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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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2018 Delaware election results

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Democrats regain control of House, Republicans retain the Senate

Follow NPR's live coverage of the 2018 election right here.

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A man works at his desk in front of monitors last month during a demonstration in the war room, where Facebook monitors election-related content on the platform, in Menlo Park, Calif. (Jeff Chiu/AP)
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Facebook blocks more than 100 accounts, citing possible foreign influence

Facebook's head of cyber security policy, said 85 of the accounts were on the company's Instagram service, with the remainder on Facebook itself.

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State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown, D-Philadelphia, was convicted Wednesday of violating state conflict of interest laws and accepting bribes. Even so, her name remains on the Tuesday ballot for re-election. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Convicted lawmaker still on Tuesday ballot for Pa. House

Vanessa Lowery Brown, a Philadelphia Democrat, was convicted Wednesday of violating state conflict of interest laws and accepting bribes.

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Voters in Moorestown and throughout New Jersey will decide Tuesday whether the state should borrow $500 million for school improvements. (WHYY file photo)
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Voters to decide whether N.J. borrows $500 million for school upgrades

New Jersey’s only statewide ballot question asks whether the state should borrow $500 million for school improvements.

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Louise deVirgillo is 98-years-old and helping people with the voting machines. She’s been working at Brookhaven’s 2nd Precinct every election for 40 years. She says she’s “never seen people so excited for a midterm.” (Robert Brod/WHYY)
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Generations of voters turn out for key races in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware

There are major statewide races in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and high-stakes Congressional battles that will help determine which party controls Congress.

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President Donald Trump waves to the cheering crowd as he arrives for a rally, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes Barre, Pa..
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For Whom the Bellwether Tolls

Two years ago, voters in Luzerne County, Pa. flipped from blue to red for the first time in decades. What do they think now and what does this mean for the rest of America?

Air Date: November 6, 2018

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Path to power: House races to watch on election night

The path to power in the House winds through a few dozen districts, many of them suburban, in Tuesday's election.

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Voters formed a long line in Philadelphia City Hall last week to get their absentee ballots. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
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Pennsylvania

Democrats in Pa. request, return more absentee ballots ahead of midterm election

More-than-typical requests for absentee ballots in Pa. ahead of Tuesday’s midterm election indicate heightened interest among members of both parties.

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Tom MacArthur (left) an incumbent running for Congress in New Jersey's 3rd District, and Brian Fitzpatrick, an incumbent running for Congress in Pennsylvania's 1st District. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Pennsylvania

Some Pa., N.J. members of Congress spending $200K or more on ‘franking’

How much or how little members of Congress spend on mailing constituents information or connecting with them electronically varies from $14,000 to more than $300,000.

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$2 million Philly water main repairs will continue into February

Some Philadelphia merchants and city officials met Monday to go over the time frame for repairs following ...

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Around two hundred people came to the Pennsylvania Capitol on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, to celebrate the work of muralist and activist Michelle Angela Ortiz, a project called
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With artwork, Philadelphia muralist brings support for immigrant families to Harrisburg

A large, vibrant mural depicting the eyes of a woman and her son has been temporarily installed on the verticals of the Pennsylvania Capitol building’s west-facing steps.

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The world is more interested than usual in the U.S. midterm elections. Here’s why

Under normal circumstances, America's midterm elections tend to elicit shrugs outside the U.S.

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