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Andrea Avery, second from left, playing the piano with a friend when she was 10 years old. (Courtesy of Andrea Avery)
The Pulse
Health

Between health and illness

Andrea Avery was a piano whiz kid until she developed rheumatoid arthritis at age 12. The disease symptoms can leave her feeling able-bodied one day, disabled the next.

8 years ago

Listen 4:28
A protested eviction in Germantown, July 2012
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly landlords evict more people than owners in other large cities

Philly ranks fourth among big cities for the raw number of court filings seeking to evict residents from their homes.

8 years ago

Listen 4:29
Matt Roda takes a test on the Reflexion Edge. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

How a high school concussion inspired a tech startup

Matt Roda of Lancaster County was a junior in high school when a single hockey game changed his entire life.

8 years ago

Joseph Zuritsky (right) who donated his prized koi fish to the Shofuso Japanese House and Garden in Fairmount Park, tosses food to the koi with students from the Japanese Language School of Philadelphia.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Philly parking lot magnate passes on his passion: Koi fish

Joe Zuritsky, CEO of a parking lot chain, has a second life as an artisan of koi. He has donated his prized fish to the Shofuso Japanese House in Fairmount Park.

8 years ago

Listen 2:18
Philadelphia 76ers' Markelle Fultz gets doused by water after the team's NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Philadelphia. The 76ers won 130-95.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

How trusting ‘The Process’ helped the Sixers snap their playoff drought

Fans are processing the spectacular rise of a team that not so long ago was stuck in the cellar.

8 years ago

Listen 4:11
Nate, the Harris family’s grandson, rides in pastures of the Cowtown Rodeo in Pilesgrove Township, N.J. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

No homes on this South Jersey range: 350 Cowtown acres preserved as grassland

This is the first time the U.S. Department of Agriculture has preserved grasslands in New Jersey.

8 years ago

Listen 1:15
Activist Bird Milliken shouts
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Catalyzed by Cosby, advocates aim to end time limits on reporting sexual assault

Comedian Bill Cosby's retrial is underway, and some activists hope the case will highlight their fight to end statutes of limitations on prosecuting sex crimes.

8 years ago

Listen 3:03
Mary Tuomanen performing
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Philly-based playwright puts the audience to work to create space for multiple narratives

This semester, Haverford College's Friend in Residence program brings Mary Tuomanen to the campus.

8 years ago

Listen 4:34
Laura Ellsworth, a lawyer from suburban Pittsburgh and a first-time candidate, answers questions from the panel during a debate between Republican Gubernatorial candidates at Harrisburg Area Community College in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Ellsworth tries to break through noise in Pennsylvania governor’s race

Republican gubernatorial candidate Laura Ellsworth is facing state Sen. Scott Wagner and businessman Paul Mango in the May 15 primary.

8 years ago

Listen 6:07
Playwright Michael Hollinger (left) listens to a first read of a new script during rehearsal for his drama,
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Playwright wears masks of comedy, tragedy simultaneously in Philly

Playwright Michael Hollinger is now rolling out two plays — a comedy, and a drama — and holding rehearsals for each in the same building.

8 years ago

Listen 2:36
(Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Appealing a public records request denial in N.J.? Don’t hold your breath

For one public records requester, the wait to have her complaint ruled on surpassed two years.

8 years ago

Listen 5:20
Zhao Kong (center), the mother of Ao
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Lawsuit alleges Penn missed opportunities to prevent student’s suicide

Penn formed a task force to address the suicide rate in 2014 that issued some recommendations in an eight-page report. An attorney contends it hasn't taken sufficient action.

8 years ago

Listen 2:09
Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Defense attorneys attack Cosby accuser in opening statement

The defense in Bill Cosby's retrial used its opening statement on Tuesday to portray a $3.4 million settlement paid to Constand as evidence of her greed.

8 years ago

Listen 1:05
South Jersey Republican U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur at a town hall in Willingboro, May 10, 2017. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Murphy move to legalize recreational pot gets fractured response from N.J. delegation

'I think it’s nuts,' says U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur of plan for legalizing recreational marijuana.

8 years ago

Listen 3:52
Samuel Gompers School in Philadelphia's Overbrook neighborhood was designated a community school in August. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

With broader initiative on hold, some Philly community schools press forward

Philly's community school initiative will be smaller and take longer to expand than initially projected. Still, the dozen schools already named are forging ahead.

8 years ago

Listen 2:00
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