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Why GoFundMe is not a safety net for some of the most vulnerable users
This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Since 1993, Patrice Jetter usually started her day with the same routine — slipping into a chartreuse yellow reflective vest and grabbing a red stop sign before stepping out the door.
The future of AI-powered therapy is here and mostly unregulated
This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Last spring, psychologist and therapist Jessica Jackson got word about a mysterious website that had become notorious among her colleagues. “There was a company, an anonymous...
How a nurse and comedian learns to ask for and accept help
This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Comedian Kelli Dunham has spent her life helping people — as a nun, a nurse, and a caretaker for loved ones. But even though Dunham’s had some hard times in her life, she struggles to accept help from others. This contradiction is at the center of her new standup show, Second Helping. In performances like the one she did recently at First Person Arts, Dunham has made it her mission to get people comfortable with accepting help.
Philly jazz bassist holds workshop for student musicians at the Mann Center as part of summer program
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. It started out as a call and response from Philadelphia-born jazz bassist Gerald Veasley and student musicians at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts on July 31. The event soon morphed into a full-blown jam session.
Delco boroughs seek main street designation to uplift businesses along Chester Pike
Have a question about Philly’s neighborhoods or the systems that shape them? PlanPhilly reporters want to hear from you! Ask us a question or send us a story idea you think we should cover. Six days a week, Christiana Ruiz runs between tables and the kitchen at her café...
Where Gov. Josh Shapiro stands on immigration issues — in Pa. and beyond
What questions do you have about the 2024 elections? What major issues do you want candidates to address? Let us know. Throughout his political career, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has engaged with immigration issues at the local and national levels. As the Montgomery County native is being considered for the vice presidential slot on the Democratic ticket this election, here’s a closer look at Shapiro’s track record on immigration issues.
‘Talented politician’: Pennsylvania Republicans respond to Shapiro as possible VP pick
What questions do you have about the 2024 elections? What major issues do you want candidates to address? Let us know. Following the 2006 elections, Democrats controlled the Pennsylvania state House by one seat, like they do today, and the party could not unite behind a speaker. Josh Shapiro, who had only just finished his first term as a state representative, managed to broker a deal that put a moderate Republican in the role.
Joel Embiid hears the booing from French fans at the Paris Olympics. He’s embraced it
Memo to the French fans: Joel Embiid plays in Philadelphia. The fans in Philly are, in a word, passionate. And those years of being on stage for the 76ers’ faithful has prepared him for these Paris Olympics. In a very odd way, that is. “Playing in Philly,” Embiid said,...
Hunter Biden set to be sentenced on gun charges in November
Hunter Biden is set to be sentenced on felony firearms charges in November under an order signed by a judge on Friday. The president’s son could face up to 25 years in prison at sentencing set for Nov. 13 in Wilmington, Delaware, but as a first-time offender he is likely to get far less time or avoid prison entirely.
How Gov. Josh Shapiro went from hometown kid to vice presidency bid
What questions do you have about the 2024 elections? What major issues do you want candidates to address? Let us know. It’s difficult to find two politicians from Montgomery County as diametrically opposed as former U.S. Rep. Joe Hoeffel III and attorney Bruce Castor Jr. Both spent decades in...
Kamala Harris campaign launches ‘Republicans for Harris’ in push to win over GOP voters
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign on Sunday is launching “Republicans for Harris” as she looks to win over Republican voters put off by Donald Trump’s candidacy. The program will be a “campaign within a campaign,” according to Harris’ team, using well-known Republicans to activate their networks, with a particular emphasis on primary voters who backed former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. The program will kick off with events this week in Arizona, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Republicans backing Harris will also appear at rallies with the vice president and her soon-to-be-named running mate this coming week, the campaign said.
Trump says he’ll skip an ABC debate with Harris, wants to face off on Fox News
Donald Trump says he is pulling out of a scheduled September debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on ABC and wants them to face off on Fox News, making it increasingly unlikely that the candidates will confront each other on stage before the November election. In a series of Truth...
Judge in Trump’s federal election subversion case rejects defense effort to dismiss the prosecution
Former President Trump faces upwards of 100 felony counts after being indicted four times within the last year and a half. He is accused in Georgia and D.C. of plotting to overturn his 2020 election loss. He is accused in Florida of hoarding classified documents. In Manhattan, he was found...
Bucks County Community College receives $2M for clean energy job training
This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing region. From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to know about climate change? What would you like us to cover? Get in touch.
Trailblazing Jew or ‘Genocide Josh?’ Shapiro faces antisemitism and criticism over support for Israel in VP pick
What questions do you have about the 2024 elections? What major issues do you want candidates to address? Let us know. If Josh Shapiro is nominated for vice president and the Kamala Harris-Shapiro ticket wins in November, the Pennsylvania governor will become the first Jewish politician elected to the White House. The prospect, obviously, has many Jewish politicians and other Jewish practitioners excited and who believe Shapiro would make a good spokesperson for their faith.
Some activists step up criticism of Shapiro and Kelly as Harris closes in on naming a running mate
Democrats have unified with remarkable speed behind Vice President Kamala Harris as she has taken over the top of the party’s ticket heading into the November presidential election. It may be another story when it comes to a running mate. As Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Arizona Sen. Mark...
Mural Arts unveils first of six youth anti-violence mural project
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. Mural Arts Philadelphia and the city’s Parks and Recreation Department are partnering with children to design and install six anti-violence murals at six recreation centers around Philadelphia.
Philly apprentices get inside look at Bellwether District, meet ‘Girl Concrete’ CEO on the job
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. North Philadelphia native Sharifa Brown once thought she would become a certified nursing assistant and work in hospice care. But when the 40-year-old started doing construction repair jobs...
Did Cherelle Parker leak that Josh Shapiro is the VP’s VP?
What questions do you have about the 2024 elections? What major issues do you want candidates to address? Let us know. Mayor Cherelle Parker released a highly-produced Instagram video that confusingly appears to suggest that Vice President Kamala Harris has already picked Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her running mate.
Harris has enough Democratic delegate votes to be the party’s nominee, Democratic chair says
Vice President Kamala Harris had secured enough votes from Democratic delegates to officially be the party’s nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jamie Harrison said Friday. The online voting process doesn’t end until Monday, but the campaign marked the moment when she crossed the threshold to have the...
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