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Christine Koh and her daughters. (Provided)
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Home & Family

What do you wish you’d known before becoming a parent?

Parents mess up. It comes with the job. What's the one thing you wish someone had told you before you became a parent?

7 years ago

Max Knauer and his mother, Kittie Weston-Knauer, at a StoryCorps conversation recorded in April. (Grace Pauley/StoryCorps)
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Gender
Sports

‘Why don’t you try it?’: How the oldest U.S. female BMX racer broke into the sport

When she started competing in the late 1980s, she was often the only woman on the track. It was her son, a champion BMX rider, who introduced her to the sport.

7 years ago

This undated file photo shows Grace Kelly whose childhood home in Philadelphia has been restored (AP Photo, file)
History
Philadelphia

Grace Kelly’s childhood home fully restored, won’t be museum

Her childhood home made headlines in 2014 when its 81-year-old former owner pleaded no contest to animal cruelty charges for keeping cats and dogs in unsanitary conditions.

7 years ago

(Big Stock image)
Aging
New Jersey

Mother’s Day movement brings flowers for ‘forgotten women’

It was May of 2006, two days before Mother’s Day, when a sad epiphany struck Jane Miller. The Howell resident was working at a Monm ...

7 years ago

(BigStock)
Home & Family
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Mother’s Day gifts for mom and the community

How does your family celebrate Mother’s Day?

7 years ago

A slice of cake from the 2011 wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be sold by Julien's Auctions in June. Pieces of four other royal wedding cakes also will be auctioned off. (John Stillwell/AP)
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International

Slice of history: Pieces of British royal wedding cakes up for auction

How much would you pay for a slice of 44-year-old British royal wedding cake?

7 years ago

Horatio Monroe of Tracy, Calif. comes to PLAYlive Nation to play Fortnite every day after work. He says it relaxes him. (Adhiti Bandlamudi/Capital Public Radio)
NPR
Technology

The Fortnite craze might be here to stay

Since its release in September 2017, Fortnite has caused a major stir in the video gaming world by transforming casual video game players into avid ones.

7 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial with his wife Camille Cosby at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 12, 2017.
The Philadelphia Experiment

Camille Cosby is a victim too

While I believe Bill Cosby’s own actions are ultimately to blame for his conviction, I also believe Camille Cosby has the right to speak her mind.

7 years ago

Saudi women jog in the streets of Jeddah in March. The government is encouraging greater participation by women in sports. (Amer Hilabi/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Gender
International

‘Culture shock within their own country’: Saudis come to grips with swift changes

Many of the social changes are popular with the kingdom's younger citizens.

7 years ago

Traffic clogs I-676
Speak Easy

Poem: Psalm for the driver

Hey you, driver of the red Toyota Tercel with your capricious relationship to speed limits, your tailgating, your stupid, ugly mustache.

7 years ago

 (Brennan Linsley/AP Photo, file)
Business
National

More businesses are mellowing out over hiring pot smokers

Though still in its early stages, the shift away from marijuana testing appears likely to accelerate.

7 years ago

Morels growing near a dying elm tree in southeastern Ohio. (Andrea Moore)
NPR
Food & Drink

On the hunt for the elusive morel mushroom

Even now, 10 years later, park ranger Andrea Moore remembers the familiar smell in the air that told her it was going to be a good hunt.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Mental Health

“Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness”

Guest: Melissa Dahl Awkwardness isn’t just a teenage emotion that goes away once the braces are off and pimple ...

Air Date: April 23, 2018

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Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons (25) shoots in the first quarter as Miami Heat forward James Johnson (16) defends in Game 4 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Miami. (AP Photo/Joe Skipper)

76ers take control, top Heat 106-102 for 3-1 series lead

Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid certainly aren’t acting like playoff first-timers, and JJ Redick provided the veteran leadership that P ...

7 years ago

In this Friday, April 13, 2018, photo, the Waldos, from left, Mark Gravitch, Larry Schwartz, Dave Reddix, Jeffrey Noel and Steve Capper sit on a wall they used to frequent at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, Calif. Friday is April 20, or 4/20. That’s the numerical code for marijuana’s high holiday, a celebration and homage to pot’s enduring and universal slang for smoking. And the five Northern California high school stoner buddies widely credited with creating the shorthand slang for getting high nearly 50 years ago now serve as the day's unofficial grand masters.  (Eric Risberg/AP Photo)
International

High holiday: 4/20 traces roots to these high school stoners

The Oxford English Dictionary added 420 to its lexicon last year.

7 years ago

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