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New Sounds is unlike any radio show you've ever heard: a whirlwind tour of new and unusual music from all corners of the globe. New Sounds combs recent recordings for one of the most informative and compelling hours on radio, and aims to make the world smaller. For over 25 years, host John Schaefer has been finding the melody in the rainforest and the rhythm in an orchestra of tin cans. Defying rigid categorization and genre pigeonholing, New Sounds offers new ways to hear the ancient langua ...
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Gov. Kathy Hochul recently ordered 750 National Guard members into the subway system to help patrol it. But that isn’t the only measure she says will improve safety in the transit network that saw another shooting last week – this one on an A train in Downtown Brooklyn. Hochul is expanding a program that sends mental health workers – along with pol…
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More than 4,000 Black people were murdered in brutal lynchings in the United States through the end of the Civil Rights era. But much of the stories that have been told about these killings have centered around acts of mob violence in the South. Now, a new project from New York University is challenging that narrative by reminding people this viole…
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New Jersey remains unprepared for the next public health emergency, according to a new state-commissioned report examining COVID-19's high death toll in the Garden State and urging officials to improve their emergency planning. “I know New Jersey will be better off because of this review, and my administration looks forward to working with the legi…
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New York City officials reached an agreement on Friday to modify the city’s unique right to shelter rules by capping stays for newly arrived migrant adults, following a monthslong court fight over measures meant to guarantee a bed to anyone in need. The settlement with the nonprofit Legal Aid Society and Coalition for the Homeless — court-appointed…
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The imams of some of the roughly 20 New York mosques helping migrants said they are hoping the holiday's emphasis on charity will help them take in more donations to keep operations running, but it’s unclear how much more money congregants can give. The imams said they're hoping the city will provide more help even though they've received little to…
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Between now and election day, WNYC is turning some laundromats in the New York metro area into hubs of civic dialogue. It's an effort to get a better understanding of local concerns and to amplify diverse voices and perspectives. George Bodarky, who leads WNYC's Community Partnerships Desk, joins Morning Edition to share what his desk has been hear…
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Divorced. Beheaded. Died. So begins “Six,” a blockbuster musical that reimagines English King Henry VIII's six wives as members of a band. The show is a girl-power romp told through pop songs, and it marked its 1,000th Broadway performance on Saturday – making it one of the newest hits to open since theaters shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …
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Fifty community leaders have compiled a list of 50 ideas for improving the Bronx. One of the top suggestions is to expand broadband internet in the borough. The report says close to 40% of Bronx residents lack access to high-speed Internet at home, and getting them up to speed with the rest of the city is essential for better education and higher-p…
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New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams unveiled a slate of proposals to make the city more affordable and family-friendly in her third State of the City address on Wednesday, in which she urged local officials to “get back to basics” and “make government work” for all New Yorkers. In an upbeat speech covering housing, education, childcare, me…
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New Jersey schools will soon have to start teaching students about how to cope with grief as part of their curriculums. That's after Governor Phil Murphy signed a new law into effect this year. Some schools in the Garden State, however, have already teaching coping schools to young people for years, like Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains,…
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Fires caused by lithium ion batteries in e-bikes and scooters are becoming more common in New York City. The number of deaths from battery fires increased in 2023, tripling to 18 from six the previous year. But a lot of delivery workers rely on e-bikes and e-scooters for work. An advocacy group for app based delivery workers called Los Deliveristas…
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After five months of controversy and protests, Columbia University’s president appears poised to restrict demonstrations on campus at New York City’s only Ivy. In recent weeks, advisory panels made up mostly of academics and administrators rejected pro-Palestinian students’ demand that the university divest from Israel, and recommended the presiden…
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Some migrant families whose children have medical or mental health conditions are finding relief from having to move out of their shelters and reapply for housing despite the city limiting how long families can shelter in one place. The reprieve comes after families have worried for months about whether their kids would be uprooted from their schoo…
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On a recent Saturday afternoon, in a small performance space on the Upper West Side, eight college students filed on stage to pick numbers out of a basket. A young woman leaned into the microphone. “I’m Noor, I’m with the N’Harmonics,” she said, looking down. “And we’re number eight!” Noor Hila’s teammates erupted in cheers – their a cappella group…
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The workers who collect empty bottles and cans from the city's streets and trash bins want state lawmakers to double the refunds they get from recycling containers from 5 cents to 10 cents, which would be the first boost in 40 years. The independent recyclers — known as canners or lateros in Spanish — say the COVID-19 pandemic and the arrival of ne…
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When my niece turns 1 later this month, I’d like to get her a gift that makes her say (once she’s able to speak, understand geography, etc.) “I love this cool thing my uncle got me in New York City.” Two decades ago, this might’ve been as easy as walking into FAO Schwarz, Pearl River Mart or the Knicks gift shop and grabbing the shiniest item in si…
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If you’ve ever read a news story about a New Jersey government official getting a big paycheck as they retire, or seen body cam footage of a violent police encounter, that’s often because of a New Jersey law called “OPRA." The Open Public Records Act is one of the most powerful tools journalists and the public have for finding out what government i…
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At 2:10 p.m., the moon will begin to cover the sun. By 3:25 p.m., about 90% of Earth’s closest star, which is roughly 93 million miles away, will be obscured. At that moment, the sun will appear as a bright crescent clinging to the dark edge of the black disc of the moon. The whole show will last about two and a half hours. While New Yorkers will n…
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Hundreds of new books featuring characters of color and LGBTQ+ themes were found by the trash at a Staten Island elementary school, outraging some parents and sparking an education department investigation. Some had sticky notes on them detailing themes and content in the books, which appeared to be part of a 2019 initiative to diversify school mat…
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In 2022, the New Jersey Attorney General's Office logged more bias incident reports than at any time in the three decades it had been collecting such statistics. It's released preliminary data for 2023, and the incident reports are even higher, with Black and Jewish victims targeted more than people in any other racial or religious group. Since 201…
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This week's On The Way roundup of transit news examines the MTA's requirement dogs on the subway be kept in containers. The NYPD's enforcement of the rule, however, appears to be on paws. Plus, the latest on Gov. Kathy Hochul's decision to dispatch 750 members of the National Guard into the subway system.…
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