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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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Health

‘It’s the wild, wild West’: Philadelphia menopause care providers see fallout from quick online hormone prescriptions

Health care providers say patients should be careful before getting easily accessible prescriptions for hormone products.

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Rowhouses are seen Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly estate planning program has helped 1,000 homeowners complete wills

The Will Power Program was launched in response to the city’s tangled title problem. It has largely helped Black homeowners with low incomes.

2 weeks ago

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The Terrace at Chestnut Hill senior complex
Courts & Law
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Kada Scott case: Car found in search for missing Philadelphia woman

Police arrested a suspect, 21-year-old Keon King, who authorities say was the last person in contact with Scott, who vanished after her overnight shift at her job.

2 weeks ago

A child looks at a mural at 2025's Latino Arts and Film Festival
Community

Visit Philly celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month by showcasing its ‘Indivisible’ communities

The title is inspired by the Pledge of Allegiance, in which the word “indivisible” remains the same in Spanish and English.

2 weeks ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Mann Center in Fairmount Park sells naming rights to Highmark insurance

Now known as Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts, the facility is raising $70 million for campus improvements.

2 weeks ago

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District Attorney candidate Patrick Dugan
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

DA candidate Dugan decries voter apathy, urges residents to go to the polls

Running as the Republican nominee, he touts a PA Forward Party endorsement.

2 weeks ago

West Philly Tool Library
Community
Billy Penn

Philly tool library is looking for a new home for its 5,000 tools and roster of classes

The West Philly Tool Library has become an institution in its neighborhood over 18 years. It recently learned its lease wouldn’t be renewed.

2 weeks ago

Ellen Greenberg, 27
Courts & Law
6abc

Hearing scheduled in death investigation of Ellen Greenberg, day after new review by Philly ME

Ellen Greenberg, 27, was found with 20 stab wounds in the apartment she shared with her fiancé on the evening of January 26, 2011.

2 weeks ago

William Keiper lives in Grays Ferry
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

For some wheelchair users, navigating Grays Ferry is a scene out of ‘Mad Max’

Illegally parked cars and crumbling sidewalks make for dangerous conditions for Philadelphians with limited mobility.

2 weeks ago

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Community

Rain could not stop a Philly parade celebrating 250 years of the U.S. Navy and Marines

The parade of mostly marching bands was part of the weeklong Homecoming 250 commemoration.

2 weeks ago

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Community

A month after rejecting an earlier proposal, Penn State trustees agree to WHYY’s takeover of school’s public media station

The university will no longer be required to pay a $17.6 million subsidy to WHYY as financial supporters are expected to step up to save the central Pennsylvania station.

2 weeks ago

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Ellen Greenberg, 27
Community
6abc

Philadelphia medical examiner reaffirms Ellen Greenberg’s stabbing death was a suicide

The family's attorney called the report "an embarrassment."

2 weeks ago

West Philadelphians joined the No Kings protest
Community

What to know about Philly’s ‘No Kings’ protest

Organizers expect upwards of 20,000 people to march against President Donald Trump’s administration.

2 weeks ago

Kate Coffin and Jenn Asplundh, sisters and co-hosts
Community
Billy Penn

This sister-led Philly podcast is changing the tone around conservationism

This week, Kate Coffin and Jenn Asplundh launch the ninth season of "The Kindred Podcast," an interview-style show exploring our deep and evolving relationship with animals.

2 weeks ago

Rowhouses in North Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly’s for-profit eviction system shut down a year ago. Are things any better?

After a string of shootings, the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office is now the only entity performing evictions in the city.

2 weeks ago

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