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Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, and the biases that shape our choices.

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Philadelphia

WHYY acquires local news site Billy Penn

WHYY has acquired the digital news startup Billy Penn from Spirited Media. Public media companies have snapped up several such sites in recent years.

7 years ago

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New Jersey

NWS: Likely no tornado during line of overnight severe storms

New Jerseyans are cleaning up after severe weather roared through state, disrupting travel and knocking out power to thousands of utility customers.

7 years ago

Monsignor William Lynn was the first U.S. Catholic Church official to be convicted of covering up clergy sex abuse.  After Pennsylvania's Supreme Court vacated Lynn’s conviction, he faces another trial this year.  (AP file photo)
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How the Catholic Church used treatment centers to protect priests accused of child abuse

At least 50 priests accused of molesting children in Pennsylvania were referred to a facility in Downingtown for evaluation and treatment.

7 years ago

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Open letter complains that Philadelphia Theatre Company is backsliding on diversity

People in Philadelphia’s theater community push back against Philadelphia Theater Company’s diversity claim.

7 years ago

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New Jersey

Coast Guard rescues sick woman from cruise ship off N.J.

The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of a 71-year-old woman who fell ill on a cruise ship off New Jersey early Sunday morning. 

7 years ago

Ariel Ramos, 50, is tearing out coca leaves to be processed into coca paste, a substance that can be smoked or used for making cocaine powder.
NPR
International

In Colombia’s coca heartland, photos and drawings show life between war and peace

A Venezuelan photographer travels to a Colombian coca-growing region and uses instant photography and drawings to portray a country in limbo.

7 years ago

Brayden Tiscio, 12, builds a lego truck at the 20th Annual Autism Awareness Day event at the Philadelphia Zoo.  Brayden was diagnosed with Autism when he was three. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Behavioral Health
Community Events
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Zoo marks 20 years of connecting the local autism community

Twenty years after the first Autism Awareness Day at the Philly Zoo, organizers say they’re shifting their efforts to promote inclusion and acceptance.

7 years ago

Tiger Woods reacts as he wins the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 14, 2019, in Augusta, Ga. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Sports

Tiger Woods makes Masters 15th and most improbable major

Tiger Woods had gone nearly 11 years since he won his last major, 14 years since that green jacket was slipped over his Sunday red shirt.

7 years ago

Yo-Yo Ma brought his Bach Project to the sister cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The project uses the music of Johann Sebastian Bach to explore connections between cultures. (Lauren A. Terrazas/Texas Public Radio)
NPR
Immigration
Music
National

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach in shadow of border crossing

The world-renowned cellist brought his Bach Project to the sister cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, on Saturday.

7 years ago

Volunteers at Sandy Hook for Clean Ocean Action's Spring Beach Sweep in April 2019. (Courtesy of Clean Ocean Action)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Single-use plastic remains top item in N.J. spring beach sweep

Under overcast skies, thousands of volunteers swept beaches from the Bayshore to Cape May County on Saturday as part of a New Jersey-based organization’s annual program.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the deployment of 5G technology in the United States during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, April 12, 2019, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Infrastructure
Politics
Technology

FCC to hold big 5G auction, spend $20B for rural internet

The U.S. government will hold a massive auction later this year to bolster 5G service, the next generation of mobile networks.

7 years ago

Firefighter battle a fire in the Dunes Cafe building on the Ocean Grove boardwalk Saturday afternoon. (Image courtesy of Chris Spiegel/Blur Revision Media Design)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Roof collapses as five-alarm fire rips through building on Ocean Grove boardwalk

Officials in Ocean Grove said the fire broke out at about 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Dunes Boardwalk Cafe building.

7 years ago

Safehouse is considering locating in this block of Hilton Street in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. The proposed facility would allow drug users to inject under medical supervision. The neighborhood is known for its drug use. (Natalie Piserchio for NPR)
NPR
Addiction
Philadelphia
Public Health

Citing religious freedom, supporters sue to open supervised injection site in Philadelphia

Supervised injection sites operate in Canada, Europe and Australia, but one has never officially opened its doors in the United States.

7 years ago

Some young kids take a turn on the mounted binoculars near an osprey nest along the new Slaughter Beach boardwalk. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
Environment
Outdoors

New Delaware beach boardwalk is a platform for eco-tourists

A new boardwalk in Slaughter Beach gives visitors a close-up look at an osprey nest and a tidal pool at a picturesque spot along the Delaware Bay.

7 years ago

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Business
National
Marketplace

Facing a labor shortage, construction tries to rebrand

Wages are rising because employers are desperate for workers like masons, pipefitters and electricians.

7 years ago

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