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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Delaware Business Now
Business
Delaware

Deal to sell TransPerfect could bring Delaware saga to an end

A company custodian reportedly disclosed in a letter to employees that Philip Shawe will purchase the 50 percent of the company owned by Elizabeth Elting.

8 years ago

Firefighters at the scene of a fire at the the Barclay Friends Senior Living Community in West Chester, Pa., Friday, Nov. 17, 2017.
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Remains of four victims found in fire-ravaged West Chester nursing home [updated]

Investigators found two more bodies at the scene of a fire-gutted nursing home in West Chester Wednesday.

8 years ago

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Down the Shore
New Jersey

Long Beach Township bans plastic bags at businesses

Long Beach Township is the latest Jersey Shore municipality is combat single-use plastic carryout bags. 

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, November 21, 2017

Laura Benshoff reports on the local Haitians who are now being told to leave the country. Shirley Min looks at Delaware’s effort to ...

Air Date: November 21, 2017

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Down the Shore
New Jersey

Boaters in 'unseaworthy vessel' rescued from choppy bay

Four boaters were rescued from an "unseaworthy vessel" in windy and choppy conditions off Monmouth County late last week, officials say.

8 years ago

Workers wrapped the main cables of the Delaware Memorial Bridge before installing a dehumidification system to prevent corrosion. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
Transportation

Dehumidifier now operational on Delaware Memorial Bridge

A $35 million project to extend the lifespan of the Delaware Memorial Bridge by keeping humid air away from the main suspension cable is finally finished.

8 years ago

TV News anchor Charlie Rose walks through the Trump Tower, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016 in New York.

CBS News and PBS cut ties to Rose following sex allegations

CBS News and PBS both cut ties to Charlie Rose on Tuesday.

8 years ago

On the front lines of Lycoming County’s opioid crisis, Judge Nancy Butts helps people struggling with addiction and recovery during drug court. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Politics
Public Health

Overwhelmed on the front lines of opioid crisis in Congressman Tom Marino’s backyard

Like many places in Pennsylvania and across the country, Lycoming County has been stung by the opioid epidemic. A watershed moment came over the summer.

8 years ago

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 Caretakers oversee a grow room for medical marijuana at ShowGrow, a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles. Pennsylvania is now issuing permits for growers. (Richard Vogel/AP Photo)
Delaware Business Now
Delaware
Medicine

Medical marijuana site confirmed for Smyrna

Columbia Care has confirmed that it will open a medical marijuana dispensary in Smyrna, rather than Milford as originally planned.

8 years ago

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Down the Shore
New Jersey

N.J. reef naturally produces baby oysters

An oyster reef established in New Jersey is naturally producing baby oysters for the first time. 

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, November 20, 2017

Phil Gregory queries New Jersey lawmakers as they mull over the legalization of marijuana. The York Daily Record’s Ed Mahon explain ...

Air Date: November 20, 2017

Listen 22:06
Wilmington Police Chief Bob Tracy takes the oath of office from Mayor Mike Purzycki. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware

Wilmington Police chief officially sworn in

More than six months after taking over as Wilmington Police Chief, Bob Tracy was officially sworn in Monday afternoon.

8 years ago

Firefighters continue to work the scene of a fire at the the Barclay Friends Senior Living Community in West Chester, Pa., Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (
Housing

Four presumed dead in West Chester nursing home inferno

Four people remain missing — and are feared dead — in last week’s inferno at a West Chester nursing home.

8 years ago

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Down the Shore
New Jersey

Chilly Thanksgiving for the Jersey Shore

Temperatures will cool down and skies will clear at the Jersey Shore for Thanksgiving, forecasters say. 

8 years ago

U.S. Coast Guard personnel towing a disabled boat off Sandy Hook last Friday. (Image: U.S. Coast Guard)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Coast Guard rescues disabled boaters off Sandy Hook

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three stranded boaters off Sandy Hook late last week.

8 years ago

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