
Philadelphia
There were also easter eggs, funny cameos and some lazy stereotypes aimed at the defending Super Bowl champs.
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Philadelphia’s Italian Market Festival returns this weekend. Here’s what to expect
A greased pole climbing competition, meatballs, gelato, tacos and more! The 9th street fest is back with a bang.
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Trump’s grant and contract cuts in Philadelphia approach $280 million (and counting)
The feds have slashed funding for university research, public health, climate resiliency, public service and food banks.
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From Dolly Parton to MrBeast, James Patterson is always learning
One of the best-selling authors of all time sat down with Terry Gross for an onstage interview as WHYY gave him its annual Lifelong Learning Award.
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Listen 1:35Art of the Win: Kansas City museum delivers painting to Philly as part of Super Bowl wager
The Philadelphia Museum of Art will display a Manet painting it received from KC’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art until August.
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PennDOT proposes a ‘road diet’ for Northeast Philadelphia’s Castor Avenue in effort to make it safer
Instead of two lanes in each direction, PennDOT wants one lane each way and a center turning lane, as well as a raised curb extension and SEPTA boarding lanes.
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May 14 - May 18: Derrick Wang’s ‘Fearless’ in Del., HBCU Fest in Philly, and ‘Whose Live Anyway?’ in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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Listen 5:21Philadelphia Eagles release 2025 schedule | Full list of opponents, times and dates
The defending Super Bowl champions open the regular season Thursday, Sept. 4 at home against the Dallas Cowboys.
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Philly politicians, arts administrators rally in the wake of disappearing NEA funds
As Philly debates its next budget, the city’s art sector demands to be heard.
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Listen 1:23Philadelphia Flyers hire Rick Tocchet as coach, turning to alum to end their playoff drought
Tocchet spent 2 1/2 seasons in Vancouver and won the Jack Adams Award as NHL coach of the year in 2024 for guiding the Canucks to a 50-win season.
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The ongoing struggle over the meaning of the MOVE bombing
Forty years on, journalists, activists and archivists discussed who does the telling, and how.
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Rachel and Phila Lorn opened the Cambodian restaurant as a shared vision to celebrate their history.
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Billy Penn offers a curated guide to events in Philadelphia you won’t want to miss.
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Philly hopes to slow down traffic on Lincoln Drive by adding speed slots
The city’s Streets Department has started installing the vertical deflection devices as part of a pilot project designed to make the state road safer.
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Listen 1:19The bombing on May 13, 1985 claimed the lives of 11 people, including five children, and decimated an entire block in Cobbs Creek.
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