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Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. Hosted by Meg Wolitzer.

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Custodian Tracy Harris cleans chairs in a classroom at Brubaker Elementary School, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Radio Times
Education

Can schools reopen?

Parents, teachers, pediatricians, even kids want in-class school to start this fall if it can be done safely.

Air Date: July 15, 2020 10:00 am

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Jane Jordan (center, third from left) attends a family gathering, and is pictured (clockwise from top left) with her son, Blair, her daughter, Natalie, her husband Abraham, and her brother, Kermit, who died in 2008. (Courtesy of Natalie Jordan)
Community

Jane Elizabeth Boston Jordan, 78, remembered as a history lover and Philly’s biggest fan

Family and friends learned a bit of Philadelphia lore whenever they ventured out with her. She died from complications of COVID-19 on June 12.

6 years ago

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at an award ceremony in February in Washington, D.C. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for DVF)
NPR
Courts & Law

Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized again

According to a press release, the justice is "resting comfortably and will stay in the hospital for a few days to receive intravenous antibiotic treatment."

6 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney
Health

Delaware no longer on quarantine list for Pennsylvania, New Jersey

People from Delaware who travel to Pennsylvania and New Jersey will no longer be required to quarantine for 14 days.

6 years ago

State Sen. Anthony Williams. (Tyger Williams/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. Democratic state senator tests positive for the coronavirus

Democratic state Sen. Anthony Williams has tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the second Pennsylvania legislator to contract the virus.

6 years ago

Rows of school buses
Education

Philly teachers endorse ‘hybrid’ school model, but could reverse position

The teachers’ union plan endorses a ‘hybrid’ approach — with classes both online and in-person. But if case counts rise, the union says it could reverse.

6 years ago

Coronavirus courtroom
Courts & Law

COVID-19 shut down jury trials in Pa. What does that mean and what it would take to bring them back?

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with lawyer Joe Oxman about what “no trials” during COVID means and what it would take to bring them back.

6 years ago

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Broad Street Run
Community

Pa. coronavirus recovery: All large events in Philly canceled for six months

Canceled events include the Thanksgiving Day parade, the Mummers Parade and the Broad Street Run, which had already been postponed to October.

6 years ago

Delaware parents will have to wait until August to learn how the state plans to restart schools. (AP Photo/Suchat Pederson)
Community

Del. coronavirus recovery: Decision on schools pushed to August

Delaware parents will have to wait until August to learn how the state plans to restart schools.

6 years ago

Manco & Manco Pizza
Down the Shore
Health

Manco & Manco closes pizzerias for cleaning after 3 employees test positive for COVID-19

Two of the employees were asymptomatic, according to restaurant management.

6 years ago

Bags of fresh food wait to be given away in Chicago in May. The number of malnourished people is expected to climb globally, according to the United Nations.
NPR
Health

U.N. report says pandemic could push up to 132 million people into hunger

The coronavirus pandemic could push up to 132 million people into hunger by the end of 2020, according to a new United Nations report.

6 years ago

Borgata casino
Arts & Entertainment

Borgata to reopen July 26, last of Atlantic City’s 9 casinos

The top-performing casino in Atlantic City, the Borgata was the only one that did not to immediately reopen on July 2.

6 years ago

Masks are required for entry to a shoe store in Glendale, Calif. Most people follow social distancing and guidelines to wear masks when they enter retail stores and restaurants, but some customers don't comply.
NPR
Health

The customer is always right. Except when they won’t wear a mask

In the age of COVID-19, most people follow social-distancing and mask-wearing guidelines when they enter retail stores and restaurants. But then there are the nightmare custom

6 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Bucks County GOP lawmakers call for investigation into unresolved unemployment claims

Bucks County members of the Republican Caucus call for the House Oversight Committee to look into what they call “the failure of the Unemployment Compensation program.”

6 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump again casts doubt on Fauci as COVID-19 cases surge

President Trump shared a tweet from game show host Chuck Woolery, who claimed the CDC is lying about the coronavirus pandemic to hurt the president in November’s election.

6 years ago

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