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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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COMBO - This combination of two pictures shows U.S. President Donald Trump, left, on July 22, 2018, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Feb. 6, 2018. In his latest salvo, Trump tweeted late on Sunday, July 22 that hostile threats from Iran could bring dire consequences. This was after Iranian President Rouhani remarked earlier in the day that “American must understand well that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace and war with Iran is the mother of all wars.” Trump tweeted: “NEVER EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKE OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE.” (AP Photo)
International
Military

Iran dismisses Trump’s explosive threat to country’s leader

Iranians shrugged off the possibility that a bellicose exchange of words between President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart could escalate into military conflict.

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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. administers the House oath of office to Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., during a mock swearing in ceremony in Washington. Fitzpatrick is among his party's most strident critics of Trump's stance to Putin. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)
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National

GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick: ‘The president was manipulated by Vladimir Putin’

Brian Fitzpatrick, a former FBI agent, sits on the House committees on Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security.

8 years ago

Then-candidate Donald Trump onstage with his running mate, Mike Pence, and their families at the end of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Republicans have chosen Charlotte, N.C., a city that hosted Democrats' convention in 2012, to host their 2020 convention. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Elections

Republicans to hold 2020 convention in Charlotte, N.C.

The city was the only known contender to formally bid for the convention, and it is the city that hosted Democrats' convention in 2012 when Barack Obama was renominated.

8 years ago

In this Nov. 29, 2016, file photo, then-U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., gets on an elevator after arriving for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Elections
Pennsylvania

As Trump weathers firestorm, Barletta picks up a shield

Barletta is running for Senate with the expectation of substantial support from Trump.

8 years ago

Bob Hugin, a Republican candidate running in the New Jersey primary election for U.S. Senate, talks to reporters after casting his vote in the New Jersey primary election, Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at the Lincoln-Hubbard School in Summit, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Elections
New Jersey

Republican Hugin spending millions to compete in New Jersey Senate race

The race is at the top of the ballot this year in New Jersey.

8 years ago

In this Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, photo, a recruiter from the postal service, right, speaks with an attendee of a job fair in Cheswick, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Economy

Pa. unemployment dips to an 11-year low

The Department of Labor and Industry’s newly released June numbers mark the second month in a row the commonwealth has set a new post-recession jobs record.

8 years ago

Javier Garrido Martinez holds his 4-year-old son after they were reunited on July 11, 2018, in New York. (Robert Bumsted/AP)
NPR
Immigration
Law

5 facts to know about migrant family reunification

Here are five questions about family reunification answered.

8 years ago

Karen Korematsu  addressed a group of teachers about her father's legal battle against internment during World War II. Her talk was given at the nonpartisan Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
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Pennsylvania
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Social Justice

Spreading the legacy of Fred Korematsu, U.S. internment camp objector

Japanese-American's case referenced in U.S. Supreme Court opinion allowing President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several Muslim-majority countries

8 years ago

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Philadelphia
Taxes

Soda tax advocates cited by Philly ethics board

Philadelphia Board of Ethics levies $8,000 in fines on soda tax lobbyists

8 years ago

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin answer questions during a joint press conference after their summit on July 16 in Helsinki. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
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International

Is Trump the toughest ever on Russia?

"This administration has been much tougher on Russia than any in the post-Cold War era," said Daniel Vajdich, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.

8 years ago

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Environment
New Jersey
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Get the butts off the sand: N.J. (mostly) bans smoking on beaches

New Jersey beaches and state parks are now mostly smoke free.

8 years ago

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One portion of the plan proposed by the FCC would place a benefit limit on subscribers to the Lifeline internet subsidy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Technology

Feds’ internet subsidy proposals would hurt the poor, PUC says

The program in question is FCC's Lifeline. It has about 12.5 million subscribers around the country and more than half a million in Pennsylvania.

8 years ago

A view of the State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa., with a cloudy sky in the background.

Judge halts Pa. lawmakers’ efforts to raid insurance surplus

Since 2016, Pennsylvania lawmakers have been trying to move $200 million from a medical malpractice insurer into the general fund.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner campaigns at a town hall in Glenside
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Elections
Home & Family
Law

Wolf to veto abortion ban if Roe falls; Wagner won’t commit

Abortion could be a big issue in the pa gov's race as supreme court could turn issue back to the states.

8 years ago

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File photo: Philadelphia City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart (Lindsay Lazarski/WHY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Philly updates sexual harassment policy in wake of blistering audit

The audit found the city’s current policy neither prevents, nor protects victims of sexual misconduct or harassment.

8 years ago

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