NewsWorks Tonight July 16, 2018
Listen 22:09Campaign finance reports show Republican congressional candidates in the Philadelphia area with a slight war chest advantage over Democrats. The mayor of Wilmington apologizes to the Muslim community after a Muslim teacher and her students were asked to leave a public pool. AP reporter Mark Scolforo talks about why the Pennsylvania online database of birth and death records in Pennsylvania went down for a week last month. Pork roll flavored ice cream is all the rage in Delaware. And Franklin Institute Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts joins us.
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