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Telling the story of 9/11 has become the labor of U.S. schools now that about 1/3 of Americans weren’t yet born on Sept. 11, 2001. The Associated Press has found that a growing majority of states — at least 40 — now expect or suggest that public schools address 9/11 in some way.
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Friday September 11, at 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. on WPSU-FM. It’s been 25 years since al-Qaeda attacked the United States on September 11. NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly explores the legacy of the attacks with key people who were in government and intelligence at the time.
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WPSU explores what a facility fee is, why hospital outpatient clinics charge them and what’s being done at the state level to protect people against surprise bills from facility fees.
Thursday, September 10 at 11 a.m. on WPSU-FM. This special program, hosted by Naomi Lewin, brings us music for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The show includes both traditional and composed music from Jewish liturgy (with a recording of Kol Nidre that features violinist Itzhak Perlman), as well as concert music based on High Holidays melodies.
You can hear the locally-hosted WPSU Folk Show every Saturday afternoon from 1 to 5 p.m. and Sunday nights from 10 to midnight on WPSU-FM.
WPSU’s mobile app, with CarPlay, gives you easy access to local news, videos and more.
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Agostino Abbatiello, the alleged ringleader of a cocaine trafficking operation at two Penn State fraternities, is out of jail, after a judge reversed a decision denying him bail.
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Here's a message for you from Ken Burns, about the importance of acting now, and supporting WPSU.
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The catastrophic 9/11 attacks forced the intelligence community to radically revamp its ways of doing business. Now, critics say, President Trump is dismantling much of what was built since then. -
The idea of law enforcement taking possession of ballots in the middle of an active election used to be considered impossible. Now, it's a scenario voting officials — and judges — are training for. -
Voters and election officials are navigating uncertainty about mail-in voting for the midterms as the legal fight drags on over the U.S. Postal Service plan for President Trump's bid for restrictions. -
The move is a start toward reviving a tradition that largely disappeared after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks 25 years ago this week.
Join us Sunday mornings at 11 on WPSU for "The Pulse," a new weekly program that brings you stories about the people and places at the heart of health and science.
The Local Groove, Saturdays at 9 p.m. on WPSU, features music written and recorded by musicians right here in central and northern Pennsylvania.