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Over three-fourths of the 400-plus families surveyed said they had trouble finding or affording child care. Cost was the primary barrier.
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South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace says the resolution aims to protect women's rights. Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first out trans person elected to Congress, has slammed it as a distraction.
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Abigail Lee/Delaware Public MediaSpruce Wayne, the tree, has been on a month-long, 4 thousand mile road trip from Alaska to D.C. -
For more than 40 years, the Milford Museum has been housed in the town’s original post office building. But with some 13,000 artifacts and big plans, the museum’s director says they need a new home.
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Schools and districts across Delaware are facing increasing challenges in recruiting and retaining their staff.According to a recent membership survey by the Delaware State Education Association, the state's largest teachers union, 75% of teachers said they’re more likely to retire or leave education earlier than planned.This week, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon sits down with Lauren Bailes – associate professor at the University of Delaware’s School of Education – to learn more about what’s causing teachers to leave the profession and how the issue can be addressed.
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Geno Auriemma has led the women Huskies to 11 championships and nearly two dozen Final Four appearances in his four decades as head coach. -
A piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, sold for $6.2 million at an auction Wednesday, with the winning bid coming from a prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneur. -
If a judge orders Google to sell Chrome, it could dramatically upend the multibillion-dollar online search business. -
One of the world's richest people has been indicted on charges he duped investors in a massive solar energy project in India by concealing that it was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme. -
In her new book The Serviceberry, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer argues that humans would be wise to learn from the circular economies of reciprocity and abundance that play out in natural ecosystems.
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Field goals of 50 yards or more used to be rare in the NFL. But this season, kickers are hitting them at a historic clip — and that's changing the game.
