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History

Residents take photos and try to touch one of the three Balangiga church bells after a ceremony returning them to the church in the town of Balangiga in the Philippines on Dec. 15, 2018. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

Philippines Duterte praises ‘generous’ Americans for returning church bells

Both are enthralled that church bells seized by the U.S. have been returned to the Philippines after 117 years.

8 years ago

Visitors enter a newly-discovered Egyptian tomb at the Saqqara necropolis on Saturday. (Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images)
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Education

After more than 4,000 years, vibrant Egyptian tomb sees the light of day

More than four millennia after being chiseled by Egyptian artisans, the intricate hieroglyphics and stone carvings of an ancient tomb have been uncovered.

8 years ago

It's been 50 years since Philadelphia Eagles fans pelted Santa with snow balls from the stands. Some people say they are ashamed of what happened that day, while others remain unapologetic. (Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
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Community

Philly frustration, 1968: ‘The day that they were all against everything’

Mention the Philadelphia Eagles and last year's Super Bowl win comes to mind. But so does that time fans booed and pelted Santa Claus with snow balls.

8 years ago

Ribbon cutting for new Center City Wawa (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Money

New Old City Wawa largest ever for chain

The convenience store chain known for "super" Wawa's in the suburbs opens its largest store steps away from the Liberty Bell.

8 years ago

The Cooch family is selling their historic home and ten acres of land surrounding to preserve the site of Delaware's only Revolutionary War battle in 1777. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Site of Delaware’s only Revolutionary War battle to be preserved

Delaware officials say it will further protect the state’s only Revolutionary War battlefield.

8 years ago

A 1770s pickle stand created by Philadelphia’s Bonnin and Morris, the first American porcelain factory is currently on display at the Museum of the American Revolution through December 2018, on loan from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Arts & Entertainment

Politics, pottery and pickle trays: A history lesson at the Museum of the American Revolution

Radical porcelain: the Museum of the American Revolution will host a workshop to demonstrate the uses of ceramics toward political ends.

8 years ago

(From left) Hank Heim, William Bonelli, Richard Schimmel and Isaac George salute at a ceremony commemorating the Pearl Harbor attack. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Community

Remaining Pa. survivors honor Pearl Harbor’s 77th anniversary

Pennsylvania's commemoration ceremony is just one of many held annually around the country.

8 years ago

A visitor to Philadelphia City Archives uses his phone to interact with Talia Greene's vast mural,
Community

At Philly archive’s new home, redlining mural charts dismal chapter of city history

The Philadelphia records archive has moved to a new building with a virtual reality redlining mural.

8 years ago

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Father Michael Doyle talks about his role in the Camden 28, a group of activists who in 1971 broke into a draft board office to destroy the records of draft registrants in protest of the Vietnam War.
Politics & Policy

Camden 28 revisit court where they were tried for ’71 break-in to protest Vietnam War

As war casualties mounted, several draft board raids occurred throughout the country. But the Camden 28 case was the only one where all defendants were acquitted.

8 years ago

Former President George H.W. Bush waits on the field for first pitch ceremony before Game 5 of baseball's World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, in Houston.
Politics & Policy

Some Philly activists praise Bush for ADA, others say he failed in face of AIDS epidemic

Some Philly activists praise Bush for ADA, others say he failed in face of AIDS epidemic.

8 years ago

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The official portrait of former President George H.W. Bush is draped in black cloth at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, to mark his passing. Bush will lay in state at the Capitol building this week before being buried in Texas. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The legacy of George H.W. Bush

Guests: Joe Watkins, Jeet Heer, John Meacham Over the weekend, President George Herbert Walker Bush died at the ...

Air Date: December 4, 2018

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Philadelphia’s restored Metropolitan Opera House will open as a Live Nation Venue on Monday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Restored to former glory, The Met opens on North Broad Street

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with Geoff Gordon, Live Nation regional president who heads the team that will manage The Met on Philly's North Broad Street.

8 years ago

Listen 6:00
Migrants run from tear gas launched by U.S. agents, amid photojournalists covering the Mexico-U.S. border, after a group of migrants got past Mexican police at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
The Why
Politics & Policy

Tears in Jamestown: A Pennsylvania company’s role in the global tear gas trade

Why a western Pa. company that's become a major player in the global tear gas trade is also embroiled in a legal battle with neighbors of its manufacturing facilities.

Air Date: December 3, 2018

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Money

Why aren’t millennials spending? They’re poorer than previous generations, Fed says

Their consumption habits are similar to their parents' and grandparents' — millennials just have less money to spend.

8 years ago

George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, speaks at a fundraiser in Dallas in 1991.  (Marcy Nighswander/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

George H.W. Bush to lie in state at the Capitol, and be buried in Texas

Bush will be buried next to his wife and former first lady Barbara Bush, who died in April, along with his daughter Pauline Robinson Bush, who died in 1953 at 3 years old.

8 years ago

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