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It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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FILE - Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Dec. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Health

Fauci: CDC mulling COVID test requirement for asymptomatic

Health officials are looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus.

4 years ago

File photo: People inspect damage in Fort Washington, Pa. Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 in the aftermath of downpours and high winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ida that hit the area.
Community

Telling an honest story: Montco will count the number of people experiencing homelessness

The count will include people in emergency shelters or transitional housing, and those staying in hotel rooms paid for by the county since Hurricane Ida.

4 years ago

File photo: Lower Merion High School (Image via Benofmerion/Wikimedia Commons)
Health
6abc

Central Bucks, Lower Merion, Pennsauken among school districts making changes due to COVID cases

Some schools are extending their winter break, while others are opting to go virtual.

4 years ago

FILE - This statement of facts from the FBI in support of bringing charges against Jennifer Leigh Ryan of Frisco, Texas, is photographed on Nov. 4, 2021. The Texas real estate agent who bragged she wasn't going to jail for storming the U.S. Capitol because she is white, has blond hair and good job has been sentenced to two months behind bars. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)
Politics & Policy

Capitol rioters’ tears, remorse don’t spare them from jail

Many rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol a year ago are shedding tears and expressing remorse when judges sentence them for their part in the insurrection.

4 years ago

Delco Councilmember Elaine Schaefer said that the countys 911 system has serious infrastructure technology and security deficiencies and it is long overdue for modernization. (Kenny Cooper, WHYY)
Community

Delco receives $4.6M to improve the county’s aging 911 system

The money comes via Pennsylvania’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program after local lawmakers nudged Harrisburg for help.

4 years ago

Elementary school teacher Nicki Besada, aka “Chainsaw Barbie”, is part of The Upper Darby Chainsaw Gang that’s working to clear debris since a tornado tore apart the area in September 2021
Community

What’s that buzz? Upper Dublin’s Chainsaw Gang, still clearing tree debris Ida left behind

Since the storm in September, a band of neighbors, friends, kids, teachers, and others has chopped up and moved tons of trees out of at least 270 yards.

4 years ago

FILE - University of Chicago men's rugby team players practice on the Midway Plaisance near the campus in Chicago, May 6, 2021. The University of Chicago is delaying its new term and holding the first two weeks online. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar, File)
Health

Taking a step back: U.S. colleges returning to online classes

Amid a wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant, dozens of colleges are making plans to move classes online for at least the first week of the semester.

4 years ago

Floodwaters partly submerge a van in Darby, Pa., Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Climate models predict the region will experience more precipitation going forward. 2018 was Pennsylvania's wettest year on record. (Matt Rourke / Associated Press)
Community
StateImpact PA

Study: Flood risk rising across Pennsylvania as climate changes

Most communities across Pennsylvania will likely face higher flood risks by the end of the century due to climate change, according to research from Penn State.

4 years ago

Powerball made a Chester County couple the first millionaires of 2022 moments after the ball drop. (6abc)
Arts & Entertainment
6abc

Chester County couple are 2022’s first millionaires

The drawing was held moments after the ball drop during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.

4 years ago

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2020, file photo, a 2020 Rose Parade float is seen at the start of the route at the 131st Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif. The Rose Parade and Rose Bowl college football game between Ohio State and Utah were set to go forward on New Year's Day despite surging cases of COVID-19, which forced the cancelation of the 2021 parade. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker, File)
Health

New Year’s Rose Parade proceeds despite COVID-19 surge

A year after New Year’s Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 returned.

4 years ago

A closeup of the lights of a police vehicle
Community
6abc

Deadly start to the new year in Philadelphia leaves three dead, nine injured in separate shootings

Philadelphia finished 2021 with at least 560 homicides. The highest number on record.

4 years ago

Ken Davidson arranges a stretcher
Community

Suburban EMS squads are hurting, with staff shortages and financial issues

Pennsylvania’s emergency medical services say they’re in trouble, especially in areas where ambulance services don’t receive adequate municipal support.

4 years ago

Collard grows at the Life Do Grow urban farm in North Philadelphia. (Photo courtesy of Urban Creators)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

At Life Do Grow farm, North Philly residents plant the seeds of a sovereign future

The farmers at Life Do Grow, a green oasis run by Urban Creators, a nonprofit, provide food for hundreds of North Philly families. They need support.

4 years ago

Actress Betty White poses for a portrait on the set of the television show
Arts & Entertainment

Betty White, TV’s Golden Girl, dies at 99

Her witty style gave life to a roster of quirky characters over more than a half-century.

4 years ago

A medical technician performs a nasal swab test on a cyclist queued up in a line with motorists at a COVID-19 testing site near All City Stadium Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, in southeast Denver. With the rapid spread of the omicron variant paired with the Christmas holiday, testing sites have been strained to meet demand both in Colorado as well as across the country
Health

Novavax files data with FDA to support COVID vaccine

The announcement comes shortly after the European Commission and World Health Organization cleared use of the Maryland-based company’s two-dose shot.

4 years ago

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