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Tawanda Jones is pictured at a Black Lives Matter march
Community

After George Floyd, can Camden policing live up to national praise?

After drawing national headlines for the way Camden police have built trust with residents, recent incidents show residents standing up to officers.

6 years ago

Scientists fishing in the Brandywine Creek, at the site of the former West Street dam in Delaware. (Jim Shanahan/Brandywine Shad 2020)
Science

When the dam’s away, the fish will play: Demolition on Brandywine Creek is restoring shad

In late July, researchers caught juvenile and adult fish just upstream of where the West Street Dam was removed by the City of Wilmington in 2019.

6 years ago

This satellite image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Tropical Storm Laura in the North Atlantic Ocean, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Laura formed Friday in the eastern Caribbean and forecasters said it poses a potential hurricane threat to Florida and the U.S. Gulf Coast. A second storm also may hit the U.S. after running into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. (NOAA via AP)
Weather

Two storms pose possible double threat to U.S. Gulf Coast

The last time two storms made landfall in the United States within 24 hours of each other was in 1933.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, N.J., Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Courts & Law

Appeals court won’t step in for now on Trump tax records

The case has already been to the Supreme Court and back, and Trump has said he expects it to end up there again.

6 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Health
Spotlight PA

Review of COVID-19’s effect on communities of color largely ignores those incarcerated in Pa.

A state task force is calling on the legislature to give corrections and parole officials greater flexibility to release incarcerated people during declared disasters.

6 years ago

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Down the Shore
Health

Numerous high school students tested positive for COVID-19 after Shore party

Numerous high school students from South Jersey have tested positive for COVID-19 after a Sea Isle City party, officials said. 

6 years ago

Wildwood boardwalk
Down the Shore
Courts & Law

‘Covert’ investigations generate charges for Shore businesses violating COVID-19 directives

A multi-jurisdictional investigation into compliance with COVID-19 directives in Wildwood has led to charges against two businesses, authorities said.

6 years ago

Wilmington, Delaware (Tim Kiser/Wikimedia Commons)
Health

New Castle County offers $10 million to reduce coronavirus health care inequity

People of color in Delaware's most populous county have a higher rate of infection than white residents. The county will offer $10 million to community groups to reduce that.

6 years ago

FILE - In this April 3, 2019 file photo, actress Lori Loughlin, front, and husband, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli, left, depart federal court in Boston after facing charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. The famous couple pleaded guilty to charges in May 2020, and are scheduled to be sentenced on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Courts & Law

Loughlin, Giannulli get prison time in college bribery plot

“Full House” actor Lori Loughlin must serve two months in prison and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, must serve five months.

6 years ago

A medical worker collects a sample after a patient self-administered a COVID-19 nasal swab test at a Walgreens pharmacy, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Contact tracers get little cooperation, shutoff moratorium extended

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says that the Garden State’s efforts to perform COVID-19 contract tracing had been hampered by non-responders.

6 years ago

In this 2018 file photo, Energy Transfer, the parent company of Mariner East 2 pipeline builder, Sunoco, works at Snitz Creek in West Cornwall Township, Lebanon County after a drilling mud spill during the summer. (Marie Cusick / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP fines Sunoco again for drilling mud spills, but Mariner East pipeline opponents say penalties aren’t fixing the problem

Fines for 2018-2019 violations come less than two weeks after spill in Chester County.

6 years ago

In this image from video, U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a video virtual hearing before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on the U.S. Postal Service during COVID-19 and the upcoming elections, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (US Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs via AP)
Politics & Policy

Postmaster: No pre-election return of mail boxes, equipment

His testimony raised fresh questions about how the Postal Service will ensure timely delivery of ballots for the November election.

6 years ago

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., acknowledged a technical glitch, not dissatisfaction with the postal service, led him to blurt out a triple F-bomb. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Sen. Carper admits ‘technology’ led to triple F-bomb outburst in postal hearing

Carper later tried to spin his profane utterings as a symptom of his frustration with delays and changes, but acknowledged a technical glitch was the reason.

6 years ago

Scene of deadly shooting in West Philadelphia (NBC10)
Community
NBC10

Man walking out of dog park with young kids shot dead in Philadelphia

Police said someone walked toward Will Myatt and began firing, striking him multiple times.

6 years ago

A person drops into a mail box applications for mail-in ballots
Politics & Policy

Second Dem lawsuit claims USPS changes will harm mail voting

The attorneys general who sued are in California, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.

6 years ago

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