The First State is hunkering down as a major winter storm sweeps across the state.
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Compared to 2024, Wilmington saw an 8% reduction in overall Part 1 crime, which includes murder, rape, robbery and felony theft.
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Some parts of the state could see as much as a foot of snow.
This Week on "The Green"
Delaware recently released its updated Climate Action Plan, building on the first version of the plan unveiled five years ago.Among the issues the plan revisits is sea level rise – its impact in Delaware and how the state can respond.One possible response added to this version of Climate Action Plan is a recommendation to start planning to retreat from areas most vulnerable to chronic flooding from sea-level rise and the bigger storms coming with climate change.This week, contributor Jon Hurdle takes a closer look at this part of the Climate Action Plan and what it could look like.
NPR National and World Headlines
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Reporters from across the NPR Network are covering the storm in each state — the impact and how officials are responding.
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A massive winter storm brought freezing rain and widespread outages in the South, with icy conditions lingering in the North through Monday.
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Author Nicole Glover's new book 'The Starseekers' focuses on a space-race themed magical murder mystery, with a Black woman at the center.
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Hyrox, a timed fitness race that mixes running with workout stations, is selling out across Asia as young people fuel a booming wellness economy.
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As Trump points to Russia and China near Greenland, experts say the biggest Russian and Chinese activity is elsewhere in the Arctic.
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Barred from the US, stranded in Mexico: migrants at the border have faced uncertainty and stalled asylum claims.