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Do Americans run on organic and gluten-free? Not as much as you may think
NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.
7 years ago
Listen 5:55Quiet room offers break from Philly airport hustle and bustle
The new space is for travelers going through TSA checkpoints in terminals D and E.
7 years ago
New Jersey issues ‘quarantine’ for items carrying spotted lanternflies
Articles most likely to carry the insect native to China, India and Vietnam include bicycles, tents, motor homes, plant containers, and lawnmowers.
7 years ago
PUC allows restart of Mariner East 2 construction in parts of Chester County
An administrative law judge had stopped work in May, citing public safety.
7 years ago
Fun Philly ice cream shops for the family
The dog days of summer are in full swing and there’s one sure thing that can make cranky kids and parents feel refreshed and happy: ice cream.
7 years ago
Implicit in tackling racial biases, an expert says: Knowing the history
It comes after a hotel staff member wrote a three-letter slur against those of Japanese ancestry on a hotel guest’s room folio last week.
7 years ago
Philly Free Streets part three moves to North Broad August 11
North Broad will be closed to cars from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. from Erie Avenue to City Hall.
7 years ago
Coast Guard rescues 3 paddleboarders near Ocean City
Three paddleboaders were rescued by U.S. Coast Guard personnel near Ocean City, New Jersey on Thursday.
7 years ago
NewsWorks Tonight, August 2, 2018
Former President Barack Obama endorses seven Democratic candidates from the Philadelphia region. Puerto Rican scholars and artists displ ...
Air Date: August 2, 2018
Listen 21:32Young boys admit to hanging doll at Weccacoe Playground
Police are investigating an apparent hate crime at a South Philly playground where neighbors organized to honor a historic African-American burial ground.
7 years ago
Ruth Naomi Floyd, ‘Frederick Douglass Jazz Works,’ and our need for free critical artists
Floyd could have been this generation’s Ella or Mahalia. But she has taken the A Train on a track less traveled — and Douglass is her latest companion on that journey.
7 years ago
This is ‘Not Fine’: New evidence of Russian interference meets inaction, frustration
"The extremes are screaming while the majority whispers."
7 years ago
Sale of Oyster Creek could speed up decommissioning by decades
Environmentalists are happy that the nuclear power facility could be cleaned up faster than originally planned but are concerned about details.
7 years ago
Listen 4:32Rain, rain flows away, no longer puddles at Malcolm X Park
As happens on many blocks around the city, heavy rains used to turn the southeast corner of Malcolm X Memorial Park in West Philadelphia into a deep puddle.
7 years ago
Master plan in works for northern Delaware’s largest state park
The park plays a significant role in Delaware's history — or more accurately — in Delaware geography.
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