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In this Sept. 28, 2008 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., gives a thumbs up as he arrives at his campaign headquarters in Arlington, Va.  McCain’s family says the Arizona senator has chosen to discontinue medical treatment for brain cancer.  (Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community
What Are We Thinking?

Crossing the aisle: In the end it was the Dems who loved him most, McCain’s final poll numbers show

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

7 years ago

Listen 5:18
The ensemble in French choreographer Boris Charmatz's
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Time for some boundary-pushing (and lots of dance) during Philly Fringe Festival 2018

For 18 days, the news arts season begins with another round of the unforeseen

7 years ago

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Philadelphia’s Health Center #1 at Broad and Lombard streets. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

STDs are up in Philadelphia, across the country

Some of the increase can be attributed to lax protection habits.

7 years ago

Listen 1:41
Entomologist Anne Nielsen looks for stink bugs on Rutgers University experimental peach orchard in Bridgeton, N.J. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Asian wasp’s arrival in S. Jersey brings hope to scientists, farmers fighting stink bugs

It looks harmless, but the samurai wasp is a skillful warrior.

7 years ago

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The Campbell's Soup plant off South 11th Street in Camden. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money

Rejecting outright sale of the company, Campbell Soup will sell off fresh food division

Campbell Soup is not going up for sale, despite a flurry of speculation to the contrary.

7 years ago

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Merv Daugherty (right), outgoing superintendent of Red Clay Consolidated School District, was recently interviewed on WHYY's
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Head of Delaware’s largest school district takes Virginia post

Daugherty has been with Red Clay for 18 years and been an assistant principal, principal and administrator before becoming superintendent nine years ago.

7 years ago

Listen 2:07
Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has delivered a clear message to Philadelphia officials: If you open a supervised injection site, the federal response will be swift and aggressive. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

DOJ’s Rosenstein: If Philly opens injection site, U.S. crackdown will be swift

Demonstrators press city officials to move on supervised injection site to decrease overdose death toll.

7 years ago

Listen 4:35
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Courts & Law

N.J. AG says municipal prosecutors have latitude in marijuana cases, but rules out decriminalization

New Jersey’s top law enforcement officer is warning municipal prosecutors that they cannot unilaterally decriminalize marijuana possession in their city or town.

7 years ago

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Second- year surgery resident Anna Mydlowska (far left) with her team of residents, attending physicians and nurses on the trauma unit at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. (Courtesy of Anna Mydlowska)
Community

Pa. hospitals rely on J-1 visas to fill vital roles, but fewer are applying

Among the 300,000 active visas, about 11,000 belong to medical residents who work and train in U.S. hospitals.

7 years ago

Listen 5:16
Current members of the Dixie Hummingbirds and Ira Tucker Jr. (right), announce celebrations to mark the group's 90th anniversary. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Dixie Hummingbirds celebrate 90th anniversary with yearlong flight

In 2000, the Philadelphia-based gospel group was deemed a "national treasure" by the National Endowment for the Arts.

7 years ago

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Quimayah Gibson-McClendon prepares for her first day of kindergarten at William Dick School in North Philadelphia with her great-aunt Elesha Sears (left), and grandmother Tashawn McClendon, (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Education

District officials project optimism as new Philly school year begins

Capitalizing on a window of relative prosperity, the School District of Philadelphia hopes to establish momentum during a governance change.

7 years ago

Listen 2:48
Sara Lomax-Reese, president and CEO of WURD Radio, presides over Founder's Day, which celebrates the legacy of her father, Philadelphia physician and entrepreneur Walter P. Lomax, Jr., who founded the radio station. She stands among posters created for WURD's Transmit/Transform multimedia project aimed at stopping violence.
Community

WURD celebrates legacy of founder Dr. Walter P. Lomax Jr.

Before founding one of the few independent black-owned talk radio stations in 2003, Lomax was a revered businessman in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Listen 2:16
The exterior of Aqua Pennsylvania offices in Bryn Mawr
Science

PFAS chemicals showing up in Montco water beyond military bases

Aqua has taken two wells offline due to elevated levels of potentially harmful chemicals.

7 years ago

Listen 1:50
The Pulse
Health

Sending ‘sick’ kids to school is the new normal

In the face of ringworm, scabies — even lice — keeping kids in class is a priority.

7 years ago

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In all 50 states, children are required to receive certain vaccinations in order to attend public school. (Bigstock/borgogniels)
The Pulse
Health

Vaccines and schools — a public health power couple

School vaccination laws took a long time to take root. Today, every state has one. Here’s how that happened.

7 years ago

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