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World War II veteran Charles Reddig, flying a mission over Japan, saw the atomic bomb explode over Hiroshima and the devastation it left behind. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

When the Atomic Age began 73 years ago, this Pennsylvania man was there

Charlie Reddig happened to fly his plane over Hiroshima the same day U.S. forces hit it with an atomic bomb. 'What happened to all these people,' he wondered.

7 years ago

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Delaware has tested nearly 900 rape kits that had languished, untested, in police stations and hospitals -- some for more than three decades.  (Courtesy of Delaware Criminal Justice Council)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Rape kit-testing effort spurs arrest in 2014 assault; Del. officials expect more matches

Delaware officials have made their first arrest under the sexual assault kit initiative.

7 years ago

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Virginia McKale protests outside Family Court Friday. She’s been separated from her grandchildren since October. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Philadelphia parents separated from their kids protest city, state agencies

Dozens of Philadelphia parents and guardians accuse the Department of Human Services of corruption. Their allegations include falsifying reports and denying them due process.

7 years ago

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Doreen Garner and Terence Nance host a segment of Nance's new HBO show,
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

New HBO series debuts at Blackstar Film Festival in Philly

Terence Nance, a New York experimental filmmaker with a long history with the Blackstar Film Festival in Philadelphia, chose the festival to launch his new HBO series.

7 years ago

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Dunkin' Donuts will offer gluten-free fudge brownies at its 8,500 U.S. locations beginning Monday. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Do Americans run on organic and gluten-free? Not as much as you may think

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

7 years ago

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Composer and educator Alfonso Fuentes plays a black Steinway grand piano under a spotlight in a dark and empty auditorium at Princeton University
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Princeton University hosts artists, scholars from Puerto Rico

Princeton invited artist and scholars from Puerto Rico to work on their projects at the university campus during the summer.

7 years ago

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President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes Barre, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics & Policy

Trump: I’m torn on when to shut down government

President Donald Trump says he remains “a little bit torn” about whether it would be better to shut down the government befor ...

7 years ago

Former President Barack Obama has endorsed 81 Democratic candidates for public office across the country — including seven from Pennsylvania and New Jersey. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Obama endorses a few candidates, leaves many others wondering

Former president endorses seven Democrats in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, dozens of others across the country.

7 years ago

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Maddie Heeney, a transgender student, has thrived at Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Wilmington.
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Carney team scraps proposed anti-bias policy for Delaware transgender students

Governor supports schools chief's decision, but says he remains committed to 'protect children from discrimination at school'’ so they can focus on their education.

7 years ago

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Oyster Creek was New Jersey's first nuclear generation station, opened in 1967. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community
NJ Spotlight

Sale of Oyster Creek could speed up decommissioning by decades

Environmentalists are happy that the nuclear power facility could be cleaned up faster than originally planned but are concerned about details.

7 years ago

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Lynette Villano, a former Trump Delegate from Luzerne County, Pa., is excited for President Trump's visit to Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, Aug. 2.
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Wilkes-Barre eager for Trump visit for GOP Senate candidate Barletta

Republicans in the small, working-class community say their support of the president has never wavered.

7 years ago

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Gov. Tom Wolf (left) and Scott Wagner (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Wolf, Wagner spar over funding formula as education surges to center of Pa. governor’s race

Using the formula to dole out all state education funding would mean a massive redistribution that creates clear winners and losers.

7 years ago

Listen 4:56
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Philly DA secures $1 million grant for families of homicide victims

The program is expected to be up and running shortly after Labor Day.

7 years ago

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The Most Rev. Ronald Gainer, the Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Harrisburg, Pa., discusses child sexual abuse by clergy and a decision by the diocese to remove names of bishops going back to the 1940s after concluding they did not respond adequately to abuse allegations, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018 during a news conference in Harrisburg, Pa. (Mark Scolforo/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Diocese names 71 accused of child sex abuse, blames bishops

At a news conference to detail the church's actions, Harrisburg Bishop Ronald Gainer apologized to those who were abused.

7 years ago

Dan Martin and Michael Biello at their studio in Old City. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

State of art galleries is changing in Philly’s Old City

As yet another art gallery bails out of Philadelphia's Old City, the neighborhood begins remaking itself.

7 years ago

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