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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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Former Vice President Joe Biden
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Biden on sexual assault allegation: ‘Never, never happened’

Biden's first public remarks on the allegation come at a critical moment as he tries to relieve mounting pressure after weeks of leaving denials to his campaign.

6 years ago

U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey
Elections
New Jersey

Both parties covet Jeff Van Drew’s South Jersey congressional seat

It seems like an eternity since U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew voted against impeachment and became a Republican, but the race for his seat will be expensive.

6 years ago

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Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine holds a daily briefing on COVID-19. (Commonwealth Media Services)
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Pennsylvania
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Public Health

What to know about the limits of COVID-19 stats

Every day, the Pa. Health Department releases data about COVID-19 cases in the state. But that data is incomplete — which makes it hard to understand how things are going.

Air Date: April 30, 2020

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Pennsylvania Gov Tom Wolf
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Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Republicans subpoena Wolf administration for documents related to controversial business waiver process

The state’s auditor general said he has begun an audit into the controversial process, but won’t release the names of businesses that received a coveted waiver.

6 years ago

Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes
Delaware
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Face masks now mandatory at Delaware parks

Anyone who doesn’t bring a face mask to a state park or wildlife area will be asked to leave.

6 years ago

In this March 12, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus in Wilmington, Del. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Elections
National

Joe Biden picks vetting team as he searches for running mate

Biden, a former vice president himself, has committed to picking a woman and has told donors he wants to make his choice far ahead of the August Democratic convention.

6 years ago

Republican U.S. Rep Brian Fitzpatrick (left), representing Pennsylvania's  1st District and Democratic U.S. Rep. Susan Wild (right), representing Pennsylvania's 7th District. (AP file photos)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pa. moderates find themselves straddling a widening rift over COVID-19 responses

After a short burst of bipartisan unity over COVID-19, Pa. moderates say their fellow politicians are dividing again.

6 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci, left, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, head of the White House coronavirus task force, talks during an Oval Office meeting with President Trump and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
National
Public Health

White House’s social distancing guidelines will be ‘fading out,’ Trump says

The current coronavirus guidelines that were set to expire Thursday will not be extended as more governors begin steps to reopen their economies.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine holds a daily briefing on COVID-19. (Commonwealth Media Services)
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. to set coronavirus testing, contact tracing benchmarks just days before gradual reopening is set to begin

The state could need to conduct about 19,000 tests per day and employ as many as 2,000 contact tracers, numbers that far exceed current levels.

6 years ago

Voter wears mask, gloves to vote in special election
Elections
Pennsylvania
Public Health
PA Post

Pa. counties struggle to find enough masks, gloves for in-person voting June 2

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6 years ago

Medical workers wait for cars to pull up to the swabbing tent at the city's coronavirus testing site next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on Friday, March 20, 2020. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer via Pool)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

How regulatory, price obstacles frustrate two counties’ COVID test goals

Montgomery and Chester counties want to do more tests in jails and nursing homes, but state and federal regulations are getting in the way.

6 years ago

Disposable gloves and masks have contributed to Philadelphia's litter problem. (Twitter/Philadelphia Water)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philly’s water systems are being clogged by ‘fatbergs’ of PPE

Mayor Kenney: Don’t throw your gloves and wipes in the toilet!

6 years ago

A Philadelphia Police Department cruiser is seen traveling down a Philly street.
Philadelphia
Policing
Race & Ethnicity

ACLU: New stop-and-frisk numbers ‘not what people of Philadelphia deserve’

Nearly a decade after entering into a federal consent decree, civil rights attorneys say Philly cops still conduct too many illegal stops and frisks.

6 years ago

Police have closed Walnut Street in Philadelphia where a Holiday Inn Express will be a city quarantine site. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly to admit some homeless people to quarantine hotel without COVID-19 tests

Before the policy change, the Holiday Inn Express was restricted to homeless people who tested positive for COVID-19.

6 years ago

The Rehoboth Beach boardwalk closed to the public after Del. Gov. John Carney ordered all state beaches closed in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Business
Delaware

Many questions, few answers at first Delaware coronavirus business forum

More than 300 people attended an online forum hosted by the Delaware Division of Small Business to get feedback on the state’s plans to reopen.

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