crossing the Rio Grande
Residents gathered at vigils in McAllen and Brownsville on Sunday evening to remember the lives of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria.
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‘They must really hate teens’: Backlash grows against Mosquito devices in Philly parks
Councilmember Helen Gym is on a mission to get the “sonic weapons” taken down.
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As shootings rise, celebrating life with ‘empowering’ water gun fight in Fairmount Park
About 100 people came out Sunday for a water gun fight in Fairmount Park, hosted by a group that hopes to redefine firearms as shootings rise in Philly.
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