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Van Drew supports Jersey Shore town in FEMA storm repayment dispute

A Jersey Shore town still recovering from Superstorm Sandy is receiving the help of a congressman in its battle with the FEMA over fund repayment.

6 years ago

National Coalition of 100 Black Women President Virginia Harris visited Delaware chapter members to discuss disparities in the health care system. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Delaware
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National Coalition of 100 Black Women president visits Del. to discuss access to health care

Members of the Delaware chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women are uniting to address health care disparities among Black women.

6 years ago

Public works crews were analyzing the water main break and city police blocked off access to the gusher. (Cris Barrish/WHYY News)
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Water main break in downtown Wilmington a real gusher

City crews are on the scene trying to determine the source of the downtown leak.

6 years ago

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‘We treated it like game day’: Eagles cheerleader Kyle Tanguay dishes on successful ‘American Idol’ audition

The UArts senior is headed to Hollywood

6 years ago

In September 2019, members of the Camden Sophisticated Sisters walk through Waterfront South to perform at the Hearts and Hands Festival sponsored by Sacred Heart Church.  (April Saul for WHYY)
Music
New Jersey

Camden drill team with bigger mission celebrates new home

Tawanda Jones’ tireless commitment to the Camden community has opened doors for her drill team.

6 years ago

Mike Spray, a hemp grower, poses for a photo in a greenhouse Monday, Feb. 03, 2020, at 302 Hemp Co, in Georgetown, Del. It’s been a year since the hemp growing pilot program in Delaware started and the USDA has made regulations for hemp growing. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
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Delaware
Sustainability

Hemp growers fight federal limits, weather, thieves for a stake in a projected CBD boom

Not “the devil’s lettuce”: A group of farmers in Delaware invest in pricey seed and take their chances on a crop with no more than 0.3% THC.

6 years ago

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Wildfire near the New Jersey side of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area near Hardwick Township, N.J., Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Firefighters from federal and New Jersey agencies were battling the forest fire that broke out in a popular hiking area near the Pennsylvania border. (Adam Polinger via AP Photo)
Environment
New Jersey
Public Safety

Forest fire near I-80, Appalachian Trail mostly contained

A forest fire burning through a hiking area that is crossed by the Appalachian Trail and a major interstate highway was 80% contained, New Jersey fire officials said.

6 years ago

A playground on Powelton Avenue, purchased from the City of Philadelphia for $1, has been sold to a developer. (Kelly Brennan/WHYY)
The Why
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Who benefits from Philly’s $1 land deals?

In the 1990s, Philly created a program to sell blighted properties for only $1. Here's why it hasn't quite worked out as the city intended.

Air Date: February 24, 2020

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Helicopter pilot Ara Zobayan violated federal flight rules in 2015 when he flew into busy airspace near Los Angeles International Airport despite being ordered not to by air traffic control, according to records from the Federal Aviation Administration obtained by the Los Angeles Times. (Group 3 Aviation via AP Photo, File)
National

Kobe Bryant’s widow sues helicopter operator for deaths

Kobe Bryant's widow on Monday sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed the former Los Angeles Lakers star and their 13-year-old daughter last month.

6 years ago


Since 2005, Ellyn Jo Waller of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Philadelphia has been working to help those caught up in human trafficking. (Courtesy of Ellyn Jo Waller)
Philadelphia
Social Justice

Philly’s Ellyn Jo Waller to be honored for anti-human trafficking ministry

Since 2005, Ellyn Jo Waller of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Philadelphia has been working to help those caught up in human trafficking.

6 years ago

Vanessa Bryant speaks during a celebration of life for her husband Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Sports

Los Angeles honors Kobe, Gianna Bryant with public memorial

Mourners began gathering Monday in downtown LA to say farewell to Kobe and Gianna Bryant at the Staples Center, hours before Bryant's memorial service was scheduled to start.

6 years ago

FILE-In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015 photo, Willie Mays, right, looks on as President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, in Washington. Johnson, a mathematician on early space missions who was portrayed in film “Hidden Figures,” died Feb. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Technology

Pioneering black mathematician Katherine Johnson has died

NASA says Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who worked on NASA’s early space missions and was portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures" has died.

6 years ago

(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Radio Times
Delaware
Music

Regional Roundup – 02/24/20

This week: WHYY's Delaware reporter Mark Eichmann joins us to tell us what's going on in the state, Philadelphia's hiring problem, and saving the John Coltrane House.

Air Date: February 24, 2020 10:00 am

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Billy Penn

Barstool Sports’ new Pennsylvania investor says no more harassment. Will the bro brand follow suit?

Penn National will soon own 50% of the self-described “pop culture blog.”

6 years ago

Ruqayya Ali of Center City peruses Philly Counts census literature during the Philly Counts 2020 summit at South Philadelphia High School.
(Jonathan Wilson/WHYY)
National
Race & Ethnicity

White and Black people to get more room on 2020 census to explain their origins

For the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau is giving people in the country’s two largest racial categories space to give more details about their origins.

6 years ago

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