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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.
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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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New Jersey

Rescuers help man escape from collapsed cesspool

A 71-year-old Cape May County man was injured last Friday when he fell into a collapsed cesspool, authorities say.

7 years ago

Psychologist John Pryor created a scale in the 1980s which can determine how likely a person is to sexually harass someone else.
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Gender

How likely is someone to sexually harass others? This scale determines

Why do some people, mainly men, sexually harass their colleagues?

7 years ago

Georgia Gilmore adjusts her hat for photographers in 1956 during the bus boycott trial of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Montgomery, Ala. She testified:
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Meet the fearless cook who secretly fed — and funded — the civil rights movement

Georgia Gilmore used the profits from selling her food to others in the movement to help pay for alternative transportation in Montgomery during the 381-day bus boycot.

7 years ago

The Rev. Canon Lloyd Casson with Coretta Scott King and Bishop Walker. (Courtesy Rev. Casson)
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Delaware
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Vowing to uphold MLK’s mission

Some called Martin Luther King Jr. a visionary. Others called him a troublemaker. For Wilmington minister Rev. Canon Lloyd Casson, he was an inspiration.

7 years ago

Asaf Barrios, 11, jams out on his steele drum accompanied by his father, Raul, at APM's Three Kings Day/Octavious celebration for displaced families from Puerto Rico in North Philadelphia on January 12 2018. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Philadelphia
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Three Kings and Octavitas bring a taste of home for Puerto Ricans starting over in Philly

Three Kings Day and Octavitas are two post-Christmas holiday celebrations important in Latin America. For recent arrivals from Puerto Ric ...

7 years ago

In this Nov. 29, 2017, file photo, a Hawaii Civil Defense Warning Device, which sounds an alert siren during natural disasters, is seen in Honolulu. (Caleb Jones/AP)
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International

‘This Is Not A Drill’: A false ballistic missile alert shakes Hawaii

FCC is launching full investigation into false alert in Hawaii.

7 years ago

Dion Diamond listens with his eyes closed to George Lincoln Rockwell, the founder of the American Nazi Party, at a
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History
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

The civil rights activist whose name you’ve probably never heard

Dion Diamond was sitting at a "whites-only" lunch counter in Arlington, Va., in 1960 when a crowd started gathering around him.

7 years ago

Weather Underground map at 8 a.m. Saturday.
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Flash freeze possible at the Shore as temperatures plummet Saturday

Any standing water on Jersey Shore roadways will freeze Saturday as temperatures plummet, and it could happen quickly, forecasters say. ...

7 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles' fans huddle during the second half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, in Philadelphia.
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Players, fans confident ‘underdog’ Eagles will fly higher than Falcons

The underdog storyline, while nothing new to the Eagles or the city of Philadelphia, has still lit a fire under the Eagles and their fans.

8 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

Americans split on new tax law, Gallup poll finds

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

8 years ago

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Delaware

Report: Delaware Department of Correction making strides in safety improvements

A report finds the Delaware Department of Correction is making progress nearly a year after an officer was killed in a prison takeover by inmates.

8 years ago

Leslie D. Callahan
Speak Easy

The continuing witness of Martin Luther King Jr.

As our thoughts turn from King's birthday to the 50th anniversary of his death, there is no better time to assess our commitment and progress on matters of justice.

8 years ago

Firefighters line up as the body of Philadelphia firefighter Lt. Matthew LeTourneau is carried on top of a firetruck during a funeral procession on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018 in Philadelphia. Officials say the funeral mass for Lt. Matthew LeTourneau will be held Friday at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. The 11-year veteran was pulled from the home on Saturday by fellow firefighters and taken to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Fire Lt. Matthew LeTourneau remembered for humor, spirit

Afterward, the flag-draped casket was placed atop an engine as the procession made its way to a cemetery in suburban Philadelphia.

8 years ago

University of Pennsylvania Chaplain Charles
Philadelphia
Religion
Social Justice

Daring to put legs on faith with the inspiration of MLK

Rising to the challenges of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy encompasses more than a day of service.

8 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, January 11 2018

Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey are renewing a push to create a new kind of license that would be accessible to immigrants in the Unit ...

Air Date: January 11, 2018

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