Delaware Public Media
Delaware’s Property Tax Relief and Modernization Working Group will meet between now and January to come up with recommendations on property tax breaks, including income-based relief.
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Country music artist Zach Bryan held a pair of concerts in Dover over the weekend.
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United Way of DelawareA United Way of Delaware statewide summer reading initiative receives national recognition.
This Week on "The Green"
A new study from the University of Delaware found that shingles vaccination could be linked to lower dementia risk in adults 50 or older.Nearly all adults in that age group were exposed to chickenpox as children. Scientists say the virus can lie dormant in the nervous system for decades before reactivating as shingles, causing a painful rash.The study — led by the Director of UD’s Epidemiology PhD Program Daniel Harris, PhD — found that older adults who received at least one dose of the shingles vaccine had a 24% lower risk of developing dementia over four years.This week, Delaware Public Media's Isreal Hale chatted with Harris to learn more about the study and potential impacts.
NPR National and World Headlines
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Nigeria's lavish wedding tradition is colliding with a cost-of-living crisis, forcing young couples to rethink how they say "I do."
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During Typhoon Halong in 2025, thousands of objects from an archeological dig site in western Alaska were torn from the earth and scattered across miles of coastline. Now, there's an emergency dig.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Bloomberg's Jeff Mason, past president of the White House Correspondents' Association about President Trump's decision to ban three major news outlets from the building.
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A 16-year-old fell asleep at the wheel while on a hunting trip with his dad. Pinned in the wreckage with a fire starting, he thought he was going to die -- until a trucker pulled over to help.
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New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert died recently, after a battle with cancer. NPR remembers the founding member of the punk rock bank.
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President Trump's exertion of power over the press, Greenland and even the D.C. landscape are teeing up questions over the president's limits.
Student Spotlight
- Early Learning Advocacy Day seeks to marshall support for youngest students
- DNREC gives kids a chance to develop fishing skills
- Annual event offers those with special needs a 'Night to Shine'
- Biggs Museum puts a spotlight on DSU's marching band
- Turkey Brawl brings local lacrosse community together
- Stuff the Bus food drive continues efforts to combat food insecurity