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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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Packed Gaza hospitals warn that thousands could die as supplies run low and ground offensive looms

The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says an estimated 1 million people have been displaced in Gaza in a single week.

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Mail ballot drop box map for the 2023 November election in Philadelphia

Ballots must be received by election officials by the time the polls close: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7.

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To rein in climate change, Biden pledges $7 billion to regional ‘hydrogen hubs’

President Joe Biden announced the projects Friday during a stop at the Tioga Marine Terminal in the Port of Philadelphia.

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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of La., talks to reporters as he announces he is ending his campaign to be the next House speaker after a Republican meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.
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GOP’s Scalise ends his bid to become House speaker as Republican holdouts refuse to back the nominee

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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of La., speaks to reporters as he arrives for a meeting of House Republicans to vote on candidates for Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 in Washington. Stalemated over a new House speaker, the Republican majority is scheduled to convene behind closed doors to try to vote on a nominee. But lawmakers say Wednesday's private ballots to replace ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy could take a while. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Republicans nominate Steve Scalise to be House speaker and will try to unite before a floor vote

Lawmakers said that in private balloting at the Capitol, House Republicans pushed aside Rep. Jim Jordan, the Judiciary Committee chairman, in favor of Scalise, the current maj

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Shapiro isn’t sold on a key climate program, and his working group isn’t either. What’s next for RGGI?

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Palestinians evacuate the wounded following an Israeli aerial bombing on Jabaliya, near Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct.11, 2023
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Israeli strikes demolish entire Gaza neighborhoods as sealed-off territory faces imminent blackout

Gaza’s power authority says its sole power plant will run out of fuel within hours, leaving the territory without electricity after Israel cut off supplies.

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Biden condemns Hamas for ‘unadulterated evil’ in attack on Israel, vows U.S. resolve in backing Israel

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