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A 5-pound newborn girl is swaddled in a blanket in a hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan. She was born on Jan. 1, 2020. (Diaa Hadid)
NPR
Community

UNICEF estimates 400,000 babies will be born on New Year’s Day

UNICEF says the Pacific island nation of Fiji will most likely have delivered 2020's first baby

6 years ago

Marriage license applicants in Delaware are asked for their race when they appear at their county’s marriage bureau. This is screen shot of the computerized template that clerks fill out. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Bill would ban question about race from Delaware marriage license application

The law is a vestige of the days when Delaware banned marriages between Black and white people. Sen. Townsend says it needs to be stricken.

6 years ago

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Jim Cummings of Pennsauken, N.J. once worked as a Santa Claus at Paramus Park Mall and found a special connection with wishful, loving children. (Jennifer Lynn/WHYY)
Community

Suiting up as Santa healed a heavy-hearted grandfather from New Jersey

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn spoke with Jim Cummings of Pennsauken, New Jersey, who once donned a Santa suit at the Paramus Park Mall at a tender time in his life.

6 years ago

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Residents are also encouraged to keep the boxes stocked. Officials say to leave non-perishable, canned goods, and personal care items (excluding sharp objects and chemicals). (Courtesy of The Little Free Pantry)
Down the Shore
Health

Leave what you can, take what you need: ‘Free little pantry’ initiative expands at the Shore

Residents are also encouraged to keep the boxes stocked. Officials say to leave non-perishable, canned goods, and personal care items (excluding sharp objects and chemicals).

6 years ago

Ivanka Trump, who works at the White House as an adviser to her father, President Trump, said she has seen a shift in Republican attitudes on paid parental leave (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Paid parental leave: How Republicans learned to love a Democratic priority

Many Republican lawmakers oppose the parental leave provision. But since it is part of the must-pass defense bill, there's not much they can do about it.

6 years ago

A sign indicates a store that accepts the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program or SNAP, the official name of the food stamp program. (File photo/The Columbus Dispatch/TNS)
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

Shore congressman slams rule that will substantially limit federal food stamp program

A congressman representing the southern New Jersey shore is seeking to a resolution to reverse a new Trump administration rule that will limit the federal food stamp program.

6 years ago

(photo, Big Stocks)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Who does the housework?

Women still do the bulk of the housework, even when they are working outside the home. We'll talk about why chore aren't shared more fairly and how to even things out,

Air Date: December 6, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 48:58
Kids know their abusers between 85% and 93% of the time. Yet that often comes as a surprise to adults.(motortion/BigStock)
Community

Beyond ‘stranger danger’: Look and listen for these signs of child sexual abuse

Kids know their abusers between 85% and 93% of the time. Yet adults are often surprised to realize how close to home abuse really is.

6 years ago

Listen 5:09
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Down the Shore
Health

Trader Joe’s recall of several fresh products over listeria concerns includes N.J. stores

Trader Joe's has issued a voluntary recall for fresh products that are sold in numerous states, including its New Jersey markets. 

6 years ago

Years ago, Portia Smith (center) suffered postpartum depression and feared seeking care because of child welfare involvement. She and her daughters Shanell Smith (right), 19, and Najai Jones Smith (left), 15, pose for a selfie after makeup artist Najai madeup everyone as they were getting ready at home on Feb. 6, 2019, to go to a movie together. (Tom Gralish/Philadelphia Inquirer)
NPR
Health

Black mothers get less treatment for their postpartum depression

Nationally, postpartum depression affects one in seven mothers.

6 years ago

We're tethered to our brothers and sisters as adults far longer than we are as children; our sibling relationships, in fact, are the longest-lasting family ties we have. (Katherine Streeter for NPR)
NPR
Health

Here’s to grown-up siblings and the ties that bind

There's probably a biological explanation for the intensity of the sibling bond.

6 years ago

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Lifestyle
Billy Penn

Carson Wentz baby! Here’s how Eagles players are congratulating their QB

His teammates have plenty of parenting experience.

6 years ago

A food allergy, sensitivity, or intolerance can make the difference between passing the mashed potatoes — and passing on them. (JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

‘Extend a little grace’ — Navigating food allergies and sensitivities at Thanksgiving

How to keep stressful dietary discussions off the holiday menu.

6 years ago

Men carry shovels as they walk on a snow covered road after an overnight snowstorm. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Community

Another Shore town offers volunteer snow shoveling program for older residents, people with disabilities

Cape May County’s Wildwood Crest announced its volunteer snow removal program on Tuesday. Officials say volunteers will help residents that do not have assistance.

6 years ago

Bottom left: Jeremy Lapedis, Ethan Gillett, Anna Fishman. Bottom right:  Jake Scobey-Thal and Maria Alexander, summer of 2005 after our senior year of high school. (Image courtesy of Maria Alexander).
The Pulse
Health

Thanksgiving Eve: How the biggest party night of the year became our homecoming

Growing up, my friends and I took for granted that we would always see each other the night before the holiday. Until we couldn’t.

6 years ago

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