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File - Plastic trash is deposited at the high tide line at Monmouth Beach, New Jersey. (Emma Lee / WHYY)
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Plastic remains the most collected litter at New Jersey beaches

Clean Ocean Action’s annual Beach Sweeps Report says plastic and foam remains the most collected piece of litter across 70 beaches in the Garden State.

4 years ago

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Education
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Sanitizer found in milk cartons at Camden school, students sent to hospital out of caution

The district said many cartons were filled with the sanitizer, sealed and then shipped out with the milk.

4 years ago

The Port of Wilmington in Delaware.
Courts & Law

Judge rules against Delaware port operator in tariff dispute

The judge also ruled Tuesday that GT USA Wilmington cannot block Buckeye Partners or its customers from accessing an adjacent fuel storage terminal.

4 years ago

A man walks in his apartment ruined after the Russian shelling in Kyiv
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Russia hits near Kyiv, other city despite vows to scale back

The shelling further tempered optimism about possible progress in talks aimed at ending the punishing war.

4 years ago

Helicopter footage shows Levittown Lanes on fire in Bucks County.
Community
6abc

Massive 3-alarm fire destroys Levittown Lanes bowling alley in Bucks County

The fire started around 5:15 a.m. Wednesday at Levittown Lanes on the 8800 block of New Falls Road.

4 years ago

File photo: In this March 13, 2019, photo, a student re-images a laptop in a school computer lab (Carolyn Thompson/AP Photo)
Community

Work to close Delaware’s ‘digital divide’ now underway

More than 11,000 homes and businesses that until now have not had wired, high-speed service will get access to a minimum of 100 megabits per second download speeds.

4 years ago

Students at Cherry Hill High School East staged a sit-in Monday morning in support of teacher Timothy Locke.
Education

N.J. lawmakers propose to start school later for teens

Several students and parents are on board with the proposal to start school later.

4 years ago

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Education

West Chester University police officers trained on social media surveillance using a controversial group’s course

The course, offered by the controversial group Street Cop Training, teaches police how to mine social media for personal info and create dummy accounts.

4 years ago

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U.S. forward Catarina Macario holds up the SheBelieves Cup MVP trophy after the team's 5-0 victory over Iceland in a soccer match Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, in Frisco, Texas
Arts & Entertainment

Young USWNT squad called up for Uzbekistan friendlies in Ohio and Chester

Coach Vlatko Andonovski left veterans including Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Christen Press and Tobin Heath off the squad as he continues to evaluate players.

4 years ago

‘No more Zoom’: Chester County families rally against virtual school
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Chester County judge tosses 5 members of West Chester school board over masks

The board members voted in August to mandate masks after Pa.’s state of emergency ended. A parent filed for their removal. The district didn’t respond.

4 years ago

Children are running toward the open doorway of a school surrounded by white, yellow, and blue balloons.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Andrew Jackson Elementary no more: South Philly school celebrates new namesake, education trailblazer Fanny Jackson Coppin

The K-8 school was renamed for a formerly enslaved woman who became a Philadelphia teacher and principal.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Pushback on lead investigator’s claims in Kenyatta Johnson bribery trial

Defense attorneys challenge an FBI agent’s interpretation of invoices the Council member’s wife submitted for what the feds believe was cover for a bribe.

4 years ago

Numbers are shown on a stock market board.
Politics & Policy

City Council members call for wealth tax in Philadelphia

City Councilmembers Kendra Brooks and Jamie Gauthier, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and local union leaders joined a virtual gathering on Tuesday in support of the bill.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden
Politics & Policy

Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act is named after the Black teenager whose killing in Mississippi in the summer of 1955 became a galvanizing moment in the civil rights era.

4 years ago

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New narcotics charge for ex-Wilmington cop out on bail in sex solicitation case

Brandon Cooper was out on $75,000 bail when undercover city officers witnessed an alleged drug deal and found him with oxycodone and a police baton.

4 years ago

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