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Travelers check into their flights at Newark Liberty International Airport
Science

Newark airport problems and recent crashes put focus on air traffic controller shortage and aging equipment

The Federal Aviation Administration is working on a short-term fix to the problems at New Jersey’s largest airport that includes technical repairs and cutting flights.

3 months ago

A water researcher pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research
Politics & Policy

EPA announces rollback for some Biden-era limits on so-called forever chemicals in drinking water

Limits on three PFAS types will be scrapped by the Environmental Protection Agency. Limits on PFOA and PFOS will be kept, though with an extension to the deadline to comply.

3 months ago

Joanna McClinton
Politics & Policy
WITF

Pennsylvania House drops voter ID, passes sweeping election reforms

Republicans supported voter ID in committee, but not enough to muster a floor vote.

3 months ago

Scott Presler with his phone
Politics & Policy

Pa. GOP seeks to gain control of state’s highest court, where final decisions are made on voting and abortion

Republicans are looking to overturn the Democrats’ majority on the state Supreme Court in an unusually aggressive campaign.

3 months ago

Listen 1:19
A blue grosbeak at the World Series of Birding
Community

The World Series of Birding: In New Jersey, a 24-hour conservation blitz aims to protect local wildlife

Hundreds of bird species are packed into the Garden State. At New Jersey Audubon's annual event, birders race against time to catalog as many as possible.

3 months ago

Listen 2:27
N.J. Capitol building
Politics & Policy

New Jersey primary election 2025: These 5 Republicans are running for the GOP nomination for governor

Justin Barbera, Jon Bramnick, Jack Ciattarelli, Mario Kranjac and Bill Spadea are vying for their party’s nomination.

3 months ago

Cars driving along Lincoln Drive
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly hopes to slow down traffic on Lincoln Drive by adding speed slots

The city’s Streets Department has started installing the vertical deflection devices as part of a pilot project designed to make the state road safer.

3 months ago

Listen 1:19
The 40th anniversary MOVE bombing vigil
Community

MOVE supporters gather in Cobbs Creek, 40 years after deadly bombing by Philly police at the organization’s HQ

The bombing on May 13, 1985 claimed the lives of 11 people, including five children, and decimated an entire block in Cobbs Creek.

3 months ago

Listen 1:17
a fire burning at a scrapyard
Community

Camden residents concerned over transparency in EMR deal

Residents want EMR to be held accountable and said they are upset about the city striking a deal without input from the community.

3 months ago

Listen 1:02
Matthew J. Platkin speaks
Politics & Policy

3M agrees to pay N.J. up to $450 million for PFAS pollution in Salem and Middlesex counties

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin called it a “historic” settlement, as it’s the largest to date for PFAS and water contamination in the state.

3 months ago

Listen 1:11
El signo del Centro Comunitario
Community

Wilmington lanzará un programa de emprendimiento juvenil para la próxima generación de líderes empresariales

Un nuevo programa piloto en Wilmington enseñará a los adolescentes habilidades en los negocios para ayudarlos a presentar sus propios planes de negocios.

3 months ago

Un camión
Politics & Policy

La industria avícola de la península de Delmarva vigila con cautela los aranceles globales, pero la producción sigue en aumento

Mientras aumentan las tensiones arancelarias globales con China, la industria avícola de la región, valorada en 4.800 millones de dólares, sigue centrada en el crecimiento.

3 months ago

Pete Rose waiving to a crowd while wearing a Cincinnati Reds shirt
Arts & Entertainment

MLB reinstates former Phillie Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them Hall of Fame eligible

Manfred announced Tuesday that he was changing the league's policy on permanent ineligibility, saying bans would expire at death.

3 months ago

Afrikaner refugees from South Africa holding American flags
Politics & Policy

Trump just brought a group of white South Africans to the U.S. as refugees. What are they escaping?

U.S. President Donald Trump says the minority Afrikaners are being persecuted by their Black-led government because of their race and there's a “genocide" in South Africa.

3 months ago

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka makes his point at the New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial primary debate at NJ PBS Studios
Community

Newark mayor returns to immigration detention center days after trespassing arrest

Ras Baraka, who is running for governor of New Jersey, was turned away Tuesday from Delaney Hall; he departed and stayed about a half hour away from the building.

3 months ago

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