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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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Fighter jets flew over Philly to chase a civilian plane out of restricted airspace

The president is in Delaware today, so flying nearby is a no-no.

4 years ago

File photo: A video of President Donald Trump speaking on Jan. 6 is played as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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What to watch as Jan. 6 committee wraps up its investigation

The committee's hearing on Monday is expected to be its closing argument after a year-and-a-half-long inquiry.

4 years ago

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U.S. court rejects maintaining COVID-19 asylum restrictions

The court’s decision means the restrictions are still on track to expire on December 21.

4 years ago

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Will you read the Jan. 6 report cover-to-cover? These publishers hope so.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is expected to drop their report on Dec. 21.

4 years ago

File photo: A woman waves the flag of Puerto Rico during a news conference on Puerto Rican statehood on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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House approves referendum to ‘decolonize’ Puerto Rico

The bill now goes to the Senate, where it faces a ticking clock before the end of the year and Republican lawmakers who have long opposed statehood.

4 years ago

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Advocates, lawmakers hope Pa. House power shift opens door for election law changes

Lawmakers, lobbyists, and voting advocates preview their election law wishlists for next session.

4 years ago

File photo: Flattening the mail-in ballout after it is removed from its secrecy envelope is a necessary process that is done by hand so that ballots can be scanned  properly at the Philadelphia County Ballot Processing Center  on November 8th 2022. Emily Cohen For WHYY
Politics & Policy

Recount requests delay Pennsylvania election certification

Five weeks after Election Day, winning candidates in Pennsylvania from governor to Congress are waiting for their victories to become official.

4 years ago

Norristown, Pa. in Montgomery County. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Montgomery County proposes a real estate tax hike and employee salary bump in 2023 budget

Montgomery County officials have been collecting community input on the proposed real estate tax increase. The final 2023 budget is due by Dec. 15.

4 years ago

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Wilmington City Council has named a task force to consider reparations

The group will make recommendations on compensation for institutional discrimination against African Americans by mid-2023.

4 years ago

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Pioneering Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes dies at 84

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4 years ago

File photo: Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster, speaker at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Democrats in the Pennsylvania House moved to control the chamber, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022 after they barely won back a majority of seats in November but one of their incumbents died and two others won higher office. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leaves the Democratic Party to register as an independent

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4 years ago

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4 years ago

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