Skip to content
The latest news and information from the world's most respected news source. BBC World Service delivers up-to-the-minute news, expert analysis, commentary, features and interviews.

BBC World Service

Listen Live

Listen Live

Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.
Next

Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

WHYY
rewind
play
fast-forward
 
 
 
Radio Schedule
WHYY
  • DONATE
Primary Menu
  • News
  • Radio & Podcasts
    • Radio Schedule
    • Ways to Stream
    • WHYY Listen App
  • TV
    • WHYY TV Schedule
    • WHYY Watch App
    • Live TV
    • Watch on Demand
    • Stream PBS Kids
  • Arts
  • Events
  • Education
    • WHYY Youth Media
    • WHYY Media Labs
    • WHYY Early Education Programs
    • For Students
    • Pathways to Media Careers
    • Youth Media Awards
  • Support
    • Membership
    • WHYY Passport
    • WHYY Member Portal
    • Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donation Program
    • Volunteer
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE

Community

Police officers walk the scene in the Greektown neighborhood of Toronto Sunday night. Police say a gunman opened fire on 14 people in a restaurant. Three people are dead including the gunman, police reported. (Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International
Public Safety

Police: 2 victims are Dead, as is gunman, in Toronto shooting

Dozens of additional police officers were deployed in Toronto over the weekend in response to a spike in gun violence across the city in the Canadian province of Ontario.

7 years ago

Loxie Loring walks with a group of marchers to remember her daughter, Ashley Loring, who went missing from the Blackfeet Reservation more than a year ago. (Nate Hegyi/Yellowstone Public Radio)
NPR
Social Justice

Doctoral student compiles database of indigenous women who’ve gone missing

As many as 300 indigenous women go missing or are killed under suspicious circumstances every year in Canada and the U.S.

7 years ago

Sisters from Guatemala seeking asylum, cross a bridge to a port of entry in to the United States from Matamoros, Mexico, in Brownsville, Texas. (Eric Gay/AP)
NPR
Immigration

Denied asylum, but terrified to return home

Across the southwest border, immigration lawyers say they're seeing an alarming jump in the number of asylum-seekers turned away at the earliest stage of the process.

7 years ago

Police officers use a mirror to see inside a Trader Joe's store in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles on Saturday. Police believe a man involved in the standoff with officers shot a young female and his grandmother before firing at officers during a pursuit, then crashing outside the supermarket and running inside the store. (Christian Dunlop/AP)
NPR
Policing
Public Safety

One dead, shooting suspect in custody after police standoff at LA Trader Joe’s

Police identified the suspect as a man about 28 years old, who surrendered three hours after barricading himself inside the store where other people had been trapped.

7 years ago

A duck boat sits idle in the parking lot of Ride the Ducks, an amphibious tour operator in Branson, Mo. Friday, July 20, 2018. The amphibious vehicle is similar to one of the company's boats that capsized the day before on Table Rock Lake resulting in 17 deaths. (Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)
National
Public Safety
Transportation

Survivors recount deadly Missouri duck boat sinking

A huge wave hit, scattering passengers on the vessel.

7 years ago

Brandy and De'Marchoe Carpenter got married two years ago — 13 days after he was released from prison. They started dating in 1994, but before they had their first kiss, he was arrested for a crime he didn't commit. (Kevin Oliver/StoryCorps)
NPR
Social Justice

He was wrongly convicted when they were teens. Now they’re building their lives together

At StoryCorps in May, De'Marchoe, 41, and Brandy, 38, remember what first drew them to each other, and the toll that prison took on their relationship.

7 years ago

Several human skulls on display as part of the exhibit
History
International
Military

Australian skull displayed in U.S. museum buried in France

The skull was removed from public display at Australia's request last year after a member of the public complained.

7 years ago

(StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Curious or concerned about an energy issue? Ask StateImpact — and see what we’ve already answered

Tap the expertise of StateImpact Pennsylvania reporters and help build a statewide resource.

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Delaware
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

NewsWorks Tonight, July 20, 2018

New Jersey snuffs out cigarette smoking on its beaches. Fred Korematsu’s daughter speaks to his legacy in Valley Forge. A small b ...

Air Date: July 20, 2018

Listen 22:29
A woman holds a sign depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump during a protest outside the White House following Trump's meetings with Putin. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
National

Political polarization leads trends in opinion on Russia, immigration, SCOTUS nominee

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

7 years ago

Listen 7:38
The neighborhood around the outdoor Italian Market is now dotted with taquerias and is home to an estimated 20,000 Mexican residents. (Michelle Gustafson for The New York Times)
Economic Development
Philadelphia
WNYC News

Leaving New York to find the American Dream in Philadelphia

This New York-Philadelphia migration, fueled by a quest for cheaper living, has long existed.

7 years ago

First
Delaware

First for July 20, 2018

Season of Change A number of indicators point to a season of change that’s underway in downtown Wilmington. ...

Air Date: July 20, 2018

Miami Dolphins players kneel during the national anthem before their game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on Nov. 13, 2017, in Charlotte, N.C. (Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
NPR
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
Sports

NFL, players agree to temporarily halt enforcement of anthem protest rules

The new league policy requiring athletes and staff to "stand and show respect for the flag and the Anthem" on the field was announced in May.

7 years ago

Ofo is bringing its dockless bike share technology to Camden. (Photo credit: Ofo)
New Jersey
Transportation

Chinese company pulls plug on Camden bike share

The company has pulled out of many other locations across North America that it does not deem profitable.

7 years ago

(Rob Tornoe/for WHYY)
The Tornoe Spin

Immigrants took land from Native Americans in Delaware. They want some of it back.

Editorial cartoonist Rob Tornoe wonders where the anti-immigrant crowd was hundreds of years ago when Native Americans were forced out by European immigrants.

7 years ago

Page 760 of 933« First«...758759760761762...»Last »
Arts & Entertainment Community Courts & Law Education Health Lifestyle Money Politics & Policy Science Urban Planning Weather
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Latest News

  • Philly cyclists, commuters celebrate the reopening of the MLK Drive Bridge this weekend

    7 hours ago

  • Philadelphians gather to oppose Trump administration’s plans to change President’s House site

    9 hours ago

  • Cheltenham bans single-use plastic straws, utensils and expanded polystyrene food products

    10 hours ago

  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal

Donate
Learn about WHYY Member benefits
Ways to Donate
WHYY

WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community.

WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyone’s stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. It’s how we live.

Contact Us

Philadelphia

215.351.1200
talkback@whyy.org

Delaware

302.516.7506
talkback@whyy.org

Our Programs

  • Albie’s Elevator
  • Art Outside
  • Billy Penn at WHYY
  • Check, Please! Philly
  • The Connection
  • Delishtory
  • Flicks
  • Fresh Air
  • Good Souls
  • Jukebox Journey
  • Movers & Makers
  • On Stage at Curtis
  • Peak Travel
  • Philadelphia Revealed
  • PlanPhilly
  • The Pulse
  • Radio Times Rewind
  • Studio 2
  • Things To Do
  • Voices in the Family
  • WHYY News Climate Desk
  • You Oughta Know
  • Young Creators Studio
  • Young, Unhoused and Unseen
  • Your Democracy

Inside WHYY

  • About
    • Social Responsibility at WHYY
    • Board and Executives
    • Community Advisory Board
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Employment
    • Internships
    • Press Room
    • Meet Our Newsroom
    • WHYY News Style Guide
    • WHYY Productions
    • WHYY Spaces
    • Submissions
    • History
    • Directions
    • Coverage Area
    • Financial Statements
    • WHYY Community Report
    • Supporters
    • Privacy
  • Mobile Apps
  • Meet Our Newsroom
  • Employment
  • Lifelong Learning Award
  • N.I.C.E. Initiative
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsorship
  • Directions
  • FCC Public Files
  • FCC Applications

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Sign up for a Newsletter

© MMXXV WHYY

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use for WHYY.org