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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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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks outside her office on Capitol Hill, Monday, March 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
Politics & Policy

Another attempt to move ahead on virus aid package snags

At the Capitol, tempers flared and emotions were raw as senators wrangled over critically needed aid.

6 years ago

Comedian and media mogul Byron Allen, in Los Angeles. (Chris Carlson/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Justices toss decision in media mogul’s discrimination case

The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling in favor of a black media mogul and comedian who’s suing cable giant Comcast alleging racial discrimination.

6 years ago

The University of Delaware is donating supplies of personal protection equipment from shuttered research labs to the Delaware Emergency Management Agency. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Health

‘Community spread’ in Del. as cases jump to 87, Gov. Carney declares public health emergency and school closure extended to May 15

The state’s latest directive expands the pool of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and mental health providers to treat patients until the emergency ends.

6 years ago

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, right, and President Donald Trump listen as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Health

Fauci says he can’t stop Trump from talking at briefings

Dr. Anthony Fauci says he can't jump in front of the microphone to stop President Donald Trump from speaking at daily White House briefings on the coronavirus outbreak.

6 years ago

The Manhattan bridge is seen in the background of a flashing sign urging commuters to avoid gatherings, reduce crowding and to wash hands in the Brooklyn borough of New York.  (Wong Maye-E/AP Photo, file)
Community

Virus outbreak means (mis)information overload: How to cope

The coronavirus pandemic is leading to information overload for many people, often making it difficult to separate fact from fiction.

6 years ago

Collection of hunting rifles (Bigstockphoto.com)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. Supreme Court says gun shops are not ‘life sustaining’ during coronavirus shutdown

Without comment, a majority of the state’s high court late Sunday denied the petition by a gun shop, a gun purchaser and a law firm to have Wolf’s shutdown order thrown out.

6 years ago

The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo, File)
Money

Federal Reserve to lend up to $300B to businesses, cities

The announcement Monday is part of the Fed's ongoing efforts to support the flow of credit through an economy ravaged by the viral outbreak.

6 years ago

Melissa filming The People's Supper event at FUMCOG, hosted by South Philly Barbacoa (2019).  (Ryan Collerd)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly, follow Boston’s lead and create an artist relief fund!

Filmmaker Melissa Beatriz makes the case for Philadelphia establishing an emergency fund for artists whose livelihood is impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.

6 years ago

University of Pennsylvania students were ordered to leave campus by Tuesday, March 17. But for the college's vulnerable and low-income students, that may mean going home to unstable living conditions. (Michael Bryant/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Education
Broke in Philly

Penn ‘left us stranded on the streets’: Vulnerable students are desperate as coronavirus shuts down Philly colleges

As school resources shut down, vulnerable low-income students are being left behind.

6 years ago

(Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Money
Spotlight PA

Why workers’ compensation might not provide relief for Pennsylvanians sickened by the coronavirus

Workers on Wednesday packed into buses before dawn for the drive to the Shell cracker plant in Beaver County.

6 years ago

A parishioner during Bethany Wesleyan Church's Sunday worship service at Becky's Drive-In in Walnutport, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Honking hallelujah: Drive-in theatre in Pa. becomes church during coronavirus shutdown

"This is the closest thing we have to community right now, is this church."

6 years ago

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COVID-19 testing facility at Penn Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: ‘Stay-at-home’ orders begin in Philly Monday, Delaware on Tuesday; 1st death in Montco

Philly will issue a “stay-at-home” order for all residents starting at 8 a.m. Monday. A similar order takes effect in Delaware on Tuesday through mid-May.

6 years ago

The Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (Russ Walker/PA Post)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

State gets nearly 10,000 requests for waivers from Wolf’s coronavirus shutdown order

Beginning Monday, violators could face fines, jail time

6 years ago

Medical staff prepare to start working at a drive-through testing center for COVID-19 in Paramus, N.J., on Friday, March 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Health

Philly area mental health professionals offer free therapy for health care workers

Mental health professionals in the Philly area are offering free online therapy for health care workers working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

6 years ago

(Tom Gralish/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

‘It’s going to hurt’: Struggling Pa. towns brace for financial gut punch from the coronavirus

Greenville, a small town in northwestern Pennsylvania, is one of more than a dozen municipalities struggling so badly they get extra help from the state government.

6 years ago

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