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NewsWorks Tonight Archive

Jane Lyons, with both her Young Hero Award around her neck, and holding her Spark Award, acknowledging her work helping incarcerated youth. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Delaware teen honored for assisting juvenile offenders

The National Liberty Museum 'Young Hero' award was given to 14 youths for their service projects, including a Delaware anti-recidivism fund.

2 years ago

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Former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Appeals court throws out former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah’s bribery convictions, affirms 29 other counts

Legal observers say retrying Fattah on the bribery-related charges may not even affect his 10-year prison term

2 years ago

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Construction is under way at the 76ers Fieldhouse in Wilmington, which the developer says will also serve as a training center for elite youth athletes and offer athletic, educational and leadership programs for poor city children. (Cris Barrish/WHYY. Inset courtesy of Buccini/Pollin Group)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

As Sixers break ground on new Wilmington fieldhouse, developer makes promises to the neighborhood

The arena for the 76ers minor league team will also be a training center for elite youth athletes and offer programs for low-income city kids, developer Rob Buccini says.

2 years ago

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Shaun Harris, Tim White and Jerry
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

The long road to becoming Pa.’s first black-owned brewery

This weekend, Pittsburgh is slated to host the first festival of black craft beer brewers from around the country.

2 years ago

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Community

NewsWorks Tonight, August 8, 2018

After Parkland, some data suggests young Pennsylvanians are becoming more active voters, but there is room for skepticism. Inside a netwo ...

Air Date: August 8, 2018

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Tank Creek was classified as an exceptional value stream by DEP in October 2017. It feeds into the Delaware River.
(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

In the Poconos, a fight simmers over ‘exceptional’ streams

Resort owners worry the greater protections could hamper future development.

2 years ago

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Community

NewsWorks Tonight, August 7, 2018

Advocates for New Jersey’s new bail system now question whether it too can lead to unequal racial outcomes.  In the Poconos, a con ...

Air Date: August 7, 2018

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World War II veteran Charles Reddig, flying a mission over Japan, saw the atomic bomb explode over Hiroshima and the devastation it left behind. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

When the Atomic Age began 73 years ago, this Pennsylvania man was there

Charlie Reddig happened to fly his plane over Hiroshima the same day U.S. forces hit it with an atomic bomb. 'What happened to all these people,' he wondered.

2 years ago

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Community

NewsWorks Tonight, August 6, 2018

The Broke in Philly team details the high cost of being poor.  A local WWII vet is one of the last alive who actually witnessed the bomb ...

Air Date: August 6, 2018

Listen 21:30
Delaware has tested nearly 900 rape kits that had languished, untested, in police stations and hospitals -- some for more than three decades.  (Courtesy of Delaware Criminal Justice Council)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Rape kit-testing effort spurs arrest in 2014 assault; Del. officials expect more matches

Delaware officials have made their first arrest under the sexual assault kit initiative.

2 years ago

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Virginia McKale protests outside Family Court Friday. She’s been separated from her grandchildren since October. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Philadelphia parents separated from their kids protest city, state agencies

Dozens of Philadelphia parents and guardians accuse the Department of Human Services of corruption. Their allegations include falsifying reports and denying them due process.

2 years ago

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Community

NewsWorks Tonight, August 3, 2018

Delaware Governor John Carney drops a school policy meant to protect transgender students. NewsWorks Tonight’s Dave Heller checks i ...

Air Date: August 3, 2018

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Doreen Garner and Terence Nance host a segment of Nance's new HBO show,
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

New HBO series debuts at Blackstar Film Festival in Philly

Terence Nance, a New York experimental filmmaker with a long history with the Blackstar Film Festival in Philadelphia, chose the festival to launch his new HBO series.

2 years ago

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Dunkin' Donuts will offer gluten-free fudge brownies at its 8,500 U.S. locations beginning Monday. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Do Americans run on organic and gluten-free? Not as much as you may think

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

2 years ago

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Composer and educator Alfonso Fuentes plays a black Steinway grand piano under a spotlight in a dark and empty auditorium at Princeton University
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Princeton University hosts artists, scholars from Puerto Rico

Princeton invited artist and scholars from Puerto Rico to work on their projects at the university campus during the summer.

2 years ago

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