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Delaware

The Vax Machine brought vaccinations to hundreds of senior citizens at Rose Hill Community Center. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Health

Vax Machine takes COVID-19 vaccine into Delaware communities to address racial inequities

A WHYY analysis of Delaware data found that Black and Latino residents are getting vaccinated for the coronavirus at much lower rates than white residents.

18 hours ago

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In this file photo, an Amtrak Acela train blows snow as it passes through the Princeton Junction station in West Windsor, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Urban Planning

Expanded train lines in 30 cities and towns? AmeriStarRail wants to privatize Amtrak service on Northeast Corridor

The plan from AmeriStarRail would privatize Amtrak service on the Northeast Corridor, adding new stops and faster, more frequent trains.

1 day ago

University of Delaware's campus in Newark
Health

Univ. of Delaware COVID-19 outbreak alarms state officials, spurs tighter campus restrictions

A total of 324 positive test results were reported last week. That’s nearly three times higher than the University of Delaware's previous weekly high in mid-November.

3 days ago

Rev. Silvester Beaman gives the benediction during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
Courts & Law

Del. pastor who delivered Biden’s inaugural prayer supports ‘clean slates’ for formerly incarcerated

Legislation to automatically expunge some criminal convictions in Delaware would make it easier to shed collateral punishments after being released from prison.

4 days ago

Enrique Morás stands in front of a bookshelf
Community

Wilmington publisher brings the world together with Spanish-language children’s books

Syncretic Press publisher Enrique Morás of Wilmington helps Spanish-speaking students see themselves in children’s books that don’t shy away from deep topics.

5 days ago

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Hundreds of people, including Delaware Gov. John Carney, got their flu vaccine during a drive-thru clinic in Dover on Tuesday. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Health

New rules in Delaware prioritize second dose of COVID vaccine

Health officials hope new guidance will help more people complete their second shot of the vaccine before starting others on their first dose.

6 days ago

Jessica Wescott says her goal is to provide healthy food
Community

Free, healthy food and some gourmet treats in Wilmington’s community fridges

Neighborhood leader Logan Herring says the two recently-installed units are a welcome and needed addition to a community he considers a food desert.

1 week ago

Listen 3:12
Construction work approaches 4th Street in September 1965. On the lower right, St. Paul's Catholic Church narrowly avoided the path of the interstate. (Courtesy of Delaware Public Archives)
Urban Planning

As major I-95 construction starts in Wilmington, a look back at the road that split the city

Drivers in and around Wilmington will face plenty of backups, but that pales to the disruption the highway caused in city neighborhoods when it was first built.

1 week ago

About 215 gallons of oil from an unknown source washed ashore at Broadkill Beach in Delaware in October 2020. Julie McCall was surveying Beach Plum Island when she saw blobs of oil. (Courtesy of Julie McCall)
Community

Who spilled oil along Broadkill Beach? Officials and residents still don’t know

The Coast Guard sampled the oil. It queried 96 vessel arrivals and departures, in hopes of finding the source. Here’s what the investigation yielded.

1 week ago

A nurse administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy’s Hospital in London
Health

Here’s how to sign up to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Delaware

Trying to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine in New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties? WHYY has answers.

1 week ago

COVID vaccine in syringes ready for inoculations. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)
Health

More slots open at Dover speedway for second vaccination shots

The event at the speedway best known for NASCAR races had previously been open to a select group. Now anyone who has received the first shot can try to get an appointment.

1 week ago

Apartments are seen in Hilltop west of downtown Wilmington
Politics & Policy

Wilmington approves weekly fines for landlords who don’t maintain properties

After several years of sometimes bitter debate, Wilmington council has approved an ordinance creating civil fines for landlords who don’t maintain their properties.

2 weeks ago

The work of the Twin Poets Nnamdi Chukwuocha and Al Mills was celebrated at Delaware State University's Art and Activism event as part of its commemoration of Black History Month. (screengrab/DSU)
Community

Delaware’s Twin Poets mix art and activism at DSU seminar

The twin-brother team that makes up Delaware’s poets laureate help students discover “the heart that art brings into our lives.”

2 weeks ago

Samuel Gulick spray-painted the Newark medical facility before throwing a Molotov cocktail through the window in January 2020. (U.S. Attorney's Office)
Health

Del. Planned Parenthood clinics still facing violent threats one year after Molotov cocktail incident

Samuel Gulick threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the Newark medical facility in January 2020. He faces up to 10 years in prison.

2 weeks ago

(AP Photo/John Locher)
Courts & Law

Delaware AG renews push to ban assault-style weapons, high-capacity magazines

After a big jump in gun violence in Wilmington in 2020, Del. Attorney General Kathy Jennings says “common sense” gun policies will make the state safer.

2 weeks ago

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