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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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Courts & Law

A man wears a 'Don't Tread On My 2nd Amendment Rights' hat in the state Capitol during a rally on May 6, 2019. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Mental Health
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
PA Post

How a ‘red flag’ law could work in Pa. — and what stands in its way

The ACLU of PA dropped its opposition. The NRA hasn't.

6 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing
National

Cosby appeal tests other accusers’ testimony in #MeToo era

The review of Cosby's sexual assault conviction comes as movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and other accused predators await trial.

6 years ago

Pam Africa, third from right, and MOVE sympathizers traveled on Friday to SCI Dallas in Luzerne County to visit ailing Delbert Africa. (Courtesy of Joe Piette)
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

MOVE expresses growing concerns over imprisoned Delbert Africa’s health

Delbert Africa is one of nine MOVE members sentenced in the August 1978 shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer.

6 years ago

This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein has died while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. (AP Photo)
NPR
Criminal Justice
National

Jeffrey Epstein dead from apparent suicide at Manhattan jail

The New York City Medical Examiner's office confirms to NPR News that the wealthy financier and sex offender was found dead early Saturday morning.

6 years ago

Rashaun
New Jersey
Policing

N.J. prosecutors clear Vineland officer in deadly shooting of black man

Rashaun Washington, 37, of Bridgeton, was carrying garden shears but claimed he had an explosive during the July 2018 confrontation.

6 years ago

A sinkhole that opened up in January was surrounded by orange plastic fencing outside a suburban home at Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. (Courtesy of Eric Friedman)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Chester County DA files charges against two Sunoco security guards

Chester County DA Thomas Hogan says constables overstepped their bounds when patrolling a suburban development.

6 years ago

The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Thursday that Facebook users in Illinois can sue the company over its use of facial recognition technology. (Richard Drew/AP)
NPR
Technology

Users can sue Facebook over facial recognition software, court rules

According to the American Civil Liberties Union, it's the first decision by a U.S. appellate court to directly address privacy concerns posed by facial recognition technology.

6 years ago

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. (AP file photo)
Pennsylvania

Jerry Sandusky to be resentenced next month in molestation case

Judge John Foradora filed an order Wednesday that scheduled the proceeding for Sept. 23.

6 years ago

Union Leader John Dougherty exits federal court after he pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday afternoon. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Defense attorney: No overlap between ‘Johnny Doc’ and co-defendants

Defense attorneys want separate trials so jurors aren’t potentially prejudiced by hearing allegations that don’t apply to their clients.

6 years ago

New Jersey State Police cars parked on West State Street, Trenton, outside the capitol complex. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Mental Health
New Jersey
Policing

New Jersey rolls out training program to reduce police suicides

New Jersey hopes a new training program will stem the rising rate of suicides by police officers.

6 years ago

Flowers adorn a makeshift memorial near the scene of a mass shooting at a shopping complex Sunday in El Paso, Texas. (John Locher/AP Photo)
NPR
International
Policing

State officials will pursue death penalty against suspected El Paso gunman

A manifesto attributed to the suspect is filled with anti-immigrant and white nationalist ideology.

6 years ago

The Philadelphia Phillies have sued the New York company that created the Phanatic mascot to prevent the green fuzzy fan favorite from becoming a free agent. (Chris Szagola/AP Photo)
Philadelphia
Sports

Phillies sue to block Phanatic from becoming ‘free agent’

The Philadelphia Phillies have sued the New York company that created the Phanatic mascot to prevent the green furry fan favorite from becoming a free agent.

6 years ago

A Guatemalan teen asylum-seeker (left), who isn't able to hear or speak, signs with his mom in Florida. He was brusquely separated from her and held in a shelter for nearly three months, unable to readily communicate, according to a civil rights complaint filed with the Department of Homeland Security. (Susan Ferriss/Center for Public Integrity)
NPR
Immigration

Homeland Security’s civil rights unit lacks power to protect migrant kids

A former official in the civil rights office says the unit seems afraid to offend U.S. CBP and ICE. Meanwhile, the complaints of abuses of families continue to pile up.

6 years ago

This Sept. 21, 2015, file photo, shows the Volkswagen logo on a car for sale at New Century Volkswagen dealership in Glendale, Calif. (Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)
Energy
Environment

VW settlement funds replace diesel with more diesel in Pennsylvania

The state plans to spend $8.5 million of its $118 million share on new school buses, public buses, trash trucks, and electric-vehicle charging stations.

6 years ago

A New Jersey appeals court found in March that the state’s medical marijuana law did not block employers from firing workers who use medical marijuana. (Brennan Linsley/AP Photo)
New Jersey

N.J. Supreme Court takes case of funeral director fired for using medical marijuana

The N.J. Supreme Court will hear the case of a man who was fired from his job as a funeral director after his employer found out he used medical marijuana to treat his cancer.

6 years ago

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