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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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Alina Habba speaks
Immigration
Law
New Jersey

U.S. Attorney Habba investigating New Jersey governor, attorney general over immigration enforcement policy

The state's top federal prosecutor is investigating Gov. Murphy and AG Platkin over an order to local law enforcement to not help federal agents with immigration policing.

10 months ago

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, speaks at a news conference
Criminal Justice
Government
Government Accountability
Immigration
National
Policing

Federal judge directs Trump administration to take all available steps for return of mistakenly deported man

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis’ order comes after the Supreme Court said the administration must work to bring back the Maryland man, who was sent to a prison in El Salvador.

10 months ago

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Nov. 15, 2023, in Washington.
Employment
Government Accountability

Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers

The effect of the high court’s order will keep employees in six federal agencies on paid administrative leave for now.

10 months ago

Two police officers from the Crisis Team head towards a car
Mental Health
Philadelphia
Policing

How Philadelphia police draw on personal experiences to respond to mental health crises

Studies over the past two decades have shown a person with serious mental illness can be over 10 times more likely to experience use of force during police interactions.

10 months ago

A closeup of Philadelphia City Hall.
Health Care
Law
Mental Health
Philadelphia

Philadelphia courts offer post-trial counseling to help jurors cope with secondary trauma

The service will give jurors three counseling sessions if they feel troubled after rendering a verdict.

10 months ago

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Camden County N.J. election officials demonstrate mail-in voting
Delaware
Elections
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Del., N.J. among states suing to block Trump’s election order, saying it violates the Constitution

The lawsuit is the fourth against the executive order issued just a week ago.

10 months ago

Phil Murphy speaks
Crime
New Jersey
Technology

Creating and sharing deceptive AI-generated media is now a crime in New Jersey

The creation and dissemination of deceptive deepfake media is now a crime punishable by up to five years in prison.

10 months ago

Las autoridades federales incautaron estas drogas durante la mayor redada de fentanilo del estado.
Crime
Delaware
Policing

‘Suficientemente fuerte como para matar a un elefante’: Traficante de fentanilo de Delaware condenado tras la mayor redada del estado

Los investigadores siguieron las pistas de drogas desde un cártel mexicano hasta Delaware, incautando alrededor de 35 libras de fentanilo, heroína, cocaína y “tranquilizante”.

10 months ago

A masked federal employee protesting
Employment
Law
National

Judge who ordered fired federal workers to be reinstated now says ruling applies to 19 states and D.C.

New Jersey, 18 other states and the District of Columbia challenged the Trump administration's mass dismissals at more than a dozen agencies across the country.

10 months ago

Elon Musk presents a woman with an oversized check for $1 million
Pennsylvania
Politics

Lawsuit claims Musk failed to make promised payments over 2024 petition signatures

The lawsuit claims the man received hourly pay for canvassing ahead of the November presidential election, but it says he wasn't fully paid for the petition referrals.

10 months ago

Luigi Mangione
Gun Violence
National

Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Penn graduate Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing

Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland real estate family, faces separate federal and state murder charges.

10 months ago

Devlin Robinson
Government Accountability
Immigration
Pennsylvania
Policing

Pa. Senate passes bills to alert ICE of crimes, restrict bail options for some defendants

The measures now move to the Democratic-controlled House, where they can expect tough sledding.

10 months ago

Donald Trump looks on
Criminal Justice
National
Politics

Trump’s 3rd Circuit: President has power to remake Philly region’s highest federal court

With two vacancies, the 3rd Circuit, a highly influential and powerful court, is evenly split between Democrat- and Republican-appointed judges.

10 months ago

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The entrance to the school
Crime
K-12
Pennsylvania

20 Delco school employees charged in connection with child abuse case

Chester Township police were notified on January 14, 2025, of a suspected child abuse case at Chester Community Charter School.

10 months ago

Mayor Cherelle Parker speaks
Crime
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Series of shootings over warm weekend results in 13 victims and two deaths

More than a dozen people were shot and two died in a series of violent incidents in Philadelphia this past weekend.

10 months ago

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