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Michael Barsanti, director of the Library Company of Philadelphia, stands before a glass fronted bookcase
Philadelphia

Philadelphia library to present new edition of Franklin ‘Junto’

The Library Company of Philadelphia launches a monthly club to discuss civic values, based on virtues set down by its founder, Benjamin Franklin.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, December 12, 2017

Deportation case raises questions about marriage as step to citizenship. Plus the former FBI agent who took down the Unabomber, and education issues in Northeastern PA

Air Date: December 12, 2017

Listen 21:48
Delaware

Asbestos delays reopening of major Delaware artery

Drivers diverted around the Rt. 141/Basin Rd. bridge over Rt. 13 will have to deal with detours for longer than expected after technical issues delayed the work.

8 years ago

Talib Kweli, the keynote speaker at this year’s hip hop summit at Stockton University. (Bill Barlow for WHYY)
New Jersey
Policing
Social Justice

Talib Kweli: BLM is a peaceful movement fighting ‘a violent police state’

The rapper made his comments on Thursday as the keynote speaker at this year’s Hip Hop Summit at Stockton University.

8 years ago

Shots of liquor for sale at a
The Philadelphia Experiment
Philadelphia

Time for Philadelphia’s stop-and-gos to stop — and go

The store owners have argued that the bill would bring bloodshed by requiring stop-and-go stores to remove their bulletproof glass. That's not the issue.

8 years ago

NOAA image.
Down the Shore
New Jersey

‘Prolific’ Geminid meteor shower peaks this week

It’s once again time for the peak of the prolific Geminid meteor shower.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight December 11, 2017

Rohingya Muslims find new home in Philadelphia. Conspiracy theory persists among Eastwick residents. And a retelling of the swimming of the English Channel.

Air Date: December 11, 2017

Listen 21:30
Heavy machinery is used to demolish a house along the Delaware Bay in Lawrence Township. (Image: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

N.J. demolishes 500th house under flood buyout program

New Jersey officials are celebrating the demolition of the 500th house under the state's flood buyout program. 

8 years ago

Social activists have received 1,300 petitions against a plan to reroute Wilmington buses. (WHYY/Paul Parmalee)
Delaware
Social Justice
Transportation

NAACP officials will ask Gov. Carney to stop plans to decrease Rodney Square bus service

Social activists and residents in Delaware are making a plea to the state to reverse plans to reconfigure bus routes in Wilmington starti ...

8 years ago

Police respond to a report of an explosion near Times Square on Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, in New York.
Public Safety

Pipe bomb strapped to man explodes in NYC subway, injuring 4

A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that a man had a pipe bomb strapped to him when it went off on a New York City subway platform.

8 years ago

Hazim Hardeman, Temple University's first Rhodes Scholar
Radio Times
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Politics

Pa. Gambling expansion / Temple’s first Rhodes Scholar/ “Whataboutism”

Guests: Katie Meyer, Hazim Hardeman, Tom Nichols We begin today’s show with a conversation with WITF’s ...

Air Date: December 11, 2017

Listen 49:13
Sisters Faridah, and Noor Fauziah Rashid fled Malaysia as refugees and resettled in Philadelphia.
NewsWorks Tonight
Immigration
Philadelphia
Religion

Rohingya refugees resettled in Philadelphia find freedom that was worth the journey

Considered the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world, Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar by the thousands in recent years. Some now call Philadelphia home.

8 years ago

Listen 3:42
Toms River Police Department image.
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Hero Shore woman spots smoke, rescues boys from fire

A New Jersey woman is being hailed as a hero for rescuing three boys from their Ocean County home on Friday afternoon.

8 years ago

According to a new note on The Wall Street Journal's style book, much of its coverage painted millennials with a broad and sometimes insulting brush. (Optician Training/Flickr)
NPR
Media

‘Millennials’: Be careful how we use this label

The Wall Street Journal issued a new note on its style blog earlier this week, suggesting the publication not write about millennials with such disdain.

8 years ago

Saturday night in Asbury Park. (Photo: @geoffrey.parry as tagged #JSHN on Instagram)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

How much snow fell in N.J.? Here are some observations

The National Weather Service says the first winter storm of the year was "very interesting."

8 years ago

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