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WWE superstar Cody Rhodes attends the Los Angeles Premiere Of Netflix's "WWE Monday Night Raw" at Intuit Dome on January 06, 2025 in Inglewood, California. JC Olivera/Getty Images hide caption

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WWE, a very expensive banana, and a quiz contestant

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Thursday

Jalyx Hunt, of the Philadelphia Eagles, celebrates the team's 55-23 win over the Washington Commanders during the NFC Championship Game on Jan. 26 at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field. Mitchell Leff/Getty Images hide caption

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Eliza Griswold writes for The New Yorker and teaches at Princeton University. Her book Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction. Seamus Murphy/Macmillan hide caption

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How culture wars divided one small progressive church in Philadelphia

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Monday

Andrew DiDonato, a construction plan review specialist with Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections, stands near City Hall on July 22, 2024. After four years of working a hybrid schedule, he's been called back into the office five days a week. Rachel Wisniewski for NPR hide caption

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PHILLY FAREWELL TO HYBRID WORK

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Tuesday

On weekends, Philadelphia's Center City has fully rebounded to its pre-pandemic volume of people out and about. Other cities are also seeing after-hours activity rebound with a vengeance. Jumping Rocks/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Damari was worried about his future after he was arrested for carrying a gun. The Youth Gun Offender Program gave him a second chance. Octavio Jones hide caption

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Gun Diversion for Teens

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Thursday

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Tuesday

Left: Jax Le, aka 'Jax The Poet', attended Philly FatCon in October. Jax is also the author of the book Love Handles & Muffin Tops: Poems For Body Positivity & Plus Size Bodies. Right: Maggie Clerkin also attended Philly FatCon and called the event felt "refreshing." Jackie Molloy for NPR hide caption

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Wednesday

Carl Day is a pastor at Culture Changing Christians in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood. Marc Rivers/NPR hide caption

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Philly's 'pastor of the hood' Carl Day weighs in on the 2024 election

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Tuesday

JoAnne A. Epps, acting president of Temple University, speaks during a Temple University graduation ceremony, May 11, 2023, at the Liacouras Center on Temple's campus in Philadelphia. Epps has died after collapsing at a memorial service Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 19, the university said. Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP hide caption

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Wednesday

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The Culture Corner: Philadelphia's place in hip-hop history

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A year ago, the schoolyard at the Add B. Anderson School in West Philadelphia was nothing but bare concrete. Now, it's a revamped green space that serves the whole community. Meredith Rizzo hide caption

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Thursday

Jurors in a federal court in New Jersey awarded $25.6 million to a former regional Starbucks manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished by the coffee chain after the high-profile 2018 arrests of two Black men at one of the chain's Philadelphia locations. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption

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