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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

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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

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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.

Sports Illustrated

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

The Independent UK

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

There were no reported injuries

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - US

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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Veterans honored for service to country but face many challenges to landing jobs after the military. Here’s why

Honors abounded in the past week for service to country, but veterans adjusting to life after the military still face significant challenges in finding a job — from figuring out how to apply skills learned in the service to employer perceptions about post traumatic stress.

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Hemp farmers in Connecticut lobbying to get a piece of the recreational marijuana pie

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut hemp farmers looking for higher incomes are working to change the recreational marijuana law to give them better odds — or even assurances — of becoming licensed growers.

The Independent UK

Connecticut’s Hayes wins 3rd term in US House, defeats Logan

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes has won a third term representing Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District, fending off a challenge from former Republican state Sen. George Logan and resisting a red wave that hit neighboring New York

The Independent UK

Contest for key House seat in Connecticut remains undecided

A contest carrying Republicans’ hopes of winning a U.S. House seat in Connecticut for the first time in over a decade remains undecided

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Connecticut Gov. Lamont declares victory as GOP’s Stefanowski does not concede

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont declared victory late Tuesday night as Republican challenger Bob Stefanowski did not concede defeat in an increasingly bitter rematch between the two rivals.

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Connecticut's Blumenthal a winner of third term as US senator

HARTFORD, Conn. — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and his supporters were confident as the polls closed Tuesday, with the longtime Democratic office-holder expecting to win his third six-year term.

The Independent UK

Race for Connecticut governor features rematch from 2018

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is hoping to fend off a challenge from Republican businessman Bob Stefanowski in a political rematch that's been both expensive and feisty, focusing on hot-button issues like abortion, crime, parental rights and affordability

The Independent UK

US Sen. Blumenthal seeks 3rd term, faces Trump-backed Levy

Leora Levy, a first-time political candidate, is hoping for an upset victory Tuesday as she tries to oust U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat who is seeking a third term

The Independent UK

Connecticut Republicans hope to break Democrat lock on House

Connecticut Republicans are hoping to unseat at least one of the state’s five incumbent Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives

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Sandy Hook families want another $320 million in damages to cover costs of suing Alex Jones in Connecticut

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Sandy Hook families who won nearly $1 billion from far-right broadcaster Alex Jones want another $320 million or so more to cover their legal costs, along with court orders that would force him to produce an accounting of his assets and block what they describe as…

The Independent UK

Lena Dunham reveals she built her home in her parents’ backyard: ‘Just as I always wanted’

‘When I was a little kid, I used to dread the idea of ever leaving my parents’ home,’ the actor said

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