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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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In this Sept. 3, 2020, file photo, a forklift operator loads absentee ballots for mailing at the Wake County Board of Elections as preparations for the upcoming election are ongoing in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Politics & Policy

Battleground postal delays persist with mail voting underway

The latest numbers available show nearly all the agency's delivery regions missing its target of having at least 95% of first-class mail arrive within five days.

6 years ago

Patients from St. Joseph’s Senior Home in Woodbridge were evacuated March 25 after multiple residents contracted COVID-19 and some died. (NJTV News)
Courts & Law

Murphy signs two laws to improve N.J. long-term care facilities as pandemic rages on

Long-term care centers suffered heavy losses at the height of the pandemic. Both laws deal with contact residents have with caregivers, friends and family.

6 years ago

COVID Survivors for Change set up 866 chairs on Independence Mall in Philadelphia to represent the lives of over 8,660 Pennsylvanians lost to COVID-19. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

866 chairs at Independence Hall symbolize Pa.’s 8,660 COVID victims

The memorial opened as Pennsylvania experiences another surge of the deadly coronavirus.

6 years ago

Election workers in Union County sorted mail-in ballots on the day of primary elections, July 7, 2020. (NJ Spotlight)
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

For the first time, NJ officials to get an early start on counting ballots

It took more than a month after the July primary for the state to certify results, and that was with fewer than 1.5 million voting.

6 years ago

Medical workers at a COVID-19 testing site in McKeesport, Pa. (Katie Blackley/WESA)
Health

Pennsylvania reports largest one-day total of coronavirus cases

“Daily increases are now comparable with what we saw in April 2020,” said a press release from the state’s Department of Health.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania's mail ballot is pictured alongside both its envelopes.
Courts & Law

Pa. Supreme Court rules mail ballots cannot be rejected based on signature comparison

Friday’s unanimous ruling on use of signature comparisons was hailed as a victory by Democrats and voter rights groups.

6 years ago

Thousands gather at Lincoln Financial Field for 120th Annual Army-Navy Game on Dec. 14, 2019 in Philadelphia. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Community

Army-Navy game in December moves from Philly to West Point

By playing the game on Army's home field in New York, the entire Brigade of Midshipmen and Corps of Cadets will be able to attend.

6 years ago

Berks County Residential Center. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Health

Employee at Berks County immigration detention center tests positive for COVID-19

The employee was a member of the medical staff and that the center was responding by cleaning the building and contact tracing.

6 years ago

Voters line up at Philadelphia City Hall to drop off their mail ballots
Courts & Law

Trump campaign loses again in suit over Philly voter offices

A three-judge Commonwealth Court panel in 2-1 decision upheld a judge's rejection of the Trump campaign's lawsuit against Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke fills out his ballot at the opening of a satellite election office at Temple University’s Liacouras Center, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Politics & Policy

Pa. prosecutors release guidance outlining polling place rules, warn against intimidation schemes

Secretary of State Boockvar and Attorney General Shapiro have repeatedly said there are multiple layers of security to ensure voter safety as well as a fair, free election.

6 years ago

A Mariner East pipeline valve site on the edge of the Andover development, Thornbury Township, Delaware County, illustrates the pipeline's path through densely-populated southeastern Pennsylvania. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PUC doesn’t have to disclose its estimates of Mariner East ‘blast zone,’ court rules

The Commonwealth Court ruled that the Public Utility Commission does not have to disclose its calculations on any explosion of natural gas liquids from the pipelines.

6 years ago

A worker processes mail-in ballots
Politics & Policy

Trump campaign tapes voters at Philly drop boxes, threatens lawsuit

The campaign acknowledged the taping in a letter from a lawyer that complained it had caught voters on video illegally depositing multiple ballots.

6 years ago


President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn.  (Jim Bourg/Pool photo via AP)
Politics & Policy

Trump, Biden name-drop Pennsylvania in final presidential debate

The commonwealth was among the most talked-about states during the roughly 95-minute debate.

6 years ago

Cellist Ajibola Rivers performs with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Orchestra makes diversity and equity executive priorities

The orchestra has elevated its manager of inclusion, diversity and equity to a vice president position.

6 years ago

Joe Mangino stands on the porch of his home in Beach Haven West, New Jersey
Community

Skipped mortgage payments brought relief to N.J. homeowners, but for some the help is running out

The mortgage forbearance program allows homeowners to skip payments for 90 days, but some are told they have to pay up in a lump sum.

6 years ago

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