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Eagles head coach Doug Pederson holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy while displaying it to fans gathered to welcome them in Philadelphia a day after defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 52 in Minneapolis, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Community

The Eagles have landed: Cheering fans greet champs upon arrival home

At the Philadelphia International Airport Monday, fans kept an eagle eye out for their hometown heroes. Their persistence paid off.

9 years ago

Listen 1:16
Community

Super Bowl will be bittersweet for some Eagles fans

On Sunday, a lot of people in the Delaware Valley will stop and watch a football game — for themselves, but also for the people who can’t watch it with them.

9 years ago

Listen 2:20
Philadelphia's official visitor and travel site promotes the Eagles on billboards across the city. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Most Americans with a rooting interest in Super Bowl LII prefer the Eagles, poll finds

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 6:12
Philadelphia's official visitor and travel site promotes the Eagles on billboards across the city. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

‘Pray, pray your hearts out,’ Eagles fans

Philly pastor says while divine intervention could play a part in the Super Bowl outcome, the Eagles have 'a ton of talent. These boys can play.'

9 years ago

Listen 4:33
Cherry Hill resident Kimberly Reed, a Boston transplant, is rooting for the New England Patriots in this year’s Super Bowl. Many of her friends support the Eagles. (Joe Hernandez/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Lifestyle

How Patriots fans living in Eagles country are prepping for the Super Bowl

She roots for the Pats, he bleeds Eagles green. But, no matter what team wins Sunday, the Glenside couple has vowed not to gloat.

9 years ago

Listen 3:30
Pennsylvania's 1st, 2nd and 13th Congressional Districts.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Will Bob Brady’s congressional district disappear?

Candidates thinking they'll run for Bob Brady's open congressional seat may find redistricting wipes it away, forcing them to run against one of two Philly incumbents.

9 years ago

Listen 2:45
Foster mom, Leigh, and Frank. (Alex Stern/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Gay and searching for family: from Indonesia to foster care

There are lots of LGBTQ kids in the foster care system. To take care of those kids, Philadelphia is recruiting foster parents who are LGBTQ, too.

9 years ago

Listen 6:35
(Courtesy of Alexander Adams)
The Pulse
Health

Is the ‘mother identity’ making some women miserable?

Victoria Elder loves her kid — and regrets becoming a mother. She and others are challenging the belief that parenthood is for everyone.

9 years ago

Listen 7:42
(Illustration by Ella Trujillo)
The Pulse
Health

A mother’s dilemma: Get cancer meds and risk deportation, or hide and surely die

Facing terminal cancer, an undocumented immigrant must decide if access to life-extending medicine is worth the increased risk of deportation.

9 years ago

Listen 9:23
Philadelphia children's book author Christine Kendall wrote
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Philly author’s first novel featured at nation’s oldest African-American children’s book fair

The 26th Annual African-American Children’s Book Fair is set to host more than 3,500 readers at the Community College of Philadelphia Saturday.

9 years ago

Listen 5:19
The cast of EgoPo Classic Theater's Lydie Breeze Trilogy Part One.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Small Philly theater company takes on big play cycle

Where no theater has gone before: EgoPo takes on John Guare's 'Lydie Breeze' trilogy.

9 years ago

Listen 3:24
Pennsylvania Congressman Bob Brady announces that he will not seek re-election.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

U.S. Rep. Bob Brady won’t seek another term

Philadelphia U.S. Rep. Bob Brady has decided not to seek re-election to his Congressional seat, according to a source close to Brady who is familiar with his decision.

9 years ago

Listen 3:03
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

DOJ will not retry Menendez on corruption charges

Government prosecutors decided Wednesday not to retry Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez on corruption charges, after a judge threw out some of the counts last week.

9 years ago

Listen 1:57
Herman Douglas wears a Colin Kaepernick T-shirt to show his support for the former NFL quarterback turned activist. (Darryl Murphy/for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

With Eagles in Super Bowl, some Philly fans stick with NFL boycott and some punt

After season of protesting the NFL's treatment of Colin Kaepernick, some Philadelphia fans are steeling themselves to ignore the big game featuring the hometown team.

9 years ago

Listen 5:32
President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

State of the Union recap

We get an analysis of President Trump’s first State of the Union address with ...

9 years ago

Listen 13:30
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