NewsWorks Tonight, July 4, 2016 – Full Show

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    Laura Benshoff has an update on SEPTA’s discovery of a defect in nearly a third of its regional rail cars. Kyrie Greenberg reports on Pennsylvania’s new supportive housing options to help newly-released offenders with mental health issues. Dave Heller talks with Ryan Briggs of CityAndStatePA.com about Philadelphia’s holding inmates on “detainer orders,” often stemming from technical violations of probation or parole. Kevin McCorry meets a group of children who became U.S. citizens today. Derrick Pitts and Dave Heller discuss what can be seen in the night sky this week.

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