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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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State Rep. Rick Krajewski speaks
Community

Philly-area lawmakers walk out of meeting with Penn president over DEI cuts

A Pennsylvania state senator and state representative left the meeting after they say a university administrator referred to diversity as a “lightning rod.”

6 months ago

Kathy Jennings speaks
Politics & Policy

2,000 attend virtual Delaware town hall amid federal layoffs and immigration enforcement fears

Delaware’s congressional leaders tackled federal layoffs, data privacy concerns and immigration enforcement in the Trump administration.

6 months ago

2 cars falling into a sinkhole
Community
6abc

Car falls into sinkhole, another teeters on edge in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia

The sinkhole opened up on the 2700 block of E. Birch Street on Tuesday.

6 months ago

A man shooting a gun at a piece of bulletproof glass as a test
Community

SEPTA tests bullet-resistant glass enclosures aimed at protecting Philly bus drivers

SEPTA said it initially will run eight buses with the compartments to see what, if any, adjustments are needed and to get driver feedback.

6 months ago

FILE- In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo people walk by Old Main on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Education

Penn State is closing some of its branch campuses due to declining enrollment

Penn State’s president Neeli Bendapudi says declining enrollments, demographic shifts and financial pressures will require the school to close some of its 19 branch campuses.

6 months ago

The Apple logo on the front of an Apple Store
Community

Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs

The shareholder vote came a month after the same group presented a similar proposal during Costco's annual meeting, only to have it overwhelmingly rejected.

6 months ago

Elon Musk receives a chainsaw
Money

Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE

The mass resignation of engineers, data scientists and product managers is a temporary setback for Elon Musk and President Trump's tech-driven purge of the federal workforce.

6 months ago

Donald Trump claps next to Elon Musk
Politics & Policy

Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk’s DOGE are expected to produce no savings

The Department of Government Efficiency, run by Trump adviser Elon Musk, last week published an initial list of 1,125 contracts that it terminated in recent weeks.

6 months ago

People on the streets after being moved
Community

9 months after Kensington cleanup, Philly officials offer progress report

Since last May, there’s been a 57% reduction in shootings in Kensington, and police have seized 24,000 grams of fentanyl, according to city officials.

6 months ago

Orinoko Civic House
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

A Philly program for low-income renters is winding down. Housing advocates say that shouldn’t happen

For the last five years, the shallow rent program has helped keep vulnerable residents housed amid an affordable housing crisis.

6 months ago

Listen 1:07
Bethany Beach police car
Courts & Law

‘These guys weren’t working’: 2 top cops in Bethany Beach, Delaware stole $150,000 in OT pay

Chief Redmon and Capt. Cathell didn’t tell lower-ranking officers that hundreds of overtime shifts were available. Then they stole the money.

6 months ago

Listen 1:46
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Nov. 15, 2023, in Washington.
Courts & Law

Supreme Court declines to hear challenges to laws keeping abortion opponents away from clinics, patients

The cities defending the laws in New Jersey and Illinois said they were passed to address disturbing behavior from protesters outside of health care clinics.

6 months ago

Donald Trump speaks
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania changes policy to follow Trump order on transgender athletes in high school sports

The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association's board voted last week to remove a policy that had deferred to school principals to determine an athlete’s “gender."

6 months ago

Josh Shapiro speaks
Money

Gov. Shapiro says Trump administration has unfrozen billions in grants and loans

Pennsylvania's governor said Monday that more than $2 billion identified as either frozen or held up by an unspecified review was now accessible to state agencies.

6 months ago

an overhead view of the tush push
Community

Packers propose banning the tush push used so successfully by the Eagles

Philadelphia often uses the play, in which two teammates push quarterback Jalen Hurts forward to help him gain yardage. NFL owners could vote on the proposal next month.

6 months ago

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