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Rico DiSciullo Hopes Strong Showing At Combat FC 1 Will Lead To Call From UFC

Rico DiSciullo’s career was temporarily stalled due to a nagging knee injury. It sidelined the Peabody, Massachusetts, native for nearly four years. On a mission to resurrect his career, DiSciullo faces Gareth De La Cruz at Combat FC 1 on June 17 in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

Zenger · Jun 15, 2022

Dolly Parton’s week: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction one day, Delaware the next

WILMINGTON, Del. — The crowd of lawmakers, librarians, parents, and a few young children were enthralled as Dolly Parton’s angelic voice filled the room at the Wilmington Public Library. On stage, just feet away, Parton — clad in a multicolor vest and strumming a multicolor guitar — sang her 1971…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 5, 2022

EXCERPT: Jill Biden, into the public arena

The following excerpt is from “Jill: A Biography of the First Lady,” by Associated Press journalists Julie Pace and Darlene Superville. The book details the life of Jill Biden. Superville covers the White House for the AP; Pace, a former White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief, is now AP’s…

The Independent UK · May 4, 2022

‘Slow violence that drives death’: a California port city’s struggle with pollution and shootings

Wilmington residents are no stranger to early death – either from air pollution or gun violence – often found in industrial corridors

The Guardian - US · Mar 31, 2022

Republican Reps Issa and Green mock Biden’s absence from DC – while he was known to be attending funeral

EXCLUSIVE: Two Republican members of the House Foreign Relations Committee laughed and joked about Mr Biden being safe from a theoretical attack on Washington during an impromptu interview with The Independent

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2022

CPAC: Biden accused of ‘abandoning’ DC during Ukraine crisis by GOP foreign relations committee members

EXCLUSIVE: Two Republican members of the House Foreign Relations Committee laughed and joked about Mr Biden being safe from a theoretical attack on Washington during an impromptu interview with The Independent

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2022

High school basketball schedule for Feb. 4-Feb. 10

The full schedule for the next seven days.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 4, 2022

Teflon’s River of Fear

Chemical giant Chemours is facing off against residents of North Carolina in a battle over a potentially harmful compound used to make nonstick pans.

Fortune · May 24, 2018