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| Aug 27, 2026 | ICE operation in Connecticut highlights how arrests are rising even in blue states | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By RYAN J. FOLEY and RUSS BYNUM
Federal immigration authorities have detained dozens of people in the city of Danbury, Connecticut, this week, despite intense opposition from elected officials and ... |
| Jul 12, 2026 | He was nation’s most famous traitor. Why the utter loathing lives on 250 years later. | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
It’s a name synonymous with treachery.
A certain generation of Americans may even have heard, as youngsters, the phrase, “You’re such a Benedict Arnold.”
That was an insult and an accusation all in... |
| Jun 26, 2026 | The James T. Woods Act Fights Online Child Exploitation That’s Sweeping the Nation | BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Online child exploitation, sextortion and violent online criminal networks like ‘764,’ which coerce children into violent or suicidal acts, are sweeping the nation, impacting children across all 50 states.
Each of the ... |
| Nov 14, 2025 | DIYing your next home renovation? Be on lookout for these things that can derail your project | Related Articles
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| Sep 11, 2025 | Strokes can cause debilitating damage. Two UConn researchers have found a way to limit it | With limited treatment options for stroke patients available, two UConn researchers are developing an experimental drug that is capable of protecting the brain and improving recovery after a cerebral vascular accident also known as a brain ... |
| Jul 27, 2025 | A doctor sees new hope for Alzheimer’s disease patients and families. He wants you to know why | Azizi said there is no cure for Alzheimer’s, but the disease can be “modified” with medications from two different companies.
The medications approved about two years ago are Lecanemab, also known as Leqembi and Kisunla, also known as Donan... |
| Jul 23, 2025 | A former Afghan U.S. translator was seized by ICE agents. Veterans are fighting for his release | Related Articles
The US fertility rate reached a new low in 2024, CDC data shows
Pura Scents recalling more than 850,000 diffusers as magnet issue may cause ingestion hazard
Justice Department will meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epste... |
| Mar 9, 2025 | The Tapestry of Longevity: Lessons from Two Remarkable Sisters | In a world that often glorifies youth, the stories of Shirley Hodes and Ruth “Ruthy” Sweedler shine like beacons. These two sisters, who lived to be 108 and 105, respectively, were not just numbers; they were vibrant threads in the fabric o... |
| Mar 8, 2025 | 100-year-old sisters died within days of each other: Here are 5 lessons they taught me I’ll never forget | Growing up with very little money and six older siblings in the 1910s and 20s, Shirley Hodes and her sister Ruth “Ruthy” Sweedler didn’t have their own rooms. They didn’t even have their own places to sleep.
The 10 members of their immediat... |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Fortune and Great Place to Work Name CATIC to 2024 Best Workplaces in Real Estate List, Ranking No. 13 | ROCKY HILL, Conn., Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Place To Work® and Fortune have selected CATIC for the 2024 Fortune Best Workplaces in Real Estate™ List. This is CATIC's second time being named to this prestigious list, this year co... |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Business | Health insurance CEOs rake in millions. Here’s the top 10 list. | Health insurance premiums keep rising and many employees carry high-deductible plans that mean bills of $100 or more for a visit to the doctor.
Meanwhile, the CEOs of the top 10 health insurance companies were paid between $13 million and $... |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Hallmark filmed a Christmas movie in my hometown. It's even more festive in real life. | Travel Hallmark filmed a Christmas movie in my hometown. It's even more festive in real life.
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| Nov 30, 2023 | Health | Brain fog caused by long Covid is real. These doctors have advice for managing it | One of the ways long COVID presents itself, commonly known as “brain fog,” is particularly devastating to those suffering with it, say doctors.
The New York Times recently reported that, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, more Americans s... |
| Nov 3, 2023 | Health | Is it ‘science fiction’? No: Researchers want immune cells to find cancer and report back | Our immune cells are constantly circulating through our bodies, killing off cancer cells before they grow into something worrisome.
Now a consortium, including Yale University, underwritten by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, ... |
| Oct 16, 2023 | Business | How to make the most out of holiday shopping in 2023 | Luckily, travel may finally be cheaper this year, with prices for domestic flights trending downward and hotel rates declining in many areas of the country. And after last year’s meltdown, Southwest Airlines has vowed to do better this year... |
| Sep 26, 2023 | Health | This lab’s gene test can find more rare diseases. This is what it can do for the ‘diagnostic odyssey’ of families. | There are more than 7,000 rare disorders, and many cannot be diagnosed in a doctor’s office.
That’s why genetic sequencing is so important.
Now The Jackson Laboratory in Farmington is able to sequence the entire genome, an advance that will... |
| Aug 16, 2023 | Connecticut State Police Now Being Investigated By The DOJ For Falsifying Traffic Stop Demographic Data | Late last month, a report was released showing Connecticut State troopers were routinely faking stop data to avoid further scrutiny over biased policing efforts. According to the state governor’s own statements, it appeared clear “hundreds”... |
| May 30, 2023 | Health
Health | These experts are seeing spikes in drug shortages. ‘I view this as a national health emergency’ | Shortages of essential drugs are threatening to become a crisis in the United States, health care providers say.
While cancer drugs have been most publicized recently, experts in pharmacy say they often find themselves scrambling to find co... |
| May 17, 2023 | Health
Health | Vaccine to fight cancer shows promise using mRNA technology | The same technology that was used to create Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is being targeted on melanoma, and the treatment is having positive effects, according to researchers at the Yale Cancer Center.
It’s another step in using the body’s im... |
| Apr 12, 2023 | Health
Health | A Connecticut man says it was hard to ‘come out’ about his cancer. Here’s why he wants to tell everyone now | Iran Brugueras, the owner of Hip Stop clothing and shoe store in Hartford, Conn., is going on a journey. Actually, Brugueras is on three different journeys.
Right now, Brugueras and his wife, Nora, are on a 40-day vacation, with stops in Au... |
| Mar 30, 2023 | News
News | 5 things to know about what may be distracting drivers on the road with you | Travelers Cos. released its annual survey on the leading causes of distracted driving in the face of an alarming reality: more than 46,000 people die in preventable traffic crashes in the United States in 2022.
That’s up 9% from 2020, accor... |
| Feb 20, 2023 | Understanding Heat Pump Capacity Ratings and Sizing | David Thompson, Tech Times 20 February 2023, 11:02 am
For those who are unfamiliar, a heat pump is a device that transfers heat from one space to another, either from a cold space to a warm space or vice versa, making them a great way to he... |
| Nov 3, 2022 | Blumenthal Secures Endorsement from Animal Wellness Action in Bid for Reelection to U.S. Senate | Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Animal Wellness Action President Wayne Pacelle, and Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer in Washington, D.C.
Senator Blumenthal is one of the most effective legislators in Congress in securing new legal standards to... |
| Nov 3, 2022 | Former charter school CEO convicted after DNA from his trash links him to sex assaults of 4 women in 1984 | A Connecticut man who was linked to the sexual assaults of four women in 1984 by information on a genealogy database was convicted Wednesday of all eight kidnapping charges against him. A state jury in Hartford took less than an hour of del... |
| Aug 2, 2022 | Bill Clinton, CNN, and Mad Max: the strange legacy of Jodie Foster’s Contact | The cinematic landscape in 1997 looked very different than today. Jodie Foster was still considered a box-office draw; Matthew McConaughey was just that guy from A Time to Kill; and Robert Zemeckis was still Robert Zemeckis, riding the post... |
| Jun 25, 2022 | The Supreme Court’s abortion decision—just the beginning of the battle | As news of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade spread through a meeting in Washington D.C. this morning, someone was heard to say, “Game on.” And so, it is—on two fronts. The first will be enforcement provisions in state la... |
| Apr 20, 2022 | Magic Of The U.S. Open Cup On Display In Hartford Despite Loss To New York Red Bulls | Hartford Athletic fans celebrate a goal in their US Open Cup third round game against New York Red ... [+] Bulls at Trinity Health Stadium James Nalton |
| Apr 12, 2022 | How Ending Legacy Admissions Can Help Achieve Greater Education Equity | Higher education should be accessible to everyone — regardless of background or socioeconomic status — but unfortunately, that’s not the reality for all students. For many first generation, low-income, Black, Latinx, and other students of c... |
| Mar 31, 2022 | Ex-Yale employee used $40M in stolen tech equipment to fund lavish lifestyle | More On: yale university
Hunter Biden benefited from dad’s connections his entire career Senators should ask Ketanji Brown Jackson whether she backs the Yale Law hecklers — or free speech Letters to the Editor — March 21, 2022 Conservative ... |
| Mar 31, 2022 | Ex-Yale employee used $40M in stolen tech equipment to fund lavish lifestyle | More On: yale university
Senators should ask Ketanji Brown Jackson whether she backs the Yale Law hecklers — or free speech Letters to the Editor — March 21, 2022 Conservative lawyer slams Yale for ‘cowering to mob’ after free speech panel ... |
| Feb 16, 2022 | One of the US’ newest low-cost carriers is expanding its footprint beyond Florida with 4 new routes across the Southeast starting at $49 one-way — see the full list | 737-700 at Tweed-New Haven Airport. Avelo Airlines
New low-cost carrier Avelo Airlines is launching 4 new routes between Connecticut and the Southeast.
The move expands Avelo’s network out of New Haven to a total of 10 routes, including 6 t... |
| Jan 18, 2022 | Getting To Yes: Our Angry Society Needs This 1981 Business Book | Successful negotiations separate the people from the problem. Developing a win-win solution requires ... [+] identifying the shared problem and working on it together. getty |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Connecticut's Treasurer, Shawn Wooden, is holding powerful institutions accountable for their abysmal diversity stats. For him, it's personal. | Shawn Wooden is at the forefront of an investor-driven push for more diversity on Wall Street.
He's required disclosures that revealed a lack of Black and Hispanic talent at big money managers.
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| Nov 9, 2021 | United will stop flying to 11 US cities indefinitely – see the full list | United Express aircraft William Howard/Shutterstock
United Airlines is dropping 11 routes to small cities from its hubs in Houston, Denver, and Chicago.
The small communities are getting cut “due to changes in the long-term sustainability,”... |
| Oct 6, 2021 | Schools are cautioning against a ‘slap a teacher’ TikTok challenge, but it appears to be a rumor spread on Facebook | Police, teachers, and parents are warning against an alleged ‘slap a teacher’ TikTok challenge, but the company says it hasn’t found content related to it on the platform. Besart Beluli / EyeEm
Schools, police, and parents are warning again... |
| Sep 9, 2021 | Connecticut Court Orders Blogger To Turn Over Electronic Devices To Cop Suing Over Alleged Defamation By Blog's Commenters | Things are getting dumber and way less constitutional in a defamation lawsuit filed by a Connecticut law enforcement officer. Lt. Vincent Benvenuto -- despite being the beneficiary of all the official and codified protection and forgiveness... |
| Sep 9, 2021 | Connecticut Court Orders Blogger To Turn Over Electronic Devices To Cop Suing Over Alleged Defamation By Blog's Commenters | Things are getting dumber and way less constitutional in a defamation lawsuit filed by a Connecticut law enforcement officer. Lt. Vincent Benvenuto — despite being the beneficiary of all the official and codified protection and forgiveness ... |
| Aug 22, 2021 | Millions in Northeast brace for winds, flooding from Tropical Storm Henri | Sign up for our daily briefingMake your busy days simpler with Axios AM/PM. Catch up on what's new and why it matters in just 5 minutes.
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| Jun 14, 2021 | High School Responds To Student's Prank By Asking Local Law Enforcement To Step In And Investigate | I see we’re still handling things stupidly when it comes to school disciplinary problems. For years now, many schools have been steadily abdicating their responsibilities, allowing in-school law enforcement (commonly called “School Resource... |
| Jun 14, 2021 | High School Responds To Student's Prank By Asking Local Law Enforcement To Step In And Investigate | I see we're still handling things stupidly when it comes to school disciplinary problems. For years now, many schools have been steadily abdicating their responsibilities, allowing in-school law enforcement (commonly called "School Res... |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Merida Capital raising $250 million | Marijuana plants for sale at the ShowGrow dispensary, a medical marijuana provider in downtown Los Angeles. AP Photo/Richard Vogel
Welcome to Insider Cannabis, our weekly newsletter where we’re bringing you an inside look at the deals, tren... |
| Jun 2, 2021 | ShiftPixy : 7 Quotes for Restaurant Opening From Famous People | 7 Quotes for Restaurant Opening From Famous People
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No one ever expects that restaurant opening is easy, but there are certain 'secrets to success' that can feel nigh impossible to learn about when you open a restaurant startup i... |
| May 28, 2021 | Amazon Construction with Connecticut Contractors Halted After Eight Nooses Found On-Site | Urian B., Tech Times 28 May 2021, 12:05 am
(Photo : Screenshot From Pexels Official Website) Amazon Construction with Connecticut Contractors Halted After Eight Nooses Found On-Site
Amazon construction put to a halt as the company announces... |
| May 21, 2021 | Amazon halts construction at Connecticut site after 7th ‘noose’ found | More On: amazon
Wildly popular former punter in discussions with Amazon for ‘Thursday Night Football’ Austin Whole Foods unveils pay-by-palm service for grocery shoppers Ben Affleck, Matt Damon reuniting for biopic based on Nike exec Sonny ... |
| May 14, 2021 | These States Could Still Legalize Recreational or Medical Cannabis in 2021 | May 14, 2021 8 min read This story originally appeared on MJBizDaily
Several more states could legalize adult-use or medical marijuana before their legislative sessions adjourn in 2021, possibly generating hundreds of millions of dollars in... |
| Mar 25, 2021 | States Adopt a More Favorable Approach to Sports Gambling Regulation | - FinancialBuzz.com News Commentary
NEW YORK, March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Online gambling and sports betting continues to gain traction as more states are altering their rules and becoming more favorable towards such services. For exampl... |
| Mar 25, 2021 | States Adopt a More Favorable Approach to Sports Gambling Regulation | NEW YORK, March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Online gambling and sports betting continues to gain traction as more states are altering their rules and becoming more favorable towards such services. For example, according to a report by Hartford... |
| Feb 17, 2021 | 7 yuuge reasons Donald Trump isn't going away | Former President Donald Trump has seven key weapons in his arsenal as he plots a political comeback. Win McNamee/Getty Images
It may seem as if former President Donald Trump just disappeared. He hasn't.
Political committees, government faci... |
| Feb 10, 2021 | 19-year-old Paige Bueckers is on an unprecedented tear for the greatest program in NCAA basketball history | ‘She’s that player that comes along that people talk about – ‘Hey did you see that kid from Connecticut?” Geno Auriemma said. ‘She’s that kid.’ David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports
Paige Bueckers is good at basketball.
Like, really, really good... |
| Feb 4, 2021 | Didn’t Vote? Here’s Your $20 Fine | As states consider modifying their voting rules in the wake of the 2020 pandemic mess, the phrase “voter suppression” is being tossed around. To activists on the left, any loosening of election practices is a glorious expansion of the franc... |
| Feb 2, 2021 | An Animal Tranquilizer Is Now Linked To One In Three Overdoses In Philadelphia | PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 27: Micheal Rouwhorst, 28, prepares a shot of heroin and cocaine near the ... [+] train tracks along E Tusculum St on Thursday, July 27, 2017, in Philadelphia, PA. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Get... |
| Jan 26, 2021 | Telegram Gains On Whatsapp Blunder, ‘Disgust’ With Legacy Social Media | The Telegram logo of a paper airplane, shooting messages across the sky. The app, created by Russian ... [+] born Pavel Durov, is gaining on a general disgust with legacy social media platforms in the U.S. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonch... |
| Jan 15, 2021 | US states where it’s easiest, and most difficult, to get a coronavirus shot | The Javits Centre in New York City began COVID-19 vaccinations on January 13, 2021. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Procuring a coronavirus shot may be easy or difficult, depending on where you live.
A handful of states have manag... |
| Jan 11, 2021 | Barley Sober app founder Rohan Brown: ‘There’s no way hospitality comes back without adopting tech’ | If Barley Sober founder Rohan Brown wasn’t in class or on the basketball court at La Salle University, he was enjoying Philadelphia’s nightlife and dining scene.
A former scholarship athlete for La Salle’s men’s basketball team, Brown quick... |
| Dec 21, 2020 | Scoop: Miguel Cardona emerges as Biden's choice to open schools | Sign up for our daily briefingMake your busy days simpler with Axios AM/PM. Catch up on what's new and why it matters in just 5 minutes.
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| Dec 9, 2020 | How many coronavirus vaccine doses each US state will get to start | Three coronavirus vaccines – from Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca – have shown positive results in late-stage trials.
The federal government is allocating vaccine doses to states by population.
Most states have announced the number of dose... |
| Dec 4, 2020 | How Do You Solve a Problem Like John Durham? | How should the next attorney general, whoever he or she turns out to be, handle the John Durham probe?
The more I study what Attorney General William Barr did in his secret October order naming the Connecticut U.S. attorney as a special cou... |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Meddling In College Admission | getty |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Federal Judge Ridiculously Says That Holding A Sign Telling People Cops Are Ahead Is Not Free Speech | I am perplexed. US district court judge Alfred Covello seems to have a very strange understanding of the 1st Amendment. As first noted in the Hartford Courant (who didn't link to the ruling) Covello has ruled that holding up a sign telling ... |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Federal Judge Ridiculously Says That Holding A Sign Telling People Cops Are Ahead Is Not Free Speech | I am perplexed. US district court judge Alfred Covello seems to have a very strange understanding of the 1st Amendment. As first noted in the Hartford Courant (who didn’t link to the ruling) Covello has ruled that holding up a sign telling ... |
| Sep 18, 2020 | What Bill Barr Said and What it Means | Attorney General Bill Barr’s Constitution Day speech to a gathering organized by Hillsdale College has sparked a furor, both because of the speech itself and because of his bizarre claim in answering a question that states’ coronavirus resp... |
| Sep 17, 2020 | Rehearsal for November: An Analysis of 17 August State Elections | Lawfare is partnering with the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project to produce a series on election integrity in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. The Healthy Elections Project aims to assist election officials and the public as the na... |
| Sep 15, 2020 | Still Waiting For Your Extra $300 Weekly Unemployment Benefits? Here’s What To Expect-And When | Americans who’ve lost wages or jobs because of the pandemic may be eligible for a full six weeks of the supplemental $300 weekly unemployment benefits created through President Donald Trump’s executive action. But if you’ve been out of work... |
| Sep 14, 2020 | Even More Questions About the Durham Investigation | In July, Jack Goldsmith and I published an analysis of U.S. Attorney John Durham’s ongoing probe of the government investigators responsible for examining Trump-Russia related matters before and after the 2016 election. We concluded that a ... |
| Sep 12, 2020 | As schools reopen, officials reflect on first months of coronavirus device lending programs | Image: SeventyFour, Getty Images/iStockPhoto Must-read CXO coverage
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| Sep 8, 2020 | Hartford delays first day of school due to ransomware virus | Originally Published by:
Military rescues 35 as California's Creek Fire rages Florida plant explosion sparks massive plume of smoke, fires Cuomo to force New York colleges to go remote if coronavirus cases spike
Hartford, Conn., public scho... |
| Sep 4, 2020 | Four Obstacles to Local Surveillance Ordinances | In a previous piece, one of us (Fidler) analyzed ordinances in 14 localities that govern how local police can surveil residents. Her related paper in the Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal concludes that these laws have so far been rea... |
| Aug 3, 2020 | Pharmalittle: Lilly starts late-stage trial of Covid-19 antibody; concern grows over political intervention on Covid-19 vaccine | Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was somehow relaxing and invigorating, despite the difficult circumstances, because that oh-so-familiar routine of deadlines and Zoom and Skype calls h... |
| Jul 1, 2020 | Massachusetts Driver Blames Tesla Autopilot for Crashing into Parked Police Car, Gets Negligent Driving Charges | CJ Robles, Tech Times 01 July 2020, 04:07 am
A man is facing charges for negligent driving after his Tesla slammed into a police car parked by the roadside in Massachusetts.
According to the police, the man "must not have been paying a... |
| Apr 24, 2020 | Prosecuting Zoom-Bombing | As the novel coronavirus has prompted everyday activity to move online and demand for videoconference platforms to soar, reports of a new form of cyber disruption—“Zoom-bombing”—have grown increasingly commonplace. Zoom-bombing, or video-te... |
| Mar 24, 2020 | Four Federal Policies Could Help Offshore Wind Jump Start Our Coronavirus Economic Recovery | As the United States and world head into an economic downturn fueled by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, federal officials are enacting direct subsidies to consumers and businesses to stave off recession. |
| Mar 9, 2020 | Gates Foundation Explores Ways to Boost COVID-19 Detection, Reportedly Including At-Home Tests | A report says the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is preparing to fund at-home testing kits for the novel coronavirus in Seattle.
However, the Gates Foundation cautions that the plans aren't final.
The kits, to be available in the "... |
| Jan 31, 2020 | Southwest flew millions of passengers on planes that were missing maintenance records, according to a new report | Advertisement
Southwest Airlines has flown more than 17 million passengers on planes with missing safety paperwork, according to a Department of Transportation report obtained by The Wall Street Journal.
The report also details lax oversigh... |
| Jan 23, 2020 | The Room Where It Happens—Life In A Basketball-Centric Conference | SAN ANTONIO, TX - APRIL 2: The Villanova Wildcats celebrate after defeating the Michigan Wolverines ... [+] during the 2018 NCAA Men's Final Four Championship game at the Alamodome on April 2, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Brett Wil... |
| Jan 20, 2020 | Your Weekly Juice: Five Energy Stories For The Third Week of January, 2020 | Less future finance for the fossil beast. On the heels of multiple insurance companies and banks migrating away from the hydrocarbon sector, the letter last week from BlackRock’s CEO Larry Fink may - looking back from the future - prove to ... |
| Jan 8, 2020 | Connecticut Cop Sues Local Blogger To Get Him To Turn Over Personal Info On Commenters Who Said Thing The Cop Didn't Like | A Connecticut cop, who doesn’t like the things commenters said about him on a local blog, has decided he’s legally in the right to demand the identifying info of those commenters from the person who runs the blog. |
| Jan 8, 2020 | Connecticut Cop Sues Local Blogger To Get Him To Turn Over Personal Info On Commenters Who Said Thing The Cop Didn't Like | A Connecticut cop, who doesn't like the things commenters said about him on a local blog, has decided he's legally in the right to demand the identifying info of those commenters from the person who runs the blog. |
| Oct 23, 2019 | A million-dollar marketing juggernaut pushes 3D mammograms | “She said there’s a new approach and it’s much better, and it finds all cancer,” said McCaskill-Stevens, who declined the offer.
A short time later, a technician asked again: Was the patient sure she didn’t want 3D?
Upselling customers on h... |
| Aug 30, 2019 | Rash of ransomware continues with 13 new victims—most of them schools | Enlarge
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| May 20, 2019 | Philadelphia is as unequal as Colombia. Will a minimum wage boost help? | Put this in a category of limited ambition that you might call the Philadelphia Settle.
On Tuesday, Philadelphia primary voters will face a ballot question asking whether the city should set in motion a plan to increase its local minimum wa... |
| Apr 3, 2019 | At Wynn Suitability Hearing In Boston, The Forgotten Victim | The Wynn Resorts (Wynn) suitability hearing in Massachusetts have been an embarrassment for the company. The week started with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) issuing its report concerning allegations of sexual assault by the comp... |
| Feb 22, 2019 | Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants a 5-cent bag tax across Illinois. Shoppers aren’t buying it. | For more than two years, Chicagoans have struggled with a nagging decision at grocery stores and other retailers – pay 7 cents for a disposable bag, or somehow do without.
Now, if Gov. J.B. Pritzker has his way, shoppers across the state wi... |
| Nov 7, 2018 | Midterms 2018: Historic Firsts for Women, POC, and LGBT People | Moving into the the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats aimed to take back the House from Republican control. Though Democrats did manage to take back the House, grab 16 governorships, and flip several conservative districts and states blue, ... |
| Oct 4, 2018 | Fitbits are snitching on criminals | Originally Published by:
Alleged Members of New 'Bling Ring' Arrested by LAPD The Next Social Networks Could Be Brain-to-Brain Subversion Gone Wrong: Inside 'Bumfights'
Fitbit data has led to the arrest of a 90-year-old California man for t... |
| Oct 3, 2018 | Fitbit may have helped catch a killer, again | Fitbit data may have helped catch one of its customer’s killers, and not for the first time.
According to numerous media reports, a 90-year-old visited his stepdaughter at her home in San Jose, Ca. earlier this month, where he says he broug... |
| Aug 31, 2018 | [UPDATED] Realtor locks his young daughters in car during showing, gets arrested | [Update 1: Includes statement from Luberda]
For many expert real estate agents, it’s all about business efficiency and 38-year-old Realtor Karl Luberda only took around 20 minutes to show a property to his client last week.
But for local po... |
| Jun 25, 2018 | Trolls attack restaurants named Red Hen after Trump’s press secretary denied meal | OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. —
A Connecticut restaurant called the Red Hen has received “threatening” messages from people confused with an identically named Virginia eatery that refused White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders service.
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| Feb 23, 2018 | Wall Street billionaire Steve Schwarzman just gave a record-setting gift to his public high school - but it might exacerbate the biggest issue American schools face | REUTERS/China Daily
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| Feb 8, 2018 | Newly Implemented FDA Produce Rules Offer Food Safety Startups a Boost | Produce farmers from the Salinas Valley to the Hudson Valley are beginning to make sense of a new set of rules that regulate how they do business. The first compliance date for the Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Rule was January 26, ... |
| Feb 7, 2018 | Westchester & Fairfield Cheat Sheet: Plans for regional MLS unveiled, CT legislators propose competitive bidding bill for casino development … & more | Westchester and Long Island brokers to partner on regional listing service
The Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors and the Long Island Board of Realtors are exploring a partnership in a metro area multiple listings service. Although sour... |
| Jan 19, 2018 | 'Subway is dying': The biggest chain in the world is being torn apart by internal battles - and some franchisees say there needs to be a new CEO | Kate Taylor
A recently shuttered Subway in Brooklyn, New York.
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Subway's public-relations crises and inability to keep up with trends are merely the tip of the iceberg of the company's problems.
Franchisees say executives have ... |
| Oct 26, 2017 | CVS Reportedly In Talks To Buy Aetna | Aetna, which stunned Connecticut when it said it would move its headquarters from Hartford earlier this year, may be purchased by CVS Health Corp.
According to the Wall Street Journal, CVS has been in talks for the past six months to buy Ae... |
| Sep 13, 2017 | Martin Shkreli suddenly changes his tune on Clinton threat; Genenta adds $8M for gene therapy R&D | ⇨ Looking to stay out of jail ahead of his sentencing on three convictions on felony fraud charges, Martin Shkreli has apologized to the judge in his case for his “awkward attempt at humor” in his Facebook posting offering t... |
| May 11, 2017 | Aetna to drop from all ACA markets in 2018 | Another one bites the dust.
Hartford, Connecticut-based Aetna has said goodbye to the Affordable Care Act exchanges. On Wednesday it announced plans to withdraw from all ACA markets in 2018.
“At this time have completely exited the exchange... |
| Dec 14, 2016 | Sanctuary Cities Under a Trump Administration | If President-elect Trump’s post-election rhetoric is to be believed, the pillars of his immigration policy appear to be slowly teetering. Trump’s border wall might be a fence, Mexico won’t pay for it, and two million criminal immigrants won... |
| Sep 2, 2016 | Transportation shouldn’t be a barrier to health care | Transportation issues shouldn’t prevent anyone from getting to or from a doctor’s appointment. But they do just that for an estimated 3.6 million Americans. Some of these individuals don’t have cars or access to public transportation. Other... |
| Aug 5, 2016 | Down Goes Brown's Grab Bag: That Time the Sharks Mascot Got Stuck in Mid-Air Rappelling from the Rafters | (Editor's note: Welcome to Sean McIndoe's Friday grab bag, where he writes on a variety of NHL topics. You can follow him on Twitter.)
Trivial annoyance of the week
This week's trivial annoyance is that your social media feeds are about to ... |
| May 3, 2016 | Barack Obama’s Ode to Teaching and the 2016 National Teacher of the Year, Jahana Hayes | “Teaching is the profession that launches every career,” John B. King, Secretary of Education, wrote in his note this week to America’s teachers. Throughout National Teacher Appreciation Week, people from all walks of life sang gratitude to... |
| May 1, 2016 | Zika in 30 Seconds: Archives (May – July) | Saturday-Sunday, July 30-31 The big news right now Zika cases are surging in Puerto Rico, and health officials fear hundreds of babies could be born with severe brain defects (STAT) A study suggests that all strains of the Zika virus are of... |
