16+ hour, 49+ min ago   (503+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of War to overhaul military-record sharing and benefits technology within six months, a move the administration estimates could cut another 20 to 30 days from claims processing for recently separated…...

20+ hour, 16+ min ago   (426+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania and Sen. John Hickenlooper of Colorado have formed a bipartisan Senate caucus focused on strengthening U.S. scientific research and translating discoveries into economic and technological gains as competition with China intensifies. The Senate…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (375+ words) WILMINGTON, DE — New Castle County police charged a 31-year-old Wilmington man with first-degree murder after a 32-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday morning in the Colonial Heights area. Officers responded at approximately 9:11 a.m. Sept. 6 to the unit block of South…...

6+ day, 49+ min ago   (353+ words) WILMINGTON, DE — Delaware State Police reported arresting a 37-year-old Wilmington man Sunday evening after he allegedly displayed a handgun and threatened to kill four people at a shopping center. Troopers responded at approximately 5:30 p.m. Sept. 6 to the Chestnut Run Shopping…...

1+ week, 49+ min ago   (318+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 140 Department of Veterans Affairs and state veterans cemeteries will host volunteer service events Saturday, Sept. 12, marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by cleaning headstones and completing other cemetery maintenance projects. The events will begin at…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (526+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service proposed rules Sept. 3 that could force as many as 18,000 tax-exempt private schools to eliminate race-based admissions, scholarships and other programs or risk losing their federal tax exemptions beginning in 2027. The rule represents…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (159+ words) WILMINGTON, DE — Wilmington police are investigating a Saturday evening shooting near D and Townsend streets that left three people wounded, including a 19-year-old man. Police reported that the shooting occurred at approximately 6:53 p.m. Saturday in the area of D and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (686+ words) MALVERN, PA — Chester County health officials closed Halal Meat Group LLC in Malvern on Friday after inspectors found no required handwashing sink in its food-production area, one of numerous food-safety violations that also included improperly held raw meat, inadequate sanitizing…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (322+ words) PHILADELPHIA, PA — An Indiana tax preparer was convicted Friday of conspiring for more than eight years to defraud the IRS by using false business losses, education credits and deductions to inflate clients’ tax refunds and generate higher preparation fees, according…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (352+ words) NEWARK, DE — A joint Delaware-Pennsylvania drug investigation led to the arrest of a 40-year-old Newark man after detectives reported seizing fentanyl, crack cocaine, a handgun and more than $7,000 in suspected drug proceeds from his residence. The investigation began in July…...