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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt has raised concerns about non-citizen voters in Pennsylvania. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Pennsylvania

Number of noncitzens registered to vote in Pa. may be far below 100,000

Pennsylvania officials have sent letters to 7,700 registered voters who may not be citizens.

8 years ago

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Pennsylvania

Veto from Pa. Gov Wolf kills opioid-prescribing bill

The GOP has touted the drug formulary as a way to prevent opioid abuse, plus reduce the cost of workers’ compensation.

8 years ago

An aerial view of Sunoco Pipeline's Mariner East 2 construction in rural Pennsylvania. Plans for a new construction technique in some locations have prompted a new round of community resistance. (Jeremy Long/Lebanon Daily News)
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Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

State senator files complaint asking PUC to halt Mariner East pipeline construction in Chesco

State Senator Andy Dinniman is trying to halt construction on two natural gas liquids pipelines.

8 years ago

FILE - In this March 20, 2013, file photo, Rep. Patrick Meehan, R-Pa. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Pa. Congressman Pat Meehan resigns after sexual harassment charge

A Pennsylvania Republican who used taxpayer money to settle a former aide's sexual harassment charges has abruptly resigned from Congress.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump, left, talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the Women's Entrepreneurship Finance event at the G20 Summit, Saturday, July 8, 2017, in Hamburg. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Watch: President Trump and German Chancellor Merkel hold joint press conference

President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are holding a press conference today at the White House.

8 years ago

House intelligence committee chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., has cleared Donald Trump's presidential campaign of conspiring with Russia's attack on the 2016 election. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
NPR
National

House Intelligence GOP releases full report clearing Trump in Russia imbroglio

Entire pages of the report are blacked out, but committee chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said he hopes a less redacted version might become available later.

8 years ago

Wolf isn't saying whether he plans to sign or veto a high-profile opioid prescription bill on Friday. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Addiction
Law
Pennsylvania

Inter-party sniping, a last-minute executive order over opioid prescribing in Pa.

Friday is the deadline for Governor Tom Wolf to sign or veto a bill that would create a drug formulary for Pennsylvania's workers' compensation program.

8 years ago

Hand out, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un approaches South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone on Friday. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP)
NPR
International

Kim, Moon pledge end to Korean War and denuclearization of Peninsula

"We have long hoped for this moment to arrive," Kim, standing next to Moon, said.

8 years ago

President Trump called in to 'Fox & Friends' on Thursday, April 26, 2018.
National Interest

Bingeing President Bonkers: A rant for the record books

Seriously, anyone who still doubts the veracity of Michael Wolff’s bestselling book, notably his anecdotes about Trump’s backstage tantrums, need only watch this Fox episode.

8 years ago

Congressional candidate Michele Lawrence speaks to supporters at her campaign headquarters. (Dave Davies/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Pennsylvania

Philly congressional candidate fails to file campaign finance report

Philadelphia congressional hopeful Michele Lawrence never filed campaign finance report due April 15.

8 years ago

In New Jersey, several Democratic lawmakers are pushing for a state identification card for those lacking the personal documents required to get a federally compliant driver’s license. (WHYY file photo)
Higher Education
New Jersey

New Jersey lawmakers not on board yet with Murphy’s tuition-free college plan

N.J. lawmakers have some concerns about the $50 million Gov. Phil Murphy wants for a multi-year program to make community college tuition-free.

8 years ago

New Jersey U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
New Jersey

Senate ethics committee admonishes Menendez

The senator's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

8 years ago

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New Jersey

3 percent of N.J. kids on autism spectrum

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez says prevalence in New jersey is nearly double the national rate.

8 years ago

South Korean officials prepare for inter-Korean summit in front of the Peace House. Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in are scheduled to meet there Friday. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
NPR
International

‘The Peace House’ is all set for Kim Jong Un’s first summit in South Korea

South Koreans have planned out the details ahead of North Korea's Kim Jong Un and South Korea's Moon Jae-in's summit at their shared border Friday.

8 years ago

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley confers with ranking member Dianne Feinstein at a committee hearing on April 19. The committee has approved legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
NPR
National

Bill to protect Mueller investigation approved by Senate Judiciary Committee

Four Republicans, including committee chairman and bill co-sponsor Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, voted with committee Democrats.

8 years ago

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