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Philly DA seeks new trial for Meek Mill, raising chance he could be freed
Prosecutors said the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office wants to grant the rapper a new trial on drug and gun charges filed against him in 2007.
8 years ago
Listen 1:52With nuke plant shutting down, N.J. community inherits 1.7M pounds of waste
After U.S. plan to dispose of spent fuel rods fails, Lacey Township wants compensation for holding the radioactive waste from the Oyster Creek plant.
8 years ago
Listen 5:32Delaware preps for driverless cars
While the technology of self-driving cars get most of the attention, lots of tech is being added to Delaware's road infrastructure to prepare for cars of tomorrow.
8 years ago
Listen 5:35The Trump administration encouraged prosecutors to seek felony charges against those who re-enter the U.S. after being deported.
8 years ago
Attacks in Pennsylvania governor’s race getting personal
Campaigning for GOP nomination, Scott Wagner and Paul Mango are trading intensely personal shots in their ad war.
8 years ago
Listen 3:57For cops who want to help ICE crack down on illegal immigration, Pennsylvania is a free-for-all
Without guidelines or oversight, some officers are using traffic stops to question Hispanics and turn over undocumented immigrants to ICE.
8 years ago
Listen 5:35Most Americans concerned about privacy, personal information being sold
NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.
8 years ago
Listen 4:15Teens take on big subjects during Philly’s Mouthful Monologue Festival
Philadelphia Young Playwrights shows what on teenagers' minds during the festival.
8 years ago
Listen 2:03On the stand, Cosby’s main accuser said she came to court ‘for justice’
Andrea Constand remembers thinking it was “absurd” for Bill Cosby, her friend and mentor, to have a romantic interest in her.
8 years ago
Listen 4:45In Pennsylvania, it’s open season on undocumented immigrants
ICE’s Philadelphia office is making more 'at-large' arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions than anywhere else in America.
8 years ago
Historic house in Fairmount Park redesigned as contemporary art
The Lemon Hill mansion in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park has been temporarily given over to artist Jane Irish.
8 years ago
What does it mean to be a doctor with a disability?
Medical culture has long viewed doctors as “able-bodied in the extreme.” A growing wave of doctors with disabilities wants to challenge that.
8 years ago
Listen 12:56Philly exhibit explores idea of technology as 21st-century phantom limb
The idea is that technology has distorted how we view ourselves and society — and yet, it is an inescapable part of us.
8 years ago
Listen 1:47Playing video games when you can’t see the screen
A computer scientist is pushing large video game makers to design games that blind people can enjoy.
8 years ago
Listen 6:32Andrea Avery was a piano whiz kid until she developed rheumatoid arthritis at age 12. The disease symptoms can leave her feeling able-bodied one day, disabled the next.
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