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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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A man waves for a tow truck after getting swamped trying to cross a flooded section of the Cobbs Creek Parkway, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Philadelphia. Cobbs Creek and Darby Creek merge in the Eastwick section of Philadelphia where flooding is expected to get worse due to rising sea levels. (AP Photo)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Poll finds most Pennsylvanians think climate change is major public health risk

A majority of Pennsylvanians view the warming climate as a major public health risk, according to a new poll from the Muhlenberg College Public Health Program.

8 years ago

Milton Street speaks during a mayoral debate
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

Former state Sen. Milton Street announces candidacy for mayor

Former state representative and state senator T. Milton Street announced in a Facebook post Wednesday afternoon that he intends to seek this city's highest office this year.

8 years ago

Three years after Delaware’s Supreme Court ruled capital punishment unconstitutional, lawmakers want to reinstate it. Several police associations support the measure. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Delaware legislators aim to overturn court, reinstate death penalty

Three years after Delaware’s Supreme Court ruled capital punishment unconstitutional, lawmakers want to reinstate it. Several police associations support the measure.

8 years ago

 The Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on State Road in Philadelphia (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Prison guards indicted in alleged beating of inmate at Curran-Fromhold

Federal prosecutors have announced charges against two Philadelphia prison guards in an alleged beating of an inmate last fall.

8 years ago

Cinnaminson parent Nicole Weick was one of five parents to express their concerns about teacher Joseph DeShan during a school board meeting on May 14, 2019. DeShan fathered the child of an underage girl 30 years ago when he was a Catholic priest. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Should ex-priest who impregnated 16-year-old 30 years ago return to teaching? Question divides N.J. town

Some parents are adamant the former priest shouldn’t be teaching in Cinnaminson. But others say he’s an excellent teacher who should not be defined by a mistake 30 years ago.

8 years ago

On York Street in East Kensington, a rowhome towers above its neighbors. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Is Philly growing too big, too fast? Gentrification concerns fuel City Council zoning reform call

City Council President Darrell Clarke wants a redo of the sweeping code that governs construction and development in Philadelphia.

8 years ago

Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, testifies as the House Energy and Commerce Committee holds an oversight hearing of the FCC, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.  (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Help coming on blocking scammers for robocall-plagued U.S.

New measures by U.S. regulators could help thwart some of the billions of robocalls received in the U.S.

8 years ago

Rescue dogs like Gracie are Delaware’s newest official state dogs. She was recently up for adoption at the Brandywine Valley SPCA. (Brandywine Valley SPCA)
Community

Roll over golden retrievers, Delaware has a new top dog

Delaware officials have named rescue dogs as the state’s official pooch. The designation follows the reign of golden retrievers as top dogs in the First State.

8 years ago

New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton
Politics & Policy

New Jersey will ask voters to legalize recreational pot

A measure to legalize recreational marijuana in New Jersey fizzled out Wednesday when the state Senate president said he would instead look to voters next year.

8 years ago

French President Emmanuel Macron, (right), talks with Jordan's King Abdullah, (left), at the Elysee Palace, Wednesday, May 15, 2019 in Paris. Several world leaders and tech bosses are meeting in Paris to find ways to stop acts of violent extremism from being shown online. (Francois Mori/AP Photo, Pool)
Politics & Policy

World leaders, tech execs pledge to curb online violence at Paris tech summit

Facebook, Google, Twitter and other tech companies joined a dozen countries in a pledge to step up efforts to keep internet platforms from being used to spread hate.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania House of Representatives at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Pa. House passes veto-bound abortion bill amid constitutionality questions

Governor Tom Wolf has said he will veto the measure if the Senate passes it to him.

8 years ago

Protestors called for Representative Brian Sims to resign outside the Planned Parenthood Clinic on Locust Street in Center City Friday morning.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

We’re one Supreme Court case away from outlawing abortion

Anyone who still assumes that legal abortion is here to stay, and that Roe v. Wade is the settled law of the land, should take a hard look at what's happening right now.

8 years ago

The Schuylkill river at dusk in Philadelphia. The river is a popular fishing spot. In 2018, the New Jersey DEP began testing fish for the family of chemicals known as PFAS and issued fish advisories. New Jersey has stricter limits on PFAS exposure than Pennsylvania. (Susan Phillips/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

New Jersey sues companies over PFAS contamination

The lawsuit alleges eight companies engaged in consumer and environmental fraud.

8 years ago

Shown is the private club Jacks NYB in Philadelphia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Community

‘Play Gloria!’ St. Louis Blues celebration song has Philly bar origins

"Gloria" became a St. Louis craze in part because of a bar in South Philadelphia: Jacks NYB, a private club in the middle of Flyers country.

8 years ago

Democratic mayoral candidate Alan Butkovitz. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Childhood mentor helped mayoral candidate Butkovitz learn to express himself effectively

Mayoral candidate Alan Butkovitz sees the irony in the fact that everything he had trouble with in school, he ended up having to do as part of his work or part of his life.

8 years ago

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