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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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University of Pennsylvania student Blaze Bernstein, 19, was killed last week in his California home town. Police Friday arrested a suspect in the slaying. (Orange County Sheriff's Department via AP)
Courts & Law

Suspect arrested in California death of Penn student

A suspect has been arrested in the death of a 19-year-old University of Pennsylvania student whose body was found at a California park, a ...

8 years ago



Wagner claimed the declaration is a sign of the Wolf administration's incompetence. The administration said Wagner is using the opioid crisis to advance his political agenda. (Marc Levy/AP, file)
Politics & Policy

Opioid emergency prompts 2nd amendment dispute between Wagner, Wolf

The statute in question doesn’t allow weapons to be seized during an emergency.

8 years ago

power plant
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Settlement requires coal plants to get permits with tighter pollution controls

The settlement pertains to 10 coal-fired power plants around the state that have been operating on expired water pollution permits for years — in one case for 17 years.

8 years ago

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State Impact
Science

Water study finds some Pa. radium levels exceed tough California limit

More than 3.4 million Pennsylvanians are supplied by drinking water containing radium that exceeds a strict California standard, which advocates say should replace a looser fe

8 years ago

Pa. Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Report calls for overhaul of Pa. charter law

Pa.'s 20-year-old charter law has been criticized by every side of the political aisle. A new report from Public Citizens for Children and Youth offers ideas for change.

8 years ago

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Like several of his GOP colleagues in Congress, U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Bucks, is trying to maintain some distance from President Donald Trump. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

In Congress, heroin task force has ambitious plans for 2018

This year the task force is adding eight bills to its agenda.

8 years ago

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Six redistricting measures now await House floor consideration — though Pennsylvania GOP Leader Dave Reed said the most likely bill will be one the Senate passed last week.
(AP, file)
Politics & Policy

Pa. House Leader Dave Reed isn’t saying no to a congressional bid

He’s eyeing the western Pennsylvania seat that is being vacated by Republican Bill Shuster.

8 years ago

Donna Morgan, (left), stands with a picture of her daughter Brittany who died of a heroin overdose in May 2017 along with her son Nathan and friend Robin D'Angleo whose son is in recovery for heroin addiction. (Brad Larrison for NewsWorks)
Health

Wolf opioid order could open door to better treatment, prevention in Philadelphia

Stephen Lankenau, a professor of Community Health and Prevention at Drexel University, spoke with WHYY's Jennifer Lynn about Gov. Wolf's disaster emergency declaration for Pa.

8 years ago

Listen 6:13
(Philadelphia Public School Notebook)
The Notebook
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Here we’re not outcasts

A three-part series on Pa.'s Lakeside School and innovative approaches to trauma-informed education.

8 years ago

Lieutenant Governor Mike Stack wants the state Supreme Court to replace Pennsylvania's Congressional map (top) with one created by an expert witness (bottom) for plaintiffs in a lawsuit claiming the current map is an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. (Graphic designed by Lindsay Lazarski/Keystone Crossroads. Images from the Office of Lt. Gov. Mike Stack)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Redistricting reform proponents make last ditch arguments ahead of Pa. Supreme Court proceedings

Next week, the state Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit claiming Pennsylvania’s congressional map is an ...

8 years ago

A map of the 7th congressional district as drawn in 2011. The district incorporates most of Delaware County and portions of Chester, Montgomery, Berks and Lancaster Counties. (Dan Gleiter/pennlive.com)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Federal judges uphold Pennsylvania’s congressional map in gerrymandering case

Attorneys for the plaintiffs say they plan to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.

8 years ago

A bicyclist rides past Pennsylvania State University's shuttered Beta Theta Pi fraternity house Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, in State College, Pa. Centre County, Pa., District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller announced Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, that more charges have been filed against fraternity brothers after investigators recovered deleted surveillance video footage recorded before the Feb. 4, 2017, death of 19-year-old Tim Piazza, of Lebanon, N.J., after a night of heavy drinking.
WPSU
Courts & Law

Shapiro takes over Penn State hazing death case after new DA’s recusal

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is taking over the prosecution.

8 years ago

The Titusville High School football team warms up before the homecoming game (Kevin McCorry/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Smart Talk: Challenges and changes to rural education in Pennsylvania

Keystone Crossroads’ Kevin McCorry travelled throughout rural Pa. to learn about the students, educators and families that struggle to provide a promising education.

8 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf announcing his declaration of a 'State of Emergency' to deal with the opioid epidemic
Politics & Policy

Gov. Tom Wolf declares ‘state of emergency’ in Pa. opioid epidemic

There will be a command center at the state's emergency management headquarters in Harrisburg and provide wider access to the prescription drug monitoring program.

8 years ago

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In this file photo, Tony Pouliot demonstrates the goCrop app on his mobile photo in the cab of his combine on his farm in Westford, Vt. (Toby Talbot/AP)
Politics & Policy

Need for high-speed internet tops Pa. lawmakers’ agriculture agenda

Eight percent of Pennsylvania doesn't have broadband access.

8 years ago

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