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If you’re a parent or a teacher, you are probably very aware of the latest fad – fidget spinners. Haven’t heard of them? Well, they are a small gadget you can spin between two fingers – then try to balance them on one finger or do other tricks. As they spin, you can hear a faint whirring noise. They have grown in popularity at a dizzying rate, catching Delaware schools a bit flat-footed in deciding how to handle them. And complicating the issue was the claim by companies producing them that they

In 2009, President Obama signed an executive order recognizing the Chesapeake Bay as a national treasure. That began a federal-state partnership to restore and protect it, including a plan to revive the wild oyster population through sanctuaries on restored reefs in Maryland and Virginia. But President Trump's proposed budget eliminates funding for that plan, further complicating an already complicated effort to restore the reefs gutted by a century of overfishing, disease and pollution. Pamela

Delaware currently has the highest rate of incarceration in the Mid-Atlantic region – and nearly double the national rate between 1978 and 2015. And while states like New York and New Jersey have shown a dramatic decline in their prison populations since the late 1990s, Delaware’s population has remained steady. A Department of Correction annual report cites close to 23,000 people in its system as of June 30 th of last year. The ACLU of Delaware hosted a discussion on prison reform this week,

The General Assembly started its final month of work for the year with plenty on its plate. This week alone lawmakers were considering abortion, physician assisted suicide and revising the Coastal Zone Act – just to name a few topics. But at the end of the week, it was once again the budget that moved center stage, with another somewhat dramatic development in the effort to address the state’s gaping shortfall. Political reporter James Dawson returned to the Green this week to offer a recap and

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Newborn babies in Delaware are screened for Cystic Fibrosis . It’s a genetic disease where a thick build-up of mucus in the lungs causes infections and can obstruct breathing. Everett Meredith Middle School student Michael Caruso Davis was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis when he was three weeks old, but has overcome the challenges associated with it to become a star athlete. He’s one of 17 athletes from nationwide nominated for former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason’s Team Boomer Athlete of the

Graphic designer and University of Delaware Professor Colette Gaiter’s work has always mixed politics and art. Delaware Public Media’s Mark Arehart has more on her new politically charged show at the Mezzanine Gallery in Wilmington.

Summer is the time many families hit the road - heading to the beach and elsewhere. But many vacation destinations like Rehoboth Beach weren’t always a welcome place for African Americans. And simply traveling on the open road during the segregation era wasn’t very safe for them. But there was a booklet of safe havens created specifically for African American travelers – called The Negro Motorist Green Book - to help guide them. Megan Pauly examines the book and its First State connections in

Fentanyl and federal funding cuts to addiction treatment programs are hurting Delaware’s fight against the opiate epidemic. That’s according to Dr. Terry Horton, chief of Christiana Care’s Division of Addiction Medicine.