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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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Community

Haddon Heights ends its dry spell, approving the borough to issue liquor licenses. Here’s what is next

On Election Day, residents ended 120 years of barring alcohol sales with a 3-to-2 vote in favor of allowing liquor licenses in the borough.

1 year ago

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Elon Musk
Courts & Law

Delaware judge reaffirms ruling that invalidated massive Tesla pay package for Elon Musk

The judge ruled in January that Musk engineered a pay package potentially worth $56 billion in sham negotiations with directors who were not independent.

1 year ago

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Courts & Law
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Man who allegedly killed ex, left her in shallow grave is ‘most wanted man’ in Philly: U.S. Marshals

The woman's body was found in the city's Fox Chase neighborhood last month. Police say the man had a dispute with the victim before she went missing.

1 year ago

Donna DeCaprio sits and smiles
Community

Some Atlantic City casino workers call on union leader to resign for opposing a smoking ban

Workers seeking an end to smoking in Atlantic City casinos say the main employee union has been won over by tobacco companies seeking allies in the fight against restrictions.

1 year ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Renovations underway at Philadelphia Film Society Center following strong pandemic recovery

The grant from Philadelphia’s Wyncote Foundation recognized film as a “driver for community engagement and economic growth.”

1 year ago

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Businesses line a city street
Community

Chester County Economic Development Council inches closer to key U.S. Treasury Department designation

Designation as a Community Development Financial Institution would give the Exton-based nonprofit more support to help underserved businesses.

1 year ago

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Gas stations display the price of gasoline
Money

New Jersey’s gas tax climbing by nearly 3 cents starting New Year’s Day

Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration said Monday the state’s gas tax will climb about 6% to 44.9 cents a gallon.

1 year ago

Hunter Biden arrives to federal court with his wife
Politics & Policy

Biden has pardoned his son Hunter. What does that mean?

The move comes weeks before Hunter Biden was set to receive his punishment after his trial conviction in the gun case and guilty plea on tax charges.

1 year ago

Hannah and Claudine Clarke smile in a hospital bed
Health

How one Philadelphia medical student is learning to be a young caregiver to a parent with dementia

An estimated one in six millennial caregivers are caring for a loved one with a type of dementia, past research has shown.

1 year ago

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Robert McKennon Jr. at an encampment in Pottstown
Community

Dozens call Pottstown’s ‘Tent City’ home. A railroad company wants them gone

Signs posted outside demand unhoused people vacate “Tent City” by Jan. 2. Tent City sits on Norfolk Southern property.

1 year ago

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Sophia Wallace and four of her five children smile
Health

A CHOP program showed promising results for families facing food insecurity. Researchers hope more funding broadens its reach

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia found nearly one in five patient families struggle to get enough food, and wanted to address it.

1 year ago

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FILE - President Joe Biden, wearing a Team USA jacket and walking with his son Hunter Biden, heads toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Politics & Policy

Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to

President Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter. That spares his son a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions.

1 year ago

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Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Charles L. Blockson Collection at Temple turns 40

The collection at Temple University honors the legacy of one of America’s foremost historians and collectors of artifacts on the global Black experience.

1 year ago

Joe and Jill Biden walk between AIDS Memorial Quilts spread over the South Lawn at the White House
Community

Biden has AIDS Memorial Quilt at White House to observe World AIDS Day

Gathered with the president and his wife, Jill, were survivors, family members and advocates to memorialize the lives lost to the epidemic.

1 year ago

Donald Trump signs autographs as Massad Boulos listens
Politics & Policy

Trump names Massad Boulos, campaign liaison and family relative, as a senior adviser on Middle East

During the presidential campaign, Boulos, a Lebanese American businessman and father-in-law to Trump’s daughter Tiffany, helped Trump engage Arab American voters in Michigan.

1 year ago

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