Program Highlights
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Season 10 of Death in Paradise replay
The smash-hit whodunit returns
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The Cannabis Question
NOVA investigates the story of cannabis in the U.S.
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Citizen Hearst
Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst. The model for Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane, he controlled a vast media empire, wielded unprecedented power and influence, and forever transformed the media’s role in American life and politics.
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Get Ready For Alma’s Way on PBS Kids
By Fred Vigeant
News
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US has enough COVID-19 vaccines for boosters, kids’ shots
U.S. health authorities said they’re confident there will be enough for every American who qualifies.
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Spotlight PA
Report: SEC seeks info on possible gifts to pension’s staff
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has joined a federal probe of Pennsylvania’s largest pension fund
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Germans will choose a new government as Angela Merkel steps down as chancellor
Decision day in Germany
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State Rep. Kevin Boyle arrested for violating protection from abuse order
Philadelphia state representative arrested
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Sam is now a major hurricane but isn’t likely to hit land
Sam poses little threat to land
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The border is reopening at Del Rio after the U.S. clears migrant camp
The port of entry at Del Rio is reopening
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Mary Altaffer
Booster shots are coming. Here’s how to figure out if you need one
With the back and forth on boosters from government agencies, many Americans are wondering if they really need an extra shot. Here is what the science says about who needs a booster now — and why.
By Michaeleen Doucleff and Carmel Wroth/NPR -
400,000 immigrants in Pa., N.J., and Del. up for citizenship imperiled by setback in Congress
Immigrants and their supporters have stepped up demands to provide a pathway to citizenship for millions already living and working in the U.S.
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Kimberly Paynter
‘People called us heroes’: Pa. nurses sound the alarm on unsafe working conditions
They say the relentlessly chaotic conditions are causing career professionals to seek jobs at hospitals with better staffing ratios, or leave the field altogether.
We are not separate from each other. But we don’t always believe it, and we don’t always practice it.
In Transforming Health’s 2021 Summer Read You Belong: A Call for Connection, meditation expert Sebene Selassie explores the ways we separate (and thus suffer), and offers a map back to belonging.
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