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An exhibit at the Farm Show aimed at getting non-farmers interested in joining the industry. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Pennsylvania

At Pa. Farm Show and beyond, women are forging a path into agriculture

The 2012 census showed 30 percent of farmers were women and just 14 percent of farms were primarily run by women.

7 years ago

The first snowfall of 2015 in Ocean Beach 2 on January 6. (Photo: JSHN contributor Shane Skwarek‎)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

NWS: ‘Blockbuster’ weekend snowstorm unlikely at Shore

Those desperate for a major snowstorm at the Jersey Shore will likely have to remain patient, forecasters say.

7 years ago

Chicago Bears kicker Cody Parkey (1) kicks and misses a field goal during the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Chicago. The Eagles won 16-15.
The Why

‘Double doink’ and other miracles: Is the Eagles’ playoff run divine intervention?

With the unflappable Nick Foles under center, it feels like Eagles have been touched by angels this season. But can divine intervention get the Birds past Saints Sunday?

Air Date: January 9, 2019

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A harbor seal pup in Point Pleasant Beach in 2017. (Photo courtesy of Jerry Meaney/Barnegat Bay Island, NJ via Facebook)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

As winter sets in and seals arrive at N.J. beaches, experts say to stay away

A Jersey Shore marine mammal organization is warning the public to keep a distance from the recent arrivals at area beaches: resting seals.

7 years ago

American civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, pictured in 1964, as spokesman for the Citywide Committee for Integration, at the organization's headquarters, Silcam Presbyterian Church in New York City. (Patrick A. Burns/New York Times Co./Getty Images)
NPR
History
LGBTQ

In newly found audio, a forgotten Civil Rights leader says coming out ‘was an absolute necessity’

Bayard Rustin was an adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. and the organizer behind the 1963 March on Washington.

7 years ago

Chicago Bears kicker Cody Parkey (1) kicks and misses a field goal during the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Chicago. The Eagles won 16-15.
Media
Philadelphia
Sports

‘No, señor!’ Another Eagles win, another viral moment for Spanish-language broadcaster

The Eagles’ Spanish-language broadcaster, captivated the internet with his call of the big playoff win. Here's the story behind his famous catchphrase.

7 years ago

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A controversial entry in this year's Hummers Parade in Middletown, Del. depicts migrant children in cages at the U.S.-Mexico border. (John Mussoni/WHYY)
Delaware

Delaware’s mock Mummers Parade draws ire over float depicting migrant children in cages

Protestors plan to rally over this year's Hummers Parade outside the Middletown, Del. council meeting Monday night.

7 years ago

Lobby at 30th Street Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Transportation

Congressman Boyle: Amtrak open to long-term plan for new split-flap sign at 30th Street Station

Congressman Boyle said Amtrak officials are open to replacing the old split-flap sign with a new one as part of a major renovation of 30th Street Station.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles (9) passes during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Chicago Bears Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Philadelphia
Sports

Foles gives Eagles lift they need just in time to beat Bears

The Philadelphia Eagles were desperately seeking a lift with little time left to save their season. Nick Foles came through for the defending Super Bowl champions. And he did

7 years ago

More than two-dozen members of the local Sudanese community showed their support for protestors in Khartoum on Saturday with a demonstration at Philadelphia City Hall to raise awareness and encourage people to write their U.S. representatives. (Darryl C. Murphy/WHYY)
International

Philly area Sudanese community protests in solidarity with demonstrators in Khartoum

“Our people right now are starving, are dying on the street, are dying in the hospital because there is no medicine,” said Ahmed Ali of Upper Darby.

7 years ago

Displaced Syrians gather inside a tent in the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria on Dec. 8. People fled towns where the U.S.-led coalition is fighting the last remnants of ISIS. (Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Immigration
International
Social Justice

‘We were eating grass’: Syrians flee as fight pushes on against last ISIS remnants

The al-Hol refugee camp, in northeastern Syria near the border with Iraq, is overwhelmed with new arrivals.

7 years ago

Bartholomew I signs the Tomos of Autocephaly, marking the formal independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul.
(Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
NPR
International
Religion

Ukrainian Orthodox Church officially gains independence from Russian church

Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Christians have belonged to a unified church for centuries. Moscow argues it has had legal authority over Ukrainian churches since 1686.

7 years ago

Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

N.J. awards grants to Shore municipalities for recycling enhancement

New Jersey has awarded grants to Shore municipalities to enhance and promote recycling efforts.

7 years ago

Nora Brooks a furloughed customer service representative for the Internal Revenue Service poses for a photograph at her home in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Government Accountability
National
Politics

Unpaid bills, leftovers, downtime: Workers cope in shutdown

As the government's partial shutdown pushed toward a third week, hundreds of thousands of federal workers are feeling the financial pinch.

7 years ago

Millions of women joined hands along a highway in Kerala to form a
NPR
Gender
International
Social Justice

Millions of women in India join hands to form a 385-mile wall of protest

Even as women of all ages lined up on one side of the highway, many of their menfolk — husbands, friends and relatives — lined up on the other side to show their support.

7 years ago

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