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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Weather

Families enjoy the sprinkler park at Ferko Playground
PlanPhilly
Environment
Outdoors
Philadelphia

2022 has been one of Philly’s warmest years on record

“This is the new normal,” one expert said. “And that should be alarming.”

3 years ago

Kala Smith of Buffalo, N.Y., heads for a food store Monday on Main Street, not far from where she lives, after a massive snowstorm blanketed the city. (Craig Ruttle/AP)
NPR
National
Outdoors
Public Safety

At least 50 people have died across the U.S. in ‘once-in-a-generation storm’

More than half the deaths occurred in western New York, which struggled with super-size snow drifts that snarled emergency vehicles. Buffalo's responders rescued hundreds trap

3 years ago

A view of the Philadelphia skyline from the 52nd Street station on the Market-Frankford elevated line in West Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Environment
Outdoors
Philadelphia

Warmer temperatures ahead in Philadelphia after record-breaking cold snap

Coming out of a record-breaking cold Christmas weekend, temperatures are expected to reach into the 40s and 50s ahead of the New Year.

3 years ago

This satellite image made available by NOAA shows weather systems across North America on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, at 12:06 p.m. EST. (NOAA via AP)
National
Public Safety

Frigid monster storm across US claims at least 34 lives

The National Weather Service says about 60% of the U.S. population has faced some sort of winter weather advisory or warning.

3 years ago

A car and trees are covered in snow.
Energy
National
Public Safety
Travel

Winter storm batters U.S. power, snarling Christmas travel

A battering winter storm has knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the United States.

3 years ago

A person walks during a winter storm in Philadelphia.
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Public Safety
6abc

Frigid, wind chills in the single digits across the Philly region

A Wind Chill Advisory goes into effect at 6 p.m. and lasts until 10 a.m. on Christmas Eve.

3 years ago

File: A view inside the control room at PJM Interconnection, which operates the electric grid for 65 million people in 13 states and the District of Columbia. (Courtesy of PJM Interconnection)
Energy
New Jersey
Sustainability

Turn it off: Electricity operator PJM asks customers to conserve energy

As temperatures across the Delaware Valley stay below freezing, electricity grid operator PJM Interconnection is asking customers to conserve energy through Dec. 25 at 10 a.m.

3 years ago

Expected wind chill forecast for the Philly region over the weekend. (6abc)
Delaware
Environment
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Winter Storm Watch: Bitter cold Christmas weekend ahead in Philly region

A Wind Chill Advisory goes into effect at 6 p.m. Friday and lasts until 10 a.m. on Christmas Eve.

3 years ago

A dog walker named Courtney walks with her dogs near Lake of the Isles
National
Public Safety

A huge winter storm brings icy temperatures and snow to a majority of Americans

More than 200 million people were under some form of winter weather advisory or warning on Friday, the National Weather Service said.

3 years ago

A person wrapped in a blanket crosses a snow-covered street
NPR
National
Public Safety

A massive winter storm is sweeping across the U.S., making holiday travel dangerous

Nationwide, thousands of flights were canceled or delayed. In some places, temperatures dropped more than 30 degrees in an hour.

3 years ago

Drivers wait for the traffic to be cleared as cars and trucks are stranded on sections of I-95 after a snow storm.
NPR
Public Safety
Transportation

Here’s how to best prepare for winter driving — and what to keep in your car

Here are some actions drivers can take to better protect themselves and their families in winter storms, which can turn deadly for vulnerable people, per preparedness experts.

3 years ago

Cars are driving on a snow-packed road.
NPR
Environment
National
Public Safety

Weather conditions across the U.S. mean bomb cyclones are possible. What are they?

Regions across the U.S. are expected to get record low temperatures, wind chills and heavy snow, which could make for dangerous conditions for travel and simply being outside.

3 years ago

A person, reflected in a window while wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus, walks during a winter storm in Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Public Safety
6abc

Winter Weather Advisory issued for parts of Delaware Valley

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 11 a.m. for western Chester, upper Montgomery and upper Bucks counties.

3 years ago

Macy's Christmas display on the Wanamaker Organ.
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Billy Penn

Forecast predicts Philly’s coldest Christmas Eve-Christmas Day since 1989

And the below-freezing temps won’t even come with snow.

3 years ago

Debris is piled up following severe weather Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, in Keithville, La. (AP Photo/Jake Bleiberg)
National
Public Safety

3 dead in Louisiana as US storm spawns Southern tornadoes

Authorities say three people are dead in Louisiana and several others have been hurt as a destructive storm system has kicked up tornadoes in the South.

3 years ago

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