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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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File photo: White House counsel Pat Cipollone listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, March 29, 2020, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Politics & Policy

Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Pat Cipollone, former WH counsel

Previous witnesses have testified Cipollone was in meetings in which lawyers debated strategies to overturn former President Donald Trump’s election loss.

4 years ago

The dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol is visible in Harrisburg.
Politics & Policy

Bills limiting LGBTQ instruction, trans athletes pass Pa. Senate

The bills passed nearly along party lines Wednesday and Democrats warned that Gov. Tom Wolf will veto them.

4 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia's Democratic District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, on Jan. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Politics & Policy

House sets up committee to consider Philly DA Krasner’s impeachment

The divided House of Representatives voted Wednesday to establish the five-member Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order.

4 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. ((AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Courts & Law

High court noon: Jackson to be sworn in as Breyer retires Thursday

The first Black woman confirmed for the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is officially becoming a justice.

4 years ago

Nurse Shirley Gardiner expressed her concern about the negative impact an abortion ban in Pa. could have on maternal health at a rally for Josh Shapiro on June 29, 2022. (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Medical professionals join Shapiro in show of support for his Pa. gubernatorial campaign

A group of doctors and nurses say they’re concerned about a potential complete ban on abortion if Republican Doug Mastriano is elected governor.

4 years ago

A view of the State Capitol and
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

New N.J. budget: A look behind the numbers of $50.6B spending proposal

Largest spending plan in state history funds school construction, pension obligations, tax relief — and lawmakers’ pet projects

4 years ago

Lev Parnas, center, speaks to the media outside the federal courthouse in New York, Wednesday, June 29, 2022.  (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Courts & Law

Giuliani’s former Ukraine fixer gets 20 months in prison

Lev Parnas had sought leniency on the grounds that he'd helped the Congressional probe of Trump and his efforts to get the leaders of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden's son.

4 years ago

Kathy Jennings, Delaware’s Attorney General. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Delaware judge overturns Seaford abortion ordinance after state AG sued

A Seaford ordinance that required burial or cremation of fetal tissue following an abortion or miscarriage has been invalidated by a Delaware judge.

4 years ago

In this courtroom sketch, R. Kelly and his attorney Jennifer Bonjean, left, appear during his sentencing hearing in federal court, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in New York. The former R&B superstar was convicted of racketeering and other crimes. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)
Courts & Law

R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case

R&B star R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse.

4 years ago

Ellen Fraint holds her daughter, 7-month-old Jojo, as she receives the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Health

‘Give them a future’: Health officials urge Philly parents to get their kids vaccinated against COVID

Philly officials are trying to spread the word that city health centers have the COVID-19 vaccine available for children under 5.

4 years ago

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (Christopher Black/AP)
Health

WHO chief: U.S. abortion ruling ‘a setback,’ will cost lives

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a media briefing that decades of scientific data prove that access to safe and legal abortion saves lives.

4 years ago

A spotted lanternfly at a vineyard in Kutztown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Science

Penn State researchers aim to make discoveries about spotted lanternfly with public’s help

They are finding that several animals like to make a meal out of the pests.

4 years ago

Mitzi Rivas, left, hugs her daughter Maya Iribarren during an abortion-rights protest at City Hall in San Francisco
Health

Clinics scramble to divert patients as states ban abortion

“It’s been hell,’’ said one gynecologist whose clinic has to had to turn most patients away in the wake of a new abortion ban.

4 years ago

An overview shot of hundreds of red Wawa Hoagie Day swag bags on a table
Community
6abc

Wawa Hoagie Day returns to National Constitution Center

First dibs on the free hoagies go to members of the U.S. armed forces, firefighters, police officers, and first responders.

4 years ago

New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton
Politics & Policy

N.J. lawmakers are set to vote on state budget, gun reform, and abortion protection. Here’s what you should know

The budget for fiscal year 2023 includes a historic $9 billion surplus.

4 years ago

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