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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

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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Enock Benjamin
Community

COVID-19 death of Philly meat processing worker spurs wrongful death lawsuit

Enock Benjamin, 70, was a shop steward at a meat processing plant in Montgomery County. He died in early April after becoming infected with COVID-19.

6 years ago

Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn
Courts & Law

AP Exclusive: Justice Dept. dropping Michael Flynn’s criminal case

The move is a stunning reversal for one of the signature cases brought by special counsel Robert Mueller.

6 years ago

People wait in line to be tested for the new coronavirus at a testing site in Jersey City, N.J., Monday, May 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. unemployment claims soar, hospitalizations dip

The number of people unemployed at once sets an all-time record in New Jersey.

6 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf
Health

Coronavirus update: Wolf extends stay-at-home orders for ‘red’ counties through June 4

Gov. Tom Wolf and Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine have extended the order for the state’s 43 counties in the “red” phase through June 4.

6 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney
Community

Coronavirus update: Delaware postpones presidential primary again

Gov. John Carney has issued a second delay for Delaware's presidential primary, postponing it until July 7.

6 years ago

Ocean Resort Casino
Community

Its finances improved, Ocean Casino’s owners OK’d by N.J.

New Jersey gambling regulators are happy with the financial turnaround a once-troubled casino has made.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

AP Exclusive: US shelves detailed guide to reopening country

It was supposed to be published last Friday, but agency scientists were told the guidance “would never see the light of day,” according to a CDC official.

6 years ago

Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni
Courts & Law

Supreme Court tosses two convictions in N.J. ‘Bridgegate’ scandal

Two allies of former Gov. Chris Christie had been convicted, but the court said those verdicts were based on a faulty interpretation of the law.

6 years ago

A masked worker at this state WIN job center in Pearl, Miss., holds an unemployment benefit application form as she waits for a client, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Money

33 million have sought US unemployment aid since virus hit

Roughly 33.5 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the seven weeks since the coronavirus began forcing millions of companies to close their doors.

6 years ago

Physicians and nurses in the Doylestown emergency unit Wednesday, May 6. (Courtesy of Thomas DiEnna/Doylestown Health)
Health

Fear of COVID-19 leads people to delay emergency treatment. At times, that’s been deadly

Would-be ER visitors are weighing their fear of worsening symptoms with their fear of exposure to the coronavirus. Doctors say that’s not a good thing.

6 years ago

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Health

Delaware teachers get training on how to spot child abuse virtually

Delaware’s child abuse hotline has seen a dramatic drop in calls now that mandatory abuse reporters like teachers no longer interacting with kids.

6 years ago

Family photos show Michael Hill through the years from young father to grandfather. (Courtesy of Whitney Samuels)
PlanPhilly
Community

Michael Hill, 58, longtime Regional Rail conductor and forever ‘cool’ dad

Michael Hill is remembered for his big personality and kindness. A North Philly native, he climbed the ranks at SEPTA over a 40-year-career.

6 years ago

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Things To Do
Community
May 7 - 13, 2020

Celebrating moms virtually in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Whether you’re quarantining with your mother or haven’t seen her at all due to the coronavirus, we have some ideas to help her enjoy her day.

6 years ago

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Glendale Cemetery in Bloomfield, like many other cemeteries in northern New Jersey, has seen a sharp increase in burials since the coronavirus pandemic struck the region. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

‘The back end of the frontline’: How N.J.’s ‘death care’ workers are coping with COVID-19

New Jersey funeral homes and cemeteries accustomed to handling a certain number of deaths per week were suddenly facing two or three times that.

6 years ago

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Gov. Tom Wolf (Commonwealth Media Services)
Politics & Policy

Wolf announces New-Deal-esqe ‘civilian corps’ to help with COVID-19 response

Gov. Tom Wolf wants to create a new, federally-funded ‘civilian corps’ to help respond to COVID-19. But many of the details are still unclear.

6 years ago

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