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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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Deputies escort Michelle Zajko, left, Daniel Blank, right, and Jack LaSota, in orange, from the Allegany County Courthouse
Courts & Law

A year after border agent’s killing, 7 Zizians fight criminal charges in 3 states

Police in Maryland quickly connected Jack “Ziz” LaSota, Michelle Zajko and Daniel Blank to homicide investigations in California, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

1 month ago

Bob Mina in his backyard
Weather

This West Chester, Pa. man was tired of winter. Then he invented Snowmelt Derby

The rules of Snowmelt Derby are simple: Guess when all the snow will disappear from Bob Mina’s Chester County backyard.

1 month ago

Listen 0:50
Stan, a 20-year-old female turkey vulture (front), and Hunter, a 22-year-old female red-tailed hawk (back) at the Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown, Pa.
Science

Meet Hunter and Stan, the red-tailed hawk and turkey vulture who are a Norristown zoo’s unlikely couple

Zoo staff say the female hawk and female turkey vulture share food, preen each other and have even attempted to raise eggs.

1 month ago

Listen 1:06
the back of A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer
Community

As ICE expands its footprint, DHS is leasing a high-end office space on the Main Line

The Westlakes Office Park is about a mile away from an elementary school in Berwyn, Chester County.

1 month ago

The cover of a U.S. Passport
Politics & Policy

State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications

Pennsylvania Reps. Madeleine Dean and John Joyce have proposed bipartisan legislation that would allow nonprofit public libraries to continue to serve as passport acceptance.

1 month ago

A closeup photo of Josh Shapiro
Politics & Policy

Shapiro pitches $1B housing program to build new stock, reduce barriers to ownership in Pennsylvania

The plan is part of Shapiro’s budget pitch and includes a $1 billion proposal, renter protections, zoning reforms and a strategy to tackle rising housing costs statewide.

1 month ago

Listen 1:07
Guadalupe Lopez speaks at a rally
Community

‘Traumatized’ Montgomery County family demands probe after ICE raid in Lower Providence

Family members of Jose Manuel Cordova Lopez, who was detained in Lower Providence Township on Monday, are demanding accountability.

1 month ago

Listen 2:10
Chrissy Houlahan holds papers
Courts & Law

Grand jury refuses to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with illegal military orders video

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan and other Democrats had said the Trump administration was investigating them over the video.

1 month ago

Candidates for Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District at the forum
Politics & Policy

At Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District forum, primary candidates share policy goals but split on approach to power

Democratic candidates agreed on restoring health care subsidies and abolishing ICE but differed on who was most qualified to take Philly’s interests to Congress.

1 month ago

Listen 4:32
The scene at an ICE raid in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Community

‘Brutal’ and ‘cruel’ ICE raid in Lower Providence sparks outrage from Montco elected officials

A Lower Providence Township supervisor at the scene of the raid Monday said she saw “children crying, a family in shock and a home destroyed after agents broke down the door.”

1 month ago

Listen 1:09
Chrissy Houlahan speaking at a podium
Politics & Policy

Congresswoman Houlahan talks AI data centers, ICE and federal shutdown in annual address

“ICE is vastly, vastly overfunded,” said U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan of Chester County. “They have a budget that is larger than many countries' entire defense budgets.”

1 month ago

The outside of the Norristown Police station
Courts & Law
6abc

Norristown police officer charged after hitting naked man with patrol vehicle

An investigation led by the Montgomery County Detective Bureau concluded that Sergeant Daniel DeOrzio's actions amounted to an unjustifiable use of deadly force.

1 month ago

Four workers are using crowbars to remove signs from a brick wall
Courts & Law

Philadelphia suburbs seek to assist lawsuit over slavery exhibit removal

“Our history is imperfect,” said Delco Council Chair Richard Womack, “but it is ours, and the federal government can’t rewrite it or ignore it."

1 month ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro
Politics & Policy

Why Gov. Shapiro wants to scrutinize electric utility profits

Gov. Josh Shapiro has a plan to scrutinize utility profits. Investor-owned utilities say it's important to invest in infrastructure that keeps the lights on.

1 month ago

Listen 5:35
a golfer on the Aronimink Golf Club course
Community

The PGA Championship is coming to the Philly area. Here’s what to know

Roughly 200,000 people are expected to visit the Newtown Square course May 11–17. Final round tickets have been sold out since September, but practice tickets are available.

1 month ago

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