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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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Upper Makefield residents sue Energy Transfer, Sunoco Pipeline L.P. over pipeline leak

Plaintiffs’ demands include shutting down operation of the pipeline while investigation into the leak is ongoing.

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Crime
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Delaware
Policing

‘Imma bad person i know it’: Delaware detective’s online life as sexual predator of teen girls comes crashing down

Michael Kealty was a decorated cop, Army vet and family man, but he also shared child porn and convinced a 16-year-old Ohio girl to send explicit pics.

2 months ago

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Matt Platkin speaking at a podium.
Crime
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

New Jersey sees 74% increase in child pornography arrests since 2020

The state’s top law enforcement agent to those possessing and distributing child porn: If you harm our kids, we’re going to catch and prosecute you.

2 months ago

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Former Philadelphia police detective Manuel Santiago leaves the Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice
Crime
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Former Philadelphia detectives found guilty of lying under oath in Anthony Wright trial

Manuel Santiago and Frank Jastrzembski were found guilty of lying during the 2016 retrial of Anthony Wright. Martin Devlin was acquitted of all charges.

2 months ago

Matt Meyer signing legislation
Delaware
Government
Law

Delaware Gov. Meyer signs corporate law overhaul legislation over fears of a ‘DExit’ of franchise dollars

Despite some fierce public opposition to the bill nationwide, it easily passed both chambers of the General Assembly and was signed into law.

2 months ago

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A ghost gun kit
Crime
Gun Violence
Public Safety

Supreme Court upholds Biden rule requiring serial numbers and background checks for ghost guns

Sales of the homemade firearms grew exponentially after kits that let people easily build them at home came on the market, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion.

2 months ago

cones, bulldozers and barrier parts sit in an unused road
Environment
Law
Pennsylvania

Oil companies ask Bucks County judge to dismiss climate lawsuit

A Bucks County judge must decide whether a lawsuit against several oil companies can proceed. The county says Big Oil should pay for damages.

2 months ago

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Donald Trump speaks
Law
Military
National
New Jersey

Another U.S. judge issues temporary ban on Trump’s removal of transgender service members

On Monday, a federal judge in New Jersey issued a temporary ban on the removal of two transgender men from the Air Force. The ruling follows a similar one last week.

2 months ago

Bob and Nadine Menendez walking
Crime
Government
New Jersey

At Nadine Menendez trial, prosecutors portray her as ‘partner in crime’ with her convicted husband

Lawyers gave opening statements Monday in the trial of the wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, who was convicted last year of accepting bribes of cash and gold.

2 months ago

A rifle seen in the street near an officer
Crime
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Policing
6abc

Man shot by police in Point Breeze was carrying airsoft-style BB gun

The 46-year-old officer who fired his weapon has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of this ongoing investigation.

3 months ago

A.I. du Pont Middle School
Crime
Criminal Justice
Delaware

Delaware principal was indicted 7 months ago for raping student, but authorities never alerted public or families

Tasha Oliver allegedly abused the girl from 2010 to 2014. After she was arrested last year, law enforcement and district officials said nothing.

3 months ago

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Police tape and the flashing lights of a police vehicle behind
Crime
Gun Violence
Mental Health
Philadelphia
Policing

Man grabs Philadelphia police officer’s gun outside hospital, shoots him before being fatally shot

The man was driven to a psychiatric hospital in a police van but was not handcuffed because he had agreed to go voluntarily.

3 months ago

Lori Peterson speaks to protesters
PlanPhilly
Crime
Housing
Philadelphia

West Oak Lane tenants say their landlord illegally collected rent for months. Now they’re suing

The class-action complaint calls on Odin Properties to make Bentley Manor safe and repay tenants who unlawfully paid rent.

3 months ago

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A rifle seen in the street near an officer
Crime
Philadelphia
Policing
6abc

Police shoot man in Philly’s Point Breeze neighborhood, rifle seen lying in street

Officers confronted the man on the 1600 block of Moore Street after he was seen walking with a rifle. The man is hospitalized in critical condition; no officers were injured.

3 months ago

Mahmoud Khalil at a protest
Immigration
National
Protests
Race & Ethnicity

Federal judge transfers Columbia student activist Mahmoud Khalil’s case to New Jersey

Khalil, 30, a legal U.S. resident with no criminal record, was detained by federal immigration agents March 8 for participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

3 months ago

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