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The Geminid meteor shower peaks Wednesday and Thursday this week with upwards of 100 meteors per hour. The moon is a very thin wani ...
Air Date: December 12, 2017
Listen 06:22Gas driller: Make Dimock homeowner pay for disparaging us
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. claims Dimock resident Ray Kemble and his former lawyers tried to extort the company through a frivolous federal lawsuit.
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Lawmakers consider breaks for oil, gas in tax bills
As lawmakers hash out differences between the tax bills in front of Congress, they must decide whether to keep a proposed tax break for oil and gas investors.
8 years ago
Black mothers keep dying after giving birth. Shalon Irving’s story explains why
For much of American history, disparities were largely blamed on blacks' susceptibility to illness and their own behavior. Now many agree, the problem isn't race but racism.
8 years ago
Trump administration coal plan could have big impact on Pennsylvania
8 years ago
College campuses failing to fully decode mental illness
Academia, known at times for fostering innovation and creativity, is also casually slow and bureaucratic when it comes to implementing much-needed radical change.
8 years ago
New York’s heralded fracking ban isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
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Flu season strikes early in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware
Flu season is off to an early start this year. Experts say it’s time to get a flu shot, if you haven’t already, because numbers could peak even more around the holidays.
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Crisis averted: scenes from the nation’s 24-hour helpline
The call came in late one summer night. Immediately, Paul Butler’s stomach sank, his heart sped up and he started listening.
8 years ago
Listen 6:06Watching over the land in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest
First Nations communities in British Columbia are training indigenous people to manage local natural resources.
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Listen 8:53Delaware archaeologists find groundbreaking human remains
Eleven 17th century remains have been found in Rehoboth.
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Listen 2:13After five Temple deaths, students call university’s counseling services inadequate
The university’s director of counseling services says the university's counseling staff is enough to meet the needs of Temple's students.
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In 50 years, heart transplant surgery hasn’t changed significantly
One million people have end-stage heart failure in North America, and only about 2,400 transplants occur each year due to a lack of viable hearts.
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