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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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Kevin Corbett (center) is the choice of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (right) to lead New Jersey Transit. (Governor’s office photo)
New Jersey
Transportation

Murphy taps new leader for New Jersey Transit

Gov. Phil Murphy, who has blamed New Jersey Transit’s management for the agency’s myriad problems, has nominated a new execut ...

9 years ago

Protesters march outside the Church of the Advocate in North Philadelphia (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
The Philadelphia Tribune
Immigration
Philadelphia

Rally at N. Philly church for sanctuary of four students

Elected officials and community leaders joined members of the New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia for a rally on Monday at the Church of the Advocate in North Philadelphia.

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State officials give an update on opioid disaster relief efforts. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
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Pennsylvania

Command center opens to coordinate Pa. opioid relief efforts

Almost three weeks into a statewide disaster declaration, a new Opioid Operations Command Center is up and running.

9 years ago

Lights shine inside the U.S. Capitol as night falls in Washington.
National Interest

Trump, his Republican enablers, and the corroded state of the union

Tonight's State of the Union address will be an elaborate deception that masks the metastasizing rot at the core of our democracy.

9 years ago

Pennsylvania's oddly-shaped 7th Congressional district is often cited as an extreme example of gerrymandering.(via govtrack.us)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Drawing new Pa. congressional districts gets off to slow start

There are a few signs of progress, a week into the three-week period established by the state Supreme Court for lawmakers to produce a replacement congressional district map.

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Governor Phil Murphy wants New Jersey to get back in RGGI program. (Governor’s office photo)
Environment
New Jersey

New Jersey’s new governor says his state will rejoin climate change pact

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed an executive order directing the state to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas I ...

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Republicans used their majority on the House Intelligence Committee to authorize the release of Chairman Devin Nunes' memo. Democrats' rebuttal will remain classified.
NPR
Law

House intel committee votes to release GOP’s secret memo on FBI

9 years ago

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa. (AP, file)
Health Care
Law

Casey to support abortion limits in U.S. Senate vote

The measure bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy — with exceptions for cases of rape or incest or when continuing the pregnancy would put a woman’s life at risk.

9 years ago

A U.S. Army soldier unloads a shipment of water provided by FEMA as a resident walks past in San Isidro, Puerto Rico
NPR
National
Public Safety

FEMA to end food and water aid for Puerto Rico

The decision to end the delivery of aid is part of the agency's broader plan to transition away from the emergency response phase of its work on the island.

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Pa. State Representative Greg Vitali (D-166)
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Elections
Pennsylvania

State lawmaker Vitali to run for Meehan congressional seat

Pennsylvania state Rep. Greg Vitali is the 7th Democrat to announce a run for U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan's congressional seat.

9 years ago

Cresco Yeltrah is one of the licensed medical marijuana growers in Pennsylvania. The company expects to have its product available in February 2018. (2016 Jennifer Catherine Photography)
WPSU
NewsWorks Tonight

Pennsylvania patients ready for medical marijuana

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FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe, right, accompanied by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, second from left, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, takes the podium at a news conference to announce an international cybercrime enforcement action at the Department of Justice, Thursday, July 20, 2017, in Washington.

FBI deputy director leaving post ahead of planned retirement

McCabe had been widely expected to retire upon his eligibility date, but his departure from the FBI's No. 2 slot is effective Monday.

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U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, announced Monday that he will not seek re-election.  The New Jersey Republican was facing his first competitive re-election race in decades and joins a growing roster of GOP veterans who are heading for the exits. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
New Jersey

N.J. Congressman Frelinghuysen calling it quits after 12 terms

The moderate Republican joins a growing exodus of GOP veterans who are heading for the exits.

9 years ago

Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday.
NPR

Democrats turn to a Kennedy for rebuttal to Trump’s State of the Union Address

Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III, seen as a rising political star with a famous last name, will deliver the Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union on Tuesday.

9 years ago

Kansas billionaire businessman Phil Ruffin, left, poses with Las Vegas developer Steve Wynn, and Donald Trump, right, Tuesday, July 12, 2005 in Las Vegas.
National Interest

So much Wynning! Will Republicans give back the money?

Before the Steve Wynn brouhaha fades from memory, we need to note this classic case of Republican hypocrisy.

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