Showing posts with label connecticut OR CT OR Danbury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label connecticut OR CT OR Danbury. Show all posts
Sunday, August 22, 2021

Tropical Storm Henri barrels into southern New England with damaging winds, flooding

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Tropical Storm Henri, with maximum sustained winds down only slightly from hurricane intensity, is walloping southern New England with dam...
Friday, August 20, 2021

Tropical Storm Henri will make landfall in the northeastern United States

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Enlarge / Henri satellite appearance as of 10:30 am ET (14:30 UTC) on Friday. (credit: NOAA) After several days of uncertainty and wild...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Powerful heat wave to cause 100-degree temperatures for 25 million in the U.S. this week

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Heat warnings and advisories are in effect for at least two dozen states through the end of the week. 25 million people are projected to s...
Thursday, July 29, 2021

Russian module suddenly fires thrusters after docking with space station

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Enlarge / Russian “Nauka” module approaches the International Space Station. (credit: Roscosmos ) Flight controllers at NASA and Roscos...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Farm Aid Announces 2021 Lineup With Willie Nelson, Neil Young, & More

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The lineup for Farm Aid 2021 has been announced. The charity event’s board of directors — Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Maine governor faces pressure to decriminalize prostitution

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills has just one day to decide if her state will become the first in the nation to decriminalize prostitution, a move in...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021

The pandemic changed how we vote. These states are making the changes permanent.

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The Covid-19 pandemic is receding in America. But some of the changes it prompted in American elections are here to stay. A handful of sta...

Connecticut Becomes 18th State to Legalize Marijuana for Adults

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“This legislation recognizes that the responsible use of marijuana by adults should not be a crime, and that those who carry the stigma of...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Connecticut poised to legalize marijuana

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Connecticut is poised to become the 18th state to allow residents to use marijuana for recreational purposes after a measure cleared a cri...

Connecticut Poised to Become Next State to Legalize Marijuana for Adults

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“Marginalized communities have disproportionately suffered for decades because of the discriminatory enforcement of marijuana laws in Conn...
Monday, June 14, 2021

Private colleges across America can’t pay their bills

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Behind the scenes in colleges across the U.S., institutions are having trouble paying their bills. Why it matters: There’s a reckoning c...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021

New Connecticut parenting bill gives LGBTQ families a sigh of relief

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“We already know we are a family, and now with this bill passing, no one can tell us differently,” one lesbian mom said of the Connecticut...
Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Judge ruling upholds Connecticut school mask mandate

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A judge has ruled to keep Connecticut’s school mask requirement in place after it was challenged by a lawsuit filed in August, … Source:...
Friday, May 21, 2021

Amazon closing Connecticut site after another noose found

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Amazon announced on Thursday that it was shutting down a construction site in Windsor, Conn., after a seventh noose was discovered.The mos...
Monday, May 3, 2021

NYC to resume 24-hour subway service, businesses to fully reopen

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New York City will resume its 24-hour subway service on May 17, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday, along with fast-tracking the city’s pl...
Thursday, April 29, 2021

Some kids never logged on to remote school. Now what?

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Kristen Record, a science teacher at Bunnell High School in Stratford, Conn., looks forward to the day she can use regular lab equipment ag...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Connecticut ends religious exemption for school vaccinations

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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) signed into law on Wednesday a bill that ends religious exemptions for school vaccinations.”Governor Ned L...
Monday, April 26, 2021

Judge tosses suit that sought to block transgender athletes

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HARTFORD, Conn. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to prevent transgender athletes from competing in girls high school ...
Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Connecticut lifting all COVID business restrictions by May 19

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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) on Monday announced that he would be lifting all COVID-19 business restrictions on May 19.”Contingent upon...
Friday, April 9, 2021

Why legal cannabis in New York could be a bigger deal than California

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Despite being half the size of the legal cannabis market in California, New York is poised to impact the larger industry and culture beyon...