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N.J. may add 12 medical marijuana dispensaries

Measure under consideration by state lawmakers also calls for including chronic pain as qualifying condition.

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Aishat Alhaji, second, right, one of the kidnapped girls from the Government Girls Science and Technical College Dapchi who was freed, is photographed after her release, in Dapchi, Nigeria, Wednesday March. 21, 2018. Witnesses say Boko Haram militants have returned an unknown number of the 110 girls who were abducted from their Nigeria school a month ago. (Jossy Ola/AP Photo)
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Boko Haram Islamic extremists brought back nearly all of the 110 girls they had kidnapped from a boarding school last month.

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We get an update on the standoff near ...

Air Date: March 20, 2018

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Delaware’s revenue forecast continues to improve

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Air Date: March 16, 2018

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Toohil’s lawyers release report calling abuse allegations against Miccarelli ‘credible’

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Wednesday’s protests were officially about gun control. But they were was as much about young people stretching their voices, finding their place in the world.

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Politics & Policy

Delaware bump-stock ban stalls in General Assembly

Another measure to prevent illegal gun ownership is ready to be signed into law,

7 years ago

Pennsylvania state Rep. Nick Miccarelli is questioned by reporters at the county courthouse in Wilkes-Barre Thursday.  A lawmaker who alleges  Miccarelli  pulled a gun and threatened to kill her has been granted a three-year protective order against him. State Rep. Tarah Toohil alleges Miccarelli was physically abusive during a relationship that ended several years ago.  She also says he's been physically intimidating her at the Capitol this year. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)
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Pa. lawmaker gets 3-year restraining order against colleague she says threatened her life

Rep. Nick Miccarelli of Delaware County has vehemently denied the claims, and he has resisted calls from GOP leaders and Gov. Tom Wolf to step down.

7 years ago

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Cannabis task force releases final report

A task force created to discuss concerns about cannabis legalization in Delaware voted to release its final report to legislators and the public.

7 years ago

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Education

Pa. educators decry Trump’s proposed school security cuts

"National approaches to school safety" are on the agenda Thursday as the Pennsylvania House Education Committee meets in Harrisburg for a hearing on school safety measures.

7 years ago

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Some N.J. districts discouraged students from participating in school walkout

Not all of the events in New Jersey occurred with the blessing of school administrators. Some didn’t occur at all.

7 years ago

Soldiers wearing protective clothing prepare to lift a tow truck in Hyde Road, Gillingham, Dorset, England as the investigation into the suspected nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal continues Wednesday March 14, 2018.  The army cordoned off a road in Dorset on Wednesday as the investigated the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Authorities have cordoned off several sites in and near Salisbury, 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of London as part of their probe.  (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)
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Poisoned spy inflames U.K. – Russia relations

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