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Art auction will offer a chance to bring home a bit of Ukraine
The silent auction will include a number of paintings by Ukrainian artists, some donated... → Read More
Yale graphic artist’s disappearance leaves co-workers with heavy hearts
Yale colleagues are left wondering why Anton Sovetov, a graphic designer at Yale... → Read More
Thanks to a Black New Haven woman’s patent, ironing became a lot easier
Sarah Boone, who couldn’t read until she was 48, invented an improved ironing board to... → Read More
Exhausted, frustrated hospital workers suffer more abuse, assaults during pandemic, officials say
Health care has always had the highest incidences of verbal and physical aggression, but... → Read More
CT official: Omicron may be 10 times as contagious as delta COVID variant
Commissioner Manisha Juthani of the state Department of Public Health said it is unknown... → Read More
CT DCF shift to focus on supporting parents means fewer kids in foster care
Parents whose children are in foster care are given support by DCF workers to make... → Read More
Yale New Haven Health expected to let at least 100 unvaccinated staff go, top doctor says
Dr. Thomas Balcezak, chief clinical officer for Yale New Haven Health, said more than 400... → Read More
Bridgeport's Haitian parish grieves for sister church destroyed in quake
The Rev. Dukens Boliere, pastor of the Shekinah Worship Center in Bridgeport, oversees a... → Read More
It's CT road construction season. Here's what to watch out for.
Summertime brings more people driving on state highways, and road and bridge projects... → Read More
Coronavirus puts Yale New Haven Health in deep hole for year
The Yale New Haven Health System, with five hospitals and a medical group, received $320 million in CARE Act funds but will still lose millions. → Read More
Trump: Some men insulted that Biden vowed to name female VP
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump criticized his Democratic rival's vice presidential selection process, saying Tuesday that some men are "insulted" by Joe Biden's promise to select a woman as his running mate. In an interview with Fox Sports Radio, Trump said, "I would be inclined to go a different route than what he's done," indicating that Biden "roped himself off into, you know, a… → Read More
Trump abruptly escorted from White House briefing
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a U.S. Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus briefing Monday afternoon. It was not immediately clear what sparked the episode. → Read More
Feds seek more time to mull Boston Marathon bomber ruling
BOSTON (AP) - Federal prosecutors said Monday that they need more time to decide whether to ask an appeals court to reconsider the case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose death sentence was thrown out over concerns over about the jury selection process. The U.S. Justice Department urged the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to give prosecutors until Sept. 14 to file a petition… → Read More
Antonio Banderas says he's tested positive for coronavirus
NEW YORK (AP) - Antonio Banderas says he's tested positive for COVID-19 and is celebrating his 60th birthday in quarantine. The Spanish actor announced his positive test in a post Monday on Instagram. Banderas said he would spend his time in isolation reading, writing and "making plans to begin to give meaning to my 60th year to which I arrive full of enthusiasm." "I would like to add that I am… → Read More
Trump: Convention speech locale is White House or Gettysburg
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Monday that his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination will be held at either the White House or the Gettysburg battlefield. "We have narrowed the Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, to be delivered on the final night of the Convention (Thursday), to two locations - The Great Battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and… → Read More
Fire engulfs cooking show star Rachael Ray's home
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A massive fire engulfed cooking show star Rachael Ray's New York home, authorities said. Firefighters responded to Ray's home in Lake Luzerne, New York, on Sunday evening, KRQE-TV reported. Photos of the house fire show flames bursting through the roof and long plumes of smoke extending into the sky. The Warren County sheriff said there were no injuries. Ray's representative… → Read More
Norwalk cops: Help ID thief who used stolen credit card at Walmart
The credit card was stolen during a motor vehicle burglary on Gregory Boulevard on Aug. 2. → Read More
Police release suspect photo in carjacking of Norwalk taxi
Lt. Jared Zwickler said that an EverReady Taxi cab was hijacked by a passenger who was armed with a handgun earlier this month. → Read More
1 man dead, 11 people wounded in Minneapolis shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - One man is dead and 11 people suffered non-life-threatening wounds in a shooting in Minneapolis, police there said early Sunday. Minneapolis police had first said 10 people had been shot with "various severity levels of injuries," but revised their total upward in a tweet posted just after 3 a.m. The man died at the hospital, not at the scene, according to the police daily… → Read More
Comedian DL Hughley COVID-19 positive after fainting onstage
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Comedian D.L. Hughley announced he tested positive for COVID-19 after collapsing onstage during a performance in Nashville, Tennessee. The stand-up comedian, 57, lost consciousness while performing at the Zanies comedy nightclub on Friday night and was hospitalized, news outlets reported. On Saturday, Hughley posted a video on Twitter in which he said he was treated for… → Read More