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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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Aiyana Branch, who wants to be a hair stylist and salon owner, won a first place award for her skills demo. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

Delaware vo-tech students win $800,000 in scholarships and apprenticeships

The nonprofit Delaware SkillsUSA awarded about $800,000 in scholarships and apprenticeships. One winner said vo-tech gives kids a “head start” on a career.

8 years ago

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Kathryn Whitecotton covers her personal information as she shows her Pennsylvania drivers license and her address update card outside the Penndot Drivers License Center. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Federally approved Real ID driver’s licenses are now available in Pa.

Pennsylvania has beat the federal deadline to make available the new Real ID driver's licenses.

8 years ago

The majority of absentee ballots are rejected in Pennsylvania for lateness, and the rejection rate is increasing. (Alan Diaz/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. rejected twice as many absentee ballots in 2018

The majority of absentee ballots are rejected in Pennsylvania for lateness, and the rejection rate is increasing.

8 years ago

A school safety symposium held in Indiana, Pa. last week drew nearly 600 educators, superintendents, school resource officers, state police, and community members from around the state. (Courtesy of the Indiana Area School District)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

‘Hard’ and ‘soft’ school safety solutions on display at western Pa. conference

Presentations ran the gamut from so-called “soft” solutions like mental health counseling to “hard” solutions like metal detectors and armed staff.

8 years ago

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Coni Sanders, whose father was a teacher killed in the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School, poses for a photo at her home Saturday, March 16, 2019, in Denver. A growing movement is urging news organizations to avoid naming the gunmen responsible for mass shootings. The idea is to avoid inspiring more shooters who seek infamy and notoriety.
Community

Should media avoid naming the gunmen in mass shootings?

Critics say giving the assailants notoriety offers little to help understand the attacks and instead fuels celebrity-style coverage that encourages future attacks.

8 years ago

In this March 3, 2019, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and his wife, Jane Sanders, greet supporters as they leave after his 2020 presidential campaign stop at Navy Pier in Chicago. (Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Is Jane Sanders the most powerful woman not running in 2020?

Jane Sanders remains his closest adviser, making her perhaps the most influential woman in the 2020 campaign who isn't a candidate.

8 years ago

Men leave the Islamic Cultural Center of New York under increased police security following the shooting in New Zealand, Friday, March 15, 2019, in New York. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)
Community

Once sanctuaries, houses of worship struggle with security

History shows sanctuaries are not immune from violence, as illustrated by bombings at African-American churches during the Civil Rights era.

8 years ago

In this Tuesday March 12, 2019 file photo Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to lawmakers in parliament, London. Britain's love-hate relationship with the rest of Europe goes back decades, but the Brexit crisis gripping it today stems from dramatic January 2013 speech by Prime Minister David Cameron in which he promised an
Politics & Policy

UK leader to lawmakers: Back my deal or face lengthy delay

Theresa May also cautioned that if lawmakers failed to back her deal before Thursday's European Council summit, "we will not leave the EU for many months, if ever."

8 years ago

This March 4, 2019, image from video provided by Earth Conservation Corps Eagle Cam, shows Bald Eagles Liberty and Justice on their nest in Washington. (Earth Conservation Corps via AP)
Community

Where eagles flirt: A D.C. tale of love, loss and raccoons

Washingtonians and a global community of eagle-watchers have been transfixed by Liberty and Justice, bald eagles who've nested and raised eaglets together for 14 years.

8 years ago

A priest cries at a mass funeral at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday, March 17, 2019. Thousands of Ethiopians have turned out to a mass funeral ceremony in the capital one week after the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash. (Mulugeta Ayene/AP Photo)
Community

Ethiopians hold mass funeral ceremony for crash victims

Thousands mourned the Ethiopian plane crash victims on Sunday, accompanying 17 empty caskets draped in the national flag through the streets of the capital.

8 years ago

Until now, it has cost more than $60 to apply to have a conviction pardoned. (AP Photo, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Come Monday, Pennsylvanians can apply for pardons for free

The commonwealth's Board of Pardons has voted unanimously to get rid of all application fees, starting March 18.

8 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks during a campaign meet-and-greet, Friday, March 15, 2019, at To Share Brewing in Manchester, N.H. (Elise Amendola/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Gillibrand in 2020 Democratic race as full-fledged candidate

New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand formally joined the 2020 White House race on Sunday and previewed the hard line she will take against President Donald Trump.

8 years ago

An entrance to Garden Spot High School is seen on March 14, 2019. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Education
PA Post

Pa. school may remodel locker rooms over transgender student access

The moves come after protests over how the Eastern Lancaster County School District is providing locker room and bathroom access for a transgender student.

8 years ago

In this March 14, 2019, photo, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee to discuss the Department of Defense budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington. To a remarkable degree, the Pentagon’s new budget proposal is shaped by national security threats that Shanahan has summarized in three words: “China, China, China.” (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

New U.S. military budget focused on China despite border talk

The $25 billion the Pentagon is proposing to spend on nuclear weapons in 2020, for example, is meant in part to stay ahead of China's nuclear arsenal.

8 years ago

Students M’niyah DeVaughn and with Tatiana Amaya share their stories of empowerment during a discussion panel (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Girls, women share stories of empowerment during Philly summit

Approximately 300 to 350 women and girls attended the summit hosted by the Philadelphia Commission for Women.

8 years ago

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