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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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Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speaks during a full honors welcoming ceremony for him at the Pentagon, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Washington. President Donald Trump attended the ceremony. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Community

Bucks and Montco activists skeptical about Pentagon PFAS task force

The new Secretary of Defense says he wants to review how chemicals in firefighting foam contaminated groundwater near military bases nationwide.

7 years ago

Ground was broken Wednesday on a model unit on a 700 square-foot, city-owned parcel of land at 2147 Orleans Street in Greater Kensington. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

A Philly woman is building ‘not tiny’ houses for formerly homeless people — and their pets

Nonprofit developer Stephanie Sena will test her model for low-cost, infill housing on vacant land acquired from the Philadelphia Land Bank in 2018.

7 years ago

Keith and Keren Byrne are pictured with their youngest child. (Courtesy of Keren Byrne)
Courts & Law

Judge orders ICE to release Irish man slated for deportation after decade in Montco

After two weeks in ICE custody, Irish national Keith Byrne, who had been living in Montco for more than a decade, will be released on a judge’s orders.

7 years ago

NASA stock image.
Down the Shore
Science

Fireball that streaked across sky ‘lit up the whole beach,’ eyewitness says

As of 1 p.m. on Thursday, more than 360 spotters reported seeing a fireball across portions of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

7 years ago

White paint defaces Ori Feibush's Point Breeze home. (Courtesy of Ori Feibush)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Developer Ori Feibush says ‘anarchists’ vandalized his Point Breeze home

It’s the latest in a string of vandalism incidents that have targeted properties associated with the developer and his company, OCF Realty.

7 years ago

Centre County introduced new ES&S voting machines in the primary on May 21, 2019. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Politics & Policy

Election upgrades could come with hidden costs for Pa. taxpayers

Already facing $100M+ in upfront costs for machines, counties are struggling to pin vendors down on pricing for software updates.

7 years ago

Vietnamese community members in front of 1515 Arch Street. (Courtesy of 18MillionRising)
PlanPhilly
Community

Why Philly’s Vietnamese community is fighting to save Hoa Binh Plaza

The demolition of Hoa Binh Plaza would close 10 vibrant long-term ethnic businesses, end 50 jobs and eliminate nearly 30 years of service to Philly's many diverse communities.

7 years ago

A nurse's aide helps nursing home patient Louise Irving on Wednesday, March 25, 2015. (Richard Drew/AP Photo)
Community

Audit shows Pa. nursing homes understaffed, problem projected to get worse

An audit of Pennsylvania nursing homes warns that staffing levels at these facilities are insufficient and on track to get worse.

7 years ago

Volunteers working with a city Tree Tenders group plant trees in Hunting Park. (City of Philadelphia)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Philly debuts community-driven plan to beat rising temperatures

City creates first-ever community heat relief plan in Hunting Park. Planting trees is one of the recommendations, but it takes more than that.

7 years ago

Miss America contestants wave during the traditional Miss America welcoming ceremony on the Atlantic City, N.J., Boardwalk on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015.  (Edward Lea/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
Arts & Entertainment

‘It’s our pageant:’ As Miss America leaves Atlantic City, residents get territorial

A day after the pageant said it was leaving for Connecticut, people in the resort town said they weren’t ready to see it go.

7 years ago

A rendering shows the proposed design for the Bayhealth emergency department. (Courtesy of Bayhealth)
Health

Two Delaware hospitals seek approval for Sussex County emergency departments

Bayhealth and Beebe hospitals have made their case for stand-alone emergency departments in the Georgetown, Delaware, area

7 years ago

Barrymore Award-winning actress Catharine Slusar portrays Prospero. Several of the roles are gender-flipped in Shakespeare in Clark Park's version of
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment
July 25-31, 2019

Team tennis, sharks and drinks, boat parades, and the Bard in the park in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Philadelphia, Delaware and South Jersey host an array of events from Shakespeare in the Park to the Xponential Music Festival to the Wilmington Writer’s Conference and more.

7 years ago

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Nikolaos Tzima Hatziefstathiou, also known as “Nik the Hat.”  (Nik Tzima Hatziefstathiou Facebook page)
Courts & Law

DA says Delco man faked racist email, impersonated national journalists

The Delco DA’s Office says Nikolaos Tzima Hatziefstathiou, 25, faked the premises of articles, doctored government documents, and impersonated the press.

7 years ago

About 800 protesters gather outside Hahnemann Hospital, demanding that the facility remain open and closing the south bound lanes of North Broad Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Hahnemann frees funding so medical residents can take new jobs

The owner of the hospital, which plans to close, announces it will free up the federal dollars trainee doctors need to seek employment elsewhere.

7 years ago

Former special counsel Robert Mueller, checks pages in the report as he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. representatives stick to party line in Mueller hearing

Three Pennsylvania members of Congress had a chance to question former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Wednesday.

7 years ago

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