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Each program mixes interviews with guest travel experts, your call-ins with questions and comments, and music. We talk about our favorite travels in Europe, as well as travel anywhere in the U.S. and the rest of the world.

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Pa. lawmakers gather at Capitol despite remote voting and calls for social distancing

Many Republicans said they felt conflicted about balancing their duties as elected officials with their responsibilities as individuals to stop the spread of coronavirus.

6 years ago

A person walks down Sansom Street in Center City Tuesday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus death toll rises in N.J. and Pa. as Del. confronts new cases

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the tri-state region have topped 4,500 with New Jersey reporting nearly 1,000 new cases in a single day.

6 years ago

President Trump speaks with anchor Bill Hemmer during a Fox News virtual town hall from the Rose Garden of the White House on Tuesday. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
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Health

Watch live: White House holds coronavirus task force briefing

President Trump hopes the United States can begin to get back to normal by the middle of next month, he said on a Fox News TV special on Tuesday.

6 years ago

A medical staff member in protective gear administers a test for COVID-19 at a drive-through testing center in Paramus, N.J., Friday, March 20, 2020. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. now has second-most cases nationwide

3,675 coronavirus cases in New Jersey puts the state second only to New York. The Garden State moved to cancel all standardized tests for students.

6 years ago

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Billy Penn

All the Philly coronavirus helplines, in one convenient directory

There’s lots of ways to get info about COVID-19.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during briefing on coronavirus in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump hopes country will be reopened by Easter amid outbreak

“I would love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter," he said during a Fox News virtual town hall.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps volunteers (from left) Megan Boyle, Marina Spitkovskaya, Jamie Huot, and Stephen Bonett, all of whom are nurses, walk to the swabbing tent as the city's coronavirus testing site prepared to open next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on Friday, March 20, 2020. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health

Philadelphia officials refute Trump’s comments, call on federal government for help

“If we do this right, then maybe, maybe within two to four weeks, we can see evidence of slowing of the epidemic wave,” said Health Commissioner Tom Farley.

6 years ago

A runner at Ridge Avenue and Spring Garden Street on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Exercise is good for us. Even more so now that we’re stuck at home

We’re all a little stressed during these “stay-at-home” days. The health benefits of exercise can help counteract the impacts of isolation.

6 years ago

Dean Lindsey shared a picture on Facebook on March 21, 2020 of the items on his bedside table in quarantine in his State College house.
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WPSU

First-person account of COVID-19: Centre County man shares his story

WPSU’s Emily Reddy talked with Dean Lindsey, who says he’s one of the first positive cases in Centre County.

6 years ago

File photo: New Jersey State Capitol building in Trenton. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Property tax relief takes big hit as N.J. freezes nearly $1B in spending

The $921 million on the chopping block includes tuition assistance, lead abatement, drug recovery programs and municipal aid.

6 years ago

Nurses with ChristianaCare test people for the coronavirus in downtown Wilmington on March 13, 2020. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Health

Delaware coronavirus case total hits 104, presidential primary postponed

Delaware’s Democrats will have to wait a little longer to vote in what’s expected to be a landslide primary win for Joe Biden.

6 years ago

A man walks past a large banner promoting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Monday, March 23, 2020. The IOC will take up to four weeks to consider postponing the Tokyo Olympics amid mounting criticism of its handling of the coronavirus crisis that now includes Canada saying it won't send a team to the games this year and the leader of track and field, the biggest sport at the games, also calling for a delay. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Community

Tokyo Olympics officially postponed until 2021

The IOC said the games will be held “not later than summer 2021” but they will still be called the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

6 years ago

Xiomara Diaz and her daughter Genesis Diaz leave William Hunter School in Kensington with free meals because of the coronavirus shutdown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Radio Times
Education

Parenting during the pandemic

We talk to Philadelphia School District Superintendent William Hite about how the district is supporting students and get tips for parents on coping during this trying time.

Air Date: March 24, 2020 10:00 am

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Health
Billy Penn

Many COVID sufferers experience loss of taste and smell, but it’s not a quarantine symptom in Philly yet

“Everything tastes like sewer water,” said one Philadelphia patient.

6 years ago

Pedestrians in protective face mask walk past a closed business in Philadelphia, Friday, March 20, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Community

DIYers and fashion designers in Philly region sew face masks for health care workers

Facing a shortage of face masks, health care workers go to DIYers and designers for help. Philadelphia launches task force to set mask-making standards.

6 years ago

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