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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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Protesters marched in West Philadelphia after police killed Walter Wallace Jr. while responding to a 911 call
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Billy Penn

Averting another Walter Wallace Jr. tragedy: $13 million boost for mental health crisis response

Mayor Kenney’s proposed city budget would up the number of units available and help integrate with police dispatch.

5 years ago

Police stand near the scene where multiple people were shot at the FedEx Ground facility early Friday morning, April 16, 2021, in Indianapolis. A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before apparently taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said, in the latest in a spate of mass shootings in the United States after a relative lull during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Gun Violence
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Public Safety

Police ID killer in FedEx shooting as 19-year-old man

They said they could not yet say why he opened fire with a rifle late Thursday night at a FedEx processing center near the Indianapolis airport.

5 years ago

Micah Harrigan interacts with Jeff Brown at a pop-up at the ShopRite of Oregon Avenue. (Abdul R. Sulayman/Philadelphia Tribune)
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Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Lemonade venture leads to sweet success for 10-year-old entrepreneur

After two years of running his stand and selling his drinks in various pop ups, Micah is gearing up to take his business on the road.

5 years ago

A 6-year-old boy was hurt, and his father killed, in a shooting in West Philly Wednesday night. (NBC10)
Gun Violence
Public Safety

A 6-year-old was shot and lost his dad in one night. The impact will be felt well beyond the family

More than 50 children under the age of 18 have been shot in Philly so far this year. Victims advocates on the impact and resources for young people and families.

5 years ago

(Miguel Martinez/Billy Penn)
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
Billy Penn

After blowback, Philly police yank NRA’s gun safety curriculum from city rec centers

The “Eddie Eagle” program has been found to be ineffective at stopping kids from using firearms.

5 years ago

Activists hung caution tape around City Hall in Philadelphia on March 26, 2021, to bring the crime scenes they witness in their neighborhoods to city officials’ work place. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community Conversations
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Gun Violence
Public Safety

Funding What Works: Ensuring safe communities

Free Press, WHYY, and Reclaim Philadelphia convened community leaders on the frontline of the gun violence crisis to explore funding what works and defunding what doesn’t.

5 years ago

HipCityVeg employees are pictured at the shop's Radnor location.
Employment
Food & Drink
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

Marquis & Co. restaurant group will raise minimum wage for workers

Starting in July, the owner of HipCityVeg and other restaurants will boost employees’ minimum to $15 an hour.

5 years ago

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Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

New Phillies-inspired ice cream can soothe your cravings for ‘Graham Slam’

Made with buttered popcorn, peanuts, and caramel, Milk Jawn's pints have all the flavors of the ballpark.

5 years ago

Members of the organization Voices by Choices held an event on the Simpson Street block where 7 year-old Zamar Jones was fatally shot in the summer of 2020 for those affected by gun violence on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

Philly rec centers hosting NRA youth gun program found to be ineffective, per Outlaw

Other officials expressed concern over the partnership with the lobbying group, which has sued the city over firearm safety laws.

5 years ago

Patti Smith
Things To Do
Community Events
April 15 - 21, 2021

Benefit concert, cheaper eats, and Easttown on HBO in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

April 15-21: The week’s events include drive-in movie screenings, dining at suburban restaurants, and an interactive virtual theater performance.

5 years ago

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The shooting occurred Wednesday night on the 5300 block of Baltimore Avenue. (NBC10)
Gun Violence
Public Safety
NBC10

Father killed, 6-year-old boy and 2nd man in critical condition, after gunman fires at car in West Philadelphia

The shooting occurred Wednesday night on the 5300 block of Baltimore Avenue.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw confer during a press event at Olney Transportation Center, where a mass shooting occurred on Feb. 17, 2021. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Gun Violence
Philadelphia

Kenney wants $19M budget boost to curb Philly violence with intervention, job creation, vacant lot cleanup

If approved, the total spending on anti-violence efforts next year would amount to less than 5% of the $727 million Kenney wants to spend on the police department.

5 years ago

File photo: The wetlands and woodlands of the Upper Tohickon Creek watershed are near the proposed quarry site in Springfield, Bucks County. (Courtesy pf the Upper Tohickon Watershed Association)
Environment
Outdoors
Pennsylvania

Upper Bucks residents, developer clash again over proposed Springfield quarry

A report on rock samples submitted for asbestos testing and property values near another H&K Group quarry drew objections.

5 years ago

A PSPCA worker transports Pistachio the dog from a suspected dogfighting ring.
Animals
Crime
Philadelphia

PSPCA rescues 5 dogs from suspected dogfighting ring in North Philly

An early morning investigation into possible arson led to the discovery of five crated dogs, who were rescued from a suspected dogfighting ring.

5 years ago

Rebecca Bryan of Rutgers School of Nursing sits with 86-year-old Turner Pittman
Home & Family
New Jersey
Public Health

J&J ‘pause’ is also halting efforts to vaccinate homebound New Jerseyans

The federal recommendation to pause use of the J&J vaccine came as efforts were ramping up to inoculate N.J.’s more than 11,000 homebound people.

5 years ago

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