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NewsWorks Tonight May 9, 2018

While recovery stagnates in Puerto Rico, life is getting better for hurricane evacuees in Philadelphia.  We look into why this season ha ...

Air Date: May 9, 2018

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Three Mile Island nuclear plant is scheduled to be dismantled between 2034 and 2044. (Joanne Casarro/WITF)
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Energy
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As nuclear power loses ground to natural gas, environmentalists are torn: Are the risks worth saving it for climate’s sake?

8 years ago

(photo courtesy DuPont)
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DuPont to expand with purchase of new plant site in Newark

DuPont Transportation & Advanced Polymers, a business unit of DowDuPont Specialty Products Division, will spend $45 million to upgrade its a new facility in Newark.

8 years ago

The number of shootings in Wilmington are down significantly in 2018. (File/WHYY)
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Wilmington sees sharp drop in shootings

By this time a year ago, 74 people had been shot on Wilmington’s streets. So far in 2018, that number is just 27.

8 years ago

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Luis Angel Chaparro Crespo, 16, watches the trains go by from the window of his apartment on the sixth floor of the Harrison Homes in North Philadelphia.
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Housing
Income Inequality
Public Safety

For Maria evacuees, a stable address is the first step out of crisis

The Chaparros are one of 50 Puerto Rican evacuee families in Philadelphia finally able to settle into a long-term home, thanks to the work of local organizers.

8 years ago

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Down the Shore
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New Jersey

Crews raze iconic Jersey Shore drive-in restaurant

Crews began razing a decades-old Jersey Shore drive-in restaurant and landmark Wednesday. 

8 years ago

Emily Polecaro, 18, calls for a public recovery high school in Delaware at Legislative Hall in Dover Tuesday. (Shirley Min/WHYY)
Delaware
Health Care
Public Health

aTAcK addiction offers three ideas to end overdose deaths in Delaware

With the opioid epidemic showing no signs of slowing in Delaware, advocates are calling on state lawmakers to stop talking and start investing in more treatment options.

8 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight, May 8, 2018

Philadelphia officials hope launching the country’s first supervised injection facility will save lives, but without the support of ...

Air Date: May 8, 2018

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Delaware Business Now
Delaware
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Reduced service for Delaware SEPTA passengers after Norfolk Southern derailment

SEPTA resumed service on the Wilmington/Newark Line on Friday with a special schedule that reflects reduced access to the Amtrak-owned tracks on which the line operates.

8 years ago

Program participants, Department of Labor, testify before the Senate Labor Committee about Interfaith Community Housing. (WHYY/Zoe Read)
Delaware
Politics

‘I felt used and abused’: Pre-apprenticeship participants testify against Delaware nonprofit

During a Senate Labor Committee meeting, participants in a pre-apprenticeship workforce training program testified they were taken advant ...

8 years ago

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Central American migrants look through the border wall near the ocean in Tijuana, Mexico, in April.
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Immigration

Sessions says ‘zero tolerance’ for illegal border crossers, vows to divide families

"If you cross this border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you. It's that simple," said Sessions.

8 years ago

New York Attorney General Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks during a news conference in New York last month. He has resigned amid allegations that he physically abused four women with whom he was in relationships.
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Gender

N.Y. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigns after 4 women allege physical attacks

"In the last several hours, serious allegations, which I strongly contest, have been made against me," he said in a statement.

8 years ago

Masterman High School student Shahla Mukhtar (center) helps to paint a portion of the Octavius Catto mural.

Philly students, teachers join in monumental art project to honor Octavius Catto

School district initiative aims to focus on forgotten chapters of Philadelphia history.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight May 7, 2018

Philadelphia City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart sounds the alarm on a $33 million dollar discrepancy in the city’s bank accounts.  P ...

Air Date: May 7, 2018

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(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Water main cuts off all water pressure to Philadelphia’s airport

Officials at Philadelphia International Airport say a nearby water main break has cut water pressure at the airport. The airport s ...

8 years ago

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