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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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New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton.
Politics & Policy
6abc

New laws for New Jersey you need to know about in 2024

The new laws include a raise in the minimum wage, an expansion for 'Safe Haven' laws, a new pathway for becoming a teacher, and a "Seinfeld Bill" targeting telemarketers.

2 years ago

The dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg.
Politics & Policy
6abc

New Pennsylvania laws you need to know about for 2024

The new laws cover a wide range of topics including women's health care, food safety, cybersecurity, religious garb in schools, voter registration, and dog licenses.

2 years ago

2 woman with a young child sitting on the ground in the park.
Young, Unhoused and Unseen
Community

‘Young, Unhoused and Unseen’ examines ‘borderline epidemic’ of youth homelessness across Greater Philadelphia

The podcast and multimedia project produced by WHYY News and Temple University’s Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting examines the crisis of youth homelessness.

2 years ago

Chuck Jones and his dog, Midnight (center left) enjoying an outing with Breaking Bread shelter residents.
Community

1 year later, Upper Darby’s pet-friendly homeless shelter remains a lifeline

The shelter is also exceeding its own expectations for finding people permanent housing.

2 years ago

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A nurse departs the room of a COVID-19 patient
Health

COVID and flu cases are on the rise as vaccination rates remain low, CDC warns

Experts are concerned that the number of flu and COVID-19 patients in hospitals could peak at around the same time and strain capacity.

2 years ago

Jugglers outside of City Hall
Arts & Entertainment

The arts are having a bumpy pandemic recovery in Philly, new report shows

An influx of $6 million in federal COVID recovery funds is coming to Philly. But a new study shows the progress in the arts sector is uneven.

2 years ago

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Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford speaks at a podium
Courts & Law

More cold-case sexual assault charges for ‘Fairmount Park rapist’ accused of 2003 rape and slaying

Police say Diaz has now been charged in three other cold-case assaults, two in Fairmount Park in 2003 and one in Pennypack Park in 2007.

2 years ago

Tom Smothers does yo-yo tricks during arrivals at CBS's 75th anniversary celebration Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003, in New York.
Arts & Entertainment

Comedian Tom Smothers, one-half of the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86

The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Smothers died Tuesday following a cancer battle.

2 years ago

John Giovannitti (left) mayor-elect of Paulsboro, and and brother Vince Giovannitti, mayor of Greenwich Township. (Facebook, Councilman John Giovannitti and Vince Giovannitti & Tony Chila for Greenwich Twp. Council)
Politics & Policy

Gibbstown and Paulsboro will have brothers as mayors next year

John Giovannitti will be sworn in Jan. 2, one day before his newly reelected brother Vince Giovannitti is sworn in to a second term.

2 years ago

File photo: Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, in Waco, Texas, March 25, 2023, while en route to West Palm Beach, Fla.
Courts & Law

Michigan Supreme Court will keep Trump on 2024 ballot

Wednesday's ruling follows a decision by a divided Colorado Supreme Court, which said Trump is ineligible to be president after his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

2 years ago

A Block Island Wind Farm turbine operates
Politics & Policy

Contrary to politicians’ claims, offshore wind farms don’t kill whales. Here’s what to know

Scientists say there is no credible evidence linking offshore wind farms to whale deaths. That hasn’t stopped conservative groups and others from making the connection.

2 years ago

Sen. Bob Menendez leaves federal court, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in New York.
Courts & Law

Prosecutors oppose Sen. Bob Menendez’s effort to delay May bribery trial until July

Menendez has pleaded not guilty to a bribery conspiracy charge alleging he and his wife accepted bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car from three New Jersey businessmen.

2 years ago

Shakia Williams, in her tasting room in Hatboro, Pa., holds a bottle of her apple wine, Natasha's Scarlet Or
Community

Meet the Philly-area winemaker who isn’t afraid of a little glitter in her glass

The founder of a Black-owned micro-winery in Hatboro looks to triple her sales in 2024.

2 years ago

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Elementary school students are pictured on a school bus
Education

Delaware education funding is ‘not adequate.’ A new report calls for an additional $500 million to $1 billion

The report comes after the settlement of a lawsuit that accused the state of being complicit in the disparities experienced by low-income students and others.

2 years ago

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A Spirit Airlines jet on a runway
Community

6-year-old boy traveling from Philadelphia to visit grandma for Christmas put on wrong Spirit flight

The boy's grandmother had to pick him up from the Orlando airport instead of Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers.

2 years ago

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