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Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. Hosted by Meg Wolitzer.

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Environment

Offshore wind turbines are seen in this file image. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, file)
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N.J. begins nation’s largest single-state solicitation of offshore wind projects

New Jersey officials on Monday kicked off the nation's largest single-state solicitation of offshore wind projects.

8 years ago

Members of the Coast Guard Shallow-Water Response team escort utility workers to a flooded substation to inspect transformers in Newport, N.C., on Sunday.
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Community

Florence death toll rises to 23 as rivers continue to flood in N.C. and S.C.

People in North Carolina and South Carolina are coping with flooding, closed roads and power outages as they assess damage from Hurricane Florence

8 years ago

Oyster Creek was New Jersey's first nuclear generation station, opened in 1967. It shut down in September 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Oyster Creek, nation’s oldest nuclear power plant, shuts down Monday

The nation's oldest nuclear power point is shutting down permanently Monday.

8 years ago

Firefighters battle a fire in flood ravaged Bound Brook, New Jersey during Tropical Storm Floyd in Sept. 1999.
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19 years ago today, Tropical Storm Floyd dumped excessive rainfall, spurring record flooding in N.J.

The Jersey Shore was spared significant impacts — courtesy of heavy rain focused inland, non-damaging winds, and minor coastal flooding.

8 years ago

A man wades through flooded streets during a No. 10 Hurricane Signal raised for Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong on Sunday. (Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Community

Typhoon Mangkhut makes landfall in China after dozens killed in Philippines

8 years ago

A man peers from his flooded home in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Science

Florence death toll swells as rivers rise

"The risk to life is rising with the angry waters," North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared as the storm's death toll climbed to 15.

8 years ago

Members of a swift water rescue team check a flooded street caused by the tropical storm Florence in New Bern, N.C., on Saturday. Rescuers have pulled more than 200 people from their homes to safer ground as of Saturday morning in New Bern. (Chris Seward/AP)
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Community

At least 8 dead as tropical storm Florence moves west through the Carolinas

The main threat — flooding — is coming into focus.

8 years ago

Avalon's new weather station is mounted high above rooflines for accurate information (Borough of Avalon)
Science

Avalon adds high-tech weather equipment for real-time storm information

Avalon has invested in tracking equipment that will allow it to make weather conditions easily available to residents of the borough at t ...

8 years ago

You Bet Your Garden

Tomato Sauce 101: From Vine to Jar

Got lots of ripe tomatoes coming in? More than you can eat? On the latest You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath walks you throu ...

Air Date: September 14, 2018

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A woman reacts after a large tree fell on a house in Wilmington, N.C., as Hurricane Florence hit the area Friday. One man was taken out of the home in critical condition. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Community

Hurricane Florence, ‘an uninvited brute,’ brings floods, causes at least 4 deaths

As of 2 p.m. ET, Florence's sustained winds dropped to 75 mph.

8 years ago

Residents in Ellendale, Delaware, voted Saturday to have public water. For decades, many have contended with smelly, discolored water from wells. (Courtesy of Jean Holloway)
Health

Ellendale residents to vote on public water system for Delaware town

The well water has tested positive for high levels of nitrates and iron. There’s discoloration and also a possible bacterial contamination in some of the shallow wells.

8 years ago

A work truck drives on Hwy 24 as the wind from Hurricane Florence blows palm trees in Swansboro N.C., Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. (Tom Copeland/AP Photo)
Science

Florence close to landfall in N. Carolina

The powerful storm already has inundated coastal streets with ocean water and left tens of thousands without power.

8 years ago

Hurricane Florence will bring tropical storm conditions to North Carolina and South Carolina on Thursday and hurricane conditions on Friday. This satellite image was captured around 1:45 p.m. ET Wednesday. (NOAA/STAR)
Science

Time nearly up: Fierce Hurricane Florence aims at Southeast

Time is running short to flee Hurricane Florence, a monster of a storm zeroing in on the Southeastern coast with more than 10 million people in its potential path.

8 years ago

Solar panels and the Philadelphia skyline in winter (Solar States)
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Philadelphia signs new climate action agenda

Philly will join other cities from around the world to set goals to combat climate change at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco.

8 years ago

In this file photo, a drilling rig used to bore thousands of feet into the earth to extract natural gas from the Marcellus shale deep underground is seen on the hill above a reservoir in Houston, Pa. Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008 (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Pa. court upholds $1.1M against natural gas corp in water contamination case

A Pennsylvania court is upholding a $1.1 million fine against natural gas exploration giant EQT Corp.

8 years ago

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