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How global warming is affecting coqui frogs

What can the sounds of coqui frog mating calls tell us about climate change?  In 1983, UCLA biology professor Peter Narins st ...

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Slapping the SLAPPs, Pa. legislation would deter frivolous lawsuits

A Pennsylvania Senate panel is considering a proposal supporters say would keep public groups from being intimidated out of public proces ...

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‘Jihad Jane’ accomplice gets 5 years in prison for part in terror plot

Tears trickled inside of a Philadelphia courtroom on Wednesday as 20-year-old Mohammed Hassan Khalid was sentenced for his role in a fail ...

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Plastic bag in ocean

Tiny bits of plastic add to pollution of N.J. beaches, ocean

Plastic is once again the biggest culprit among the debris littering New Jersey beaches. Plastic in its many forms accounts for mo ...

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Dan Fagin, 2014 Pulitzer Prize Winner, sees Toms River story as cautionary tale

Environmental journalist Dan Fagin’s 2013 book “ ...

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 Populations of bees used to pollinate crops are at risk from pesticides drifting over from neighborhing farms. (AP Photo/USDA, Lance Cheung, file)

Fighting pesticide drift, farmers in Delaware get tool to work together

The Delaware Department of Agriculture has a new tracking tool to stop pesticide drifts between the field of different farms. The tool, c ...

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Explainer: Three ways to keep your ocean front town from drowning

Everyone knows that you pay more for a hotel room on the beach. The view is to die for and no more schlepping your beach umbrellas five b ...

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McCord, Schwartz turn up heat in Pa. governor’s race

The genial tone of the Democratic primary campaign for governor of Pennsylvania has changed recently, as two candidates have taken sharp ...

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Pa. drill rig manufacturer taking the ‘rough’ out of roughnecking [video]

As shale oil and gas production soars < ...

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Drexel researchers say bias in LGBT custody cases doesn’t reflect science

In a well-known case from 1999, a Mississippi judge ordered that a boy stay with his mother in a household where she was being abused rat ...

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Wilmington organization expands to help ex-offenders

The Wilmington Hope Commission now has more than enough space to help ex-offenders at its Achievement Center on Vandever Avenue in Wilmin ...

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 Parker Kitterman is the organist and director of music at Christ Church in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Holy Week, contemplative for some, marks busiest time for Christ Church organist

With this year’s overlapping of Passover and Holy Week, many area residents are sharing a period of contemplation and somber reflec ...

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Weekly Entertainment Guide – ‘The Fairy Queen,’ Jazz Fest, and Spring Blooms

Looking for something to do this week?  WHYY’s Robin Bloom offers her suggestions.   < ...

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N.J. jobless rate inches up slightly

New Jersey’s unemployment rate moved a bit higher last month.Preliminary data shows the jobless rate rose a 10th of point to 7.2 pe ...

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