Construction on the Port of Wilmington expansion is set to start this summer, and a groundbreaking date expected in the next few weeks.
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With the first weekend of May coming up, many farmers markets across the First State are preparing to open.
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The Justice of the Peace Court doesn’t send texts or emails about outstanding violations.
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When former U.S. Senator and former Delaware Gov. Tom Carper retired from the U.S. Senate in Jan. 2025, he promised to remain active working on projects focused on “creating jobs that promote clean energy.” This week, Carper and the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) at the University of Delaware formally launched the Carper Collaborative on Climate and Jobs.And Carper sat down with Delaware Public Media's Tom Byrne to discuss this new initiative and what he hopes to accomplish with it.
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Archaeologists have used AI for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed in the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, offering a new way to understand one of history's most famous natural disasters.
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The virus infected nearly 1,000 people in the state before the state declared it over. Meanwhile, cases are spreading across many parts of the U.S., with more than 20 outbreaks currently active.
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Prison guards in New York say the state's correctional system is in crisis. Both guards and inmates are pleading with the state to fix what they say is a broken system.
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The Stillaguamish Tribe north of Seattle is returning farmland to the sea to save salmon and help floodproof a community that's struggled with rising tides due to climate change.
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Regina Barber and Nell Greenfieldboyce about the Artemis moon missions, the "seismic quiet" during a solar eclipse, and the origins of a mysterious interstellar visitor.
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Forty years ago, a 19-year-old woman sat behind the wheel of her car, sobbing and feeling like her life had fallen apart. A stranger pulled up beside her at a stoplight and lifted her spirits.
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