May 7, 2021 Baseball's Bobby Valentine running for mayor of hometown Former Major League Baseball player and manager Bobby Valentine is taking a swing at politics, announcing Friday that he's running for mayor of his Connecticut hometown.
May 5, 2021 Trillions of cicadas about to emerge across US Within days, a couple weeks at most, the cicadas of Brood X (the X is the Roman numeral for 10) will emerge after 17 years underground.
April 29, 2021 Connecticut ends its state religious vaccine exemption Connecticut will no longer allow a religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities, becoming the sixth state to end that policy.
April 27, 2021 Connecticut lawmakers advance bill to end religious exemptions for school vaccines The Connecticut State Senate approved a bill Tuesday that aims to end a religious exemption for vaccinations at schools after nine hours of contentious debate.
April 27, 2021 Education Secretary Miguel Cardona worried about getting teachers behind new 'woke' curriculum in email At his old job as the Connecticut education commissioner, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona wrote in a 2019 email that he wanted to take steps to ensure teachers were supportive of a new "woke" curriculum the state was implementing.
April 26, 2021 Federal judge tosses lawsuit seeking to ban transgender students from girls sports A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by female high school athletes who claimed that Connecticut's policy of allowing students to compete in sports based on gender identity deprived them of fair competition due to the participation of two transgender students.
April 13, 2021 Connecticut police met with 'heavy gunfire' during hourslong standoff, suspect dead An hourslong standoff between a person barricaded inside a building and Connecticut police ended Tuesday after the suspect was found dead, authorities said.
April 13, 2021 Court rejects appeal of killer of mother, daughters in home invasion massacre The Connecticut Supreme Court rejected the appeal of a man convicted of murder, sexual assault and other crimes in the killings of a woman and her two daughters, ages 11 and 17, in a 2007 home invasion.
April 12, 2021 'Tiger Mom' Amy Chua denies allegations of inappropriate parties, slams disrespect and lack of due process Amy Chua denied recent allegations laid out against her by an independent student newspaper.
April 8, 2021 Connecticut union protesters demanding $20 per hour detained after occupying health department: report A group of nursing home workers protesting low wages were detained Thursday after occupying a state office building, according to local reports.