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Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

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Search and rescue personnel search for survivors through the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo
NPR
Community

Engineers found Florida condo had ‘major structural damage’ before it collapsed

The 2018 report found major damage to the concrete structural slab below the pool deck, and warned that extensive repairs would be needed soon.

4 years ago

This Feb. 24, 2021 photo shows a Johnson & Johnson logo on the exterior of a first aid kit in Walpole, Mass.  The New York attorney general says Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to settle claims that the pharmaceutical giant helped fuel the opioid crisis. The deal requires Johnson & Johnson to make a series of payments over nine years to cover total.   (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Courts & Law

J&J agrees to pay $230M to settle New York opioid claim

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to New York state to settle claims that the pharmaceutical giant helped fuel the opioid crisis.

4 years ago

Ray Feldmann, who lives blocks away from the Capital Gazette's former office where five people were killed in a 2018 mass shooting, stands in front of the building Monday, June 21, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. He holds a shirt with a quote from Chase Cook, a staffer at the newspaper who is no longer there after taking a recent buyout, who made the comment in a tweet after the attack. Opening statements in the second phase of the gunman's trial to determine whether he is criminally responsible due to mental illness are scheduled for Tuesday, June 29. Jarrod Ramos already has pleaded guilty to all 23 counts against him. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
Courts & Law

Newspaper gunman insanity case starting after three years

Opening statements in the second phase of a trial are scheduled for Tuesday to determine whether Jarrod Ramos was legally sane at the time of the mass shooting.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania Supreme Court (Christopher Millette / PennLive)
Courts & Law

New ruling requires Pa. courtrooms to return to ‘pre-pandemic’ operations

The order from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court comes amid declining COVID-19 infections, and mostly mirrors what county court systems were already doing.

4 years ago

Rescue workers walk beside the rubble as rescue efforts continue
Community

Toll in Florida collapse rises to 4; dozens remain missing

Officials said no cause for the collapse has been determined.

4 years ago

Traci Murphy of the Delaware Coalition Against Gun Violence (left) supports the ban on so-called ghost guns. Mitch Denham of Delaware Gun Rights owns them and predicts it will be overturned in court.  (Courtesy of Traci Murphy, Mitch Denham)
Courts & Law

What are ghost guns and why is Delaware banning them?

Delaware is outlawing ghost guns, which are often assembled at home using unfinished firing mechanisms and other untraceable parts.

4 years ago

Listen 2:06
The building was gutted by fire on Feb. 18. Adjacent buildings were damaged.
Courts & Law
6ABC

Brother who admitted to setting Old City fire in 2018 sentenced to prison

One of two Delaware County brothers convicted of setting fire to their Old City business back in 2018 will spend nearly a decade behind bars.

4 years ago

Avalon, Cape May County, New Jersey in 2015. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
Community

South Jersey beach towns go high-tech in long-range disaster planning

The county and its 16 municipalities are using software that allows updates to projects focused on climate change, and even pandemics.

4 years ago

Rioters clash with police as they push barricades to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Community

New videos underscore the violence against police at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Republican lawmakers have sought to play down the violence that happened in an attack that left five people dead.

4 years ago

Firefighter coats are lined up, with an ambulance in the background
Community

Delaware task force offers recommendations to address dwindling volunteer firefighter force

A 12-page document from the Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment and Retention Task Force suggests such inducements as tax credits and tuition reimbursement.

4 years ago

EMS and elected officials monitor the site of an oil spill in Delco
Community

Delco gasoline spill could take ‘weeks, maybe longer’ to clean up

An estimated 4,700 gallons of fuel leaked into a local tributary in Brookhaven late Friday night, killing some aquatic life.

4 years ago

Visitors pay tribute to the display outside the Pulse nightclub memorial Friday, June 11, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. Saturday will mark the fifth anniversary of the mass shooting at the site. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Community

Biden to name Pulse Nightclub a national memorial

President Joe Biden said on the fifth anniversary of a mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando that he will sign a bill naming the site as a national memorial.

4 years ago

FILE - In this Monday, June 7, 2021, file photo, FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. Abbate says the FBI is sending its strongest message ever that employees who engage in sexual misconduct should be scared because “we’re coming for them.” (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Courts & Law

‘We mean it’: FBI takes on sexual misconduct in its ranks

Faced with a #MeToo reckoning, the FBI says it is getting serious about sexual harassment in its ranks.

4 years ago

Multiple homes went up in flames in Eagleville, Pennsylvania on Thursday afternoon after authorities say a code enforcement officer encountered a homeowner who was allegedly armed with a weapon. (6ABC)
Community
6ABC

Body of homeowner found after explosions, fire in Eagleville, Pa.

The body of the man who witnesses say chased a code enforcement officer with a gun Thursday was found inside the rubble of his Eagleville home shortly before midnight.

4 years ago

Protestors with CeasefirePa gathered at Love Park in Philadelphia in August 2019 to stand against gun violence nationally and locally. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Future of Philly’s fight to enact local gun laws is now in the hands of state court

State law prevents Philadelphia from enacting its own gun control measures. A new lawsuit against the General Assembly aims to change that.

4 years ago

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