NewsWorks Tonight, August 16, 2017 – Full Show

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    The removal of Confederate monuments in other states prompts a call to take down a local statue. ICE has been targeting undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens, finding them as they’re trying to come out of the shadows. The American shad returns to the Musconetcong River, in Northwestern NJ, after centuries. A rugby program is introducing the sport to kids in the mostly African-American Frankford neighborhood. Lehigh University professor Roger Simon has written Philadelphia: A Brief History. 

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