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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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Media
National
Politics

PBS suing Trump administration over defunding, three days after NPR filed similar case

The lawsuits were filed on similar grounds, saying Trump's complaint that public media is biased against conservatives represents viewpoint discrimination.

2 days ago

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Immigration
National
Politics

Supreme Court lets Trump strip legal protections from 500,000 people, exposing more to deportation

This pushes the total number of people who could be newly exposed to deportation to nearly 1 million.

2 days ago

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Gun Violence
Pennsylvania

Ex-Pennsylvania judge gets prison term for shooting and wounding her ex-boyfriend as he slept

Sonya McKnight was convicted last month on attempted homicide and aggravated assault charges.

2 days ago

Emil Bove sitting in a courtroom
Delaware
Government Accountability
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Ex-Trump attorney, top DOJ official picked to be federal judge in Philadelphia-based appeals court

As acting deputy attorney general, Bove has been at the center of some of the department’s most scrutinized actions since Trump’s return to the White House in January.

4 days ago

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Crime
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
6abc

Man pleads guilty to murdering 3 family members in Bucks County

Andre Gordon entered the plea at the county's justice center on Wednesday morning, and was then sentenced to three life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole.

4 days ago

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Government Accountability
Media

NPR sues Trump administration over executive order to cut federal funding to public media

The lawsuit from NPR and three local stations argues that Trump’s executive order to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR violates the First Amendment.

5 days ago

Interim US Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba walks with men dressed in suits
National
New Jersey
Politics

Some of Trump’s loyalty-first picks for prosecutors draw opposition from senators who can block them

Some picks have drawn Senate pushback because of their politics and, in certain cases, lack of robust legal experience.

1 week ago

Mayor Ras Baraka speaks to supporters and media
Immigration
National
New Jersey
Politics

Trump administration sues 4 New Jersey cities over ‘sanctuary’ policies

The Justice Department filed the suit Thursday against Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Hoboken in New Jersey federal court.

1 week ago

Supreme Court building
K-12
National

Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma

The outcome keeps in place an Oklahoma court decision that invalidated a vote by a state charter school board to approve the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School.

1 week ago

The Supreme Court of the United States, 2019.
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Immigration
National

Supreme Court allows Trump to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans who risk deportation

The status allows people already in the U.S. to live and work legally because their native countries are deemed unsafe for return due to natural disaster or civil strife.

1 week ago

Mark Dial walking into courthouse
Philadelphia
Policing
Social Justice

Mark Dial trial: Former Philly officer found not guilty of murder, guilty of manslaughter in Eddie Irizarry killing

Dial was found not guilty of third-degree murder, but was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter.

1 week ago

A voter arrives at a polling place during the primary election in Philadelphia, Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pa. primary election 2025: Philly and state court races wrapped up with expected outcomes — with 1 exception

Although most winners received endorsements from bar associations and their parties, a candidate for Superior Court advanced with neither.

2 weeks ago

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LaMonica McIver speaking to the media
Government Accountability
Immigration
New Jersey
Policing

New Jersey Democratic Rep. McIver released on recognizance on federal assault charges

The prosecutor’s complaint says McIver attempted to stop the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and pushed into and grabbed ICE and Homeland Security Investigations agents.

2 weeks ago

A damaged road is shown in Upper Makefield
Environment
Law
Pennsylvania

Bucks County climate lawsuit against big oil tossed by Pa. judge

The county hoped to make fossil fuel companies pay to help it address the impacts of climate change, such as worsening flood risk.

2 weeks ago

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Hundreds of people protest in Philadelphia against Mark Dial's charges being dropped. Signs read SAY HIS NAME! EDDIE IRRIZARRY!
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
6abc

Trial to begin for former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial in killing of Eddie Irizarry

In August 2023, Dial shot Irizarry multiple times through the driver's side window during a traffic stop.

2 weeks ago

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