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Delaware

Cindy Marten smiles
Community

Delaware issues new guidance to protect students’ education after rollback of sensitive location protections

A new website provides resources on immigrant student rights, including a sample policy affirming a commitment to protecting all students.

1 year ago

Listen 1:26
Kathy Jennings speaks
Politics & Policy

‘David and Goliath’: Delaware officials fight to keep domestic federal funding flowing, attack freeze to foreign aid

Delaware’s attorney general is part of a coalition that has stopped a freeze of domestic federal spending. But foreign aid is still paused.

1 year ago

Listen 0:53
Tres agentes de ICE afuera de un edificio
Education

‘Tienen miedo’: estudiantes inmigrantes en Delaware temen perder su refugio seguro en la escuela en medio de las nuevas medidas represivas de Trump

Distritos han adoptado protecciones para los estudiantes, pero los defensores quieren que se tomen medidas a nivel estatal para proteger a todos los estudiantes.

1 year ago

Justin Lee Smith
Courts & Law

Police charge Christian school leader in Delaware with using online aliases to obtain, share child pornography

Police say Justin Smith of St. Anne’s Episcopal School used the Kik Messenger app to download and distribute the explicit videos.

1 year ago

Listen 1:11
Wylie with play-by-play announcer Owen Colwell at the game
Community

‘He sees with his ears’: A blind Delaware broadcaster defies odds as radio announcer for pro basketball team

Allan Wylie, a first-year student at Rowan University, does color commentary for the Delaware Blue Coats. He’s been totally blind since birth.

1 year ago

Listen 4:39
a plaque tells the history of Hockessin Colored School #107C
Community

Delaware schools that helped end segregation are now part of a national historic park

Three Delaware schools that played a key role in the fight against segregation have been added to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park.

1 year ago

Listen 1:36
Student reading from a book with the help of a teacher
Education

‘Literacy emergency’: Delaware eighth-grade reading scores drop to 27-year low

Last year, 45% of Delaware fourth grade students scored below basic reading levels on the NAEP test, which is 2 percentage points better than the results in 1998 and 2022.

1 year ago

Listen 1:06
Two child ice skaters stand beside a coach in Kansas
Community

‘Unimaginable loss’: Delaware ice skating community mourns 5 lives lost in D.C. plane crash

Coach Sasha Kirsanov joined 11-year-old skaters Sean Kay and Angela Yang, and their moms, in Kansas. All five died in the midair collision.

1 year ago

wreckage from the plane crash in the river
Community

Boats return to the Potomac River for DC plane crash recovery and investigation

Among the victims were elite skaters who skated with clubs in Philadelphia and Aston and at the University of Delaware. A Delaware coach is also among the victims.

1 year ago

veterans painting in a studio
Health

Delaware veterans heal, connect and build community at new artistic pilot program

The new pilot program hopes to give veterans a creative outlet to express themselves and find purpose after leaving the military.

1 year ago

Listen 1:25
scene of rescue efforts from across the river
Community
6abc

Members of Pennsylvania skating club, Delaware coach among Washington, D.C. plane crash victims

Reportedly, some of the victims skated with clubs in Philadelphia and Aston and at the University of Delaware. A Delaware coach is also among the victims.

1 year ago

Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer
Politics & Policy

‘Manipulative’: Delaware state senators and Gov. Matt Meyer trade insults over port board nominees

Gov. Matt Meyer sent a letter to senators after he was inaugurated, withdrawing his predecessors’ names for the port board.

1 year ago

Listen 1:12
Chinatown during Lunar New Year Parade
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Lunar New Year, adult museum nights, African American Children’s Book Festival and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Jan. 30 - Feb. 2: "The Cher Show" in Del., Art Battle in Philly and South Jersey Pops are among weekend event highlights.

1 year ago

Listen 5:32
Sarah McBride speaks behind a podium
Politics & Policy

‘Callous, craven, and careless’: Delaware and other states brace for federal funding cuts as Trump admin drops directive

The order caused massive backlash from states nationwide. But the White House press secretary says the funding review will continue.

1 year ago

Listen 1:02
Three ICE agents outside a building
Education

‘They’re scared’: Immigrant students in Delaware fear losing their safe haven at school amid new Trump-era crackdown

Some First State districts have adopted protections for undocumented students, but advocates want state-level action to protect all students.

1 year ago

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