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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Courts & Law

Actor and comedian Bill Cosby reacts while being notified that the verdict was in during his sexual assault retrial, Thursday, April, 26, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (Mark Makela/Pool Photo via AP)

Sentencing in Bill Cosby’s sex assault case set for Sept. 24

Cosby turns 81 in July and is likely to face a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.

7 years ago

Signs for Monmouth Park are displayed in a bar at the racetrack in Oceanport, N.J., Monday, May 14, 2018. The Supreme Court on Monday gave its go-ahead for states to allow gambling on sports across the nation, striking down a federal law that barred betting on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states.
Delaware
New Jersey
Sports

N.J., Del., Pa. racing to implement sports betting after U.S. high court ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act.

7 years ago

Photo: Julie Jacobson/Associated Press
Down the Shore
Law
New Jersey
Sports

Shore racetrack to take bets ‘as soon as possible’ following U.S. Supreme Court decision

A landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on Monday will have a major impact on a Jersey Shore race track.

7 years ago

In one Indiana prison, a program allows incarcerated moms to raise their newborns. (PBS)
PBS
Criminal Justice
Kids
Social Justice

In one Indiana prison, a program allows incarcerated moms to raise their newborns

The U.S. incarcerates women at a higher rate than any other country and a majority of these women are mothers.

7 years ago

Delaware this week became the first state to ban marriages by minors, with no exceptions. New Jersey could be next. (photo/bigstockphoto.com)
NewsWorks Tonight
Delaware
Law
New Jersey

Delaware first to outlaw marriage by minors. Is New Jersey next?

Supporters say the ban will protect young girls from being forced into marriage.

7 years ago

Listen 1:30
Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, on May 2. (Marie Cusick/WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Sunoco at PUC hearing: No alternative to building ME2 in Chesco

Sunoco rejected a state senator’s demand that it halt construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in Chester County.

7 years ago

Patrick McDonnell, secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, announces
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Environment
Pennsylvania

Pa.’s Volkswagen settlement money to go toward cleaner vehicles, engines

Pennsylvania will use the $118 million it received in a settlement with Volkswagen to fund grants and rebates for cleaner vehicles and engines.

7 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders held dueling news conferences after hours of meetings late Friday to announce their inability to come to a budget deal,. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
New Jersey
Public Safety

A closer look at N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy’s gun crime data dump

Crime guns appear to be traveling from southern states along the Atlantic coastline up Interstate 95 into New Jersey.

7 years ago

Listen 2:37
Khanefah Boozer (right), with attorney Robert Levant
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Jury awards $10M to Philly man framed by cops, jailed for nearly four years

The sum is the largest-ever jury payout over police abuse in Philadelphia history.

7 years ago

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House, Monday, May 15, 2017, in Washington.

Philly nurse charged in death of former Trump adviser’s father

Christann Shyvin Gainey, 30, was charged with involuntary manslaughter, neglect and records tampering in the death of H.R. McMaster Sr.

7 years ago

Booths line the Cactus safe-injection site where drug addicts can shoot up using clean needles, get medical supervision, and freedom from arrest in Montreal.  (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)
NewsWorks Tonight
Addiction
Philadelphia
Public Health

Wolf’s reluctance to back Philly injection site leaves door open to U.S. crackdown

Pennsylvania governor, attorney general not ready to embrace approach to stem opioid death toll

7 years ago

Listen 2:09
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Prosecutor: Elderly man killed himself in front of police after fatally beating wife with hammer

Authorities say an elderly New Jersey man called the police to report he had beaten his wife to death at their home, then fatally shot himself after police arrived.

7 years ago

 A Dec. 13, 2016  photo shows Bill Cosby leaving the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Speak Easy

Bill Cosby was not lynched

Removed from its historical context, 'lynching' it can be applied to anything

7 years ago

FILE – This Nov. 9, 2017, file photo shows Pennsylvania State University's shuttered Beta Theta Pi fraternity house in State College, Pa. Centre County, Pa.,(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Serious charges dismissed in Penn State frat pledge death

A judge Monday threw out the most serious counts against a second set of defendants in a Penn State fraternity pledge's death last year

7 years ago

(Steve Ruark/AP Photo, file)
Mental Health
New Jersey

N.J. bill calls for treatment over jail time for criminal defendants with mental illness

Criminal justice advocates say correctional facilities are typically not equipped to provide adequate mental health care.

7 years ago

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