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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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Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid (left) reacts to the basket by Danny Green, during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers, Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Arts & Entertainment

Embiid has 41 points, 20 rebounds as Sixers down Pacers

Embiid scored 41 points while adding 20 rebounds and four assists. James Harden added 22 points and 14 assists for the Sixers.

3 years ago

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman speaks at a news conference
Politics & Policy

Fetterman, Democrats confront a newly hostile Pa. Senate primary

Fetterman has been on the defensive, after a week of attacks by Lamb, Malcolm Kenyatta and a super PAC supporting Lamb that's running a TV ad against Fetterman.

3 years ago

In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson pose for a picture during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
Politics & Policy

European leaders stream into Ukraine to show solidarity

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer have joined a stream of European leaders showing their support for Ukraine.

3 years ago

Ukrainian servicemen stand next to a fragment of a Tochka-U missile with a writing in Russian
Politics & Policy

More civilians flee east Ukraine after deadly station strike

Ukrainian authorities have called on civilians to get out ahead of an imminent, stepped-up offensive by Russian forces in the east.

3 years ago

Henri David leads the Philadelphia Freedom Band during the Annual Easter Promenade in Philadelphia's South Street Headhouse District. (Courtesy of South Street Head House District)
Community

Philly’s Easter Promenade hops back to South Street on April 17 after 2-year break

The 89th Annual Easter Promenade returns to South Street on Sunday, April 17, after a two-year hibernation due to the coronavirus pandemic.

3 years ago

Cellist Ajibola Rivers performs with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Orchestra has new collaborator: artificial intelligence

A white monolith shares the stage with the Orchestra, exploding with 3D imagery generated in real time by an AI classical music lover.

3 years ago

Maj. Gen. Rodney Faulk, commanding general of the Army Reserve's 99th Readiness Division based at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, passing the colors to Command Sgt. Maj. Subretta Pompey as she assumes the assignment as the top non-commissioned officer in the division. She is also the first African American and first woman to hold that position.
Community

An Army Reserve division welcomes first Black woman as top non-commissioned officer

Command Sgt. Maj. Subretta Pompey assumed the command as the top non-commissioned officer for the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division at Joint Base MDL.

3 years ago

File photo: Donald Trump Jr., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Feb. 27, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Donald Trump Jr. texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows two days after the 2020 presidential election with strategies for overturning the result if Trump's father lost, CNN reported Friday, April 8, 2022
Politics & Policy

CNN: Trump Jr. text shows ideas to overturn 2020 election

Trump Jr. texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows two days after the 2020 presidential election with strategies for overturning the result if Trump’s father lost.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber (12) celebrates with Philadelphia Phillies’ Bryce Harper (3) after hitting a home run in the first inning of a home opening baseball game against the Oakland Athletics, Friday, April 8, 2022, in Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

Schwarber goes deep for Phillies in 9-5 win over Athletics

Kyle Schwarber homered in his first at-bat with the Phillies, reigning NL MVP Bryce Harper knocked in a run and Aaron Nola struck out seven.

3 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf
Courts & Law

Gov. Wolf appeals court order blocking carbon emissions plan

The filing in the state Supreme Court appealed a two-day old decision by a lower court which barred the official publication of the the regulation “pending further order."

3 years ago

File photo: A man walks past boxes that were moved out of the Eisenhower Executive Office building, just outside the West Wing, inside the White House complex, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Washington. The State Department says it's unable to compile a complete accounting of gifts presented to U.S. officials by foreign governments during the final year of the Trump administration due to missing White House data
Politics & Policy

State Department: WH gift records for Trump, Pence missing

The State Department's Office of Protocol reported the missing data in footnotes to a partial list of gifts received by U.S. officials in 2020.

3 years ago

Jace Mignano, 7, attended his first Phillies home opener with his parents on April 8, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

‘I got a gut feeling this year.’ Hope springs eternal at Phillies’ opening day

Fans flocked to the Phillies’ sold-out season starter at Citizens Bank Park to cheer on the great annual promise of baseball.

3 years ago

Wind turbines are seen up close and in the distance in the ocean.
PlanPhilly
Science

Report says when accounting for climate and health, wind power is cheaper for Delaware

Delaware is rare on the East Coast for having no offshore wind power. A new report commissioned by the state finds it would be cost-effective.

3 years ago

Chris Rock appears at the the FX portion of theTelevision Critics Association Winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 9, 2020, left, and Will Smith appears at the 94th Academy Awards nominees luncheon in Los Angeles on March 7, 2022. Smith was banned from Oscars, other film academy events for 10 years for slapping Rock onstage at Academy Awards.
Arts & Entertainment

Will Smith gets 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap

The motion picture academy has banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards.

3 years ago

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer attends an event with President Joe Biden in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, March 9, 2022, in Washington. Prosecutors in the trial of four men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are showing jurors profanity-filled messages and social media posts on Thursday, March 10, by two of the men, some months before the FBI got involved in the case
Courts & Law

2 acquitted, jury hung on Delaware man and 1 more in Whitmer kidnap plot

Defense portrayed their clients as weekend warriors prone to wild talk. They said FBI undercover agents and informants tricked the men into agreeing to a conspiracy.

3 years ago

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