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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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Charlie Manuel in the dugout
Health
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Former Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel improving after suffering stroke

The Phillies say the next 24 hours will be crucial for his recovery.

2 years ago

Dick Miles poses on a motorcycle
Arts & Entertainment

Coatesville vintage racers shifted into high gear during annual grand prix

The annual event is meant to promote tourism and downtown revitalization in Coatesville.

2 years ago

Destruction and rubble in the wake of floods in Libya is visible
Community

Libya investigates dams’ collapse after a devastating flood last weekend killed more than 11,000

Libya’s top prosecutor says he has opened an investigation into the collapse of two dams that caused a devastating flood in a coastal city.

2 years ago

A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains.
Community

Norfolk Southern CEO promises to keep improving safety on the railroad based on consultant’s report

CEO Alan Shaw told the railroad's employees in a letter that Norfolk Southern will take several immediate steps in response to the initial report from Atkins Nuclear Secured.

2 years ago

Waves and stormy conditions at a harbor in Maine
Weather

Atlantic storm Lee makes landfall in Canada with winds of 70 miles per hour, 1 man killed in Maine

Atlantic storm Lee has made landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada, at near-hurricane strength with sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph).

2 years ago

Mexican Cultural Center staff released colored smoke during the El Grito de Dolores ceremony
Community

Why Mexican Independence Day revelers in Philadelphia shout ‘Viva Mexico’ in historical battle cry

Communities across the Delaware Valley this week hosted historical re-enactments of El Grito de Dolores.

2 years ago

A doctor takes a patient's temperature
Health

‘Justified Medical Mistrust’ docuseries looks to the past to change the future of clinical trials

The docuseries explores why racial diversity is key to clinical trials, while addressing a history of mistrust among Black Americans.

2 years ago

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Visitors walk along a sand bar at low tide in advance of Hurricane Lee, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Bar Harbor, Maine.
Weather

Hurricane Lee targets New England and eastern Canada with wind, roiling seas and rain

The water-logged region is getting ready for tropical-storm-force wind gusts that will span an area more than 400 miles wide.

2 years ago

Law enforcement officers escort Danelo Cavalcante from a Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Avondale Pa.
Courts & Law

As captured fugitive resumes sentence in the U.S., homicide in his native Brazil remains unsolved

Cavalcante allegedly shot a man in Brazil in 2017, but he stood to receive a considerably lighter sentence.

2 years ago

Insurrectionists in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021
Courts & Law

A Jan. 6 rioter was convicted and sentenced in secret. No one will say why

Pennsylvania resident Samuel Lazar was arrested in July 2021 and had been jailed since then on charges in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

2 years ago

An up-close view of someone holding an I Voted sticker featuring the U.S. flag.
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

How your support of free and fearless journalism can help preserve our democracy

This month we celebrate Democracy Day as a commitment to the preservation of our freedoms.

2 years ago

Damage is seen via helicopter after a four-alarm fire tore through multiple buildings in Oxford, Chester County.
Community
6abc

Residents displaced after massive fire in Oxford, Pa. to be moved to hotels

The four-alarm blaze likely started in a warehouse, then spread to nearby businesses and apartments on Third Street.

2 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) runs with the ball past Minnesota Vikings linebacker Jordan Hicks
Community

Jalen Hurts runs for 2 TDs, throws for a score; Eagles hold off fumble-prone Vikings 34-28

“We're a work in progress,” Jalen Hurts said. “We strive for progress, not perfection. We want to grow and find our identity."

2 years ago

A close-up of the green dome of the Pa. State Capitol.
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

‘More needs to be done’: Pa. lawmakers push to overhaul Philly’s for-profit eviction system

A forthcoming legislative package is designed to make lockouts safer and more predictable for tenants.

2 years ago

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Condos for sale in the Washington Square West neighborhood of Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Community

Delaware Valley realtors say even baby boomers aren’t selling their homes like before

The typical home sale cycle is completely disrupted and there’s a clog in the market dynamics, Delaware Valley realtors say.

2 years ago

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