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Fireworks are launched from a barge in the Delaware River as seen from Penns Landing.(Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Lifestyle

How to make — and keep — a New Year’s resolution

If you’re planning to make a resolution or two this new year, here are some tips on how to make it stick past January.

6 hours ago

FILE - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a visit to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in Vienna, Va., on Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Politics & Policy

Janet Yellen tells Congress U.S. could hit debt limit in mid-January

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers.

8 hours ago

(Maria Fabrizio for NPR)
Health
NPR

How to fight ageism in the world around you — and in yourself

Ageism — discrimination and prejudice based on someone's age — is so ingrained in society that most of us don't notice it.

10 hours ago

Dayle Haddon attends the Dior Pre-Fall 2024 fashion show at the Brooklyn Museum on Monday, April 15, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Arts & Entertainment
6abc

Canadian model, actress found dead after suspected CO leak at Bucks County, Pa. home

Real estate records show the home belongs to actor Marc Blucas and his wife, journalist and producer Ryan Haddon Blucas.

11 hours ago

Michael K. Wilson curated Shaheed Rucker's exhibit at the African American Museum in Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s African American Museum eats its Wheaties in new pop art exhibition

Artist Shaheed Rucker puts Negro baseball leagues athletes on re-creations of the iconic cereal box.

16 hours ago

Phillie Phanatic and attendees
Community

Delaware County’s 24-hour day of nonprofit giving event to return in 2025

The second annual Delco Gives Day is scheduled to begin May 8. Registration for nonprofits opens Jan. 6.

17 hours ago

The TikTok Inc. building in Culver City, Ca.
Courts & Law

Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can weigh in after he takes office

Trump's request Friday came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court.

1 day ago

FILE - Greg Gumbel, left, watches as Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun talks to Butler head coach Brad Stevens, right, prior to taping a television interview for the men's NCAA Final Four college basketball championship game Sunday, April 3, 2011, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Arts & Entertainment

Sportscaster Greg Gumbel dies from cancer at age 78

Gumbel was the studio host for CBS since returning to the network from NBC in 1998.

1 day ago

FILE - A man walks past a homeless encampment in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Money

U.S. homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said that tallies taken across the country in January found that more than 770,000 people were counted as homeless.

1 day ago

Sheriff Rochelle Bilal
Courts & Law

Philly judges call on sheriff to address safety concerns at city courthouses

Judges said that the number of assaults and threats at Philadelphia’s courthouses has increased year over year.

1 day ago

Decorated trees on display
Community

Here’s how to recycle your Christmas tree in Delaware

Christmas trees have been banned from Delaware’s landfills since 2008.

1 day ago

Former Philadelphia Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson salutes a crowd
Arts & Entertainment

Former NFL receiver DeSean Jackson hired as the football coach at Delaware State

The school announced Jackson’s hire Friday in the latest move by a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference program to hire a former NFL star as its football coach.

1 day ago

Director of Photography Jac Cheairs and his son
Politics & Policy

New 2025 laws hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns

New laws taking effect with the new year will affect Hollywood actors, social media stars and chatty motorists.

2 days ago

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts
Arts & Entertainment

Injured Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts won’t play Sunday against Dallas

The Eagles will turn to backup Kenny Pickett on Sunday because Hurts is still dealing with the lingering effects of a concussion suffered against Washington.

2 days ago

Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng and her mother Jona are seen at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo
Arts & Entertainment

One good thing: This is what made us happy in 2024

Take a look at some of the stories that made us smile.

2 days ago

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