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NewsWorks Tonight, April 27, 2018

Pennsylvania state officials are sending out letters to voters whose citizenship is in question. As Bill Cosby awaits his sentencing dat ...

Air Date: April 27, 2018

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 A statue of William Penn atop Philadelphia's City Hall can be seen in the forefront of a portion of the city's skyline (WHYY, file)
Courts & Law

Philadelphia ordered to release details of Amazon HQ2 bid

The city has 30 days to release its bid.

7 years ago

Rapper Meek Mill, (center left), looks on with his son, (left), and actor Kevin Hart, (center), as 76ers' co-owner Michael Rubin, (center right), looks at Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's phone, (right), during the first half in Game 5 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series between the Miami Heat and the Philadelphia 76ers, Tuesday, April 24, 2018, in Philadelphia. The 76ers won 104-91. (Chris Szagola/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Wolf skips environmental awards ceremony, hits Sixers playoff game instead

PennLive reported the governor was an invited guest of the Sixers’ part-owner Michael Rubin, who gave Wolf’s campaign a $250,000 donation on March 2.

7 years ago

U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur, R-N.J., and U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello, R-Pa.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Delaware Valley-area GOP reps rate high in bipartisanship survey

A ranking of members of Congress on bipartisanship found Republicans generally performing better than Democrats, and local lawmakers rating high.

7 years ago

The new exemptions will mostly apply to penalty payments tied to 2018 taxes and to the previous two years. (PeopleImages/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

4 new exemptions to the tax penalty for lacking health insurance

The penalty for not having health insurance in 2018 is the greater of $695 or 2.5 percent of household income.

7 years ago

Call center employees work for the Facebook Community Operations Team in Essen, Germany, on Nov. 23. The workers review Facebook content and delete it if fails to meet the company's standards. (Martin Meissner/AP)
NPR
Community

Facebook updates community standards, expands appeals process

Facebook announced changes to its content review policy Tuesday.

7 years ago

The AMC cinema in Riyadh hosted the first film screening in more than three decades on April 18. Movie theaters open to the wider public next month after Saudi Arabia lifted a 35-year ban on cinemas as part of a far-reaching liberalization drive. (Bandar Al-Jaloud/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

As Saudi Arabia’s cinema ban ends, filmmakers eye new opportunities

An elite group of movie lovers in the Saudi capital Riyadh got a special treat on Wednesday — a screening of the Hollywood blockbuster Black Panther.

8 years ago

Director Alex Torra works with performers with Team Sunshine Performance Corporation on
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

International theater collaboration examines Cuban, American perspectives

A new play "¡Bienvenidos Blancos!, or Welcome White People!" tracks a descendant of the Cuban exodus as he re-assesses his feelings for the island nation.

8 years ago

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Republican candidates for governor of Pennsylvania (from left), Laura Ellsworth, Paul Mango, and Scott Wagner, participate in a debate at the National Constitution Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Potent attack ads hit the air waves in Pa. GOP governor’s race

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with senior political reporter Dave Davies about GOP candidates' attack ads in Pennsylvania's primary race for governor.

8 years ago

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(AP, file)
Money

Independent Fiscal Office assesses Wolf’s budget proposal

Most of the revenue estimates check out. If Wolf can figure out how to get his ideas past the GOP-controlled General Assembly.

8 years ago

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
Money

Christie commissions $85K portrait

The cost detail was obtained through an open records request.

8 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney signs legislation Wednesday that raises the maximum sentence for the illegal purchase, transfer or possession of a firearm. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Gov. Carney signs law increasing Delaware sentences for gun crimes

Aimed at preventing gun violence, the measure is one of several the governor supports.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, April 13, 2018

Bill Cosby’s main accuser takes the stand in his sexual assault retrial. Data shows Philadelphia’s ICE field office is ...

Air Date: April 13, 2018

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NPR
Courts & Law

President Trump pardons ‘Scooter’ Libby, former Cheney chief of staff

The Libby pardon is only the latest twist in a story of spies, leaks, accusations of hidden motives and abuse of power.

8 years ago

This May 22, 2007 file photo shows FirstEnergy's Bruce Mansfield plant in Shippingport, Pa., northwest of Pittsburgh. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo, File)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Money

FirstEnergy: If feds don’t help us, more power plants will close. Trump’s thinking about it

FirstEnergy filed for bankruptcy last month and plans to close three nuclear plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

8 years ago

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