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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers displays a two-year budget authored by the Republicans controlled Legislature that he signed, Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in Madison, Wis. Evers used his partial veto power to remove tax cuts for the state's wealthiest taxpayers and protect 180 diversity, equity and inclusion jobs Republicans wanted to cut at the University of Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Harm Venhuizen)
Politics & Policy

Wisconsin governor’s 400-year veto angers opponents in state with long history of creative cuts

Wisconsin governors have the most powerful partial veto power in the country because, unlike in other states, they can strike nearly any part of a budget bill.

3 years ago

University of Delaware's campus (U Del.)
Courts & Law

Conservative groups lose bid to see Delaware university’s records involving Biden Senate papers

A conservative media outlet and an activist group won’t be allowed access to records related to President Joe Biden’s gift of his Senate papers to the University of Delaware.

3 years ago

Elizabeth Tsurkov
Community

Princeton doctoral student held captive in Iraq

Elizabeth Tsurkov was conducting research in Iraq when she was kidnapped in March by a group with ties to Iran.

3 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signs a bill in Paulsboro, N.J., Thursday, July 6, 2023, granting a tax break to offshore wind energy developer Orsted
Politics & Policy

New Jersey governor signs tax break for Orsted’s offshore wind farm

The bill allows Orsted to keep federal tax credits that it otherwise would have been required to pass along to New Jersey utility ratepayers.

3 years ago

This Friday, April 21, 2006 file photo shows cargo containers stacked on the deck of a ship as a crane lifts another container at Port Newark in Newark, N.J.
Community

2 New Jersey firefighters died battling a blaze deep in a ship carrying 5,000 cars

Five other firefighters were injured but were expected to recover.

3 years ago

Former President Donald Trump's valet Walt Nauta, center, visits Versailles restaurant with Trump, June 13, 2023, in Miami. Nauta is set to be arraigned on charges that he helped the former president hide classified documents that the Justice Department wanted back. Nauta was charged earlier this month alongside Trump in a 38-count indictment filed by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith.
Courts & Law

Trump valet Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case

Nauta also hired a new Florida-based lawyer to represent him as the case moves forward.

3 years ago

Traffic on the I-95 in Philadelphia
Community
6abc

Officials open Business Recovery Center to help those impacted by I-95 collapse in Philadelphia

It will be located at the Philadelphia Fire Department Engine 38 training facility.

3 years ago

Graduation ceremony, with student getting denied a diploma.
Education
6abc

Philadelphia High School for Girls announces leadership change following graduation controversy

There is a change in leadership at The Philadelphia High School for Girls following controversy at last month's graduation ceremony.

3 years ago

Camden County Commissioner Louis Cappelli Jr.
Politics & Policy
6abc

Philly council member wants apology from Camden leader for ‘thugs,’ ‘freaks’ comment

After a Camden official said, "We just want to send a message to the thugs and criminals and gun-bearing freaks over in Philadelphia...," a council member wants an apology.

3 years ago

Land-based windmills turn in the wind in Atlantic City, N.J., on April 28, 2022.
Politics & Policy

U.S. gives go-ahead for Orsted’s New Jersey offshore wind farm to start construction

The wind farm would power 500,000 homes. Other approvals remain to be granted, but Orsted plans to start construction this fall.

3 years ago

A PATCO fare gate at the 8th and Market stop.
Community

PATCO to launch new schedule as it embarks on $6 million rail replacement project

The project will replace nearly three miles of rail between the Ferry Avenue and Broadway Stations.

3 years ago

An Amtrak train departs 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Wednesday, March 31, 2021.
Community
6abc

Amtrak service from Philly to New York resumes after temporary suspension; NJ Transit also resumes

"As of 9:50 am ET, overhead power has been restored. Services traveling north of Philadelphia (PHL) have resumed..." Amtrak tweeted

3 years ago

Josephine Wamah (center) and Jasmine Wamah, sisters of shooting victim Joseph Wamah Jr., 31, share their feelings during a press conference at the Salt and Light Church in Kingsessing.
Community

Father of the bride and teen who tried to save friend among 5 killed in Philly mass shooting

Monday's mass shooting in Kingessing was the deadliest in a rash of U.S. shootings that occurred around the July Fourth holiday.

3 years ago

Looking east toward City Hall from Eakins Oval.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

‘Moulin Rouge,’ South Jersey Caribbean Fest, Oval summer events, and Erykah Badu in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

July 6 - July 9: The Oval summer season in Philly, South Jersey Caribbean Fest in N.J., and the inaugural Black Chef Showdown are among the weekend’s highlights.

3 years ago

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The logo for Meta's new app Threads is shown in the foreground. In the background is the logo for Twitter.
Money

Meta takes aim at Twitter with the launch of rival app Threads

Meta unveiled an app to rival Twitter on Wednesday. Called Threads, the new offering is billed as a text-based version of Meta’s photo-sharing app Instagram.

3 years ago

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