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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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Medical personnel at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey
Health

Coronavirus update: Nonessential businesses can reopen in N.J. on Monday

Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order effective Monday morning for nonessential construction and retail to reopen.

6 years ago

Mayor Marty Small
Politics & Policy

Atlantic City voters keep their government amid pandemic

Atlantic City’s mayor declared victory in a special election in which early returns showed voters rejecting a proposal to eliminate a mayor in favor of an appointed manager.

6 years ago

National Guard soldiers help with coronavirus response
Health

Coronavirus update: Pa. Health Department pilots new drug, begins broader nursing home testing

Pennsylvania’s Department of Health said Wednesday that it is working to distribute an antiviral drug, remdesivir, to hospitals across the commonwealth.

6 years ago

The boardwalk in Ocean City, N.J.
Down the Shore
Health

‘Social distance ambassadors’ coming to some N.J. boardwalks

Significant change is afoot at the Jersey Shore with Memorial Day weekend looming, and social distancing will certainly be a major aspect as crowds arrive.

6 years ago

Nurses with ChristianaCare wait for the next vehicle to arrive to test people for the coronavirus on Friday, March 13, 2020, at the Riverfront complex in downtown Wilmington, Del. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Delaware to hold testing event Thursday, even for those without symptoms

The state has purchased 200,000 saliva-based test kits from a California-based company as it eyes administering 80,000 tests a month.

6 years ago

An LNG tanker
Community
NJ Spotlight

Water regulator defends OK of plan to build LNG export terminal in South Jersey

During an online hearing, Delaware River Basin Commission said it sees no reason to change its mind on Gibbstown project.

6 years ago

A Jersey Shore beach scene.
Down the Shore
Community

Murphy: Expect ‘new normal’ at the Jersey Shore by Memorial Day weekend

Murphy said Tuesday that he expects "some semblance" of a new normal at the Jersey Shore by Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start to the summer season.

6 years ago

Empty college lecture hall
Education
NJ Spotlight

N.J. students face the new realities of college life, virtual and otherwise

As freshmen prepare to adapt, educators and administrators are still in the early stages of "shaping the new normal" of a college education: part two.

6 years ago

(Heather Khalifa/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. officials revoked business waivers the night before publishing list of recipients

Just hours before the Wolf administration disclosed the first details about which businesses received waivers, officials were still revoking exemptions without explanation.

6 years ago

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

Philly investigating 1,742 percent more respiratory deaths, and many at-home deaths

Total fatalities investigated and ultimately linked to respiratory disorders rose from just seven between February and April of last year to 129 this year.

6 years ago

The brick exterior of 6225 Osage Avenue, one of the 36 homes destroyed in the MOVE bombing and newly renovated. (AJR Endeavors)
PlanPhilly
Community

35 years after MOVE, homes that Philly bombed for sale

Developer AJR Endeavors is wrapping up the rebuild of the block that Philadelphia bombed and allowed to burn in 1985.

6 years ago

Elmer Daniels
Courts & Law

He was exonerated after serving 40 years in prison. What does the state of Del. owe him?

Fifteen states, including Delaware, don’t offer compensation for exonerees. One legislator wants to change that.

6 years ago

Listen 4:31
Gerald Baker was a big Eagles fan and worked part-time at Lincoln Financial Field. (Courtesy of Tinisha Baker)
Community

Gerry Baker, 64, made Eagles games a great day out for fans in Section 109

For Eagles fans in Section 109 at the Linc, game day was not complete without usher Gerry Baker’s “big smile,” handshake and a hearty “Go Birds!”

6 years ago

Listen 3:00
Senators and staff listen to Dr. Robert Redfield director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention speak remotely during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on May 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)
Politics & Policy

AP exclusive: CDC docs stress plans for more virus flareups

It contains the kinds of specifics that officials need to make informed decisions, some experts said.

6 years ago

(NBC New York)
Health
NBC10

City will give out cribs to mothers to prevent infant deaths

Babies are safer in a crib than on an adult bed or a sofa.

6 years ago

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