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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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Aerial view of solar panels on a farm.
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Energy
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Biden waives solar panel tariffs, seeks to boost production

President Joe Biden is invoking the Defense Production Act to increase U.S. manufacturing of solar panels while declaring a two-year tariff exemption on some imported panels.

4 years ago

President Biden walks down the steps of Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Thursday, June 2, 2022, as he heads to Rehobeth Beach, Del., for the weekend. A small plane flew near the Bidens' beach house. (Susan Walsh/AP)
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Delaware
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Transportation

A small plane flew near Biden’s beach house in Delaware

The White House said it was apparently by mistake that a small private plane entered restricted airspace. The president and first lady were evacuated but have since returned.

4 years ago

David McCormick (left) and Mehmet Oz, Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. (Matt Rourke and Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Elections
Pennsylvania

McCormick concedes to Oz in Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary

Friday's development sets up a general election between Oz, who was endorsed by Trump, and Democrat John Fetterman in what is expected to be one of the nation's premier races

4 years ago

Close-up of John Fetterman
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

‘I almost died,’ Fetterman says as Senate campaign heats up

The cardiologist for John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Pa. who is recovering from a stroke, has disclosed that Fetterman also has cardiomyopathy.

4 years ago

A close-up of someone handling a mail-in ballot.
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. GOP loudly opposed counting undated ballots, until now

When Philadelphia’s election board prepared to count ballots last year that were mailed-in without the voter’s handwritten date, Republicans threatened impeachment.

4 years ago

A cyclist is seen at 17th and Washington Avenue in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Streets & Roads

Philly bike advocates press mayor to move ahead with narrowing Washington Ave.

Bike and pedestrian safety advocates and a state senator urge the city to move ahead with or without buy-in from Councilmember Johnson.

4 years ago

Election workers perform a recount of ballots from the recent primary election at the Montour County administration center in Danville, Pa., Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

Pa. court orders contested ballots counted in Senate primary

A state court is agreeing in a ballot-counting lawsuit with the campaign of David McCormick

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks about the latest round of mass shootings, from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 2, 2022. Biden is attempting to increase pressure on Congress to pass stricter gun limits after such efforts failed following past outbreaks. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Government Accountability
Gun Violence
Public Safety

President Biden appeals for tougher gun laws: ‘How much more carnage?’

Biden is trying to drive up pressure on Congress to pass stricter laws, though such efforts failed in the wake of past violence.

4 years ago

Sen. Doug Mastriano is seen in a crowd
Elections
Pennsylvania

GOP insiders begin to reluctantly support Mastriano, as Democrats tout unity

GOP insider: the tone of the GOP push to elect Mastriano feels like a pep rally before a football game everyone knows the team is doomed to lose.

4 years ago

State Sen. Doug Mastriano appears before supporters
Elections
Pennsylvania

If elected, could Pa. GOP candidate Doug Mastriano make voters re-register?

Mastriano, Pa.'s GOP candidate for governor, is perhaps the state's most prominent peddler of former President Trump's lie that widespread fraud cost him the 2020 election.

4 years ago

People mourn at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting
NPR
Gun Violence
National
Public Safety

As senators seek common ground on guns, ‘red flag’ laws become a focus

Early negotiations have found bipartisan support for incentivizing states to pass laws that let authorities seize guns from those found to be a danger to themselves or others.

4 years ago

A member of the National Rifle Association plugs his ears with his fingers as he walks past protesters during the NRA's annual meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center
Radio Times
Gun Violence
Public Health

Gun violence and why we can’t agree on policy solutions

America is awash with guns but unable to pass policies that make citizens safer. How are beliefs about guns and the Second Amendment derailing the gun safety conversation?

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Supreme Court
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Health Care
National

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. What’s next? Your health questions answered

After the leaked draft opinion in which SCOTUS appears ready to overturn Roe, we asked for your questions about the future of abortion care. Here's what our experts said.

4 years ago

Infant formula is stacked on a table during a baby formula drive to help with the shortage Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Food & Drink
Infrastructure
Kids
Pennsylvania

Wolf invests $1.7 million in Central Pa. baby formula manufacturer

Pennsylvania lawmakers hope to address baby formula shortage with a $1.7 investment in a new manufacturer in Reading, Pa.

4 years ago

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Food & Drink
Government
Infrastructure

The Biden administration has announced new funding to help food supply chains

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Wednesday unveiled $2 billion in new funding to strengthen food supply chains hard hit by the pandemic.

4 years ago

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