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NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

N.J. high court bars longtime behavioral theory from child sexual abuse cases

Some psychologists say the ruling could hurt kids who allege sexual abuse.

7 years ago

Listen 5:18
3D printed gun (Defense Distributed/ Instagram)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

N.J., Pa. join effort to block online instructions for 3D-printed guns

As of Monday evening, officials said, 1,000 people have already downloaded blueprints for AR-15 rifles.

7 years ago

Listen 2:24
President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order establishing a National Council for the American Worker during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Trump said he’s willing to hit all imported goods from China with tariffs. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo, File)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Americans believe tariffs will hurt U.S. economy, Gallup poll finds

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

Listen 5:59
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announces a coming end to the city's data-sharing contract with ICE (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Community

Kenney ends Philly police data-sharing deal with ICE to protect immigrants

Protesters at City Hall have been calling for an end to the agreement that can put immigrants at risk of deportation for weeks.

7 years ago

Listen 2:33
Lisa Marie Patzer's immersive installation at the Crane Arts Building,
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Philly art exhibit examines what to expect when you’re expecting privacy

A digital artist turns Philadelphia's Icebox gallery into an immersive interpretation of 4th Amendment privacy laws.

7 years ago

Listen 2:57
A volunteer hauls a hose past flooded homes as he and others help pump water out Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Tremont, Pa. Days of drenching rains are closing roads, sending creeks and streams over their banks and prompting some evacuations in central Pennsylvania. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Community

Pa. officials preach caution, but say worst of flood likely over

One hundred and twenty five state roads are still flooded, and 2,900 people remain without power.

7 years ago

Bufus Outlaw, 93, (right) and Theodore Jackson, 83, hang out in Outlaw's garage in Gray's Ferry. Although they weren't alive for the 1918 riots, they have seen the results ripple through their neighborhood to the present.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

A 1918 ‘race war’ and its ties to Philadelphia’s present

Stop and frisk. Changing demographics. A fishy police shooting. Inside a 1918 race riot in Grays Ferry and its parallels to the present.

7 years ago

Listen 6:34
Former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush
Politics & Policy

George W. and Laura Bush to receive Liberty Medal for work with veterans

On Veterans Day, former President George W. and Laura Bush will be awarded the Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center.

7 years ago

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Suspended N.J. radio hosts apologize for calling state attorney general ‘turban man’

A New Jersey radio station has taken two hosts off the air after they called the state’s attorney general, a practicing Sikh, “turban man.”

7 years ago

Listen 3:24
Daymar Rosser started at the Work to Ride program when he was 5, eventually playing polo for and graduating from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

From mucking stalls to riding tall, Philly kids Work to Ride

"Other than the fact that you’re working with 5,000- to 7,000-pound animals, there’s not really a whole lot of trouble to get into here."

7 years ago

Listen 5:07
In this May 7, 2018 photo, Philadelphia 76ers' co-owner Michael Rubin, center, talks with rappers Lil Uzi Vert, left, and Meek Mill during the first half of Game 4 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Courts & Law

Sports apparel company with Philly tie accused of racial discrimination

The federal complaint accuses the company of harassing and retaliating against a longtime employee because he is black — and favoring white employees over black employees.

7 years ago

In this 2017 file photo, the stage for the Made in America concert goes up, as road closures begin along the Ben Franklin Parkway. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Neighbors split on reinstatement of Made in America festival on Philly’s Parkway

Made in America will likely return to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in future years. The neighborhood responds.

7 years ago

Listen 2:03
John Rose discusses PrEP with members of the community outside the Joseph E. Coleman Library in Germantown.
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

PrEP: Spreading the word about stopping HIV

In Philadelphia, non-Hispanic blacks account for nearly two-thirds of new HIV infections. Yet the majority of people on PrEP are white.

7 years ago

A place has been prepared in the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia for Saint Katharine Drexel, whose shrine will be removed from the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Bensalem.
Community

St. Katharine Drexel’s tomb moving to the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul

The new location on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway will be open to the public in September once construction in complete.

7 years ago

Listen 1:47
Actor and comedian Bill Cosby reacts while being notified that the verdict was in during his sexual assault retrial, Thursday, April, 26, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (Mark Makela/Pool Photo via AP)
Courts & Law

Board recommends Bill Cosby be found a sexually violent predator

Cosby is scheduled for sentencing Sept. 24. A message was left with his lawyer.

7 years ago

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