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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.

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New Jersey

Like October, November to begin with mostly above normal temperatures at the Shore

A prolonged fall crisp remains elusive at the Jersey Shore, and if forecasters are correct, it won't be coming anytime soon. 

8 years ago

Erin Dunphy, 16, has raised almost $2,500 to distribute signs to her neighbors. (Annette John-Hall/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities
Pennsylvania
Social Justice

Pa. teen takes action against hate mail

A Montgomery County teen was admittedly curious when she came home from school this month and sorted through the mail. But that curiosity soon turned to outrage.

8 years ago

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Authorities respond near a damaged school bus Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in New York. A motorist drove onto a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial and struck several people on Tuesday police and witnesses said.

8 killed by New York motorist in ‘cowardly act of terror’

A man in a rented pickup truck drove onto a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial Tuesday, killing at least eight people and injuring several others.

8 years ago

Black Lives Matter activist Asa Khalif (right) takes Philadelphia Councilman Curtis Jones from simulation to real life at City Hall Tuesday.
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Social Justice

Black Lives Matter activists crash another City Hall event, slamming ‘poverty simulation’

Councilman Curtis Jones and several of his colleagues were taking part in the exercise demonstrating the many hurdles confronting the city's most needy.

8 years ago

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Down the Shore
New Jersey

N.J. files fraud complaint against Sandy contractor

A Jersey Shore contracting company and its owner allegedly employed “deceptive practices” to obtain Superstorm Sandy relief funds from four homeowners, state officials said.

8 years ago

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Home & Family
Visual Arts

We called for your jack-o’-lanterns — and you delivered!

From a contemplative cat face to Shiva to a fanged freak, these creative pumpkin transformations have gone every “witch” way.

8 years ago

The author is shown posing with several of the people who met him for conversations about Islam over coffee.
Speak Easy
Pennsylvania
Religion
Social Justice

7 common questions from my coffee conversations about Islam

In a series of conversations about Islam that I have been having with people from all across Pennsylvania, seven questions come up most often.

8 years ago

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Delaware
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Higher Education

Chemours announces expansion to Univ. of Delaware STAR Campus

Specialty chemical company Chemours announced a plan to build a research and innovation center at the University of Delaware.

8 years ago

Down the Shore
New Jersey

Coast Guard rescues 2 after boat runs aground near Barnegat Inlet

One person suffered an undisclosed injury when a boat ran aground in New Jersey's Barnegat Bay on Saturday, officials say.

8 years ago

Photo courtesy of OceanFirst Bank.
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Sand angels set new world record, raise $30k for charities

More than 1,600 "Sandy Angels" raised $30,000 for charities at the Jersey Shore on Saturday. 

8 years ago

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Down the Shore
New Jersey

Gusty winds could spark scattered power outages at the Jersey Shore

Jersey Shore residents should prepare for the possibility of scattered power outages to end the weekend.

8 years ago

 FILE- In this Aug. 15, 2017, file photo, a woman holds up a signs in support of the Obama administration program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, during an immigration reform rally at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Home & Family
Immigration
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For some immigrant kids, claiming asylum leads to indefinite detention in Pennsylvania

If immigrants claim they’re afraid to return to their home countries, federal detention facilities can hold them, at times indefinitely, while authorities decide their cases.

8 years ago

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Cyclist and pedestrians take part in Philly Free Streets, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
View Finders
Economic Development
Public Spaces
Streets & Roads

In second year, Philly Free Streets route was car-free from Old City to North Philly

Bikes, trikes, rollerblades, and skates... and just ordinary feet.

8 years ago

Stewart’s Root Beer Drive-In on Route 35 in Seaside Heights, N.J. (Photo by Chris Raia, Toms River Township)
New Jersey

How the Jersey Shore looks 5 years after Superstorm Sandy

Here's a look at where things stand with New Jersey five years later:

8 years ago

A crowd of people fill the Parkway
Gender
Social Justice

20th reunion for Million Woman March begins year of actions

Twenty years later, Phile Chionesu, still looks back on the Million Woman March with a bit of disbelief.

8 years ago

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