Tag: Delaware
Judge tosses suit by Candace Owens over Facebook fact checks
DOVER, Del. — A Delaware judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative political commentator Candace Owens against USA Today and another media organization...
Suit says police held wrong woman at gunpoint, damaged car
WILMINGTON, Del. — A woman is suing Delaware State Police alleging that plainclothes officers in unmarked cars blockaded her in her car and held...
Afghan war’s end quiets chaplain’s litany of funeral prayers
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — This is the place where widows wailed, where mothers buckled to the tarmac in grief and where children...
Delaware lawmaker apologizes for making Asian slur in email
WILMINGTON, Del. — A Democratic lawmaker in Delaware has apologized for using a racist and sexist slur to refer to sex workers, saying he...
DuPont, spinoffs to pay $50M for ‘forever chemical’ cleanup
WILMINGTON, Del. — DuPont Co. and two spinoffs will pay at least $50 million to Delaware to help clean up toxic chemicals, the Delaware...
For Biden, politics are often framed by the personal
WILMINGTON, Del. — When grieving with those who lost loved ones in a building collapse, President Joe Biden invoked the car crash that claimed...
Tropical storm sparks tornado warnings in trek up East Coast
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Severe weather from Tropical Storm Elsa spurred tornado warnings in southern Delaware early Friday as the system moved over the mid-Atlantic...
Judge sets July hearing on Boy Scouts settlement agreement
DOVER, Del. — A bankruptcy judge has set a July 29 hearing on the proposed $850 million settlement agreement the Boy Scouts of America...
Biden relaunches council of governors with bipartisan group
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday will relaunch the council of governors, an advisory board of governors and a number of key Cabinet...
Feds dropping case against former Wilmington Trust execs
DOVER, Del. — After being dealt a stunning setback by an appeals court, federal prosecutors in Delaware have declined to retry four former executives...