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By Nikko Cuda and Jonathan Padilla WRHU’s Jonathan Padilla and Nikko Cuda talked to Muslim Scholars and Long Islanders about the conflict in the Middle East and how much the conflict is affecting Muslims and non-Muslims. [caption id="attachment_212692" align="alignleft" width="300"] Jonathan Padilla, WRHU-Morning Wake Up Call co-host, Hofstra Chaplain Mufti Qari Nazrul Islam, and Nikko Cuda, WRHU-...

In 24 cities across the country, there are 30,000 volunteers packing millions of meals for food pantries as an act of service in memory of those killed on 9/11. WRHU's Alexa D'Amato visited The Intrepid Museum at Pier 86 in New York City for this special report.

This is Alexa D'Amato reports for WLIW-FM from Philadelphia. It's traditional for both campaigns to send surrogates to speak to the media after the debate to offer commentary, reporters surrounded Republican vice presidential hopeful JD Vance, Former Trump official Olivia Troye, and former Trump White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, among others. Florida Representative Byron Dona...

Hofstra journalism students Alexa D'Amato and Michael join WLIW-FM's Brian Cosgrove to talk about their experience reporting live from the presidential debate in Philadelphia.

Alexa D'Amato reports for WLIW-FM from the presidential debate in Philadelphia. According to the Pew Research Center, 51% of registered voters said that abortion was an important issue when picking a president. For South Philly resident Genevieve Mitchell, her vote for president came down to her views on the topic. I don't support Trump's. My understanding is that he tends to further limit the rig...

Alexa D'Amato reports for WLIW-FM from the presidential debate in Philadelphia. Young voters are split about watching the Trump-Harris debate and new polling by the New York Times and Siena College supports this. Freshman Hope Galloway gave her predictions for the candidates face off. I believe there's going to be a lot of personal attacks involved, which I'm not super excited to hear. But I belie...

Camryn Bowden and Kenny Forman spent the past week at the 2024 Deomcratic National Convention in Chicago, filing stories from the field with WLIW-FM each day. They joined Gianna Volpe on the air to talk about their experience and share clips of the eventful last day.

Transcript: Since its Advent, social media has played a number of different roles in presidential election years, especially for younger voters in the political process. What you're currently hearing is a remix of the now viral Coconut Tree meme from a TikTok user known simply as MX Welch 03. My mother used to she would give us a hard time sometimes, and she would say to us, I don't know what's wr...

Camryn Bowden reports for WLIW-FM from the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Former President Donald Trump has tried to disassociate himself from Project 2025, a conservative government restructuring plan that aims to drastically change the political landscape of the US. But DNC speakers last night weren't buying this. Saturday Night Live comedian Kenan Thompson walked out on the stage with a p...

Kenny Foreman reports for WLIW-FM at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. It's the third day of the DNC convention, and people here can't stop talking about the electrifying speeches by former First Lady Michelle Obama and former President Barack Obama. But some are also talking about different protests that took place last night outside of the Convention Center. That's Marnie Chambliss....

Kenny Foreman reports for WLIW-FM at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. It's day two of the convention and delegates are on the move, energized by last night's many speakers with keynote speaker President Joe Biden. During his speech, Biden spoke about his time as President and the honor it is for him to serve as the nation's commander in chief. On multiple occasions, the United Center...

Camryn Bowden reports from the 2024 Democratic National Convention: Protest continued for a second day in Chicago, organized by the coalition to March on the DNC. Hatem Abudayyeh, the National Chair of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, shared some of the major concerns from those protesting. Palestinians and Arabs care deeply about Palestine, but we also care about immigrant rights and worke...