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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn becomes emotional as he testifies before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on July 27, 2021 at the Canon House Office Building in Washington, DC.
(Photo by Oliver Contreras for The New York Times)
Politics & Policy

‘This is how I’m going to die’: Police officers testify on Jan. 6 insurrection

The four officers gave emotional, occasionally angry, accounts of the attack, in which they were beaten and verbally abused as the mob of Trump’ supporters overwhelmed them.

5 years ago

Marc Zumoff calls the play-by-plays for the 76ers. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Regional Roundup – 7/26/21

Rhode Island legalized supervised injection sites. Will we follow suit? And, Marc Zumoff joins us to discuss his decision to retire and the NBA draft. Plus, zoo vaccinations?

Air Date: July 26, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:15
Flames from the Dixie Fire consume a home in the Indian Falls community
Weather

California’s largest fire torches homes as blazes lash West

More than 85 large wildfires were burning around the country, most of them in Western states, and they had burned over 1.4 million acres.

5 years ago

Trees crushed the playset of Chris Burke and Christina Lennon in Flourtown. (Courtesy of Burke and Lennon)
Weather

‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Montco grapples with road closures and power outages after being walloped by rain, windstorm

East Norriton, Whitpain, Whitemarsh, Springfield, Cheltenham, and Abington Townships were most impacted by the storm.

5 years ago

A closeup of a
Courts & Law

As Philly weighs minor car stops ban, community group wants Black residents to know their rights

The event comes as Philadelphia City Council considers a bill that would bar police from pulling over people solely for minor traffic violations.

5 years ago

Listen 1:33
A memorial on 60th Street in West Philadelphia
Community

Philly mayor doubles down against calls to declare gun violence emergency

Kenney launched his bi-weekly gun violence update by doubling down on his refusal to declare a citywide emergency, arguing it would not help stem the bloodshed.

5 years ago

A small plane makes an emergency landing on an Ocean City bridge.
Community

Small plane makes emergency landing on bridge in Ocean City, New Jersey

There was no immediate word on what caused the plane to make the emergency landing on the 9th Street Bridge.

5 years ago

Transit security officers work on the platform of the Girard stop
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA extends its $1.5M contract for security guards on Market-Frankford Line

The agency will keep 60 unarmed guards, posted between 15th Street Station and Frankford Transportation Center, beyond the planned 90-day term.

5 years ago

An overhead view of destroyed houses in Erftstadt-Blessem
Weather

Merkel tours ‘surreal’ flood scene, vows climate action as death toll surpasses 180

“It is shocking — I would almost say that the German language barely has words for the devastation that has been wreaked,” Merkel said at a news conference.

5 years ago

Firefighters rescue people from under a collapsed walkway in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Mo., on July 17, 1981. The collapse killed 114 people and injured more than 200. (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

One of the deadliest U.S. accidental structural collapses happened 40 years ago today

The deadly structural failure is still closely studied by civil engineers and serves as a cautionary tale for similar designs.

5 years ago

Detailed view on the newly instaled system to filter out PFAS Forever Chemicals at Well #2 of the Horsham Water and Sewer Authority facility in Horsham, Pa., on August 22, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PFAS report identifies hundreds of Pa. manufacturing sites

The sites may be at risk for leaching a class of toxic chemicals known as PFAS into drinking water supplies.

5 years ago

Brandon Watkins, a member of PA-Task Force 1, hugs his kids, Nicholas, 5, and Jackson, 7, in Philadelphia on July 16, 2021, after he returned from assisting in the search and recuse mission in Surfside City, Florida. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Rescue group returns home after digging through rubble of Florida condo collapse

A southeast Pennsylvania-based urban rescue team returns after working in Surfside collapse.

5 years ago

File photo: Rush-hour traffic heads west, right, and east, left, along the Schuylkill Expressway. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Urban Planning

The science and psychology of traffic

Has the pandemic changed the way we drive? We discuss the traffic nightmare in Philadelphia and the human psychology behind it.

Air Date: July 16, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:29
A memorial on 60th Street in West Philadelphia
Community

300 murders in 196 days: Philadelphia mourns a grim milestone

At least 300 people have been murdered in Philadelphia so far this year, including nearly 30 children under the age of 18.

5 years ago

Aa car is pictured in heavy floodwaters
Weather

Bucks County declares emergency to help residents affected by ‘100-year’ flood

Bucks County Commissioners approved an emergency declaration to help residents impacted by the “100-year” storm that hit parts of the Philadelphia suburb earlier this week.

5 years ago

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