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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Pennsylvania State Police vehicle
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania State Police settle profiling, immigration suit

The settlement pays a total of $865,000 to 10 plaintiffs, with a portion going to the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania.

4 years ago

A resident looks for belongings in an apartment building destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian force
Politics & Policy

U.S. hits Russia with ‘war crimes’ sanctions, Europe following

Making it personal, the U.S. sanctions singled out Putin's family, targeting his two adult daughters in addition to blocking two key Russian banks.

4 years ago

A man carries a coffin next to plastic bags with corpses of civilians
Politics & Policy

Ukrainians pore over grisly aftermath of atrocities

In ruined towns around Ukraine’s capital that Russian troops recently left, investigators collected evidence documenting what appeared to be widespread killings of civilians.

4 years ago

A member of Death Pill, an all-female Ukrainian punk band, plays electric guitar on stage.
Arts & Entertainment

Scream and shout: Philly benefit album features Ukrainian hardcore bands

Band Together features a mix of U.S. and Ukrainian punk to raise money for humanitarian aid in war-torn Ukraine.

4 years ago

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Signage for Betty's Eddies is seen looking into a 'marijuana kitchen'
Politics & Policy

Legal weed looked like a lost cause in Delaware after March vote, but new creative approach just might fly

The measure’s sponsor has split the bill into two parts. The simple majority needed to legalize possession of less than an ounce seems to be on board.

4 years ago

A Comcast van is pictured on a Philly street
Community

Comcast and federal programs provide low-cost or free internet to families with low income

Comcast is increasing the internet speed available through its existing affordable program. Tying it to a new federal program can mean free internet for eligible households.

4 years ago

Dan Szatkowski, North Augusta, S.C, poses with his newly purchased garden gnome during a practice round for the Masters golf tournament on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Arts & Entertainment

At Masters, some come to see golfers, others to see gnomes

The Masters has gone gnome-mad. Yes. Gnomes.

4 years ago

File photo: Towson head coach Diane Richardson yells instructions to her team during a first-round women's college basketball game against Connecticut in the NCAA Tournament, on March 22, 2019, in Storrs, Conn. Richardson, who led Towson to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history, was named Temple University’s women’s basketball head coach, the school announced Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Education

Temple names Diane Richardson as new women’s hoops coach

Richardson went 80-66 at Towson and led the team to a school-record 24 wins and a berth in the NIT. She also led Towson to the NCAA Tournament in 2019.

4 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks from a podium
Courts & Law

Pa. court blocks Gov. Wolf’s carbon emissions plan

Commonwealth Court, in a one-line unsigned order, said Tuesday it won't allow the official publication of the regulation “pending further order.”

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

‘I never provided false testimony’: Prosecutors spar with witness during Johnson bribery trial

Eve Lewis provided testimony on Tuesday that was different from what she told a grand jury in 2019.

4 years ago

In this Oct. 28, 2000 file photo, Bobby Rydell attends a dinner given by the National Italian American Federation at the Washington Hilton in Washington. (AP Photo/Linda Spillers)
Community
6abc

Bobby Rydell, singer and Philly native known for ‘Wildwood Days’ dies at 79

The 1950s teen idol was known for his hits 'Wildwood Days,' 'Volare,' 'Swinging School,' among many others.

4 years ago

Ivanka Trump, daughter and adviser to President Donald Trump, waves to supporters during a campaign event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa
Politics & Policy

Ivanka Trump testifies before House Jan. 6 panel

Bennie Thompson said that she had been answering investigators’ questions on a video teleconference since the morning and was not “chatty” but had been helpful to the probe.

4 years ago

The hygiene truck, brightly colored, sits outside City Hall.
Health

Hygiene van expands its mission to offer telehealth services in Philadelphia

The hygiene van run by Broad Street Ministry, launched last September, now offers telehealth services for those in need.

4 years ago

A sock filled with wood chips along the creek at the Cobbs Creek Golf Course is said to help prevent erosion.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Nonprofit renovating Cobbs Creek Golf Course could get $3 million boost with city funds

The lease with the foundation renovating the course doesn’t require the city to help with any money. But officials want to contribute $3 million over two years.

4 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson glances at members of the media during her meeting with Sen Mark Warner, D-Va., on Capitol Hill, Monday, April 4, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Courts & Law

Confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirming the value of Black womanhood

Columnist Solomon Jones sees the Black women who nurtured him in the experience of Judge Jackson’s fight for confirmation.

4 years ago

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