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Connecticut’s governor delivered the news to 26 Sandy Hook families 10 years ago. It changed the national conversation around school violence and gun reform

HARTFORD, Conn. — On Dec. 14, 2012, 26 families huddled inside a firehouse in Newtown, holding onto their last fragments of hope that quickly drained from the cold, crowded space.

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Sandy Hook’s tragic legacy on gun safety takes a new turn 10 years on

In the decade since the shooting, a reinvigorated movement aimed at ending gun violence has spread across the country

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In the wake of Sandy Hook massacre, a sense of duty to prevent further tragedy compelled Connecticut lawmakers to act on guns

HARTFORD, Conn. — As the initial shock and horror of the deaths of 20 young children and six female educators at a Newtown elementary school was still fresh in everyone’s mind, Connecticut’s top legislators decided they needed to do something.

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Sandy Hook families continue to break new legal ground with big court decisions over Infowars host Alex Jones and a major gun manufacturer

HARTFORD, Conn. — Relatives of the Sandy Hook shooting victims have won more than $1.5 billion in damages over the yearlong run-up to the 10-year remembrance of the murderous rampage at a Newtown elementary school.

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Mystery as missing man found dead after living under new name for years

Robert Hoagland disappeared from his home in Newtown, Connecticut, US, in 2013 leaving his wife and three sons desperately searching for answers

Daily Mirror

Oral surgeon has help when drilling implants. Meet his robotic assistant

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Dr. Ryaz Ansari, a West Hartford, Connecticut, oral surgeon, knows how important it is to have teeth that are aligned and pain-free.

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5 officers charged in police van injury case appear in court

Five Connecticut police officers have appeared in court for the first time since being charged with cruelly neglecting a Black man who suffered a neck injury and was partially paralyzed in the back of a police van with no seatbelts

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6 Connecticut toddlers died from fentanyl in 2021. Spike in illicit use, drug's potency have child advocates worried

HARTFORD, Conn. — Fentanyl, 50 times more potent than heroin, kills no matter what age its victim may be.

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Terrifying video captures raccoon attacking five-year-old waiting for school bus

Rylee MacNamarabitten on the leg on the porch at her home in Ashford, Connecticut

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Bellator 289: Make your predictions for Stots-Sabatello, Carmouche-Velasquez

We want your predictions for Friday's Bellator 289 event in Connecticut.

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Connecticut announces plan to develop Native American studies curriculum for K-12 public schools

Governor Ned Lamont (D) and the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) announced a partnership with state tribal leaders on November 30, 2022, to develop a Native American studies model curriculum for K-12 students. The announcement follows legislation signed by the governor in June 2021. The bill established new subject…

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Mum hurls raccoon across garden after her daughter, 7, gets mauled in vicious attack

Schoolgirl Rylee MacNamara, from Connecticut, was standing outside her family home on Friday morning as she waited for her parents to take her to school when the pupil was savaged by a raccoon

Daily Mirror

Alex Jones files for bankruptcy, bringing all post-trial activity by Sandy Hook families to a halt; claims to have as much as $10 million in assets

HARTFORD, Conn. — Infowars broadcaster and right wing provocateur Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy in Texas on Friday morning, creating a new obstacle for the relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims trying to collect the nearly $1.5 billion they won in a suit against the conspiracy theorist for his…

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Alex Jones files for bankruptcy, bringing all post-trial activity by Sandy Hook families to a halt

HARTFORD, Conn. — Infowars broadcaster and right-wing provocateur Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy in Texas on Friday morning, creating a new obstacle for the relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims trying to collect the nearly $1.5 billion they won in a suit against the conspiracy theorist for his claims…

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Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after billion-dollar Sandy Hook court ruling

Infowars host and conspiracy theorist ordered to pay $473m in damages on top of nearly $1bn verdict handed down in October

Daily Mirror

Woman obsessed with CROCS spends 20 years amassing massive collection of 450 pairs

Rochelle Burke, from Connecticut, has a pair of Crocs for ever day of the year and then some, from $588 designer Balenciaga Crocs to neo puff boots to keep her feet warm

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Connecticut woman sentenced to year in jail for voyeurism

A wealthy Connecticut woman whose criminal case file was sealed from public view has been sentenced to one year in jail for secretly recording three people, including a minor, in a manner involving sexual desire

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Inside the Shipping Containers and Cruise Ships Housing World Cup Fans

What happens when a country the size of Connecticut suddenly needs to house over a million visitors? Chaos.

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Connecticut facing growing cost of pandemic bonus pay

A greater-than-expected demand for aid has forced the Connecticut General Assembly to considering how to cover the extra cost of promised bonuses for thousands of frontline workers who remained on the job the during the coronavirus pandemic

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5 officers charged after Black man paralyzed in police van

Five Connecticut police officers have been charged with misdemeanors over their treatment of a Black man after he was paralyzed from the chest down in the back of a police van

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Connecticut fire: Marina overtaken by windy ‘inferno,’ residents forced to evacuate

There were no reported injuries

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The pros and cons of Qatar's historically small World Cup

Qatar, a country the size of Connecticut, built eight stadiums within 33 miles of each other.

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Animal hoarders live in deep denial, even as their lives come unraveled

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Kittens were being born at a home in Winsted, Connecticut, even as the Winchester Police Department removed some 200 cats from the dwelling that was infested with fleas, the stench of urine so strong that it was overbearing, even in a Hazmat suit and mask.

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The Other Side of Prospect review: murder and injustice in New Haven

In telling the story of a monstrous Connecticut injustice, Nicholas Dawidoff achieves a novelistic power and intensity

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Alex Jones’ lawyer Norm Pattis faces possible six-month discipline for disclosing confidential medical records of Sandy Hook parents

The state judicial office that prosecutes lawyer misconduct wants attorney Norman Pattis suspended from the practice for six months for what appears to have been the inadvertent disclosure of confidential medical and psychiatric records of relatives of the Sandy Hook families who now have won $1.4 billion in damages from…

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