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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

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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Supreme Court addresses question of foreign law in U.S. courts

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote for a unanimous court.

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Bill Cosby arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case, Thursday, March 29, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)

Bill Cosby ousts legal team ahead of September sentencing hearing

Bill Cosby has ousted the high-powered defense team whose aggressive tactics failed to sway jurors from convicting him of sexual assault ...

8 years ago

Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, on May 2. Sinkholes that opened in the area prompted the state's Public Utility Commission to order that an existing pipeline nearby, the Mariner East 1, be shut down until it could be determined that the sinkholes didn't threaten its safety. PUC on May 3 approved a re-start of Mariner East 1. (Marie Cusick/WITF)
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Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

PUC keeps lid on Mariner East 2 work, but allows ME1 to re-start

In a split decision, the PUC found no evidence that Mariner East 1 poses a public safety threat but orders Sunoco to comply with judge's orders on Mariner East 2.

8 years ago

A sign announces a polling place in Spanish outside of the Harrison Community Center during New Jersey's primary election June 5. (Julio Cortez/AP)
NPR
National
Politics

Supreme Court strikes down state law barring ‘political’ apparel in polling places

In an extremely narrow opinion, SCOTUS Thursday struck down a law that bars voters inside a polling place from wearing political badges, buttons, and other insignia.

8 years ago

Ryan Burke, one of the former fraternity members charged in the hazing death of Penn State student Timothy Piazza, pleaded guilty Wednesday. (Min Xian/ WPSU)
Higher Education
Pennsylvania

First defendant pleads guilty in fatal Penn State hazing

Ryan Burke is accepting responsibility and didn’t ask for a plea agreement, his attorney said.

8 years ago

AT&T
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U.S. judge approves AT&T’s $85 billion merger with Time Warner

A federal judge on Tuesday gave his blessing to telecom giant AT&T's drive to take over the Time Warner media conglomerate.

8 years ago

Legislative Hall in Dover. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
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Delaware legislature advances marijuana expungement bill

The measure would benefit as many as 1,247 adults convicted between 1977 and 2015.

8 years ago

(File/WHYY)
Business
Criminal Justice
Delaware

Chemours ex-worker pleads guilty in China trade secrets case

A former employee of a chemical company spun off from the DuPont Co. has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal trade secrets and sell them to Chinese investors.

8 years ago

This July 27, 2011 file photo shows a farmhouse in the background framed by pipes connecting pumps where the hydraulic fracturing process in the Marcellus Shale was underway at a Range Resources site in Claysville, Pa. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Court rejects fracking company’s appeal in ‘rule of capture’ decision

8 years ago

Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner
Addiction
Criminal Justice

Atlantic County ramps up drug-induced homicide prosecutions

By many metrics, Atlantic County is at the epicenter of the opioid epidemic in New Jersey. It saw its rate of overdose deaths double in 2016.

8 years ago

Central American immigrant families walk after crossing from Mexico into the United States to seek asylum in Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Immigration
National

Inside the trial of 3 Guatemalan mothers separated from their children

Three young Guatemalan women went on trial this week at the red-rock federal courthouse in Alpine, Texas.

8 years ago

Isaac Gardner (left), of the Justice for David Jones Coalition, leads a small protest outside the district attorney's office calling for charges against Ryan Pownall, the Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot Jones during a traffic stop.
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Social Justice

A year later, community members demand justice for Philly man slain by cop

They're calling for officer who fired fatal shot to be criminally charged. The city's district attorney's office is investigating.

8 years ago

Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, is facing more federal criminal charges along with a new Russian co-defendant. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
NPR
National

Prosecutors expand Manafort charges, add new Russian defendant in his case

Prosecutors unsealed more charges on Friday against Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.

8 years ago

Asa Khalif of Black Lives Matter uses a bullhorn during an April protest at Starbucks in Center City Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Policing

Philly police update defiant trespass policy after Starbucks arrests

The Philadelphia Police Department updated its policy on when to arrest people accused of trespassing on private property.

8 years ago

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Methane leaks throughout the entire process of developing natural gas– from well sites, to storage and processing facilities and pipelines. (Joe Ulrich/WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, for first time, sets methane regulations on natural gas wells

Gov. Wolf touts the rules, which apply only to new wells.

8 years ago

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