Frank Kummer News Today

The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing what could be one of the most important decisions it makes this term: whether to uphold a 1984 legal precedent known as Chevron, which states that federal courts must defer to regulatory agencies when a law is ambiguous.

Residents who live along New Jersey’s thriving coast had genuine concerns about the impact of offshore wind on their ocean views, local economies, and commercial and recreational fishing. But an unusual event gave fossil fuel-aligned interests an opening to dominate the conversation, ultimately helping sway public opinion away from offshore wind: a spate of whale deaths.

Late changes to the bill create a “Stay NJ Task Force.”

We explore the loss of worms and wisdom from Philly's last bait and tackle shop, scope out a hiking gem and get the facts on ticks.

Plus, crowds, crashes and rowdy teens mark start of summer

The death of a Chester man renews attention to how people in custody are treated. Plus, how dropshipping impacts Philly artists and creators.

Philadelphia’s next leaders will inherit a city at an inflection point in its long history. Plus, a historic lighthouse battles the environment and the State of New Jersey.

A North Philly mansion owned by Father Divine's International Peace Mission Movement was sold at auction. And a man directs an environmental nonprofit from his sailboat home on the Delaware River.

Back in 1899, a Swarthmore professor dug up a Native American burial ground and displayed its remains and artifacts.

What happened around in New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania Saturday was related to the storm that had resulted in so much death and destruction in the South and Midwest late last week.