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Radio Times
International

Malcolm Nance on violent extremism and the war in Ukraine

Malcolm Nance warns of the rise in violent extremism and the threat it poses to American democracy. And we talk about his experience fighting for Ukraine against Russia.

Air Date: July 15, 2022 10:00 am

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The Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Government
Law
LGBTQ
Pennsylvania

Homosexuality finally removed from Pa. Crimes Code after being first discovered in Upper Darby

The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed House Bill 2125 last week and Governor Tom Wolf signed it into law on Monday. Upper Darby played a huge role in making this happen.

4 years ago

A U.S. Secret Service agent stands by as Marine One departs with President Biden aboard as he departs the White House in. (September 2021.
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NPR
Government Accountability
National

Secret Service erased texts from 2-day period spanning Jan. 6 attack, watchdog says

The Department of Homeland Security inspector general, which oversees the Secret Service, said the texts were deleted after his office asked for them.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid address the media following their meeting in Jerusalem Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Government
International

Biden, Lapid agree to stop Iran nuke program, differ on how

Biden says he still wants to give diplomacy a chance while Lapid insists that tough words alone won’t thwart Tehran nuclear ambitions.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol building
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
Sustainability

Gov. Wolf vetoes GOP effort to block local climate legislation

The bill would have prevented local towns from banning natural gas, something climate activists say will be key to addressing global warming.

4 years ago

The exterior of the Martin Luther King Jr. Rec Center on Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Pa. law mandates teens in the North Philly beating death be charged as adults

Built on the superpredator myth popular in the 1980s, the "statutory exclusion" statute sends kids to adult prisons, where they often end up in solitary confinement.

4 years ago

Sri Lankan protesters, some holding national flags, after storming the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Government
International
Protests

Sri Lanka in crisis: President flees and ire turns to Prime Minister

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife left aboard an air force plane bound for the Maldives. He made his prime minister the acting president in his absence.

4 years ago

An empty classroom.
Kids
Pennsylvania
Taxes
Spotlight PA

Pa. has a new child care tax credit. Here’s what you need to know

People who care for two or more dependents will be able to claim up to $6,000 in child care expenses starting next year.

4 years ago

Josh Shapiro speaks to a crowd during his campaign launch
Elections
Employment
Philadelphia

Shapiro, pledging to preserve binding arbitration, wins Philly firefighters’ endorsement

Two of the firefighters’ most recent endorsements went to Republicans, former President Donald Trump, and far-right U.S. Senate candidate Kathy Barnette.

4 years ago

Proud Boys members Zachary Rehl and Ethan Nordean march toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington, ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection
Radio Times

Jan. 6 hearing: Trump and the mob

The seventh Jan. 6 hearing alleged that in a last ditch effort to hold on to power, former President Trump summoned a mob of right-wing extremists.

Air Date: July 13, 2022 10:00 am

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File photo: Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump stand outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A federal judge is questioning Donald Trump's efforts to withhold documents from Congress related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Judge Tanya Chutkan was skeptical Thursday, Nov. 4, of attorneys for the former president who asked her to block the handover of documents to a House committee
NPR
Government Accountability
National

The meeting that changed history and 3 other takeaways from the latest Jan. 6 hearing

Trump made a fateful choice in the early morning hours of Dec. 19, 2020, days after the Electoral College voted, to choose a path that led to the insurrection on Jan. 6.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol building
Government
Pennsylvania

With lots of cash on hand, Pennsylvania wraps up budget deal

Pennsylvania is in its best fiscal position in years. Still, Wolf made some concessions. Here are some key takeaways.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at a Capitol news conference
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pennsylvania governor says he’ll protect abortion seekers

Wolf said he would refuse a request from any other state to arrest or detain any out-of-state resident who had traveled to Pennsylvania to seek an abortion.

4 years ago

Steve Dettelbach speaks during an event about gun violence in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 11. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
NPR
Government
Gun Violence
National

Senate confirms Dettelbach to head firearms agency as gun violence grows

This is the first time in seven years that the Senate has confirmed a director for the ATF.

4 years ago

A person walks along a beach in Neshaminy State Park in Bucks County.
Government
Outdoors
Pennsylvania
Public Spaces

Pa. funds 3 new state parks, locations yet to be determined

The state’s 2022-23 spending plan includes $56 million to add the new state parks to what is currently a 121-park system.

4 years ago

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