The devastating Lulu Ross Elementary School fire is deemed accidental, caused by faulty wiring.
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State Treasurer-elect Ted Lauzen is already moving forward with his transition.
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U.S. District Court Judge Richard Andrews dismissed a U.S Dept. of Justice case aimed at obtaining voter information for Delaware voters on Tuesday.
This Week on "The Green"
The 2026 Midterm Election is over, and the headline is Democratic success across the board locally and nationally.What issues prompted this “blue wave?” What does it mean for politics here in the First State, and across the country between now and the next election in 2028?To do a post-mortem on what we saw at the polls this week, we checked in with Paul Brewer, University of Delaware communications professor — previously Delaware Politics director at UD’s Center for Political Communication — and a voice we’ve leaned on regularly for perspective on the political state of play in Delaware.
NPR National and World Headlines
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In the last decade, strong support for kratom and 7-OH products have kept them federally legal. That's started to change. A crackdown for some highly potent products related to kratom is coming.
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Pete Hegseth was yelled at by a sentinel for poor decorum at Arlington National Cemetery. Now the Secretary of Defense has given him a medal.
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Atmospheric rivers are large bands of water vapor in the sky. They are dumping trillions of gallons of water on Washington and Oregon, just as high tides and winds batter shorelines.
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Many Americans have soured on higher education because of how frustratingly hard it is to figure out what they will pay to attend.
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Plus: Have you been following news about cars and Pete Hegseth this week?
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Countries are not meeting their goal of limiting climate change to 1.5 degrees Celsius. How much hotter the planet gets makes a profound difference for the impacts the world could see.