NewsWorks Tonight, April 7, 2015 – Full Show

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    Jessica McDonald reports that a new Penn study on mutations in breast- and ovarian-cancer BRCA genes could impact treatment plans. Matt Laslo looks at how area Congressional Republicans are looking to save valuable subsidies for their constituents even as they try to repeal Obamacare. John Abbott talks with a psychiatrist about why people procrastinate in filing their tax returns. NewsWorks blogger Solomon Jones comments that if police fear black men because of the tiny minority of criminals among them, it endangers the vast majority of law-abiding black men. Peter Crimmins reviews a play at the Constitution Center that reflects on the state of schools in Pennsylvania.

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