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Beach erosion in Stone Harbor. (Photo: Zeke Orzech)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Hurricane Jose impacts the Jersey Shore with beach erosion, wind

Hurricane Jose might be a few hundred miles off the Jersey Shore but the storm has been impacting the coastline since Monday night.

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New Jersey

A huge fundraising event for the Voorhees animal shelter returns Saturday

Area dog lovers will want to head to John Connelly Park in Voorhees this Saturday, Sept 23, to catchthe 21st annual ...

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Delaware

Hurricane Jose brings flooding waves to Delaware beaches

A major road connecting Delaware beaches was closed Tuesday morning after ocean water broke through a dune and flooded the highway. ...

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Wilmington audit reveals wasteful trash collection spending

For years, nearly 100 Wilmington businesses and nonprofits had their trash picked up for free, costing the city hundreds of thousands of ...

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Speak Easy

‘The voice of the people will be heard’ — from Vietnam protests to the new resistance

Like Americans who demonstrated against the Vietnam War in the late '60s, today's protesters know that it takes more than just one disruption to get the country and its electe

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Ben Carson, secretary of Housing and Urban Development, is shown speaking with city and housing officials at a shelter in Columbus, Ohio, in April. (AP Photo/Dake Kang, file)
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Philadelphia

As Carson visits Philly, let’s call for a stronger, fairer HUD

With so many crises since Donald Trump’s inauguration day in January, it’s hard to know where to place one’s atte ...

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Dozens of University of Delaware students rally to show their support for those in danger of losing their DACA protections. (Nichelle Polston/WHYY)
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University of Delaware students rally in support of DACA [video]

What’s going to happen to DACA students? While that is being debated, some University of Delaware students rallied to show their su ...

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Firefighters, lifeguards rescue 2 swimmers clinging to boogie board

Wildwood firefighters and lifeguards rescued two swimmers who were in distress “well beyond the breakers” of an unguarded bea ...

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The Philly Vietnam wall still speaks to and for many [video]

This story is part of a WHYY series examining how the United States, four decades later, is ...

8 years ago

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Philadelphia
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3,000 suggestions later, Rizzo statue’s future still in limbo

The chance to have your say about what Philadelphia should do with the statue of former Mayor Frank Rizzo is over. But it will be ...

8 years ago

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History
Military
Visual Arts

Video artist traces the scars of war from South Philly to Vietnam

A Philadelphia video artist born in Vietnam is shooting a documentary chronicling his personal connection to scars the war left on the landscape.

8 years ago

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Aging
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New Jersey

Elderly couple killed in retirement community fire

Authorities say an elderly New Jersey couple was killed when a fast-moving fire roared through their home in a retirement community in Oc ...

8 years ago

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New Jersey
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Hundreds run in military charity race marred last year by bombing

Hundreds of runners came out Saturday for a Marine Corps charity race on the New Jersey shore, a race run without incident one year after ...

8 years ago

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New Jersey

Candlelight vigil honors Princeton graduate student imprisoned in Iran

On Friday night, friends, family, and colleagues of Princeton graduate student Xiyue Wang lit candles and called on the government of Ira ...

8 years ago

Delaware

Faerie Fest, Delmarva Folk Festival and more to see and do in Delaware this week

From concerts and movies, to special events for the whole family, there is always something to see and do in Delaware. Here are some of o ...

8 years ago

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