Jazz stalwart Christian McBride swings into town with his New Jawn quartet, anchoring a solid weekend for music lovers. The heralded orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, will play Brahms under the direction of Yannick Nézet Séguin. And Diana Ross will perform songs from her legendary catalog at the Hard Rock in Atlantic City. Several plays debut this […]
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Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100. With his gruff yet commanding presence and behind-the-scenes manipulation of power, Kissinger exerted […]
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The climate summit, COP28, begins Thursday in Dubai. World leaders and policymakers will gather to tackle the climate crisis and hammer out goals limiting greenhouse gas emissions. Controversy around an oil executive’s leaked speech pushing fossil fuels is already dogging this year’s conference. WHYY senior climate reporter and editor Susan Phillips fills us in on expectations for […]
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Hamas released 16 hostages late Wednesday in the last swap for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel under the current Gaza truce, as international mediators raced to seal another extension to allow further exchanges and prolong the halt of Israel’s air and ground offensive. The Israeli military said a group of 10 Israeli women and children and four […]
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Her frail husband a silent witness, Rosalynn Carter was celebrated by her family and closest friends Wednesday in the same tiny town where she and Jimmy Carter were born, forever their home base as they climbed to the White House and traveled the world for humanitarian causes. The former first lady, who died Nov. 19 at the age of […]
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The average life expectancy in the U.S. is now 77.5 years old, according to provisional 2022 data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That represents an increase of 1.1 years over 2021 numbers. “The good news is that life expectancy increased for the first time in two years,” says Elizabeth Arias, a […]
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The Philadelphia Flyers had an honorary captain on their bench, a 9-year-old hockey player battling cancer. Owen Micciche, captain of the Genesis Hockey Club, joined Flyers coach John Tortorella and the rest of the team during their 4-1 loss to Carolina on Tuesday night. Owen had his own locker, dressed with a custom jersey, read the Flyers’ starting […]
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This story originally appeared on 6abc. An 84-year-old woman who has ties to a family in Ardmore, Pennsylvania was one of the 12 Israelis hostages released by Hamas on Tuesday as part of an ongoing cease-fire agreement between the warring sides. Family members tell Action News that 84-year-old Ditza Heiman was among those released. The IDF said […]
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Jayda Alexander was raised by a parent who struggled with the responsibilities having a child brings. Alexander became a mother at 14 and fell into homelessness shortly after. She lived in group homes, moved in with relatives, couch surfed, and wound up in a toxic relationship. It seemed like everything she tried to keep her […]
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Paul Giamatti talks with Patrick Stoner about his unique ability to play difficult, even irritating, characters with charm.
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