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Coveted Bucks County hosts dueling partisan watch parties for VP debate
With Bucks County evenly split between Democratic and Republican voters, local watch parties mirror the fierce divide.
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Listen 1:00Researchers looked at 230 cases of children 6 and younger who accidentally ingested opioids from common and uncommon sources.
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Listen 1:25Conservative Delaware think tank sues to stop Maryland offshore wind farm
Up to four power cables from offshore wind turbines will be buried under Delaware wetlands and beaches. Some fishermen worry about harm to wildlife.
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Listen 0:55Penn Medicine residents vote to approve union contract, a first for Pennsylvania
The negotiations took more than a year and included a large public rally and a recent incident where hospital security drove residents off a sidewalk.
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Listen 1:26Walz and Vance go in depth on policy while attacking each other’s running mates in VP debate
Tim Walz and JD Vance criticized each other’s running mates in a vice presidential debate that opened with a discussion of burgeoning domestic and international troubles.
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Former Penn State frat leaders sentenced to 2–4 months for 2017 hazing death
Brendan Young and Daniel Casey were leaders of Beta Theta Pi when Timothy Piazza died from multiple falls after consuming a large quantity of alcohol in 2017.
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Wilmington’s Hagley Museum is using old technology for a sustainable future
Historic dams along the Brandywine River are helping the museum get off the electrical grid.
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Listen 2:22Food fight: The history of the school lunch at Philly’s Science History Institute
Philadelphia pioneered the school lunch 130 years ago.
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Listen 1:46Port strikes extend a new era of American labor activism
Unionized dockworkers are the most recent group of U.S. workers to back their demands for better contracts by walking off the job.
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Dockworkers go on strike in Philadelphia, 35 other ports
Local ILA president Boise Butler said workers want a fair contract that doesn’t allow automation of their jobs.
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The university said it’s working to resolve a roughly 10% “structural imbalance” in its operating budget of $1.5 billion.
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Listen 0:57What’s a mall without teenage evening hangouts? The Willow Grove Park Mall will soon find out
Starting Oct. 1, unaccompanied teenagers will not be allowed in the Willow Grove Park Mall after certain hours without a parent or guardian.
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Listen 1:11Fracking in Pennsylvania hasn’t gone as well as some may think
Twenty years after the state's first shale gas well was drilled, jobs comprise less than 1% of the workforce, residents fear health impacts and environmental damage continues.
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Listen 3:13History meets sustainability: Cape May-Lewes Ferry goes green with $80M eco-friendly vessel
Since 1964, the Cape May-Lewes Ferry has linked Delaware and New Jersey. With a $20 million grant, the ferry will soon go green with its first diesel-hybrid vessel.
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Listen 1:08Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at age 83
The longtime Cincinnati Red and career hits leader, Rose, tarnished his legacy and Hall of Fame hopes by gambling on the game he once defined.
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