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Editorial: Students who endured two school shootings are a testament to America's failure

A sobering footnote to Monday’s mass shooting at Michigan State University is not about the three dead victims but rather some of the survivors — including a college student who, 10 years ago, was among the children who lived through the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut that took…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Court to reconsider Connecticut's transgender athlete policy

A federal appeals court has reinstated a challenge to Connecticut’s policy of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls high school sports, two months after a three-judge panel upheld the rules

The Independent UK

Former college student pleads guilty to deadly sword attack

A former University of Connecticut student has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges for killing a man and severely wounding another with a sword in 2020 — one of two deadly attacks that led to a six-day manhunt in several states

The Independent UK

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Connecticut could be the next state to legalize human composting

Step aside burial and cremation, a new bill would give Connecticut residents the option of a new after-death arrangement — composting.

Tribune News Service

Connecticut teacher to open the state’s first LGBTQ-centered school late 2023

PROUD Academy — Proudly Respecting Our Unique Differences —, will open in September

The Independent UK

The 10 best states for work-life balance

Factoring in sick days, minimum wage, and healthcare viability, Connecticut is the top state for work-life balance.

Fortune

This Connecticut Bill Would Turn Helmetless Riders Into Organ Donors

A new bill proposed by a Connecticut state senator would presume that riders who die while not wearing helmets should automatically be considered organ donors.

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Himes named ranking Democrat on House Intelligence - Roll Call

Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes will succeed the ousted Rep. Adam B. Schiff of California as ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.

Roll Call

Connecticut family whose daughter was murdered fights to keep inmates like her killer in prison

HARTFORD, Conn. — When Elizabeth Carlson’s parents agreed to a plea agreement to send their daughter’s killer to prison for 42 years, they thought it was iron-clad.

Tribune News Service

Connecticut may exonerate accused witches centuries later

It's been more than 375 years since Alse Young became the first person on record to be executed in the American colonies for witchcraft

The Independent UK

Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids, Ages 7 and 9, Walk to Dunkin' Donuts

"I have never felt threatened by a single person in this town until meeting those officers and the social worker."

Reason

A US state asked for evidence to ban TikTok. The FBI offered none

Emails show officials in the state of Connecticut opted not to ban the Chinese-owned app after consulting with the FBI.

Al Jazeera

Connecticut governor: Ban more guns, raise buying age to 21

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont says he wants to add more firearms to the state's assault weapons ban and raise the age for buying long guns to 21 from 18

The Independent UK

Brickbat: Didn't You See Me?

The Waterbury, Connecticut, police department has fired officer James Hinkle for screaming at and berating a woman who drove through an intersection where he was directing traffic. Hinkle accused the woman of almost running him over, but in the video he appeared to be a few feet from her and…

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Editorial: We’re feeling lucky: Google antitrust lawsuit can set precedent for tech monopolies

It’s not every day that the federal government and states as varied as Tennessee and New York find themselves on the same side of a legal dispute, but these were joined by New Jersey, Virginia, Colorado, California, Rhode Island and Connecticut yesterday in filing suit against Google parent company Alphabet…

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A Connecticut lawmaker wants the state to create a bear-hunting lottery system as the population creates ‘a public safety issue.’

The black bear population in Connecticut has gotten so large and aggressive, particularly in Litchfield and northwest Hartford counties, that one state legislator has proposed a bear-hunting lottery system.

Chicago Sun-Times

Thousands of letters — some sent from Chicago nearly 2 centuries ago — up for auction

One piece of mail on the block features faded red fountain pen looping across an envelope mailed in 1833 from Chicago to Connecticut. Another is an envelope from the 1860s with the words “Death to Traitors” stamped in one corner — which showed support for the North during the Civil…

The Independent UK

Connecticut governor's gun proposals include open carry ban

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has announced a series of proposed gun laws in a state already considered one of the strictest for firearms ownership

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A Connecticut veteran is evacuating Afghanistan refugees more than year after headlines faded away

HARTFORD, Conn. — Alex Plitsas never gives up.

The Independent UK

Lawmakers seek to bar insurrectionists from holding office

Democratic lawmakers in a handful of states are trying to send a message two years after the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

Tax the rich? Liberals renew push for state wealth taxes

Progressive legislators are hoping the time is right to hike taxes on the rich, especially after three pandemic years

Reason

A 'Red Flag' Study Raises the Question of How Often People Who Talk About Mass Shootings Actually Commit Them

The researchers identified 662 cases involving threats to multiple victims, but they concede that it's likely "there are many more threats than completed events."

The Independent UK

Alex Jones' lawyer avoids discipline over records release

A Connecticut judge has ruled that a Texas lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones committed misconduct but will not be disciplined for violating a confidentiality order

The Independent UK

Officials probe officer shooting of cruiser theft suspect

A Connecticut officer who opened fire on a man stealing a police cruiser, wounding him the leg minutes before he crashed the SUV into a deli, is under investigation for deadly use of force

Daily Mirror

Woman stunned after finding huge black BEAR hibernating under decking in garden

Tyler Dashukewich, 28, found the black bear sleeping under the decking at the home where she lives with her four-year-old daughter in Plainville, Connecticut, US

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