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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Gun Violence

Gary Hill delivering a planter in front of someone's house.
Politics & Policy

Philadelphians hope a cleaner city will reduce gun violence. Will Oh or Parker make it a reality?

Many Philadelphians feel blight reduction is an untapped gun violence prevention strategy. Both Cherelle Parker and David Oh say they have a cleanup plan.

3 years ago

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People gather at a vigil in Lisbon Falls, Maine, for victims of the week's mass shootings, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023.
Community

Residents of Maine gather to pray and reflect, days after a mass shooting left 18 people dead

The Rev. Daniel Greenleaf began services at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston with a moment of silence.

3 years ago

Law enforcement in the woods in Maine
Community

Maine embarks on healing and searches for answers a day after mass killing suspect is found dead

Authorities say the body of 40-year-old Robert Card of Bowdoin was found late Friday at a recycling center in Lisbon, Maine - close to Lewiston.

3 years ago

a look down a quiet street
Community

What we know so far about the mass shooting in Maine

Here's what we know about the suspect, where the shooting happened, and the aftermath.

3 years ago

flowers and candles on the steps of the building.
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

The Tree of Life synagogue massacre led to little action by the Pa. legislature

After the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh, lawmakers enacted a grant program for nonprofit security. Five years later, bills on guns and hate crimes are still stalled.

3 years ago

A SEPTA bus driver was rushed to the hospital after being shot in Philadelphia's Germantown Thursday morning. (6abc)
Community
6abc

SEPTA bus driver dies after being shot 6 times in Germantown; person of interest in custody

A SEPTA bus driver has died after being shot in Philadelphia's Germantown Thursday morning.

3 years ago

Josh Kruger and his beloved cat, Mason.
Courts & Law
6abc

Man charged with murder in deadly shooting of Philadelphia journalist Josh Kruger

Robert Edmond Davis, 19, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the killing.

3 years ago

A person with a gun on security footage
Community

At least 16 dead in Maine mass killing and police hunt for the shooter as residents take shelter

Some recent attempts by gun control advocates to tighten the state’s gun laws have failed.

3 years ago

Mark Dial walking into courthouse
Courts & Law

Murder charges reinstated against former Philly cop Mark Dial in death of Eddie Irizarry

The decision comes after all charges against Dial were dropped by a Municipal Court judge last month.

3 years ago

Listen 1:11
Investigators work the scene where multiple people were shot near a high school in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

5th suspect arrested in deadly 2022 shooting near Roxborough High School

The suspect was taken into custody Monday in Philadelphia's Germantown section by police and the U.S. Marshals.

3 years ago

Jennifer Meleski holds memories of her son, Charles Maude III
Community

‘Out of sight, out of mind’: Gun violence cold case frustrates another Philadelphia family

It’s been more than two years since 24-year-old Charles Maude III, known as Chucky, was shot and killed in Port Richmond.

3 years ago

A close-up of someone's gun on a holster. On their arm is a tattoo that reads
Community

Leading up to Election Day, new research shows some gun owners would commit violence in support of a political stance

About 60% of people who carry loaded firearms in public on a regular basis said it was very or extremely likely that they would arm themselves for a political cause.

3 years ago

Listen 1:13
Tariq Moore speaks into a microphone
Community

New vocational studies and entrepreneurship program aims to reduce violence and poverty among Black boys in Philly

Through a partnership with Atlanta's SAVE Institute, dozens of middle and high school boys traveled to Philadelphia to support a new program with similar goals — Philly SAFE.

3 years ago

Listen 1:13
Ghost guns on a tabl
NPR
Courts & Law

Supreme Court tells Fifth Circuit to stop its defiance in ghost gun case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday once again stepped in to leave in place the federal government's ban on so-called "ghost guns."

3 years ago

John Stanford speaking at a podium
Courts & Law

Police release name of person arrested in fatal shooting of Philadelphia police officer

18-year-old Yobranny Martinez Fernandez was arrested in Cherry Hill, N.J. early Monday. Police say they continue to look for other people involved in Thursday’s fatal shooting

3 years ago

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