The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio

Host Matt Leon and KYW Newsradio reporters recap the biggest news in Philadelphia each week. Catch up on what you missed and dig deeper into the top stories.

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Mutant coronavirus strains are emerging around ...
One mutation was found in South Africa, another highly contagious strain of the virus emerged in the UK and now is being found all over. So how concerned should we be? And are the vaccines we have now still effective against these mutations?
18 min
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The attack on the US Capitol: news coverage fro...
KYW Newsradio covered the storming of the Capitol on January 6th, 2021, as it happened. Here's how it sounded.
18 min
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America's roads, rails, and bridges are in bad ...
Republicans and Democrats alike agree that bridges should get fixed, potholes should get filled, water should flow through pipes with above average structural integrity. So why can't we agree to fix the one thing we agree needs fixing?
20 min
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The good, the bad, and the surprising: What's i...
What's inside the bill, who is it going to help, and is it going to be enough to get America through the coronavirus crisis?
20 min
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What we know about lung disease, COVID-19, and ...
What can COVID-19 mean for you if you smoke or vape? And if you're looking to quit, what steps should you take?
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"Not survived- withstood." Zooming Out on 2020 ...
28 min
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The cannabis industry is booming, and universit...
Marijuana is legal in more places than ever, business is booming, and there's a huge market demand for bright young minds to advance the industry. We wanted to find out how colleges and trade schools are responding to that demand.
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"What do I want to be popular for?" Zooming Out...
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Some states are 'woefully unprepared' for clima...
A new report developed by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the non-profit Trust for America’s Health looks at the health impacts of climate change, including which states are at the highest risk and which states are the most prepared.
8 min
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What did we Google the most in 2020?
Toilet paper near me. Election results. Why were chainsaws invented? It's the end of the year and time for that age old tradition of revealing all of our browser histories to the world.
7 min
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Our phones are doing bad things to us, and the ...
What happens when instead of aiding day to day life, our phones and gadgets start to interfere with it?
16 min
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How important will the next treasury secretary ...
If confirmed, Janet Yellen would be the first woman to ever serve as Treasury Secretary. So what does it look like to take over the United States Department of the Treasury in the middle of an economic crisis?
9 min
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What to do when politics interferes with relati...
With the holidays coming up and families getting together, there are going to be conversations that a lot of people are dreading. How do you preserve relationships that feel fractured by all this political hostility?
18 min
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The Lazaretto: America's last surviving quarant...
The Lazaretto is a beautiful, stately building in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It's also the last surviving quarantine hospital in the United States.
26 min
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Are the kids gonna make it out of 2020 okay?
A lot of parents are concerned about their children's mental health and their ability to recover the longer this continues -- but there are good reasons to be optimistic.
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Across the country, Americans voted to change d...
From New Jersey to Arizona to Oregon, voters pretty uniformly voted to loosen drug laws. So what does that mean for the country, and what does it mean for the war on drugs?
26 min
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The biggest lessons we learned in 2020 about th...
Thinking back to March, what was a big deal back then that we barely think about now? And what can we take from 2020 to learn from and apply to next year and the years to follow?
15 min
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The massive SolarWinds hack: What happened, and...
We still don't know the full scale of the damage of the SolarWinds hack that breached thousands of systems, including U.S. government agencies and Fortune 500 companies.
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What kind of lasting mental health effects is 2...
The holidays can be a tough time emotionally and mentally for people. Add that to a raging pandemic, and there are a lot of land mines we have to be aware of right now when it comes to our mental health.
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Are Santa and the elves safe from coronavirus? ...
Children make lasting memories during the holidays, but everything is different this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. How can you make sure that despite everything, the 2020 holiday season stays special for kids?
15 min
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For the first time in 400 years, you can watch ...
If you enjoy sky watching, something very cool is on the horizon involving Saturn and Jupiter that you won't want to miss.
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Do we still need to check everyone's temperatur...
We've seen workplace COVID-19 rules and guidelines put in place everywhere, but how effective are they? Are things like temperature checks and deep cleaning as effective as we once thought?
12 min
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Worrying signs for holiday hiring, and the cons...
Just a few more weeks until many programs that have helped Americans through the pandemic expire. If Washington DC doesn't act, this could get ugly.
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Save Our Stages: World Cafe Live founder Hal Re...
Independent music venues have been out of business since March. The situation is desperate, time is running out, and they're making one last push to stay alive.
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How does an entire city get vaccinated? Rolling...
Philadelphia was one of the cities that helped the CDC come up with a distribution plan, and Philadelphia Deputy Health Commissioner Dr. Caroline Johnson joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about how the COVID-19 vaccine is going to be distributed.
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