More than 8,000 gallons of an acrylic polymer solution were released late on Friday into a tributary of the Delaware River, a source of the city’s drinking water.
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They Outlasted the Dinosaurs. Can They Survive Us?
Sturgeon are disappearing from North American rivers where they thrived for millions of years. And the quest to save them is exposing the limits of the Endangered Species Act.
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A Battlefield From 1777 Yields a Dozen Mercenaries’ Remains
Archaeologists uncovered the remains of 13 Hessian soldiers killed by American forces in the bloody Battle of Red Bank near Philadelphia.
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He’s Baseball’s Only Mud Supplier. It’s a Job He May Soon Lose.
Jim Bintliff collects the Delaware River mud that is smeared on Major League baseballs to make them less slippery. But that tradition is in jeopardy.