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Planet Money is on a quest to explain the economy with playful storytelling and deep dive, roll up your sleeves journalism. How I Built This host Guy Raz talks to entrepreneurs and idealists who take us through the often challenging journeys they took to build their businesses.

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Watch live: 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis

Watch live: 50th Anniversary Commemoration Martin Luther King, Jr. at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis

7 years ago

Rev. Bernice King, second from left, daughter of the late civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., tours an exhibit at the National Civil Rights Museum, Monday, April 2, 2018, in Memphis, Tenn. The museum was formerly the Lorraine Motel, where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Resilience, resolve and renewed commitment to MLK’s legacy

"Dr. King's work — our work — isn't done. We must still struggle; we must still sacrifice. We must still educate and organize and mobilize. "

7 years ago

Martin Luther King Jr. stands with fellow civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968 -- one day before he was assassinated while standing in approximately the same place. From left are Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, King and Ralph Abernathy.
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An ‘exhausted’ Martin Luther King Jr.’s final 31 hours

That violent threat seemed to really get to King. He was used to threats, but he felt like this one in particular might be a sign of something terrible to come.

7 years ago

Bill Cosby, center, arrives for jury selection in his sexual assault retrial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Monday, April 2, 2018, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Corey Perrine)
Cosby Unraveled

Ep 10: Spanish Fly

On this episode of Cosby Unraveled from WHYY, we hear from a new Cosby accuser and explore why a successful, wealthy, celebrity icon, would need to drug women for sex.

Air Date: April 4, 2018

Listen 14:09
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NewsWorks Tonight, April 3, 2018

An ex-Philly Sheriff’s ...

Air Date: April 3, 2018

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A NOAA satellite image of Hurricane Isabel taken on Sept. 10, 2003.
Down the Shore
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AccuWeather: Another active hurricane season ahead

The season peaks in September, and 80 percent of named storms between 1981 and 2010 have formed between August and October.

7 years ago

Correctional Sgt. Steven Floyd was beaten and stabbed to death during the uprising at the Vaughn prison. (File/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Delaware

Smyrna inmates getting access to Wi-Fi-supported tablets to connect with families

Delaware's Department of Correction officials hope the move will improve family communication, as well as educational and recreational opportunities.

7 years ago

Officers run toward a YouTube office in San Bruno, Calif., Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Police say they’re responding to an active shooter at YouTube headquarters.

Woman opens fire at YouTube, 4 wounded and shooter dead

Officers and federal agents swarmed the company's headquarters complex in the city of San Bruno as multiple 911 reports came in reporting gunfire.

7 years ago

Donte DiVincenzo led Salesianum School to back-to-back state titles during his high school career at the Wilmington, Delaware, school. (Provided)
Delaware
Pennsylvania
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Villanova basketball star has Delaware roots

Donte DiVincenzo is now a household name after Villanova's national championship win, but Delawareans have long known who he is — and what he can do.

7 years ago

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Meghan Talarowski of Studio Ludo designed the climbing wall at the Cecil B. Moore library with the idea that children need
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A Philadelphia library gets ‘risky’ with a new play space

It all started with an idea the library had to create play spaces where they could get out some of that pent-up energy.

7 years ago

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Villanova head coach Jay Wright reacts after cutting down the net after beating Michigan 79-62 in the championship game of the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 2, 2018, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
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Villanova championship parade set for Thursday morning in Philly

City hosting celebration for NCAA Men's Basketball Championship winners

7 years ago

Model train displays on display at SEPTA's gift shop
PlanPhilly
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Philadelphia
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Why 35 grown men traveled hundreds of miles to ride a SEPTA trolley

These railfans are not messing around.

7 years ago

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Prolonged normal spring weather to wait: Below normal temperatures ahead

Spring has sprung, but when will more typical weather arrive at the Jersey Shore?

7 years ago

James Weldon Johnson (back) and his brother John Rosamond Johnson.
Radio Times
History
Race & Ethnicity

‘The Black National Anthem’

Guest: Imani Perry The Star-Spangled Banner became the official national anthem in 1931, but by then, many black ...

Air Date: April 3, 2018 10:00 am

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Villanova students celebrates as the men's basketball team wins the NCAA championship. (Branden Eastwood for WHYY)
Higher Education
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Villanova cements its basketball dominance and Wildcat nation revels

Students flooded the suburban streets Monday night after Villanova won its second men's basketball championship in three years.

7 years ago

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