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After 20-year hiatus, Philly’s basketball championships return to ‘the cathedral’
The public league’s title game has leapfrogged venues for decades. Before Sunday, it had been exactly 20 years since the game was last played at the Palestra.
9 years ago
Listen 2:05New map unearths dozens of forgotten burial grounds across Philly
Like many old cities, Philadelphia is built on countless cemeteries and burial grounds. Its history is peppered with stories of graves disturbed and of cemeteries all but lost
9 years ago
Listen 5:10Farm to faucet, enlisting Pa. farmers to keep Delaware’s water clean
A coordinated effort is working to keep Delaware’s water clean starting at the source across the border in Pennsylvania.
9 years ago
Listen 4:54Most in U.S. favor stronger background checks, longer waiting periods to buy guns
NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.
9 years ago
Listen 4:35Un-sanctuary: Some Pa. police departments pull closer to ICE
It’s normal for police departments to cooperate with U.S. law enforcement, but ICE has repeatedly attempted to enlist local police in carrying out immigration arrests.
9 years ago
Listen 5:25Benched over head scarf, Mastery basketball player says ‘change is coming’
A referee would not Nasihah Thompson-King play during a playoff game last week because she did not have a signed waiver to wear a hijab.
9 years ago
Listen 2:06How ‘Black History Untold’ empowered its creator
Journalist and storyteller Sofiya Ballin says her identity series “Black History Untold” is more than a black history project.
9 years ago
Listen 5:51Wielding weapons on stage in ‘Les Miz’ makes students confront gun violence
William Penn Charter Schools annual musical, "Les Miserables," has extra meaning in the wake of Florida school shooting.
9 years ago
Listen 3:52Lawmakers move to ban N.J. pension fund investment in gun manufacturing
"I think if we're really committed to gun control, we need to have a starting point and move and continue forward," says bill sponsor.
9 years ago
To celebrate Reading Terminal Market’s 125th, shopping like it’s 1893
As a part of Reading Terminal Market's 125th anniversary celebration, some vendors were selling some items for what they would have cost when the market first opened in 1983.
9 years ago
Before he was a Super Bowl champ in Philly, Jason Kelce was a Cleveland Heights Tiger
Eagles center Jason Kelce visited Central High School Thursday morning for a special performance from his high school jazz band.
9 years ago
Listen 2:28Should tourists go to Antarctica?
Maybe you just want to see penguins or icebergs, but visiting the South Pole also means transforming the landscape — and adding to your carbon debt.
9 years ago
Listen 7:20Canada’s First Nations use tourism to protect natural resources
Communities along Canada’s western coast combine conservation and tourism to create jobs that line up with their cultural values.
9 years ago
Listen 7:45Fixing a forest for Puerto Rico’s recovery
Tourists once flocked to El Yunque National Forest. After landslides of hurricane damage in 2017, work crews are sweating to reopen it.
9 years ago
Listen 6:04New DA telling Philly prosecutors not to seek bail for defendants in low-level crimes
The policy shift is expected to affect defendants in thousands of cases, easing systemic bias against the poor and people of color.
9 years ago
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