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Studio 2
Lifestyle

Supermarket Shuffle, Babies and Screen Time, HBCU Cheyney Fights Back

As the FTC looks to block the largest supermarket merger in history, a look at the competitive world of grocery stores. Plus, screen time linked to child development issues.

Air Date: February 28, 2024 12:00 pm

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Arts & Entertainment

The Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall will be renamed for singer Marian Anderson

Donors of $25 million to the Kimmel Center want to rename the Philadelphia Orchestra’s home after Anderson, instead of themselves.

3 years ago

Listen 1:19
Ottawa Senators goalie Patrick Lalime (40) and Philadelphia Flyers goalie Robert Esche join in the fight-filled final 1:45 of the third period of an NHL hockey game March 5, 2004, in Philadelphia.
Community

20 years since NHL’s record-setting Flyers-Senators brawl, fighting is down across the league but not going anywhere

There are still roughly 300 each season, or one every four to five games.

3 years ago

Kevin Douglass Greene addressing students
Education

Frederick Douglass’ descendant delivers free memoirs to Philly students

Against the backdrop of recent book bans, Kevin Douglass Greene's efforts have been highlighted as a way to help preserve American history.

3 years ago

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Leap Day
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Community

Why do we leap day? We remind you (so you can forget for another 4 years)

The Hebrew, Chinese and Buddhist calendars, among others, have long contained entire leap months. The West is no stranger to leap years either.

3 years ago

Vladimir Putin
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Politics & Policy

Putin remains defiant as ever 2 years into Russia’s war in Ukraine

3 years ago

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Courts & Law

Decade’s old missing person case solved after relative uploads DNA to genealogy site

Sandra Young's identity was discovered through advanced DNA technology, which has helped solve stubborn cold cases in recent years.

3 years ago

(Courtesy Temple Digital Collections)
Community
Billy Penn

Before it was PHL, this patch of land was home to hogs and the world’s biggest shipyard

Hog Island transitioned from its farming past and the country’s industrial future.

3 years ago

Kelly green is overrated? Gritty is annoying? Wawa has pizza? There's lots to talk about.
Studio 2
Lifestyle

What’s Your Most Unpopular Philly Opinion?, Toxic Turf

Studio 2 almost broke the internet when Avi asked for unpopular opinions about Philly. From dissing cheesesteaks to questioning the hype around the Rocky statue, we discuss.

Air Date: February 22, 2024 12:00 pm

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at White House Black History Descendants day event.
Community

‘Let’s keep this history alive’: VP Kamala Harris honors families of civil rights activists in historic gathering for Black History Month

Descendants of Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X and more attended a White House ceremony to honor their families’ legacy and impact on the country.

3 years ago

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Philadelphia Phillies are shown Sept. 23, 1964.
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Billy Penn

60 years after the ‘64 Phillies collapse, does “negadelphia” still exist?

For some Philly sports fans, 1964 started decades of pessimistic fandom.

3 years ago

A sugar-cane farm belonging to Levert St. John Inc. in St. Martinsville, Louisiana.
Education

Lincoln University explores the Black diaspora via sugar cane

Premiering Wednesday at Lincoln University, a multidisciplinary performance explores the Black Diaspora through the lens of sugar cane.

3 years ago

President Biden is rated highly in a survey of historians on presidential greatness — but he's in a tight election race with former President Donald Trump, who is ranked last. (Jim Watson and Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

In historians’ Presidents Day survey, Biden vs. Trump is not a close call

A survey of historians and presidential experts ranks President Biden in 14th place all-time. Former President Donald Trump came in last.

3 years ago

President Lincoln signed the appointment letter four days before he was assassinated.
Politics & Policy

Presidential order Lincoln signed in ‘final hours of his life’ recently found after being locked in desk for decades

The Raab Collection of suburban Philadelphia is asking $45,000 for the 1865 letter signed by a president “who had no idea his days were numbered.”

3 years ago

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Book cover of 'Pursuit of Happiness' by Jeffrey Rosen on the left; Rosen speaking on the right
Arts & Entertainment

If it makes you happy: Constitution Center CEO’s book pursues American happiness

"The Pursuit of Happiness" traces the moral philosophy that drove the Founding Fathers.

3 years ago

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