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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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Russell Banks, author of ''Cloudsplitter,'' delivers a keynote address during the Hemingway & Winship Awards ceremony at John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston, April, 4, 2004
Arts & Entertainment

Russell Banks, praised author of ‘Cloudsplitter,’ dies at 82

Banks was a self-styled heir to such 19th century writers as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walt Whitman, aspiring to high art and a deep grasp of the country’s spirit.

3 years ago

A beached whale at the Jersey Shore
Community
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Another dead whale washes up on Jersey Shore beach

A third humpback whale in about a month washed up at the Jersey Shore over the weekend, concerning both residents and conservationists.

3 years ago

Injured Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts
Community

Hurts starts after missing 2 games with injured shoulder

The Eagles need to beat the Giants to earn the No. 1 seed in the NFC and home-field advantage in the conference playoffs.

3 years ago

Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, storm the the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023
Politics & Policy

Pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Brazil’s top government offices

Images on TV channel Globo News showed protesters roaming the presidential palace, many of them wearing the colors that have come to symbolize the Bolsonaro government.

3 years ago

President Joe Biden shakes hands with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Politics & Policy

Biden in Texas for his first visit to border as president

Biden is stopping in El Paso after two years of hounding by Republicans who've hammered him as soft on border security while the number of migrants crossing spirals.

3 years ago

Pharmacist Kaitlin Harring, left, administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination to 3-year-old Fletcher Pack
Health

New study shows COVID vaccination safe for kids diagnosed with severe inflammatory condition after a coronavirus infection

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is a rare, but serious condition that appears two to six weeks after a child’s COVID-19 infection.

3 years ago

The Horsham Air Guard Station in Bucks County, Pa. where the use of PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam has been linked with contamination of local water supplies. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Health

Bucks and Montco residents learn more about their exposure to the toxic chemicals in PFAS study

As part of a federal study, more than 1,000 Montco and Bucks residents tested their blood for the toxic class of chemicals.

3 years ago

Ballons are displayed on a fence outside of a hospital building.
Community

Hamlin’s recovery continues, still in critical condition

Doctors describe Damar Hamlin’s neurological function as “excellent,” and the Buffalo Bills safety and Pa. native is still making progress in his recovery.

3 years ago

A photo of three people is displayed. People stand at attention behind it.
Courts & Law

New Jersey woman gets 3 years in bogus good Samaritan online fundraiser

A New Jersey woman who pleaded guilty to helping her boyfriend spread a story that garnered more than $400,000 in online donations has been sentenced to three years in prison.

3 years ago

Three students seated at a table look at laptops.
Education

‘Anything that’s worth arguing about is complex’: N.J. students must now learn media and information literacy skills in K-12

New Jersey requires the Board of Education to create statewide information literacy standards, teaching students to assess a variety of sources.

3 years ago

A sign reads
Health

Chester County revives its local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness

Starting this year, the returning local chapter will provide support and education for people in the county dealing with mental illnesses as well as their families.

3 years ago

Mark Rozzi smiles, standing at a podium.
Politics & Policy

New Pa. speaker puts sexual abuse lawsuit window atop agenda

Pennsylvania’s newly minted state House speaker is moving to make his major policy goal regarding victims of child sexual abuse to be the chamber’s urgent priority.

3 years ago

A large warehouse is shown, with election workers working to process mail ballots.
Politics & Policy

Majority of 16k canceled Pa. mail-in ballots were from Dems

Democratic voters, who are much more likely to vote by mail, make up more than two-thirds of the total canceled ballots.

3 years ago

A firetruck stands at a waste dump site.
Community

Popular Delaware yard waste dump site closed after three ‘suspicious fires’ this week

State environmental officials say the shutdown is necessary to protect the public during a period when many residents are dropping off Christmas trees.

3 years ago

Survey work by a crew from Stockton University measures the countours of an eroded beach in North Wildwood, N.J. on Oct. 25, 2022. On Jan. 4, 2023, the city asked a judge to force the state environmental protection department to pay it $21 million to cover the cost of trucking in sand over the past decade. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Community

Beach town in sand dunes battle sues New Jersey for $21M

North Wildwood is being sued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for defying a state order not to make emergency repairs to the dunes.

3 years ago

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