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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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2 students shot during a robbery on Delaware State University Campus

Delaware State University Police are investigating after 2 students were shot on campus Saturday morning.

3 years ago

Luc Belanjer (seated) with his family and friends on the beach in Wildwood, N.J. They are among the thousands from the Canadian province of Quebec who decided to spend summer vacation in Cape May County. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
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Canadians returning to Cape May after 2-year COVID hiatus

A vast majority of Cape May County’s Canadian tourism business has returned. Officials hope all of it will recover next year.

3 years ago

Gov. Wolf speaks at a podium surrounded by elected officials and others.
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Workers at 14 Pennsylvania nursing homes go on strike

Workers from 14 Pennsylvania nursing homes went on strike Friday after marathon contract negotiations failed to produce a deal.

3 years ago

Vicinity Energy's Operations Manager Mike Ancona explains how a modern co-generation plant creates the steam that heats Center City office buildings
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Could Philly’s steam system provide a climate solution? PGW says no

Vicinity Energy, which operates Philadelphia’s steam loop system, is now battling with PGW, another century-old institution, over its Center City customers.

3 years ago

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I-676 is seen filled with floodwaters from the Schuylkill River
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Photos from a year ago, when Ida flooded the Vine Street Expressway

Many Philadelphians are still struggling to recover.

3 years ago

During the candlelight vigil, names of loved ones were read aloud through a megaphone. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
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Candlelight vigil in Kensington honors victims of fatal drug overdoses

Nearly 100 people at McPherson Square lit candles and read the names of deceased loved ones Wednesday.

3 years ago

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Missing 13-year-old girl found safe in NYC after abduction in Reading, Pa.; suspect in custody

A male suspect, identified by police as 47-year-old Dwayne Taylor, was taken into custody in Brooklyn.

3 years ago

A sign announcing the gun violence prevention hotline is shown in the foreground, with elected officials speaking at a podium in the background.
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Philadelphia
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Philadelphia Violence Prevention Hotline now fully staffed

Philadelphia’s 211 system is now fully staffed. Plans are underway to ensure security is a top priority at the Made in America Event over Labor Day weekend.

3 years ago

Crowds fill the Ben Franklin Parkway for Made in America
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Billy Penn

How Philly handles emergencies at major events, and how attendees can get live updates

The city made big strides after Pope Francis came to visit in 2015.

3 years ago

Kathryn Ott Lovell, commissioner of Philadelphia’s Parks & Recreation. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philadelphia
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Public Spaces

Philly gun violence leads to trying times for Parks & Rec Department

Kathryn Ott Lovell spoke with WHYY about park safety concerns at this month’s ribbon cutting ceremony at the newly remodeled 33rd and Wallace Playground.

3 years ago

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File photo: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev waves from the Red Square tribune during a Revolution Day celebration, in Moscow, Soviet Union, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1989.  (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko, File)
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Russian media: Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91

Gorbachev, as the last leader of the Soviet Union, waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that ended the Cold War.

3 years ago

John B. Wockenfuss, former Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies catcher, shown February 24, 1975. (AP Photo/Preston Stroup)
Delaware
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As a local ballplayer dies, his name lives on — in one of the country’s oldest fantasy baseball leagues

Delaware’s John B. Wockenfuss was beloved for his quirks. The Strat-O-Matic baseball league that bears the name of this former Phillie and Detroit Tiger is a fitting tribute.

3 years ago

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Wally the alligator receives a pet
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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Emotional support alligator? A list of other unexpected animals you might find in LOVE Park

What other creatures could make Philly smile on a casual stroll through Center City?

3 years ago

Michael Hinson speaks at a vigil
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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Remembering Michael Hinson, one of Philly’s most beloved LGBTQ community leaders

The activist and advocate has died at 55 years old.

3 years ago

Firefighters are pictured at the scene of a fire in Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
Spotlight PA

The business of volunteer fire companies has become harder to sustain. Can collaboration help?

Five volunteer fire companies are participating in a state study to determine how better collaboration among them might alleviate some cost and staffing challenges.

3 years ago

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