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June 7, 2021

Yale backs away from psychiatrist who said she fantasized about shooting White people

Yale University now appears to be distancing itself from a psychiatrist who said during a School of Medicine talk that she had fantasies of “unloading a revolver into the head of any White person,” saying in a statement that officials found her remarks “antithetical” to the institution’s values.

June 5, 2021

NYC shrink tells Yale audience she fantasizes about shooting White people in head

A New York City-based psychiatrist told an audience at the Yale School of Medicine in April that she had fantasies of "unloading a revolver into the head of any white person that got in my way."

June 4, 2021

CT lawmaker rejects bill declaring racism a public health crisis: ‘Critical race theory’ in our laws

After voting against a bill that would declare racism a public health crisis, Republican Connecticut State Rep. Kimberly Fiorello warned on Friday that critical race theory, a racially charged academic movement, is now seeping into state laws.

June 3, 2021

Connecticut girl, 3, to play at Carnegie Hall music competition: 'Among the youngest'

A 3-year-old pianist is going to make her Carnegie Hall debut in the fall of 2021.

June 3, 2021

Lifetime to air two features on Jennifer Dulos mystery with ‘Gone Mom’ and ‘Behind the headlines’

Through a movie and a documentary titled, “Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos” and “Beyond the Headlines: The Jennifer Dulos Story,” respectively, the film projects will examine Dulos’ vanishing without a trace after the mother of five was last seen arriving at her New Canaan home on May 24, 2019.

June 3, 2021

Yale grad student Kevin Jiang murder: Nabbed fugitive Qinxuan Pan to seek $20M bail reduction

Qinxuan Pan, accused of gunning down Yale University graduate student and U.S. Army veteran Kevin Jiang earlier this year, is expected to ask a judge in Connecticut to reduce his $20 million bail in a hearing scheduled for next month.

May 31, 2021

3 Connecticut men charged in gun-trafficking scheme linked to stolen Florida firearms

Three men have been charged in a scheme to traffic stolen guns from Florida to Connecticut.

May 28, 2021

Giant tortoise thought to be extinct over a century ago found on Galapagos

A giant tortoise thought to have gone extinct 112 years ago has been rediscovered on the Galapagos' Fernandina Island.

May 28, 2021

USA Today has altered multiple op-eds this year to push liberal narratives

For the second time this year, USA Today has altered an op-ed after it was published in order to push a liberal narrative.

May 27, 2021

USA Today scrubs 'male' from teen's op-ed on competing against transgender athletes

Last week, USA Today published an op-ed from Chelsea Mitchell about competing against transgender athletes and her decision to push forward with an appeal of the case. On May 25, editors at USA Today, without notice to Chelsea, changed the word "male" to "transgender" throughout her piece and condemned her use of "hurtful language."