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Decoy owl, ‘strange metal lump’ among items found during massive beach trash sweep
More than 3,000 volunteers swept beaches from the Bayshore to Cape May County on Saturday as part of an New Jersey-based organization’s annual program.
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Number of struggling N.J. households increased after Great Recession
New research from the United Way shows more New Jersey residents than ever are struggling to afford life’s basic necessities.
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Listen 1:03Crowdsourcing to find survivors of Hurricane Michael
CrowdSource Rescue allows people to report someone who is unaccounted for or needs help. It lists them on a map that rescuers can use for deployment purposes.
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‘It will be years’ before life at Tyndall Air Force base returns to normal
The eye of the Category 4 storm cut straight through the base on Wednesday, October 10, causing catastrophic destruction.
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Wilmington civil rights leader recognized for Supreme Court fight
Wilmington city leaders celebrate local civil rights leader William "Dutch" Burton with a historical marker at the former site of a cafe that refused to serve him in 1958.
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Bay channel dredging is latest in N.J.’s safe navigation initiative
Crews will soon begin dredging channels in Ocean County to ensure safe navigation, the latest in a series of projects that began in 2014, state officials announced.
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Sooner or later, someone was going to respond to Donald Trump’s uncouth behavior with the same level of rudeness that the president has often exhibited.
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Activists to celebrate 4 years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia
October 20, 2018 marks four years since Philadelphia decriminalized small amounts of marijuana.
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Listen 1:16Facebook’s election ‘war room’ takes aim at fake information
The war room is currently focused on Brazil's next round of elections and upcoming U.S. midterms.
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Sunoco: Mariner East 2 delayed to 2020, so company will join three pipes as substitute
Company did not immediately say when natural gas liquids would begin moving through the lines.
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Feds allow emergency planning reduction in area near Oyster Creek nuclear plant
The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted the operator of Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in New Jersey permission to amend the plant's emergency plan.
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Boaters spend night stranded after low tide grounds skiff in bay
The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of three stranded boaters Wednesday after low tide grounded their skiff and forced them to spend ...
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Fantastic fashions, wizards and witches, a Fleetwood Mac tribute, and more events this week
Celebrate autumn indoors or out with one of this week's picks.
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Listen 4:22Thousands to scour N.J. waterways during massive trash sweep
Clean Ocean Action, a regional coalition that fights for clean water off the New Jersey and New York coastlines, will host its 33rd annual Fall Beach Sweep this Saturday.
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New York City had its first weekend without a shooting in 25 years
In the city's five boroughs, no shootings were reported from Friday to Sunday.
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