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Program Highlights
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TV Schedule Changes 2/27-2/28
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Rick Steves offers tips and tricks for travel
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Courtesy of Grand Ole Opry, LLC & Chris Hollo
Dolly Parton & Friends: 50 Years at the Opry
Join the Eight-Time Grammy Award-winning Country Music Superstar and Special Guests for a Musical Tribute
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Courtesy of Bettmann via Getty Images
Encore of How it Feels to Be Free
By Fred Vigeant
News
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Jessica McGowan
Why Republicans are moving to fix elections that weren’t broken
GOP-led legislatures in dozens of states are moving to change election laws in ways that could make it harder to vote, by for example, reducing early voting days or limiting access to voting by mail.
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NASA
Spacewalking astronauts prep station for new solar wings
Astronauts are taking a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to install support frames for new solar panels arriving later this year.
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David Goldman, File
Obesity specialist says BMI is a ‘Good Measure’ for vaccine priority group
Several cities across the country that count obesity as an underlying condition have opened COVID-19 vaccine appointments to people with a body mass index of 30 or higher — the medical benchmark for obesity.
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Seth Wenig
2nd former aide accuses Cuomo of sexual harassment
A second former aide has come forward with sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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Michele Abercrombie
Coronavirus FAQs: What are mask braces? What if I get COVID after 1 vaccine dose?
Double masking earns praise as a way to keep safe from more contagious variants. Are there other mask hacks? And vaccines are prompting some queries.
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Phill Magakoe
FDA authorizes Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine
A third COVID-19 vaccine is on the way, and this one requires only one shot for immunization.
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Chris Gardner
Dammed, drugged, poisoned: River species struggle to survive
Smallmouth bass, American shad and eel face different challenges, but one thing is certain: their numbers are not what they used to be, and that is a reflection of the health of the watershed.
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Scott Sonner
Coyote hunts in Pennsylvania debated
Although proponents say the coyote population needs to be controlled, many opponents say hunting the animal hurts the natural balance.
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Elise Amendola
Plunging demand for COVID-19 tests may leave US exposed
Communities across the U.S. are seeing plummeting demand for coronavirus testing.
By Matthew Perrone/AP

March 4 at 7 p.m.
In Pennsylvania, the school-funding formula hasn’t been able to remedy the disparities between affluent and poor public-school districts. Join us as we explore the issue and the impact it can have on students’ futures.

Together, WITF, Capital BlueCross and WellSpan Health are offering free postcards as part of the “Fill PA With Love” cards of caring initiative, the next project in Transforming Health’s “Here With You” campaign. Anyone can request a postcard collection to write messages of encouragement to send to people that may feel alone this season.