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Amid stay-at-home and shut down orders because of the coronavirus pandemic, museums have been forced to close their doors, but many are finding way to take you inside without leaving your home. Philly Live’s Sheila Watko talks to Ellen Owens of the Penn Museum about how they are serving visitors with an enhanced virtual experience.

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A Virginia Beach bridal boutique is giving away wedding dresses to dozens of engaged healthcare workers on the front lines. Ava Clara Couture Bridal has been closed to the public for over a month, but the boutique is still giving a special group of brides their Cinderella moment.

Americans have been told to practice “social distancing” to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but that hasn’t prevented people across the country from lifting the spirits of those in need and saying thanks to those on the front lines of the crisis.

A Richmond, Virginia, artist, hoping to share messages of hope, is using his talent to show the faces of recovered coronavirus patients.

In light of the restrictions that COVID-19 has placed on our region, we have compiled a list of community resources.

A herd of firefighting goats, who normally eat brush that could fuel wildfires, have been left without work due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Their owners are asking for help.

Kids around the country are using chalk to spread positive messages on the sidewalk.

With a microphone and passion for music, Chris Lomeli is spreading joy throughout California’s Coachella Valley during the era of coronavirus social distancing. After the pandemic shut down venues, Lomeli decided to take his talents on the road, performing for families outside of their homes.

A rural Minnesota couple is sharing their experience recovering from COVID-19. Annette and Larry Bremer are two of 23 confirmed cases in rural Martin County — an experience that, according to Annette, felt like being “hit by a bus.”

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For most Americans alive today, the idea of shared national sacrifice is a collective abstraction, a memory handed down from a grandparent or passed on through a book or movie. Not since World War II, when people carried ration books with stamps that allowed them to purchase meat, sugar, butter, cooking oil and gasoline, when buying cars, firewood and nylon…

More Americans are self-quarantining amid the coronavirus pandemic as some states and municipalities enact shelter-in-place orders to require social distancing. Technology and social media are becoming more vital as the coronavirus outbreak is now seen across each of the 50 states. President Donald Trump said that the country and our way of life may be impacted until July or August….

Our nation’s leading library professionals are gathering at the Pennsylvania Convention Center to learn from local library leaders and promote the programs and services offered to communities. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors spoke to Larra Clark, deputy director of the Public Library Association, and Siobhan Reardon, president and director of the Free Library of Philadelphia.

More than 150 members of the Cheltenham Township community came together for a special screening of NBC’s popular primetime drama, “Chicago Fire.”

The community came together in Cheltenham, Montgomery County Wednesday night to support their first responders — and enjoy a screening of NBC’s “Chicago Fire.” Our NBC10 and Telemundo62 Firehouse Screening raised money for the Cheltenham Fire Company and awareness of the need for volunteer firefighters. Plus, “Chicago Fire” star Joe Minoso and NBC10’s Harry Hairston were there to enjoy the...

The bitter blast didn’t stop people from putting a little sweat into their service projects on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. NBC10’s Cydney Long spoke to people braving the elements for the community in Gloucester Township, New Jersey.

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